Provost
Andrew D. Hamilton, B.Sc., M.Sc.,
Ph.D., F.R.S.
Andrew D. Hamilton, Provost, is Benjamin Silliman Professor of Chemistry and Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry. His research interests lie at the interface of organic and biological chemistry, with particular focus on the use of synthetic design for the understanding, mimicry, and potential disruption of biological processes.
Mr. Hamilton received his undergraduate education at the University of Exeter, U.K. After studying for a master’s degree at the University of British Columbia, he received his Ph.D. from Cambridge University in 1980.
In 1981 Mr. Hamilton was appointed assistant professor of chemistry at Princeton University. He moved to the University of Pittsburgh in 1988, where he became professor of chemistry and served as department chair. He joined the Yale faculty in 1997 and was chair of the chemistry department from 1999 until 2003, when he became Deputy Provost for Science and Technology. President Levin named him Provost of the University in October 2004. In 1999 he received the Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award from the American Chemical Society, and in 2004 he was elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and of the Royal Society.
