Christopher Uyeda is the Herbert C. Brown Professor of Chemistry at Purdue University. After growing up in Vancouver, Canada, he attended Columbia University, where he earned his B.S. in biomedical engineering summa cum laude in 2005. As an undergraduate student, Chris carried out research on hydrophobically directed reactions with Prof. Ronald Breslow. Chris moved to Harvard University to pursue graduate research under the guidance of Prof. Eric Jacobsen. He then carried out postdoctoral research with Prof. Jonas Peters at Caltech as an NSF Center for Chemical Innovation Fellow. In 2013, Chris started his independent career at Purdue University as an assistant professor. In 2019, he was promoted to associate professor with tenure and was promoted to full professor in 2022. Chris’s research program lies at the interface of organic and inorganic chemistry, and it focuses on the development of new catalytic reactions for the synthesis of fine chemicals, pharmaceutical compounds, polymers, and energetic materials.