Patrick Harran

<h2 id="research">Research</h2>
Harran's research is focused on the <a href="/facts/Total_synthesis/3GGoqhBm">total synthesis</a> of <a href="/facts/Natural_products/J4RsVhmP">natural products</a>, design of novel chemical compounds to study <a href="/facts/Protein%25E2%2580%2593protein_interaction/etvm9Wmg">protein–protein interactions</a>, and <a href="/facts/Medicinal_chemistry/SLNHz1hb">medicinal chemistry</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8">8</a>

<h2 id="awards-and-honorsharran-research-group-wwwchemuclaedu-retrieved-august-2-2016university-of-oklahoma-department-of-chemistry-past-seminars-retrieved-june-2-2017harran-seminar-pdf-retrieved-june-2-2017">Awards and honors<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9">9</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10">10</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11">11</a></h2>
<ul><li>J. Clarence Karcher Medal, University of Oklahoma, 17 March 2017</li>
<li>Hanson-Dow Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2013</li>
<li>Glenn T. Seaborg Award - <a href="/facts/Alpha_Chi_Sigma/t4pMTDh3">Alpha Chi Sigma</a>, 2009</li>
<li>Norman Hackerman Prize of the Robert A. Welch Foundation, 2007</li>
<li>E. Bright Wilson Prize - Harvard University, 2005</li>
<li>Merck Research Laboratories Chemistry Council Award, 2005-2007</li>
<li>Mar Nell and F. Andrew Bell Distinguished Chair, 2005</li>
<li>Pfizer Award for Creativity in Organic Synthesis, 2003</li>
<li>Distinguished Alumni Award, Skidmore College, 2003</li>
<li>Eli Lilly Grantee, 2003-2004</li>
<li>AstraZeneca Excellence in Chemistry Award, 2002</li>
<li>Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow, 2002-2004</li>
<li>National Science Foundation CAREER Award, 2000-2004</li>
<li>National Research Service Award, Stanford University, 1995-1997</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Bristol-Myers_Squibb/HK47xMNF">Bristol-Myers Squibb</a> Research Fellow, Yale University, 1993</li>
<li>American Institute of Chemists Award, Skidmore College, 1990</li>
<li>Highest Departmental Honors in Chemistry, Skidmore College, 1990</li>
<li>One Year Advanced Admission, Skidmore College, 1986</li></ul>
<h2 id="laboratory-fire">Laboratory fire</h2>
Main article: <a href="/facts/Sheri_Sangji_case/lIluf6H6">Sheri Sangji case</a>
On December 29, 2008, a fire in Harran's UCLA laboratory fatally burned research assistant Sheri Sangji. Harran in 2011 was charged with four felony counts of willfully violating occupational safety standards in the case, carrying a maximum jail term of 4.5 years. It was the first time any American academic had been criminally charged for a laboratory accident. Representatives of Harran, and the university's Board of Regents who were also charged in the incident, disputed the charges.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12">12</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:13" href="#fn:13">13</a>
Harran and prosecutors in 2014 reached a deferred prosecution agreement in which Harran was ordered to pay $10,000 to a local burn center and do 800 hours of community service.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:14" href="#fn:14">14</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:15" href="#fn:15">15</a> Deputy District Attorney Craig W. Hum said that the penalty was similar to any sentence Harran would have received if convicted, while Sangji's family criticized it as "barely a slap on the wrist".<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:16" href="#fn:16">16</a> The charges were subsequently dropped in 2018, in accordance with the settlement terms.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:17" href="#fn:17">17</a>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1">Curriculum vitae Archived 2014-08-19 at the Wayback Machine, accessed 2014-08-20. <a href="http://www.chem.ucla.edu/harran/harran_vitae.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.chem.ucla.edu/harran/harran_vitae.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:2">Curriculum vitae Archived 2014-08-19 at the Wayback Machine, accessed 2014-08-20. <a href="http://www.chem.ucla.edu/harran/harran_vitae.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.chem.ucla.edu/harran/harran_vitae.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:3">Christensen, Kim (March 1, 2009). "Deadly UCLA lab fire leaves haunting questions". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved May 21, 2021. <a href="https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-xpm-2009-mar-01-me-uclaburn1-story.html" target="_blank">https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-xpm-2009-mar-01-me-uclaburn1-story.html</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:4">Christensen, Kim (January 21, 2012). "Report faults professor, UCLA in death of lab assistant". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved May 21, 2021. <a href="https://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-ucla-lab-20120121-story.html" target="_blank">https://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-ucla-lab-20120121-story.html</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:5">Christensen, Kim (June 20, 2014). "UCLA chemistry professor avoids prison time in fatal lab fire case". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved May 21, 2021. <a href="https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-ucla-professor-avoids-prison-fatal-lab-fire-20140620-story.html" target="_blank">https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-ucla-professor-avoids-prison-fatal-lab-fire-20140620-story.html</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:6">url=https://cen.acs.org/safety/lab-safety/Charges-dropped-against-UCLA-chemistry/96/web/2018/09 |access date=23 July 2021 <a href="https://cen.acs.org/safety/lab-safety/Charges-dropped-against-UCLA-chemistry/96/web/2018/09" target="_blank">https://cen.acs.org/safety/lab-safety/Charges-dropped-against-UCLA-chemistry/96/web/2018/09</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:7">url=https://www.aaas.org/news/aaas-section-requests-permission-re-review-election-patrick-harran-fellow |access date=23 July 2021 <a href="https://www.aaas.org/news/aaas-section-requests-permission-re-review-election-patrick-harran-fellow" target="_blank">https://www.aaas.org/news/aaas-section-requests-permission-re-review-election-patrick-harran-fellow</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:8">"Harran Research Group - Research Interests". University of California at Los Angeles. Archived from the original on April 18, 2015. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150418233354/http://www.chem.ucla.edu/harran/Research.html" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20150418233354/http://www.chem.ucla.edu/harran/Research.html</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:9">"Harran Research Group". www.chem.ucla.edu. Retrieved August 2, 2016. <a href="http://www.chem.ucla.edu/harran/harran.html" target="_blank">http://www.chem.ucla.edu/harran/harran.html</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:10">"University of Oklahoma, Department of Chemistry Past Seminars". Retrieved June 2, 2017. <a href="http://www.ou.edu/cas/chemistry/seminars/past-seminars#fall-2017" target="_blank">http://www.ou.edu/cas/chemistry/seminars/past-seminars#fall-2017</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:11">"Harran Seminar" (PDF). Retrieved June 2, 2017. <a href="https://www.ou.edu/content/dam/cas/chem/docs/seminar-information/past-seminar-speakers/Harran_Seminar.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.ou.edu/content/dam/cas/chem/docs/seminar-information/past-seminar-speakers/Harran_Seminar.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:11" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:12">Christensen, Kim (June 20, 2014), "UCLA chemistry professor avoids prison time in fatal lab fire case", Los Angeles Times. <a href="http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-ucla-professor-avoids-prison-fatal-lab-fire-20140620-story.html" target="_blank">http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-ucla-professor-avoids-prison-fatal-lab-fire-20140620-story.html</a> <a href="#fnref:12" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:13">Christensen, Kim (January 21, 2012), "Report faults professor, UCLA in death of lab assistant", Los Angeles Times. <a href="http://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-ucla-lab-20120121-story.html" target="_blank">http://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-ucla-lab-20120121-story.html</a> <a href="#fnref:13" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:14">Christensen, Kim (June 20, 2014), "UCLA chemistry professor avoids prison time in fatal lab fire case", Los Angeles Times. <a href="http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-ucla-professor-avoids-prison-fatal-lab-fire-20140620-story.html" target="_blank">http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-ucla-professor-avoids-prison-fatal-lab-fire-20140620-story.html</a> <a href="#fnref:14" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:15">Benderly, Beryl (July 9, 2014). "The Landmark Patrick Harran Case Ends Inconclusively". Taken for Granted. AAAS. Retrieved October 26, 2014. <a href="https://www.science.org/content/article/landmark-patrick-harran-case-ends-inconclusively" target="_blank">https://www.science.org/content/article/landmark-patrick-harran-case-ends-inconclusively</a> <a href="#fnref:15" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:16">Benderly, Beryl (July 9, 2014). "The Landmark Patrick Harran Case Ends Inconclusively". Taken for Granted. AAAS. Retrieved October 26, 2014. <a href="https://www.science.org/content/article/landmark-patrick-harran-case-ends-inconclusively" target="_blank">https://www.science.org/content/article/landmark-patrick-harran-case-ends-inconclusively</a> <a href="#fnref:16" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:17">"Charges dropped against UCLA chemistry professor Patrick Harran for death of Sheri Sangji after lab fire". Chemical & Engineering News. Retrieved May 7, 2020. <a href="https://cen.acs.org/safety/lab-safety/Charges-dropped-against-UCLA-chemistry/96/web/2018/09" target="_blank">https://cen.acs.org/safety/lab-safety/Charges-dropped-against-UCLA-chemistry/96/web/2018/09</a> <a href="#fnref:17" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
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