Postdoctoral Alumni
Dr. Tomoko Ashizawa - Ashizawa_Tomoko@takeda.co.jp
Takeda Pharmaceuticals
Postdoc, Caltech, 2009-2010
Ph. D., Keio University, 2009
Prof. Tohru Yamada
"Catalytic atropo-Enantioselective Synthesis of Biaryl Compounds
by Dynamic Kinetic Resolution"
M.S., Keio University, 2006
B.S., Keio University, 2004
Dr. Corinne Baumgartner
Givaudan
Postdoc, Caltech 2007-2008
Ph.D., ETH Zurich, 2007
Prof. François N. Diederich
"Strukturbasiertes Design und Synthese von Inhibitoren des Enzyms
IspF als potentielle Antimalaria-Wirkstoffe"
Dipl. Natw. ETH Zurich, 2003
Dr. Jun Chiba
Daiichisankyo Company Limited, 2008+
Postdoc, Caltech 2007-2008
Ph.D., Shizuoka University, 2007
M.S., Tohoku University, 1995
B.S., Tohoku University, 1993
Dr. Koji Chiyoda - chiyoda@caltech.edu
Ph.D.,University of Tokyo, 2013
Prof. Tohru Fukuyama
"Synthetic Studies on N-Methylwelwitindolinone C Isothiocyanate"
M.S., University of Tokyo, 2010
B.S., Osaka University, 2008
Dr. Joshua Day -
jday@caltech.edu
Postdoc, Caltech 2009-2011
Ph.D., Yale University, 2009
Prof. John Wood
"Progress Toward the Total Synthesis of Actinophyllic Acid"
M.S. Yale University
B.S. Colorado State University
Dr. Christian Defieber
BASF
Postdoc, Caltech 2007-2008
Ph.D., ETH, 2007
Prof. Eric Carreira
"Chiral Olefins as Novel Ligands in Asymmetric Synthesis and the Development of Water and Ammonia Equivalents in Iridium-Catalyzed Allylic Substitution"
Dr. Christian Eidamshaus
BASF
Postdoc, Caltech 2012-2013
Ph.D., Freie Universität Berlin, 2011
Prof. Hans-Ulrich Reissig
"Synthesis of Highly Substituted Enantiopure Pyridines and of 4-Quinolones and their Applications in Asymmetric Catalysis"
M. Sc., Freie Universität Berlin, 2008
B. Sc., Freie Universität Berlin, 2006
Dr. Vinson Espejo - vespejo@caltech.edu
Ph.D., University of Utah,2012
Prof. Jon D. Rainer
"The Total Syntheses of Kapakahines E and F: The Evolution of a Unique Reaction Upon Bromopyrroloindolines"
B. S., University of Missouri-Colombia, 2007
Dr. Michele Gatti -
mgatti2@caltech.edu
Postdoc, Caltech 2011
Ph.D., University of Zurich, 2011
Prof. Reto Dorta
"New Catalysts and New Substrates in Ring Closing Metathesis"
M.S., Univesità degli Studi di Milano, 2007
B.S., Univesità degli Studi di Milano, 2004
Dr. Christian Grünanger
BASF
Ph.D., Albert-Ludwigs-Universität, Freiburg, 2010
Prof. Bernhard Breit
"Development of a Covalent but Reversibly Bound Catalyst Directing Group for Regio- and Diastereoselective Hydroformylations"
Diploma, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität, Freiburg 2006
Dr. Xiaoqing Han
Merck & Co.
Visiting Postdoctoral Scholar from City of Hope, 2006-2009
Ph. D., Duke University, 2006
Prof. Ross A. Widenhoefer
"Transition Metal-Catalyzed Addition of Carbon, Oxygen, and Nitrogen
Nucleophiles to Unactivated Olefins"
B.S., Peking University, Beijing, China, 1997
Dr. Andrew Harned
Assistant Professor,
University of Minnesota, 2007-
Postdoc, Caltech 2004-2007
Ph.D., University of Kansas 2004
B.S., Biochemistry, Virginia Tech 1999
Dr. Christopher Henry
Achaogen
Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, 2008
Prof. Ohyun Kwon
"Phosphine-catalysis of allenoates: mechanism, heterocycle synthesis, and asymmetric
catalysis"
B.S., The College of William and Mary, 2003
Dr. Kathrin Höferl-Prantz
Sandoz
Ph.D. University of Vienna, 2009
Prof. Johann Mulzer
"Decarboxylative Grob-type Fragmentations in the Synthesis of Trisubstituted (Z)-Olefins; Application to Epothilone B, Discodermolide and Peloruside A"
M.Sc. University of Vienna, 2005
Dr. Thomas Jensen
Lundbeck
Postdoc, Caltech, 2009-2010
Ph.D., The Danish Technical University, 2009
Prof. Robert Madsen
"Ruthenium- and Palladium-Catalyzed Carbon-Carbon Bond Formation in Natural Product Synthesis"
M.Sc. The Danish Technical University, 2006
Dr. Amanda Jones -
jonesac@wfu.edu
Assistant Professor, Wake Forest University, 2010-
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin - Madison, 2007
Prof. Hans J. Reich
"Rapid Injection NMR and Organolithium
Reactivity"
A.B., Chemistry, Princeton University, 2001
Prof. Ryan Julian
Assistant Professor, UC Riverside 2003+
Postdoc, Caltech 2003
Ph.D., Caltech 2003
B.S., University of Utah 1999
Prof. Taichi Kano
Lecturer, Kyoto University 2006+
Assistant Professor, Kyoto University, 2003-2006
Postdoc, Caltech 2001-2002
Ph.D., Nagoya University 2001
M.S., Nagoya University 1998
B.S., Nagoya University 1996
Dr. Kotaro Kikushima
Assistant Professor, Nagoya City University
Postdoc, Caltech, 2010-2011
Ph.D., Osaka University, 2010
Prof. Toshikazu Hirao
"Studies on Development of Catalytic Oxidation Systems Based on Vanadium Redox Properties"
M. S., Osaka University, 2007
B. S., Osaka University, 2005
Dr. Jimin Kim
Assistant Professor, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, Korea
Postdoc, Caltech, 2010-2012
Ph.D., Princeton University, 2010
Prof. Erik Sorensen
"Development of the Interrupted Ugi Reaction and Its Application to the Synthesis of 11-Methoxy Mitragynine Pseudoindoxyl"
M.S. Sungkyunkwan University, 2004
B.S. Sungkyunkwan University, 2002
Dr. Hendrik F. T. Klare - klare@caltech.edu
Technische Universität Berlin
Postdoc, Caltech 2011-2012
Ph.D., Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, 2011
Prof. Martin Oestreich
"Generation of Stabilized Silylium Ions for Catalysis"
Diploma, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, 2007
Dr. Shyam Krishnan
Postdoc, Taunton Lab
Postdoc, Caltech 2004-2007
Ph.D., Harvard University 2004
M.S., Harvard University 2002
M.Sc., Indian Inst. of Technology, Kanpur, India 1998
B.Sc., St. Stephen's College, Univ. of Delhi, Delhi, India
1996
Dr. Guillaume Lapointe - lapointe@caltech.edu
Ph.D., University of Bern, 2011
Prof. Philippe Renaud
"Expanding the Limits of the Radical Carboazidation: Application to the Synthesis of Alkaloids"
M.S, University of Tokyo, 2007
B.S., Université de Sherbrooke, 2003
Dr. Gene Lee
Senior Research Scientist, LG Chem, Ltd., Seoul, South
Korea 2005+
Postdoc, Caltech 2004-2005
Ph.D., State University of New York at Buffalo 2004
M.S., California State University of Los Angeles 1998
B.S., California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
1994
Dr. Marc Liniger -
mliniger@caltech.edu
Givaudan
Postdoc, Caltech, 2013-2014
Ph.D., ETH Zurich, 2013
Prof. Karl-Heinz Altmann
"Total Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Antitumor Natural Products and their Analogs:
Rhizoxin WF-1360F and 5’-Deoxy L-783277"
M.Sc., University of Basel, 2009
B.Sc., University of Basel, 2007
Dr. Qi (Charles) Liu
Gilead Sciences 2007+
Postdoc, Caltech 2005-2007
Ph.D., University of California, San Diego 2000-2005
B.S., University of Science and Technology of China
1994-1999
Dr. Alex N. Marziale - marziale@caltech.edu
Ph.D., Technische Universität München, 2011
Prof. Wolfgang A. Herrmann
"Palladium Complexes for Cross-Coupling Reactions in Aqueous Media"
M.Sc., Technische Universität München, 2007
B.Sc., Technische Universität München, 2005
Dr. Andrew McClory
Genentech
Postdoc, Caltech, 2007-2009
Ph.D., Stanford University, 2007
Prof. Barry M. Trost
"Ruthenium and Rhodium-Catalyzed Atom Economical Reactions"
B.Sc., Chemistry, Concordia University, 1999
Dr. Nolan T. McDougal
The Dow Chemical Company
Postdoc, Caltech, 2008-2010
Ph.D., Boston University, 2008
Prof. Scott E. Schaus
"Asymmetric Phosphine-Mediated Condensation Reactions"
B.S., Vanderbilt University, 2001
Dr. Kenji Negoro – knegoro@caltech.edu
Astellas Pharma Inc., 1998+
Postdoc, Caltech 2013-2014
Ph.D., Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences, 2013
Prof. Yoshio Hayashi
“Synthesis and structure-activity relationship of GPR119 agonists”
M.S. Osaka University, 1998
B.S. Osaka University, 1996
Dr. Toyoki Nishimata
Daiishi-Sankyo
Group 2007+
Postdoc, Caltech 2005-2007
Ph.D., Hokkaido University 1999
M.S., Hokkaido University 1994
B.S., Yokohama National University 1992
Dr.
Zoltán Novák
Faculty Member, Eötvös
University, Budapest, Hungary 2007+
Postdoc, Caltech 2004-2005
Ph.D., Eötvös University, Budapest, Hungary
2004
M.Sc., Eötvös University, Budapest, Hungary
1999
Dr. Yoshitaka (Yoshi) Numajiri -
numajiri@caltech.edu
Toray Industries, Inc., 2009+
Postdoc, Caltech, 2012-2014
Ph.D., Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2009
Prof. Takashi Takahashi and Prof. Takayuki Doi
"Total Synthesis of Apratoxin A, Largazole and Their Derivatives and
Application for Synthesis of Chemical Probes to Identify Their Target
Protein Complex"
M.S., Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2006
B.S., Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2004
Dr. Noriko Okamoto -
nokamo@caltech.edu
Assistant Professor, Hiroshima International University, 2008-
Ph.D., Hiroshima University, 2011
Prof. Kei Takeda
“One-Pot Synthesis of Indoles and Isoquinolines via Tandem Reaction"
M.S., Hiroshima University, 2006
B.S., Hiroshima University, 2004
Dr. Kim Petersen - kspeters@uncg.edu
Assistant Professor, UNC Greensboro
Postdoc, Caltech 2009-2011
Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, 2009
Prof. Gary H. Posner
"Studies in Organic Synthesis: Design, Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Novel 1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3 Analogs
and Asymmetric, Organocatalytic, 3-Step synthesis of α-hydroxy-(E)-β-unsaturated Sulfones and Esters"
B.S., University of Wisconsin, 2000
Dr. John Phillips
Materia
Postdoc, Montgomery Group, University of Michigan, 2007-2010
Postdoc, Caltech 2006-2007
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison 2005
B.S., Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley 1997
Dr. Fabian Piller
Novartis
Postdoc, Caltech 2010-2011
Ph.D. Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet, Munich 2010
Prof. Paul Knochel
"LiCl-Mediated Direct Insertion of Magnesium Into Aryl, Heteroaryl and Benzylic Halides.
Regio- and Chemoselective Synthesis of 5-Membered Ring Heterocycles."
M.Sc. Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet, Munich 2006
B.Sc. Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet, Munich 2004
Dr. Yeeman K. Ramtohul
Senior Research Scientist, Vertex Pharmaceuticals
2004+
Postdoc, Caltech 2002-2004
Ph.D., University of Alberta, Canada 2002
B.Sc., University of Mauritius 1996
Prof. Richmond Sarpong
Associate
Professor, UC Berkeley 2004+
Postdoc, Caltech 2000-2004
Ph.D., Princeton University 2000
B.S., Macalester College 1995
Prof. Govindasamy Sekar
Assistant
Professor, I.I.T., Madras, India 2004+
Postdoc, Caltech 2003-2004
Postdoc, University of Göettingen, Germany 2002
Postdoc, Toyohashi University of Technology, Japan 2001
Research Associate, I.I.T., Kanpur, India 2000
Ph.D., I.I.T., Kanpur, India 1999
M.Sc., University of Madras, India 1995
B.Sc., University of Madras, India 1993
Dr. Jeff Servesko
Postdoc, Caltech 2006-2007
Ph.D., University of California, Santa
Barbara 2006
B.S., Penn State University, 1997
Dr. Masaki Seto
Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited, 2008+
Postdoc, Caltech 2006-2008
Ph.D., Tokyo Univsersity of Science
M.S., Tokyo Institute of Technology, 1994
B.S., Tokyo Institute of Technology, 1992
Dr. Grant Shibuya - gshibuya@caltech.edu
Ph.D., University of California, Irvine
Prof. Chris Vanderwal
"Studies of the Chlorosulfolipids: Methodology and Synthesis"
B.S., Santa Clara University, 2005
Dr. Hideki Shimizu - hideki@caltech.edu
Postdoc, Caltech 2010-2011
Ph.D., Kyushu University, 2004
Prof. Tsutomu Katsuki
"Ruthenium(salen)-Catalyzed Aerobic Oxidative Desymmetrization of meso-Diols and Its Kinetics"
B.S., Kagoshima University, 1999
Dr. Russell Smith
Johnson and Johnson
Postdoc, Caltech 2010-2011
Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign, 2010
Prof. Scott E. Denmark
"Preparative and Mechanistic Aspects of Palladium-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling Reactions of Alkali-Metal Arylsilanolates"
B.S., Illinois Wesleyan University, 2004
Dr. Jan Streuff - jan.streuff@ocbc.uni-freiburg.de
University of Freiburg
Ph.D., ULP Strasbourg, 2008
Prof. Dr. Kilian Muñiz
"Bifunctional N-H Activation and Oxidative Transition Metal
Catalysed Diamination of Alkenes"
Diploma, Chemistry, Bonn University, 2005
Dr. Yuji Sumii
Postdoc, Osaka University
Postdoc, Caltech 2012-2013
Ph.D., Osaka University, 2011
Prof. Motomasa Kobayashi
"Synthetic Studies of cortistatin A, an Anti-angiogenic Steroidal Alkaloid from Marine Sponge"
M.S., Osaka University, 2008
B.S., Osaka University, 2006
Dr. Kousuke Tani
Chemical Research I, Ono Pharmaceutical Co.,
Japan 2006+
Postdoc, Caltech 2005-2006
Ph.D., Tokyo Institute of Technology 2004
M.S., Tokyo Inst. of Technology, Tokyo, Japan 1993
B.S., Tokyo Inst. of Technology, Tokyo, Japan 1991
Dr. Takeharu Toyoshima
Postdoc, Caltech 2011
Ph.D., Kyoto University 2011
Prof. Masahiro Murakami
"Synthesis of Oxindoles by Palladium Catalyzed Cyclization Reactions of 2-(Alkynyl)aryl Isocyanates with Nucleophiles"
M.S. Chiba University 2008
B.S. Chiba University 2006
Dr. Kristy Tran
Bristol-Myers Squibb
Postdoc, Caltech 2009-2011
Ph.D., Columbia University, 2009
Prof. James L. Leighton
"Synthetic Applications of Silicon Lewis Acids: Total Synthesis of MS-153 and Manzacidin C"
B.S. University of Texas at Austin, 2004
Dr. Florian Vogt -
fvogt@caltech.edu
BASF
Ph.D., Technical University Munich, 2010
Prof. Thorsten Bach
"Synthesis of New Ligands and Catalysts for a Hydrogen Bond Mediated Chirality Transfer"
M.Sc. Technical University Munich, 2006
Dr. David White
Principal Scientist, GlaxoSmithKline , 2008+
Postdoc, Caltech 2005-2007
Ph.D., Harvard University 2005
B.S., Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 1999
Dr. Carolyn Woodroofe
Research Scientist, Promega Biosciences Inc.
2006+
Postdoc, Caltech 2004-2006
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2004
B.A., Int. Science and Chemistry, Northwestern University
1998
Dr. Kun-Liang (Phil) Wu - kwu@caltech.edu
Postdoc, Caltech, 2010-2012
Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara, 2010
Prof. Thomas R. R. Pettus
"Synthesis of γ-Rubromycin and Related Natural Products"
M.S., National Taiwan University, 2004
B.S., National Chung-Hsing University, 2002
Dr. Xiangyou Xing -
xiangyou@caltech.edu
Postdoc, Caltech, 2012+
Ph.D.,Peking University, 2012.
Prof. David Zhigang Wang and Prof. Zhen Yang
"Kinetic resolution by means of Sharpless asymmetric dihydroxylation
reaction and total synthesis of Grassypeptolide A"
B.S. Taishan College, 2006.
Dr. Haiming Zhang
Scientist, Lexicon Pharmaceuticals 2005+
Postdoc, Caltech 2003-2005
Ph.D., Iowa State University 2003
M.S., University of Science and Technology of China (USTC)
1998
B.S., University of Science and Technology of China (USTC)
1996
Graduate Student Alumni
Dr. Kevin Allan -
kallan@caltech.edu
Thesis :: Development of Versitile Strategies for Aryne Annulation: Applications in Methodology and Natural Product Total Synthesis
Gilead Sciences
Postdoc, Viresh Rawal, University of Chicago, 2010-2012
Ph.D. Caltech, 2010
B.S., University of California, Berkeley
2004
Dr. Eric
Ashley
Thesis :: The First Total Synthesis of
(-)-Lemonomycin
Merck & Co.
Postdoc, Jacobsen Group, Harvard, 2005-2009
Ph.D., Caltech 2005
A.B., Harvard University 2000
Dr. Jeff
Bagdanoff
Thesis :: Development and Application of the Oxidative
Kinetic Resolution of Secondary Alcohols by Catalytic
Palladium
Lexicon
Pharmaceuticals 2005+
Ph.D., Caltech 2005
B.S., University of California, Davis 2000
Dr. Douglas Behenna
Thesis :: Progress toward the Synthesis of (+)-Zoanthenol and
the Development of an Asymmetric Tsuji Allylation
Reaction
Pfizer 2012+
Staff Scientist, Stoltz Group, 2010-2012
Postdoc, Elias J. Corey (Harvard), 2006-2010
Ph.D., Caltech 2006
B.A., University of Pennsylvania 2000
Dr. Nathan Bennett
Thesis :: Palladium-Catalyzed Allylic Alkylation: Insights, Application Toward Cyclopentanoid and Cycloheptanoid Molecules, and the Total Synthesis of Several Daucane Sesquiterpenes
Postdoc, Vy Dong (University of California, Irvine), 2013+
Ph.D., Caltech 2013
B.S., Brigham Young University 2008
Dr. Daniel Caspi
Thesis :: The Adaptive Nature of Palladium Reactivity in Synthesis
Senior Research Chemist - Abbott Laboratories 2008+
Ph.D., Caltech 2008
B.S., University of California, San Diego
2002
Dr. Rob Craig II -
rcraig@caltech.edu
Ph.D., Caltech 2015
B.S., Davidson College 2010
Ruth L. Kirschstein NRSA Predoctoral Fellowship [F31]
Ernest Cruz
M.S., Caltech, 2005
B.S., California State University, Los Angeles
Dr. David Ebner
Thesis :: Development and Applications of the Palladium-Catalyzed Enantioselective Oxidation of Secondary Alcohols
Pfizer, Inc.
Postdoc, Eric Sorensen (Princeton) 2008
Ph.D., Caltech 2008
B.S., Chemistry, University of Saint Thomas 2002
B.A., Mathematics, University of Saint Thomas 2002
Dr. John Enquist
Thesis :: Total Synthesis of Cyanthiwigin Natural Products Via Double Asymmetric Catalytic Alkylation and Investigations into the Nature of Double Asymmetric Processes
Postdoc, John Wood (CSU) 2010+
Ph.D., Caltech 2010
B.S., University of California, San Diego
2004
Dr. Eric
Ferreira
Thesis :: The Design and Development of Palladium-Catalyzed
Aerobic Oxidative Transformations
Assistant Professor,
Colorado State University 2008+
Postdoc, Barry Trost (Stanford) 2005-2008
Ph.D., Caltech 2005
S.B., Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2000
Dr. Neil Garg
Thesis :: The Total Synthesis of Dragmacidins D and F
Professor, UCLA 2007+
Postdoc, Overman (UC Irvine) 2005-2007
Ph.D., Caltech 2005
B.S., New York University 2000
Dr. Chris Gilmore
Thesis :: Aryne Annulation Reactions Toward the Synthesis of Heterocyclic Molecules
Dow Chemical
Ph.D., Caltech 2012
B.S., Boston College 2005
Dr. Alex Goldberg
Thesis :: Synthetic Applications and Methodological Developments of Donor–Acceptor Cyclopropanes
Postdoc, David Milstein (Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel), 2013+
Ph.D., Caltech 2013
BScH, Queen's University 2008
Blake Greene
M.S., Caltech 2004
B.S., Yale University 2002
Dr. Jonny Gordon
Thesis :: Applications of a Concise and General Strategy for the Syntheses of Transtaganolide and Basiliolide Natural ProductsPh.D., Caltech, 2014
B.Sc., Brown University 2008
Dr. Jeff Holder
Thesis :: The Development of an Asymmetric Palladium-Catalyzed Conjugate Addition and its Application Toward the Total Syntheses of Taiwaniaquinoid Natural ProductsPostdoc, John Hartwig (University of California, Berkeley), 2014+
Ph.D., Caltech, 2014
B.A. Harvard University 2009
Dr. Allen Hong
Thesis :: Development of a Novel Ring Contraction Strategy and Application to the Total
Synthesis of Presilphiperfolanol Natural Products
Postdoc, Chris Vanderwal (University of California, Irvine), 2012+
Ph.D., Caltech, 2012
B.S., University of California, Berkeley
2006
Boram Hong
M.S. Caltech 2011
B.A. Macalester College 2007
Katerina Korch -
kkorch@caltech.edu
M.S. Caltech 2015
B.S. Juniata College 2012
National Science Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship
Dr. Mike Krout
Thesis :: Progress Toward the Asymmetric Total Synthesis of Variecolin and Gas-Phase Studies of the Twisted Amide 2-Quinuclidone
Assistant Professor, Bucknell University
Postdoc, David Y. Gin, (Sloan-Kettering), 2009-2012
Ph.D., Caltech 2009
B.S., Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2002
Dr. Chung Whan Lee -
clee2@caltech.edu
Ph.D., Caltech 2015
M.S. Seoul National University 2009
B.S. Seoul National University 2007
Dr. Sandy Ma
Progress Toward the Cortistatin A Carbocyclic Core and The Development of the Catalytic Enantioselective Alkylation of 3-Halooxindoles
Postdoc, Jin-Quan Yu
Ph.D., Caltech 2010
B.S., Chemistry, Stanford University
2004
B.S., Biology, Stanford University 2004
Max Loewinger -
mloewing@caltech.edu
M.A. Chemistry, Wesleyan University 2009
B.A. Chemistry, Wesleyan University 2008
B.A. American Studies (Literary and Cinematic Criticism), Wesleyan University 2008
Dr. Yiyang Liu -
yliu3@caltech.edu
Ph.D., Caltech, 2015
B.S., Peking University 2010
Resnick Sustainability Fellowship
Dr. Mike Meyer
Palladium(II)-Catalyzed Oxidation Reactions in Natural Product Synthesis: Efforts Toward Bielschowskysin and Phalarine
Postdoc, Astraea Therapeutics
Ph.D., Caltech 2010
B.S., Cal Poly San Luis Obispo 2002
Dr. Jeremy May
Thesis :: Tandem Reactions, Gas Phase Chemistry, and Natural Products
Assistant Professor, University of Houston
Postdoc, Samuel Danishefsky (Sloan-Kettering)
Ph.D., Caltech 2005
B.S., University of Utah 2000
Dr. Ryan McFadden
Thesis :: Applications of Pd-Catalyzed Enatioselective Decarboxylative Alkylation in
Natural Products Total Synthesis
Gilead Sciences 2007+
Ph.D., Caltech 2007
B.S., Chemistry and Biochemistry, Purdue
University 2002
Dr. JT Mohr
Thesis :: Enantioselective Reactions of Palladium Enolates
Assistant Professor, University of Illinois (Chicago), 2012+
Postdoc, Gregory Fu (MIT), 2009-2012
Ph.D., Caltech, 2009
A.B., Dartmouth College, 2003
Dr. Hosea M. Nelson
Thesis :: A Unified Synthetic approach to the Transtaganolide and Basiliolide Natural Products
Assistant Professor, UCLA 2015+
Postdoc, Dean Toste (University of California, Berkeley), 2012+
Ph.D., Caltech, 2012
B.S., University of California, Berkeley
2004
Narae Park
M.S. Chemistry, Caltech, 2010 B.S., Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego 2005
Dr. Corey Reeves
- creeves@caltech.edu
Ph.D., Caltech 2015
B.S., Chemistry, Columbia University
2010)
(with Prof. Tristan Lambert)
Dr. Jenny Roizen
Thesis :: Progress Toward an Enantioselective Total Synthesis of Ineleganolide
Assistant Professor, Duke University 2013+
Postdoc, Du Bois Group (Stanford) 2010+
Ph.D., Caltech 2010
B.A., Williams College 2003
Brinton Seashore-Ludlow
Somfai Group, University of Tartu
M.S., Caltech 2007
B.A., Macalester College 2005
Dr. Nathaniel Sherden
Thesis :: Mechanistic Investigations into the Palladium Catalyzed Decarboxylative Allylic Alkylation of Ketone Enolates Using the PHOX Ligand Architecture
Postdoc, Prof. Sarah O'Connor
Ph.D., Caltech 2011
B.S., Chemistry, University of Chicago 2004
B.S., Computer Science, University of Chicago 2004
Sarah
Spessard
Cima Labs
M.S., Caltech 2003
B.A., Gustavus Adolphus 2000
Vlad
Spasojevic
B.S., Chemistry, University of Minnesota
2005
B.S., Biochemistry, University of Minnesota 2005
Dr. Jenn Stockdill -
jstockdi@caltech.edu
Thesis :: Forays into the synthesis of zoanthenol: intriguing patterns in reactivity and selectivity
Assistant Professor, Wayne State University 2012+
Postdoc, Samuel Danishefsky (Columbia), 2009-2012
Ph.D. Caltech 2008
B.S., Virginia Tech 2003
Dr. Pam
Tadross - ptadross@caltech.edu
Thesis :: Exploiting the Reactivity of Arynes in the Total Synthesis of Natural ProductsPostdoc, Eric Jacobsen (Harvard) 2011+
Ph.D. Caltech 2011
B.S., New York University 2005
Dr. Uttam Tambar
Thesis :: Convergent Methods for Synthesizing Rings in the
Context of Natural Product Synthesis
Assistant Professor,
UT Southwestern 2009-
Postdoc, Jim Leighton (Columbia), 2006-2009
Ph.D., Caltech 2005
A.B., Harvard University 2000
Dr. Raissa
Trend
Thesis :: Concerning The Mechanism and Selectivity of
Palladium(II) Catalyzed Aerobic Oxidation Reactions
Achaogen
2008+
Postdoc, Horst Vogel (EPFL) 2006-2008
Ph.D., Caltech 2006
University of Wisconsin at Madison 2001
B.A., University of Chicago 1998
Dr. Matthew Winston -
mattw@caltech.edu
Postdoc, Dean Toste (University of California, Berkeley), 2012+
Ph.D., Caltech, 2012
B.S., Harvard University, 2007
Dr. Ryan Zeidan
Boston Consulting Group
Ph.D., Caltech, 2007, Davis Group
M.S., Caltech, 2004, Stoltz Group
S.B., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002
John Zepernick
Think Science
M.S., Caltech 2003
B.S., University of Texas at Austin 2001
Former Visiting Scholars
Jen Alleva -
jalleva@caltech.edu
Graduate Student, Princeton (Macmillan Group) 2010-
B.S., Temple University
Katsuaki Baba
Chatani Group, Osaka University
Magnus Bergner -
mbergner@caltech.edu
M.Sc., Chemistry, Lund University 2004
Maria Cano - mcano@caltech.edu
M.S. University of Granada, 2008
Prof. Enrique J. Àlvarez-Manzaneda
B.S. University of Granada 2007
"mailto:masakih@caltech.edu">Ryohei Doi -
ryoheid@caltech.edu
Ph.D. Candidate, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
Satoshi Hashimoto
- shashi@caltech.edu
Ph.D. Candidate, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences
The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Lukas Hilpert
- lhilpert@caltech.edu
B.S., Chemistry, University of Freiburg 2012
Yakup Gunes - yakup@caltech.edu
Ph.D. Candidate, Ataturk University (Prof. Ramazan Altundas and Prof. Yavuz Taskesenligil)
Akihiko
IwashitaThomas
Jensen
M.Sc. Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
The Danish Technical University 2006
Woo-ok Jung
- wjung@caltech.edu
M.S Candidate, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju, Korea
Natsuko Kinoshita - natsuko@caltech.edu
M.S., Nagoya University, 2011 (Prof. Takashi Ooi)
B.S., Nagoya University, 2009
Yusuke Kita, Ph.D.
- kita@caltech.edu
Assistant Professor, Osaka University, 2010-
Ph.D., Osaka University, 2010
Prof. Naoto Chatani,
"Studies of Carbon-Cyano Bond Cleavage Reactions Using Rhodium Catalyst
and Disilane"
M.S. Osaka University, 2008
B.S. Osaka University, 2006
Helene Kolding -
hkolding@caltech.edu
Technical University of Denmark
Yuji
Kosugi
Visiting Graduate Scholar from Prof. Ishihara Kazuaki's
Group
Wengang Li
KAUST - Prof. Niveen Khashab
B.S. Tianjin University 2009
Louise Lefoulon
- lefoulon@caltech.edu
National Graduate School of Chemistry and Engineering (ENSCCF), Clermont-Ferrand, France
Bin Mao - bmao@caltech.edu
Ph.D. Candidate, University of Groningen (Prof. Ben L. Feringa)
Smaranda Marinescu
Stoltz Lab visiting scholar, 2006-2007
MIT graduate program (Shrock lab), 2007+
Kei Murakami - kmura@kuchem.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Assistant Professor, Kyoto University
Prof. Atsuhiro Osuka and Prof. Hideki Yorimitsu
Ph.D., Kyoto University, 2012
M.S., Kyoto University, 2009
Prof. Koichiro Oshima and Seijiro Matsubara
B.S., Kyoto University 2007
Nasri Nesnas, Ph.D.
- nesnas@caltech.edu
Associate Professor
Florida Institute of Technology
Kazuma Oda
- koda@caltech.edu
B.S., Chemistry, Nagoya University, 2012
M.S., Chemistry, Nagoya University, 2014
Shyam Sathyamoorthi
Tulane University
Yasutomo Segawa
Assistant Professor, Nagoya University
Prof. Kyoko Nozaki's Group
Ph.D., University of Tokyo, 2009
M.S., University of Tokyo, 2007
B.S., University of Tokyo, 2005
Hirokazu Takada - htakada@caltech.edu
B.S.: Kitasato University, 2012
M.S.: Kitasato University, 2014 (Prof. Toshiaki Sunazuka)
Ph.D. Candidate: Kitasato University, (Prof. Toshiaki Sunazuka)
Mario Wiesenfeldt
- mwiesenf@caltech.edu
B.S., Chemistry, University of Heidelberg, 2012
Taiga Yurino - tyurino@caltech.edu
M.S., Kyoto University, 2010
Prof. Keiji Maruoka
B.S., Kyoto University 2008
Former Undergraduate Students
Anguel Alexiev
Katherine Bay [Senior] - kbay@caltech.edu
B.S. Candidate, Chemistry, University of La Verne
Péter Bolgár [Junior] - pbolgar@caltech.edu
St. Catherine's College, Cambridge University
Pradeep Bugga
Graduate Student, Northwestern University (Statsuk Group), 2010-
Timothy Dong
Graduate Student, UCLA (Jung Group)
Nicholas Eddy
Graduate Student, University of Connecticut (Fenteany Group)
Gabriel Fernando de Melo
Federal University of Uberlandia
Kristin Finch
Graduate Student, UIUC (Hergenrother Group)
Angela Guerrero - amguerre@caltech.edu
California State University, Los Angeles
James Hegeman
Randie Kim
M.D./Ph.D. Student, UC Davis
Eric Kwei
Tammy Lam
Lecturer, UW Madison
Postdoc, U Chicago (Rawal Group)
Samantha Levine
Postdoc, Betty Lab
Benji Lin
Graduate Student, Harvard University
Vicki Loewer
Galen Loram
Jacquie Malette
Integrated Diagnostics
Herschel Mukherjee
Graduate Student, Harvard University (Myers Group)
Diane Plummer
Graduate Student, Yale University (Phillips Group)
David Romney
Ph.D., 2015: Yale University (Miller Group)
Postdoc, 2015 - present: Caltech (Arnold Group)
TC Scotton
Amanda Silberstein
Graduate Student, UCLA (Garg Group)
Sasha Souverneva - asouvern@caltech.edu
Graduate Student, SUNY ESF (Environmental Chemistry)
Vi Tran
Graduate Student, NYU (Woerpel Group)
Brian Underwood
Process Engineer, Applied Materials
Ph.D. MIT 2010
Prof. Tim Jamison
Tyler Volkoff
Graduate Student, Berkeley University (Whaley Group)
