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Dr. Tom Barton -
Postdoctoral Associate

Started in Group: August 2012
Current Project: Continuous Manufacturing

Ph.D. - University of Texas Austin
Prof. Dionicio Siegel - Studies Toward the Total Synthesis of Stolonidiol

B .Sc. - University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Prof. John Montgomery - Nickel Catalyzed Reductive Couplings

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Dr. Mao Chen -
Postdoctoral Associate

Started in Group: January 2012
Current Project: Continuous Manufacturing

Ph.D. - Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
Prof. Aiwen Lei - Transition Metal-Catalyzed Novel C-C Bond Formation

B .Sc. - Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
Prof. Aiwen Lei - Asymmetric Hydrogenation of Pyridines

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Dr. Yifeng Chen- Postdoctoral Fellow

Started in Group: February 2013
Current Project:

Ph.D. - Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, China
Prof. Yuanhong Liu - Gold Catalyzed Cascade Reactions of Furan/Ynes and Related Studies
B.Sc. - Soochow University

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Dr. Chi Wai Cheung - Croucher Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow

Started in Group: June 2011
Current Project:

Ph.D. - The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Prof. Kin Shing Chan - Base-Promoted Aryl Carbon-Halogen Bond Cleavage by Iridium(III) Porphyrin

B.Sc. - The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

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Dr. Robb DeBergh - NIH Postdoctoral Fellow

Started in Group: September 2011
Current Project:

Ph.D. - University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
Prof. Joseph Ready - Functionalization of Alkynes

B.Sc. - Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA
Prof. Eugene Gregory - Protein Isolation and Characterization

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Dr. Nathan Jui - NIH Postdoctoral Fellow

Started in Group: August 2011
Current Project:

Ph.D. - Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey
Prof. David MacMillan

B.Sc. - Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado
Prof. Tomislav Rovis

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Dr. Bram Karsten - Postdoctoral Associate

Started in Group: September 2012
Current Project: Continous Manufacturing

Ph.D. - Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, Netherlands
Prof. Rene Janssen - Oligomer Studies on Polymer Photovoltaics

M.Sc. - Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, Netherlands
Prof. Dieter Vogt

Industrial Experience:
Konarke Technologies Inc. Lowell, MA.

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Dr. Jean-Baptiste Langlois - SNF Postdoctoral Fellow

Started in Group: January 2012
Current Project:

Ph.D. - University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
Prof. Alexandre Alexakis - From Enantioconvergent To Stereodivergent Processes In Copper-Catalyzed Allylic Alkylation

M.Sc. - University of Rouen & MerckSerono SA, Geneva, Switzerland
Supervisor - Dr. Dominique Swinnen (MerckSerono SA) - Synthesis Of Analogues Of AS-333, A Matrix Metalloproteinase Inhibitor

B.Sc. - University of Rouen, Rouen, France
Prof. Pierre-Yves Renard

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Dr. Hong Geun Lee - Postdoctoral Associate

Started in Group: June 2012
Current Project: C-F Bond Formation

Ph.D. - Harvard University, Cambridge MA
Prof. Matthew D Shair - Progress Toward Total Synthesis of lomaiviticins

B.Sc. - Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Research Advisor: Prof. B. Moon Kim

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Dr. Christine Nguyen - Research Group Director-Research Scientist

Started in Group: September 2010
Current Project: Continuous Manufacturing

Ph.D. - The Scripps Research Institute, Jupiter, Florida
Prof. William R. Roush - Studies Toward the Total Synthesis of Scytophycin C

B.Sc. - Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
Prof. Scott Miller

Industrial Experience - Sunesis Pharmaceuticals, South San Franscico, California

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Dr. Katrin Niedermann - Postdoctoral Associate

Started in Group: September 2012
Current Project:

Ph.D. - ETH Zurich
Prof. A. Togni - Direct Trifluoromethylation of Organonitrogen Compounds with Hypervalent Iodine Reagents

M. Sc. - ETH Zurich
Prof. A. Togni - Syntheses of a New Chiral Trifluoromethylating Agent

B.Sc. - ETH Zurich
Prof. A. Togni - Syntheses of Planar Chiral Ruthenocene Derivatives Prof. R. Peters - Enantioselective Aza-Claisen Rearrangement

Industrial Experience - F. Hoffman-La Roche, Basel, Switzerland

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Dr. Shiliang Shi - Postdoctoral Fellow

Started in Group: October 2012
Current Project:

Ph.D. - The University of Tokyo, Japan
Prof. M. Shibasaki and Prof. M. Kanai- Copper(I)-Catalyzed Asymmetric C-C Bond Formation

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Dr. Wei Shu - Postdoctoral Fellow

Started in Group: March 2013
Current Project:

Ph.D. - Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, China
Prof. Shengming Ma and Prof. Guochen Jia

B. Sc. - Nankai University, China
Prof. Qingmin Wang and Prof. Baoshuang Zhang

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Dr. Sean Smith - Postdoctoral Associate

Started in Group: August 2012
Current Project: Continuous Manufacturing

Ph.D. - University of Nebraska-Lincoln Lincoln, Nebraska
Prof. James Takacs- Directed Catalytic Asymmetric Hydroboration

B.A. - Simpson College, Indianola, Iowa

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Dr. Alex Spokoyny - NIH Postdoctoral Fellow

Started in Group: January 2012
Current Project: Metal Catalyzed Reactions for Bioconjugation Targets

Ph.D. - Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
Prof. Chad Mirkin - Synthetic Investigations Featuring Boron-Rich and Multidentate Chalcoether-Containing Ligands

B.Sc. - UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
Prof. Fred Hawthorne - Chemistry of closo-C₂B₉H₁₁

Industrial Research Experience - Physical Optics Corporation, Torrance, CA

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Dr. Takashi Takada - Visiting Scientist

Started in Group: September 2011
Current Project: C-F Bond Formation

Industrial Research Experience: Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma, Co., Ltd, Osaka, Japan

Ph.D. - Osaka Univeristy, Osaka, Japan
Prof. Toshikazu Hirao - Oxidative Ligand Coupling Reactions of Organozinc Compounds with Oxovanadium(V)

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Dr. Chia Kai Tseng - Postdoctoral Fellow

Started in Group: March 2013
Current Project: Continous Manufacturing

Ph.D. - National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
Profs. Chien Chung Han, Shin Guang Shyu – Copper Catalyzed C-N Cross-Coupling Reaction

M.Sc. - National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan
Prof. Shin Guang Shyu - Synthesis of Cyclic Carbonates by Metal Salen

B. Sc. - Fu Jen Catholic University, Taiwan

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Dr. Shaolin Zhu - Postdoctoral Associate

Started in Group: February 2013
Current Project: C-N Bond Formation

Postdoctoral Associate-Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
Prof. David W.C. MacMillan

Ph.D. - Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Shanghai, China
Prof. Dawai Ma- Practical Synthesis of Tamiflu

B. Sc.- Nanjing University, China

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Dr. Ye Zhu - Postdoctoral Fellow

Started in Group: July 2012
Current Project: Asymmetric C-C Bond Formation

Ph.D. - University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Prof. Viresh H. Rawal - Studies on Squaramide-Catalyzed Phospha-Michael Addition and Palladium-Catalyzed Indole Functionalization Reactions

B. Sc. - Peking University, Beijing, China
Prof. Xin Shen Zhao- Aptamer Biosensor for Electrochemical Detection of Proteins

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