Myers was advised by Elias J. Corey, Emeryprofessor of organic chemistry and a Nobellaureate, on research as a graduate student andlater a postdoctoral research fellow at Harvard.

Corey was pleased that Myers will joinHarvard's Faculty.

"He is an absolutely outstanding syntheticchemist and a leader in his generation," Coreysaid.

Myers joined the faculty of Caltech in 1986,and became a full professor there in 1994.

Myers' research interests involve the synthesisand study of complex molecules of importance inbiology and human medicine. His research alsofocuses on the development of new methodology insynthetic organic chemistry.

Myers has been recognized for his work by anumber of awards. Most recently, Myers won theThieme-IUPAC Award in Synthetic Organic Chemistry,the Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award, and the Camilleand Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award.

Myers' responsibilities will include teachingand research. He will bring a group of 10 graduatestudents and two post-doctorate students with himto work with new Harvard graduate students in thefall.

Myers' appointment takes effect July 1, but hewill not begin teaching next year.

According to Evans, he will be participating incommittee work, along with setting up his researchlabs and reestablishing his group at Harvard.

In coming years, Myers will teachundergraduate- and graduate-level organicchemistry courses, Evans said