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

 

 

 

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