Matthew S. Sigman

Matthew Sigman is the Peter J. Christine S. Stang Presidential Endowed Chair of Chemistry at the University of Utah. He is a physical organic chemist whose research program combines techniques from chemistry and data science to develop new reactions with broad applications. Sigman’s research program marries physical organic chemistry techniques and data science to develop new reactions with broad applications; from enantioselective synthesis, to energy-related topics, to biologically inspired reactions. Their unique approach to data chemistry not only enables reaction design in the areas described above, but ultimately helps scientists understand the fundamental guiding principles by which the performance of these reactions is achieved by relating structure to function.

Matthew Sigman earned his Ph.D. in chemistry from Washington State University and completed postdoctoral work at NeXstar Pharmaceuticals and Harvard University before joining the University of Utah as a faculty member in the Department of Chemistry.