Andrew D. Hamilton

Andrew Hamilton was a pupil at the Royal Grammar School, Guildford.

Hamilton received a first class Bachelor of Science with a major in chemistry from the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom in 1974, a Master of Science from the University of British Columbia in Canada in 1976, and a Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Cambridge (St John's College) in 1980.^[2][3]

He was a postdoctoral fellow at the Université Louis Pasteur in Strasbourg, France in 1981.^[4]

In 1981, he was appointed assistant professor of chemistry at Princeton University then in 1988 as professor of chemistry at the University of Pittsburgh. In 1997 he moved to Yale as Benjamin Silliman Professor of Chemistry and professor of molecular biophysics and biochemistry at Yale University. Hamilton's research has spanned porphyrin, supramolecular, medicinal, bioorganic chemistry and chemical biology. His laboratory is most noted for the design of barbiturate hosts, farnesyl transferase inhibitors, protein surface binders, and helix mimetics.^[5][6][7] In 2004 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society.^[4]

He also served as provost of Yale University from October 2004 to October 2008 after his predecessor, Susan Hockfield, was appointed the 16th president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He had previously served as Deputy Provost for Science and Technology for one year under Hockfield, and as chairman of the department of chemistry at Yale.^[8]

On 3 June 2008, Oxford University announced Hamilton's nomination for the post of Vice-Chancellor. On 16 June, it was confirmed that he would succeed John Hood and assume the post for a period of seven years on 1 October 2009.^[9] He is an Honorary Fellow of Harris Manchester College and Wolfson College at Oxford.^[10][11]

He received honorary doctorates from the University of Surrey, Tsinghua University, and the University of Exeter, among others.^[12]

On 18 March 2015, New York University announced Hamilton's appointment to begin as the 16th President of the university. His duties began in January 2016.^[13][14] In his first year, the university paid him $1.8 million.^[15] On 13 April 2022, Hamilton announced his intention to step down as president of the university after the 2022-2023 school year.^[16][17]

Hamilton lives in a university-provided penthouse in Greenwich Village with his wife Jennifer. He has three children.

• "Profile for Andrew D. Hamilton" (PDF). Department of Chemistry – Yale University.
• "Provost of Yale nominated as next Vice-Chancellor". University of Oxford Press Office. 3 June 2008. Archived from the original on 4 June 2008. Retrieved 3 June 2008.
• "Professor Andrew Hamilton confirmed as next Vice-Chancellor". University of Oxford Press Office. 16 June 2008. Archived from the original on 18 June 2008. Retrieved 17 June 2008.

• Office of the Provost (Yale)
• Vice-Chancellor's Office (Oxford)
• Hamilton Research Group (Oxford)