We gratefully acknowledge the following sources of research support:
2024-2029
National Institutes of Health, 1R35GM153469-01, PI: Dean J. Tantillo
"Understanding and Manipulating Biosynthetic Mechanisms for Formation of Terpenes Relevant to Human Health"
2024-2027
National Science Foundation, CHE-2350125, PI: Andrew Mitchell (Illinois State)
"RUI: Nitrogen as an Enabling Linchpin for Complexity-Building Based on (5 + 2) Cycloadditions"
2023-2026
National Science Foundation, CHE-2247836, PIs: Dean J. Tantillo, Ampofo Darko (Tennessee)
"Collaborative Research: Enhancing Chemoselectivity and Efficiency Through Control of Axial Coordination in Rh(II) Complexes: An Experimental and Computational Approach"
2023-2026
National Science Foundation ACCESS (Advanced Cyberinfrastructure Coordination Ecosystem: Services & Support) Grant of Supercomputing Resources, CHE230106, PI: Dean J. Tantillo
"Computations to Facilitate Collaborative Research: Enhancing Chemoselectivity and Efficiency Through Control of Axial Coordination in Rh(II) Complexes: An Experimental and Computational Approach"
2022-2025
National Science Foundation, CHE-2154083, PI: Dean J. Tantillo
"Pushing the Limits of Reactivity Principles for Organic Reactions"
2023-2025
National Science Foundation ACCESS (Advanced Cyberinfrastructure Coordination Ecosystem: Services & Support) Grant of Supercomputing Resources, CHE030089 (renewal), PI: Dean J. Tantillo
"Computations to Facilitate Pushing the Limits of Reactivity Principles for Organic Reactions"
2022-2025
National Science Foundation, CHE-2154430, PI: Daniel Romo (Baylor)
"Utility and Application of Unsaturated Ammonium Salts in Organic Synthesis"
2020-2024
National Institutes of Health, R35GM131885, PI: Reuben Peters (Iowa State); co-I's: Justin Siegel (UCD), Dean J. Tantillo
"Investigating (Di)terpene Biosynthesis"
2021-2024
USDA-NIFA/NSF AI Institute for Next Generation Food Systems (AIFS), PI: Ilyas Tagkopoulos (UCD); co-PI's: Justin Siegel (UCD), Dean J. Tantillo
"Creating a Better Food System by AI-driven Discovery of Bioactives in Food"
2022-2023
National Science Foundation Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment (XSEDE) Grant of Supercomputing Resources, CHE030089 (renewal), PI: Dean J. Tantillo
"Mechanisms of Bioorganic and Organometallic Cyclization Reactions"
2022
Academic Senate Research Travel Grant, UC Davis, PI: Dean J. Tantillo
"Travel to the Reaction Mechanisms Conference, Boulder, CO"
2018-2022
National Institutes of Health, U2C ES030158, PI: Oliver Fiehn (UCD); co-I's: Tobias Kind, Dinesh Barupal, Dean Tantillo, Lee-Ping Wang (all UCD)
"West Coast Metabolomics Center for Compound Identification"
2019-2022
National Science Foundation, CHE-1856416, PI: Dean J. Tantillo
"Dynamic Effects on Fates of Reactive Intermediates in Synthesis and Biosynthesis"
2021
National Science Foundation Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment (XSEDE) Grant of Supercomputing Resources, CHE030089 (renewal), PI: Dean J. Tantillo
"Mechanisms of Bioorganic and Organometallic Cyclization Reactions"
2020-2021
ACS Petroleum Research Fund, PRF# 60663-ND4, PI: Dean J. Tantillo
"Theoretical Studies of Photochemical Processes Leading to Polycyclic Hydrocarbons"
2018-2021
National Science Foundation, CHE-1800411, PI: Daniel Romo (Baylor)
"Utility and Application of Unsaturated Ammonium Salts in Organic Synthesis"
2018-2020
Mars, Inc., PI: Justin Siegel (UCD); co-I's: Bruce Hammock (UCD), Dean J. Tantillo
"Aflatoxin Remediation"
2016-2020
National Institutes of Health, 2R01GM076324, PI: Reuben Peters (Iowa State); co-I's: Justin Siegel (UCD), Dean J. Tantillo
"Biosynthesis of (Di)terpene Scaffolds"
2016-2020
National Institutes of Health, 1R01GM110017, PI: Marcey Waters (UNC); co-I's: Michel Gagne (UNC), Dean J. Tantillo
"Investigation of Latent Free Energy in Noncovalent Networks"
2020
National Science Foundation Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment (XSEDE) Grant of Supercomputing Resources, CHE030089 (renewal), PI: Dean J. Tantillo
"Mechanisms of Bioorganic and Organometallic Cyclization Reactions"
2019
Academic Senate Research Travel Grant, UC Davis, PI: Dean J. Tantillo
"Travel to the 27th International Conference on Current Trends in Computational Chemistry (CCTCC), Jackson, MS"
2019
National Science Foundation Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment (XSEDE) Grant of Supercomputing Resources, CHE030089 (renewal), PI: Dean J. Tantillo
"Mechanisms of Bioorganic and Organometallic Cyclization Reactions"
2016-2019
National Science Foundation, CHE-1565933, PI: Dean J. Tantillo
"Modern Theoretical Carbocation Chemistry"
2018
Academic Senate Research Travel Grant, UC Davis, PI: Dean J. Tantillo
"Travel to the 13th International Symposium on Macrocyclic and Supramolecular Chemistry (ISMSC), Quebec City"
2018
National Science Foundation Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment (XSEDE) Grant of Supercomputing Resources, CHE030089 (renewal), PI: Dean J. Tantillo
"Mechanisms of Bioorganic and Organometallic Cyclization Reactions"
2016-2017
France-Berkeley Fund, FBF #2016-0061, PIs: Dean J. Tantillo & Fabien Gagosz (Ottowa)
"Experimental and Theoretical Mechanistic Studies on Gold Catalyzed Organic Reactions"
2017
National Science Foundation Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment (XSEDE) Grant of Supercomputing Resources, CHE030089 (renewal), PI: Dean J. Tantillo
"Mechanisms of Bioorganic and Organometallic Cyclization Reactions"
2016
Academic Senate Research Travel Grant, UC Davis, PI: Dean J. Tantillo
"Travel to Telluride Science Research Center (TSRC) meeting"
2016
R. Bryan Miller Summer Fellowship, awarded to Nhu Nguyen
2015-2016
National Science Foundation Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment (XSEDE) Grant of Supercomputing Resources, CHE030089 (renewal), PI: Dean J. Tantillo
"Mechanisms of Bioorganic and Organometallic Cyclization Reactions"
2014-2016
National Science Foundation, CHE-1361807, PI: Dean J. Tantillo
"Mechanisms of Complex Carbocation Rearrangements"
2015
DOD Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), PI: Dean J. Tantillo; co-PIs: M. Baik (IU), U. Tambar (UT Southwestern), D. Wild (IU)
"PREDICTOR - Predictive REaction Design via Informatics, Computation and Theories of Reactivity"
2014-2015
National Science Foundation Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment (XSEDE) Grant of Supercomputing Resources, CHE030089 (renewal), PI: Dean J. Tantillo
"Mechanisms of Bioorganic and Organometallic Cyclization Reactions"
2013-2015
Petroleum Research Fund, American Chemical Society, 52801-ND4, PI: Dean J. Tantillo
"The Fundamental Nature of Sulfur---Lone Pair Interactions"
2010-2015
National Institutes of Health, 1R01AI80931-01A2, PI: Jared Shaw, UC Davis; DJT as subcontractor
"Chemical Studies in Bacterial Cell Biology"
2014-2015
Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need (GAANN) Fellowship, US Department of Education, awarded to Stephanie Hare and Henry Wedler
2014-2015
Professors for the Future Fellowship, UC Davis, awarded to Henry Wedler
2014
Academic Senate Research Travel Grant, UC Davis, PI: Dean J. Tantillo
"Travel to International Conference on Chemical Bonding, Kauai, HI"
2014
Summer Graduate Student Researcher Award Program, UC Davis, PI: Dean J. Tantillo, awarded to Nhu Nguyen
"Award for Engineering or Computer-Related Applications and Methods"
2010-2014
U.S. Defense Threat Reduction Agency, HDTRA1-10-0030, PI: Michael Gagne, UNC Chapel Hill; DJT as co-PI (along with Marcey Waters, UNC Chapel Hill)
"Discovering Structured Peptide Catalysis by Reactive Tagging"
2013-2014
Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need (GAANN) Fellowship, US Department of Education, awarded to Ryan Pemberton
2013-2014
Academic Senate Faculty Research Grant, PI: Justin Siegel, UCD; DJT as co-PI
"Integrating Research and Education to Develop Novel Tools for Enzyme Engineering"
2014
National Science Foundation Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment (XSEDE) Grant of Supercomputing Resources, CHE030089 (renewal), PI: Dean J. Tantillo
"Mechanisms of Bioorganic and Organometallic Cyclization Reactions"
2010-2013
National Science Foundation, CHE-0957416, PI: Dean J. Tantillo
"Mechanisms of Complex Carbocation Rearrangements"
2013
Summer Graduate Student Researcher Award Program, UC Davis, PI: Dean J. Tantillo, awarded to Phillip Painter
"Award for Engineering or Computer-Related Applications and Methods"
2013
National Science Foundation Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment (XSEDE) Grant of Supercomputing Resources, CHE030089 (renewal), PI: Dean J. Tantillo
"Mechanisms of Bioorganic and Organometallic Cyclization Reactions"
2012-2013
Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need (GAANN) Fellowship, US Department of Education, awarded to Brandi Hudson
2012-2013
UC MEXUS Dissertation Grant awarded to Osvaldo Gutierrez.
2012
National Science Foundation Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment (XSEDE) Grant of Supercomputing Resources, CHE030089 (renewal), PI: Dean J. Tantillo
"Mechanisms of Bioorganic and Organometallic Cyclization Reactions"
2010-2011
Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need (GAANN) Fellowship, US Department of Education, awarded to Jason Harrison
2009-2011
Petroleum Research Fund, American Chemical Society, 49119-ND4, PI: Dean J. Tantillo
"Transition State Complexation in the Design of Hydrocarbon Rearrangements"
2011
National Science Foundation High-Performance Computing and TeraGrid Sites Grant of Supercomputing Resources, CHE030089 (renewal), PI: Dean J. Tantillo
"Mechanisms of Bioorganic and Organometallic Cyclization Reactions"
2010
National Science Foundation High-Performance Computing and TeraGrid Sites Grant of Supercomputing Resources, CHE030089 (renewal), PI: Dean J. Tantillo
"Mechanisms of Bioorganic and Organometallic Cyclization Reactions"
2009-2010
National Institutes of Health, 1R56AI080931, PI: Jared Shaw, UC Davis; DJT as subcontractor
"Chemical Studies in Bacterial Cell Biology"
2005-2010
National Science Foundation CAREER Award, CHE-0449845, PI: Dean J. Tantillo
"CAREER: Reactive Intermediate Promoted Polycyclization Reactions"
2008-2010
U.S. Civilian Research & Development Foundation and Russian Foundation of Basic Research Cooperative Grants Program, 15616, PI: Dean J. Tantillo (co w/ V. I. Minkin)
"Semi-Sandwich and Sandwich Polyacenes and Non-Classical Organometallic Heteropolyacenes with Hypercoordinate Main Group Centers"
2009-2010
Dissertation Year Fellowship, UC Davis, awarded to Michael Lodewyk
2008-2009
American Chemical Society Organic Division Graduate Fellowship, awarded to Matthew Siebert
2009
Summer Graduate Student Researcher Award Program, UC Davis, PI: Dean J. Tantillo, awarded to Rebecca Davis
"Award for Engineering or Computer-Related Applications and Methods"
2009
National Science Foundation High-Performance Computing and TeraGrid Sites Grant of Supercomputing Resources, CHE030089 (renewal), PI: Dean J. Tantillo
"Mechanisms of Bioorganic and Organometallic Cyclization Reactions"
2009
R. Bryan Miller Summer Fellowship, awarded to Michael Lodewyk
2008
National Science Foundation High-Performance Computing and TeraGrid Sites Grant of Supercomputing Resources, CHE030089 (renewal), PI: Dean J. Tantillo
"Mechanisms of Bioorganic and Organometallic Cyclization Reactions"
2008
Graduate Student Travel Award, UC Davis Graduate Council, awarded to Matthew Siebert
2008
Summer Graduate Student Researcher Award Program, UC Davis, PI: Dean J. Tantillo, awarded to Michael Lodewyk
"Award for Engineering or Computer-Related Applications and Methods"
2008
Summer Graduate Student Researcher Award Program, UC Davis, PI: Dean J. Tantillo, awarded to Young Hong
"Award for Engineering or Computer-Related Applications and Methods"
2006-2007
National Institutes of Health, 1R01GM076125, PI: Janis Louie, University of Utah; DJT as subcontractor
"Transition Metal Mediated Routes to Heterocycles and Carbocycles"
2007
National Science Foundation High-Performance Computing and TeraGrid Sites Grant of Supercomputing Resources, CHE030089 (renewal), PI: Dean J. Tantillo
"Mechanisms of Bioorganic and Organometallic Cyclization Reactions"
2007
Summer Graduate Student Researcher Award Program, UC Davis, PI: Dean J. Tantillo, awarded to Yong Hong
"Award for Engineering or Computer-Related Applications and Methods"
2007
R. B. Miller Fellowship for Excellence in Chemistry, UC Davis, PI: Dean J, Tantillo, awarded to Selina Wang
2007
Sloan Foundation Fellowship, awarded to Rebecca Davis.
2006
National Science Foundation High-Performance Computing and TeraGrid Sites Grant of Supercomputing Resources, CHE030089 (renewal), PI: Dean J. Tantillo
"Mechanisms of Bioorganic and Organometallic Cyclization Reactions"
2006
Summer Graduate Student Researcher Award Program, UC Davis, PI: Dean J. Tantillo, awarded to Matt Siebert
"Award for Engineering or Computer-Related Applications and Methods"
2004-2006
Petroleum Research Fund, American Chemical Society, 41257-G4, PI: Dean J. Tantillo
"Bioorganic and Organometallic Polycyclization Reactions"
2005
National Science Foundation High-Performance Computing and TeraGrid Sites Grant of Supercomputing Resources, CHE030089 (renewal), PI: Dean J. Tantillo
"Mechanisms of Bioorganic and Organometallic Cyclization Reactions"
2004-2005
New Faculty Research Grant Program 2003-2004, UC Davis, PI: Dean J. Tantillo
"Facilitating Catalyst Discovery by Ab Initio Reaction Design"
2004
National Computational Science Alliance (NSF Funded) Grant of Supercomputing Resources, CHE030089N, PI: Dean J. Tantillo
"Mechanisms of Bioorganic and Organometallic Cyclization Reactions"
2003-2004
National Computational Science Alliance (NSF Funded) Grant of Supercomputing Resources, CHE040005, PI: Pradeep Gutta (postdoc)
"Computational Study of the Cyclization of Farnesyl Pyrophosphate"
2003-2004
National Computational Science Alliance (NSF Funded) Grant of Supercomputing Resources, CHE040006, PI: Mihaela Bojin (postdoc)
"Supramolecular Stabilization of Biologically Relevant Nonclassical Carbocations"
2003-2004
National Computational Science Alliance (NSF Funded) Grant of Supercomputing Resources, CHE030042N, PI: Dean J. Tantillo
"Uncovering the Origins of Regio- and Stereoselectivity for Organometallic Reactions"
