title: Personal reflections on receiving the Roger Adams Award in organic chemistry.
abstract: The author reflects on his early experiences as a chemist, and on the subsequent shift in emphasis that his research has undergone from mechanistic and synthetic organic chemistry to natural products chemistry. Finally, the extension of the field of natural products chemistry into the emerging discipline of chemical ecology is noted. This essay concludes with a consideration of the importance of including science in the curricula of all college and university students.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Baker Laboratory, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.
authors.forename: Jerrold
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Meinwald
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001181:Arthropods / Q000737:chemistry*; D001363:Awards and Prizes; D001685:Biological Factors / Q000737:chemistry*; D002625:Chemistry, Organic / Q000193:education / Q000639:trends; D003479:Curriculum; D015394:Molecular Structure
chemical_list: D001685:Biological Factors