Dr. Jamie Cadge

Research: Using data science tools for the development of metal-catalyzed homo Diels-Alder reactions

With Reisman Group (Caltech)

Ph.D. University of Bristol (2021)

Advisors: John Bower and Chris Russel

M.Sc. University of Nottingham (2016)

Advisor: Liam Ball

Interests: Cooking, playing piano, watching live music and films 

Dr. Melissa Hardy

Research: Developing statistical models to predict the outcome of amide coupling reactions to develop an a priori reaction optimization platform.

With Pfizer

Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, 2021

Advisor: Richmond Sarpong

B.A. Grinnell College, 2016

Advisor: Stephen Sieck

Interests: Corgis, disney movies, cooking/baking, and video games

Dr. Avijit Hazra

Research: Electrochemical transformation of common organic functional groups, and developing predictive models for organocatalytic reactions.

Ph.D. University of Washington, Seattle, 2021. 

Advisor: Gojko Lalic

M.Sc. ITT Bombay, Mumbai, 2014

Advisor: Debabrata Maiti

B.S. University of Calcutta, Kolkata, 2012

Interests: Playing soccer, table tennis, hiking, cooking Bengali food, and watching FC Barcelona play

Dr. Andrey Varienkov

Research: Enantioselective allylic amination via C-H activation with dirhodium catalysts.

With Du Bois Group (Stanford University)

Ph.D. Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, 2021. Advisor: Mark Gandelman

B.S.  Karazin Kharkiv National University, 2012.

Advisor: Aleksander D. Roshal

Interests: Cycling, cooking, traveling, diving

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Hanna Clements

Research: Structural and statistical models of biocatalytic systems for mechanistic insight,  reaction optimization, and metabolite partitioning behavior.

With Hyster Group (Cornell), Sherman Group (U of Michigan) and Rosen Group (UT Southwestern). 

B.S. Biochemistry, Gonzaga University (2018)

Interests: Playing outside, chips and salsa, gardening, crafting, tea, beanies with pig tails

Adam Pancoast

Research:  Development of anolytes for non-aqueous redox flow batteries, investigation of bipyrimidine scaffolds as electrophotocatalysts, and the study of N,N-bidentate ligands in asymmetric catalysis. 

With Minteer Group (Utah), Sanford Group (Michigan), Toste Group (Berkeley), JCSER, Reisman Group (Caltech), Doyle Group (UCLA). 

B.S. Chemistry, Augsburg University (2018)

Interests: Reading, hiking, traveling, playing with my dog

Ellyn Peters

Research: Molecular feature design and statistical modeling applied to mechanistic investigation and reaction development.

With Merck, Paton Group (CSU), Aspuru-Guzik Group (U of Toronto), Doyle Group (Princeton/UCLA), Gensch Group (TU Berlin). 

B.S. Chemistry, Augsburg University (2018)

Interests: Dogs, outdoors, and northern Minnesota 

Sleight Smith

Research: Investigating site-selective cross-couplings with monophosphine ligands

B.S. Chemistry, University of Idaho (2018)

Interests: Cooking, music, podcasts, card games, potatoes

Brittany Haas

Research: Developing statistical models for the rate of amide coupling reactions in order to predict reaction success.

With Pfizer

B.S. Chemistry, University of St. Thomas (2019)

Interests: cooking, traveling, French onion soup, farmers' markets, cheese curds, hiking, and the color pink

Jordan Liles

Research:  Development of novel Bronsted acid organocatalysts for enantioselective catalysis.

With Toste Group (UC Berkely)

B.S. Chemistry, Mercer University (2017)

Interests: Playing instruments, singing (poorly), snowboarding, Always Sunny, and Ethiopian food

Josh Tang

Research: Electroanalytical and electrosynthetic investigation into halogen-atom abstraction mechanism by Nickel-phosphine catalysts.

With CSOE

B.S. Chemistry, Nankai University (2015)

Interests: Comics, movies, Marvel and DC

Tim McFadden

Research: Leveraging electrochemistry to enable expedient access to reaction rate data.

With Minteer Group (Utah), CSOE

B.A. Marketing, Loyola University Chicago (2011)

Interests: Reading, climbing, open water swimming, and working for free

Beck Miller

Research:  Using machine learning and MLR analysis to globally optimize dirhodium catalysts along with carbene and nitrene substrates for  C-H insertion.

With Du Bois Group (Stanford), Houk Group (UCLA)

B.A. Chemistry, Smith College (2020)

Interests: Coding, rugby, weight lifting, and making a mess in my kitchen

Veronica O'Connor

Research: Developing a novel, hybrid class of chiral phosphoric acid catalysts via a combinatorial fragment-driven workflow to be used in both kinetic studies and reaction development. 

With Toste Group (UC Berkeley)

B.S. Chemistry, Hillsdale College (2020)

Interests: Volleyball, backpacking, skiing, cooking, tea, Star Wars, the Midwest.

Mohammad Samha 

Research: Linear regression modeling of hydrogen bond donating catalysis utilizing thiourea and square amide organic catalysts.

With Jacobsen Group (Harvard)

B.S. Chemistry, Southern Utah University (2019)

Interests: Studying, family time and the occasional video game.

Natalie Seeger

Research: Identification and parameterization of improved phosphine ligands for stereoselective cross couplings.

With Genentech, Buchwald Group (MIT)

B.S. Chemistry, Montana State University (2016)

Interests: Growing food, cooking food, eating food [especially bread], construction projects, playing outside, and one pot reactions

Sara McCormack

Research: synthesis and analysis of new materials for nonaqueous redox flow batteries

With JCESR

B.S. Chemistry, University of Denver (2021)

Interests: powder skiing, cooking, looking at trees, water sports, and brightly colored molecules

Austin LeSuer

Research: Molecular parameterization and statistical modeling of phosphine ligands for Kraken 

B.S.  Biochemistry, Brigham Young University (2021)

Interests: Reading, board games, piano, hiking, eating carbs

Sierra Hart

Research: Characterization of P, N ligand activity using statistical modeling to provide mechanistic insight and reaction optimization

With: Bayer

B.S. Chemistry and Applied Mathematics, Weber State University (2021)

Interests: yellow rain boots, keeping my (black) dogs off my (white) couch, and shopping for my next post-test consolation plant!

Therese Wild

Research: Electrochemical synthesis and mechanistic investigation of Co and Ni catalysis

B.A. Chemistry (2021) B.S. Biomedical Sciences (2021)

Interests: Hiking, climbing, watching the worst reality TV you can find, Trolli peach rings

Anna Bell 

Research: TBD

B.S. TBD

Interests: TBD

Dr. Sarah Lefave: Lab Manager

B.S. Chemistry, The University of Central Florida (2013)

Advisor: Yi Liao, Michael Leuenberger

Ph.D. Chemistry, The University of Utah (2021)

Advisor: Matthew Kieber-Emmons

Interests: Doggos, climbing, hiking, pretending to chef, sauces, proteins, tunneling, and talking about the weather.