Christopher J. Welch

Christopher Welch is Science Lead for Analytical Chemistry within the Process and Analytical Chemistry area at Merck Research Laboratories in Rahway, New Jersey. He co-chairs the organization that oversees identification, acquisition and evaluation of new enabling technologies of potential value to Merck Research Laboratories. Welch has authored more than 200 scientific publications and patents and is co-founder of the journal, Enantiomer, and a member of the editorial advisory board for the Chirality, among others. Welch is also active elsewhere, including chair of the ACS Division of Organic Chemistry and a member of the Executive Committee for the International Symposia on Chirality. Welch’s father was an artist, grandfather a merchant and great- grandfather a preacher, and he feels that his career in the chemistry profession nicely combines these disciplines.

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Gurus of Chiral Separations

01/20/2015 | Christopher J. Welch, Yoshio Okamoto, Bernard Testa, Wolfgang Lindner

In Lewis Carroll’s 1871 novel, Through the Looking-Glass, Alice suggests to her black kitten, “Perhaps Looking-Glass milk isn’t good to drink...” And though our four gurus don’t attempt to predict the potability of milk from a mirror world, they keenly address the broader significance of chirality, the major milestones in chiral analysis, and where the field is heading.