Rebecca Goss (chemist)

Goss completed undergraduate studies in chemistry at University of Durham in 1997. She remained at the University of Durham to undertake a Ph.D. under the supervision of Professor David O'Hagan. She was awarded the Ph.D. in 2001 after studying the stereochemistry of biosynthetic pathways during the formation of various natural products, specifically the enzyme-catalyzed reaction to produce fluoroacetate through fluorination. == Research and career ==

Goss specializes in the biosynthesis of natural products at the chemical and genetic level. Goss joined the University of Cambridge in 2000 to study the chemistry and molecular biology of polyketide biosynthesis in the research group of Professors Jim Staunton (FRS) and Peter Leadlay (FRS). She held a one-year teaching fellowship at the School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham between 2002 and 2003 before obtaining a lectureship at the School of Biological and Chemical Science, University of Exeter in 2003. Goss is on the advisory board for the peer-reviewed journals Chemical Communications and Natural Product Reports. == Awards ==

• 2013 Royal Society of Chemistry Natural Product Report Lectureship Award • 2011 UK's under 40 Organic Chemistry delegate for EuCheM’s Young Investigators Workshop • 2006 Royal Society of Chemistry - Meldola prize == References ==