Seth Cohen (chemist)

Seth M. Cohen
Alma materStanford University (B.S., B.A., 1994); University of California, Berkeley (Ph.D., 1998)
AwardsArthur C. Cope Scholar Award (2016), Centenary Prize (2025), Fellow of the American Chemical Society (2015), Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (2014), DARPA Meritorious Public Service Medal (2023), Hillebrand Prize (2024)
Scientific career
FieldsInorganic chemistry; Materials chemistry; Medicinal chemistry
InstitutionsUniversity of California San Diego (2001–present)
Doctoral advisorKenneth N. Raymond
Other academic advisorsStephen J. Lippard (postdoc)
Websitecohenlab.ucsd.edu

Seth M. Cohen is a Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of California, San Diego. He is known for research on metal–organic frameworks, including postsynthetic modification, and for metalloenzyme inhibitor discovery. From 2019 to 2023 he served as a Program Manager in the Biological Technologies Office at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).