Dr. McAtee received an M.S. in Natural Product Chemistry at the University of Hawaii and a Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry with Prof. Donald Watson at the University of Delaware where he pioneered novel phosphine ligands, palladium catalysts, and a silicon-carbon cross coupling technology coined the silyl-Heck reaction.
Since University Dr. McAtee has been serving the pharmaceutical, fine-chemical, and agrochemical industries starting as a catalyst Product Manager at Johnson Matthey, then in CDMO Business Development roles at Dottikon and PharmaBlock, before joining Kingchem in 2024.