 Sponsor: Rhom and Hass
University: California Inst. Tech
Advisor: Robert H. Grubbs |
Essay on Olefin Metathesis in the New Millennium. View Essay |
| Christopher Bielawski is a fourth year graduate student at the California Institute of Technology studying under the direction of Professor Robert H. Grubbs. Chris has successfully developed highly efficient synthetic routes to complex small molecules and polymeric materials through the integration of olefin metathesis and tandem catalysis. Chris received his B.S. degree in Chemistry from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Campaign where he was actively engaged in undergraduate research under the direction of Professor Jeffrey S. Moore. |
 Sponsor: Aventis Pharm
University: U. Cal, Santa Barbara
Advisor: Bruce H. Lipshutz |
Essay on Chemical Dynamic Kinetic Resolution. View Essay |
| Peter Blomgren graduated with a bachelors degree from Rutgers University where he studied carbohydrates under Professor Spencer Knapp. He then moved on to a position with the combinatorial chemistry department at the Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., in Princeton NJ. Lastly, he moved on to Santa Barbara California where he is currently performing graduate research in organometallic chemistry under the direction of Professor Bruce Lipshutz. |
 Sponsor: Boehringer Ingelheim
University: U. Mass., Amherst
Advisor: Vincent M. Rotello |
Essay on Building Blocks for Molecular Magnets. View Essay |
| Andrew Boal is a third year graduate student at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He is currently studying the self-assembly of nanoparticle aggregates and exploring their application to the fabrication of multi-scale electronic and magnetic materials under the direction of Associate Professor Vincent M. Rotello. Previously, he studied molecular magnetic materials under David A. Shultz at North Carolina State, where he obtained his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Chemistry and Organic Chemistry. |
 Sponsor: Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation
University: University of California, Los Angeles
Advisor: J. Fraser Stoddart |
Essay on New Molecular Topologies. View Essay |
| Theresa Chang is a third year graduate student at the University of California, Los Angeles studying under the supervision of Professor J. Frasier Stoddart. Theresa's research includes the design and construction of a new family of interlocked moelcules beyond the relam of rotaxanes and catenanes and the construction of supramolecular daisy chain polymers. Theresa recieved her A.B. degree in Chemistry from Smith College where she conducted undergraduate research under the supervision of Professor Lale A. Burk. |
 Sponsor: Wyeth--Ayerst
University: U. of Pennsylvania
Advisor: Amos B. Smith, III |
Essay on Advances in the Design of Phase-Transfer Catalysts. View Essay |
| Jason Churma is a fourth year graduate student at the University of Pennsylvania studying under the supervision of Professor Amos B. Smith, III. Jason is currently pursuing the total synthesis of the anti-HIV bimacrocyclic peptide chloropeptin. Mr. Chruma recieved his B.S. degree with honors in Chemistry from the University of Arizona where, under the mentoring of Professor Robin Polt, he utilized amino acids as starting materials towards the synthesis of natural products such as (L)-abrine and (+)-lycoricidine. |
 Sponsor: DuPont Pharm Co.
University: U. Cal., Los Angeles
Advisor: M. E. Jung |
Essay on Diastereoselective Synthesis. View Essay |
| Pablo Davidov is a fourth year graduate student at the University of California, Los Angeles studying under the supervision of Professor Michael E. Jung. He is currently working towards the total synthesis of the cardenolide ouabain. He received his B.S. degree in Chemistry from the University of Miami, and performed undergraduate research under the supervision of Professor Jeff D. Evanseck and Angel E. Kaifer. |
 Sponsor: SmithKline, Beecham
University: Yale University
Advisor: Andrew Hamilton |
Essay on Bio-inspired synthesis of composite materials. View Essay |
| Lara Estroff is a third year graduate student at Yale University studying under the supervision of Professor Andrew D. Hamilton. Her research involves the design and synthesis of organic superstructures that control the growth of inorganic crystals. As part of this study, she has designed novel organic hydrogelators that are currently being used as controlled reaction vessels for inorganic crystallization. Lara received her B.A. degree in Chemistry from Swarthmore College where she worked in Professor Robert S. Paley's laboratory. |
 Sponsor: Procter and Gamble
University: U. of Illinois, Urbana
Advisor: Peter Bead |
Essay on Mechanistic Investigations. View Essay |
| Stephen Jarobe is a fourth year graduate student studying in the laboratories of Peter Beak at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is presently studying the mechanism of oxygen, sulfur, and fluoride transfer reactions using the endocyclic restriction test. Stephen received his B.A. degree in Chemistry from Transylvania University in Lexington, KY. As an undergraduate, he worked with Dr. Michelle V. Buchanan at the Oak Ridge National Laboratories in Oak Ridge, TN. |
 Sponsor: Eli Lilly & Co.
University: U. Cal., Berkeley
Advisor: Carolyn Bertozzi |
Essay on Mucin-Type Glycoproteins. View Essay |
| Lisa Marcaurelle is a fourth year graduate student at the University of California, Berkley where she works in the lab of Professor Carolyn R. Bertozzi. Lisa' research is focused on the synthesis of glycoprotiens and their mimetics using the technique of chemoselective ligation. Lise received her B.A. degree in Chemistry from the College of teh holy Cross in Worchester, MA where she performed undergraduate research under the supervision of Professor Timothy P. Curran and Professor Alice A. Deckert. |
 Sponsor: Merck Res. Labs
University: Scripps Research Institute
Advisor: Jeffrey W. Kelly |
Essay on Oxime Ethers. View Essay |
| H. Michael Petrassi is a fourth year graduate student at the Scripps Research Institute studying under the supervision of Professors Jeffrey W. Kelly and K. Barry Sharpless. Michael's research is focused upon developing inhibitors of amylois fibril formation as well as new methodologies for their synthesis. Michael received his B.S. degree in Chemistry from SUNY Fredonia. |
 Sponsor: Pfizer, Inc.
University: Mass. Inst. Tech.
Advisor: Peter Seeberger |
Essay on Multivalent Carbohydrate Ligands. View Essay |
| Obadiah Plante is a fourth year graduate student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology conducting research in the laboratory of Professor Peter H. Seeberger. Obadiah has developed new methods for the synthesis of oligosaccharides. He received a B.S. degree from Worchester Polytechnic Institute where he studied under the guidance of Professor Stephen J. Weininger. Obadiah received an M.A. degree from Columbia University while studying in the laboratory of Professor Ronald Breslow. |
 Sponsor: Organic Reactions
University: Stanford University
Advisor: Barry Trost |
Essay on Diketones as Building Blocks in Organic Synthesis. View Essay |
| Gretchen Schroder graduated summa cum laude from Boston University in 1997, where she performed research in the group of Professor Kosta Steliou. She continued education at Stanford University on a National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship. There she joined the research group of Professor Barry M. Trost and developed the enantioselective palladuim-catalyzed allylic alkylation of prochiral ketone enolates. She is currently applying the methodology to the erinacine A, a potential drop for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease. |
 Sponsor: Pharmacia, Upjohn
University: Harvard University
Advisor: Stuart L. Schreiber |
Essay on The Evolution of In Vitro Evolution. View Essay |
| Jason Sello is a fourth year graduate student at Harvard University studying under the supervision of Professor Stuart Schreiber. Jason is applying conformational analysis to the design of diversity-oriented synthesis of natural product-like compounds. Jason attained his B.S. degree in Biology from Morehouse College where he carried out undergraduate research in the laboratory of Professor Joseph W. McCray. |
 Sponsor: Schering-Plough Res.
University: U. Cal., Irvine
Advisor: Keit Woerpel |
Essay on Episulfonium Ions Versus Oxocarbenium Ions. View Essay |
| Sarah Tobacco is a fourth year graduate student at the University of California-Irvine studyin with Professor Keith A. Woerpel. Sarah has studied the influence of electronic effects on the stereoselectives of nucleophilic additions to tetrahydropyran oxocarbenium ions and is currently applying this methodology to natural product synthesis. Sarah received her B.S. degree in Chemistry from the University of California-Berkley where she performed undergraduate research under the supervision of Professor James W. Leahy. |
 Sponsor: Abbott Laboratories
University: U. of North Carolina
Advisor: James P. Morken |
Essay on The Gem-Dialkyl Effect in Organic Transformations. View Essay |
| Steven Taylor is a fourth year graduate student at the UNC-Chapel Hill; studying under the supervision of James P. Morken. Steven has studied the enantioselective reductive aldol reaction as well as developed various combinatorial methods to screen catalyst libraries. Steven received his B.S. degree in Chemistry from SUNY Fredoina under the advisement of Professor Tom Janik. |
 Sponsor: AstraZeneca, Pharmaceuticals
University: Scripps Research Institute
Advisor: Erik J. Sorenson |
Essay on Tandem Biomimetic Reactions. View Essay |
| David A. Vosburg is a fourth-year graduate student at The Scripps Research Institute studying under the supervision of Professor Erik J. Sorensen. David has studied concise chemical synthesis of the antiotumor natural products fumagillin and FR182877. David received his B.A. degree in Chemistry from WIlliams College where he performed undergraduate research under the supervision of Professor J. Hodge Markgraf. |
