past and present...

 

 

California State University, Northridge

 

Bruce N. Hietbrink, Department of Chemistry

Chromium Arene Chemistry

 

 

Cornell University

 

Barry K. Carpenter, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology

Metal Promoted Ring-Opening of Methylenecyclopropane

 

 

Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Chemical Process Fundamentals

 

Robert Ponec, Theoretical and Computational Chemistry Group

Delocalized Organic Cations

 

 

New Mexico State University

 

Robert V. Hoffman, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Ring-Opening Reactions of alpha-Lactams

 

 

Northeastern University

 

Phil Warner, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology

Sigma-Polyacenes

 

 

Northwestern University

 

Richard B. Silverman, Departments of Chemistry, Molecular Biology, and Cell Biology

Nitric Oxide Synthase

 

Brian M. Hoffman, Department of Chemistry

Nitric Oxide Synthase

 

 

Rutgers University

 

Jeehiun K. Lee, Department of Chemistry

Orotate Decarboxylation

 

 

Scripps Research Institute

 

Ian A. Wilson, Department of Molecular Biology and Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology

Antibody Promoted Decarboxylation of Carboxybenzisoxazoles

 

 

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH)

 

Donald Hilvert, Laboratory of Organic Chemistry

Antibody Promoted Decarboxylation of Carboxybenzisoxazoles

 

 

University of California, Davis

 

Jackie Gervay-Hague, Department of Chemistry

Carbohydrate Chemistry

 

Mark Kurth, Department of Chemistry

Heterocycle Synthesis via Pericyclic Reactions

 

Michael Nantz, Department of Chemistry

Rational Control of Enediyne Cyclization Rates

 

 

University of California, Los Angeles

 

Jon M. Fukuto, Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine

Biosynthesis and Molecular Pharmacology of Nitric Oxide and Nitroxyl

 

Michael E. Jung, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Intramolecular Diels Alder Reactions

 

Craig A. Merlic, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Chromium Arene Chemistry

 

Stuart E. Brown, Department of Physics and Astronomy

Tetrathiafulvalenes under Extreme Conditions

 

 

University of California, Santa Barbara

 

Dan Little, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Radical Cation Rearrangements

 

 

University of Utah

 

Janis Louie, Department of Chemistry

Metal-promoted Vinylcyclopropane Rearrangements

 

 

Past Advisors

 

Post Doctoral: Roald Hoffmann, Cornell University, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology

Applied Theoretical Chemistry

 

Graduate: Ken Houk, UCLA, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Theoretical Organic Chemistry

 

Undergraduate: James Hogle, Harvard Medical School, Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology

Synthesis of Rationally Designed Inhibitors of Poliovirus Coat Formation