Peter J. Stang

Peter John Stang (born 1941) is an American chemist. He is a professor of chemistry at the University of Utah and the editor of the Journal of the American Chemical Society since 2002.
Stang holds a B.S. from DePaul University and a Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences. He was editor-in-chief of the Journal of Organic Chemistry from 2000 to 2001.

• Priestley Medal, (2013)
• National Medal of Science, (2010)
• Paul G. Gassman Distinguished Service Award of the ACS Division of Organic Chemistry, (2010)
• F.A. Cotton Medal for Excellence in Chemical Research of the American Chemical Society (2010)
• Honorary Professor CAS Institute of Chemistry, Beijing, Zheijiang U; East China Normal U and East China U of Science and Technology, (2010)
• Fred Basolo Medal for Outstanding Research in Inorganic Chemistry, (2009)
• Foreign Member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, (2007)
• ACS Award for Creative Research and Applications of Iodine Chemistry, (2007)
• Linus Pauling Award, (2006)
• Foreign Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (2006)
• Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2002)
• Member of the National Academy of Sciences.
• ACS George A. Olah Award in Hydrocarbon or Petroleum Chemistry, (2003)
• Member, AAAS Board of Directors, (2003–2007)
• Robert W. Parry Teaching Award, (2000)
• ACS James Flack Norris Award in Physical Organic Chemistry, (1998)
• University of Utah Rosemblatt Prize for Excellence, (1995)
• Utah Award in Chemistry, American Chemical Society, (1994)
• The Governor's Medal for Science and Technology, (1993)
• Honorary Doctorate of Science (D. Sc. honoris causa) Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia (1992)
• Fulbright Senior Scholar, (1987–1988)
• Univ. of Utah Distinguished Research Award, (1987)
• Fellow AAAS, JSPS Fellow (1985, 1998)
• Lady Davis Fellowship (Visiting Professor), Technion, Israel, (1986, 1997)
• Humboldt "Senior U.S. Scientist" Award, (1977, 1996, 2010)
• Associate Editor, Journal of the American Chemical Society (1982–1999)
• National Organic Symposium Executive Officer (1985)

• "Book of Members, 1780-2010: Chapter S" (PDF). American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 7 April 2011.