Dean
Tantillo, principal
investigator
current project(s): weird, wild stuff
"joined" the group: July, 2003
Young
Hong, Assistant Project Scientist (previously: PhD 2008, postdoc)
current project(s): terpene biosynthesis, Au catalysis
joined the group: September, 2005 (grad); June, 2009 (postdoc); July 2011 (Assistant Project Scientist)
dissertation title: Mechanistic Studies on Carbocation Cascades in the Biosynthesis of Terpene Natural Products
Michael
Lodewyk, postdoc (previously: PhD 2010)
current project(s): catalyst design
joined the group: January, 2006 (grad); July, 2010 (postdoc)
dissertation title: Theoretical and Experimental Mechanistic Studies on Sesquiterpene Biosynthesis, Oxyanion-Accelerated Pericyclic Reactions, and More
Jason Harrison, grad student
current project(s): pericyclic and organometallic rearrangements
joined the group: January, 2009
Phil Painter, graduate student (previously: undergraduate)
current project(s): pharmaceutical chemistry, pericyclic reactions
joined the group: June, 2008 (undergrad); September, 2009 (grad)
Lisa Sibley, graduate student
current project(s): catalyst design
joined the group: January, 2011
Hoby Wedler, graduate student (previously: undergrad)
current project(s): predicting hydration propensities
joined the group: June, 2009 (undergrad); January, 2012 (grad)
Ryan Pemberton, graduate student
current project(s): dynamics in terpene biosynthesis
joined the group: January, 2012
Teresa Palazzo, graduate student (joint with Kurth)
current project(s): heterocycle formation
joined the group: January, 2012
Nhu Nguyen, graduate student (previously: undergrad)
current project(s): automated docking, terpene biosynthesis
joined the group: July, 2011 (undergrad); January, 2013 (grad)
Brandi Hudson, graduate student
current project(s): biosynthesis
joined the group: January, 2013
Terrence O'Brien, graduate student (joint with Siegel)
current project(s): biosynthesis
joined the group: January, 2013
Walter Lam, undergrad
current project(s): automated docking with RNA
joined the group: September, 2011
Krystina Ho, undergrad
current project(s): biological pericyclic reactions
joined the group: September, 2012
Jenna Zhang, visiting scientist (working under Selina Wang)
current project(s): predicting 31P NMR chemical shifts
joined the group: July, 2011
Gayle Dumm, visiting scientist (undergrad at Sacramento City College)
current project(s): sulfur as a lone pair acceptor
joined the group: January, 2012
Changsheng Yao, visiting scientist (professor at Jiangsu Normal University)
current project(s): carbene catalysis
joined the group: November, 2012
Sarah Cohen, honorary group member
current project(s): methods for increasing accessibility of computational chemistry for blind chemists
joined the group: June, 2009
