Fu, Gregory C.

Committee Member — 74 thesises

• Thompson, Niklas Bjarne — A Synthetic Nitrogenase: Insights into the Mechanism of Nitrogen Fixation by a Single-Site Fe Catalyst (2018, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Chuang, Kangway V. — A Total Synthesis of (+)-Ryanodol (2016, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Chu, Crystal Kitying — Advances in Selectivity and Reactivity in Transition Metal Catalysis: Carbon–Silicon Bond Formation, Wacker Oxidation, and Olefin Metathesis (2017, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Nistanaki, Sepand K. — Application of Dewar Heterocycles and Vinyl Carbocations in Organic Synthesis (2023, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Liang, Yufan — Applications of Nickel-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling Methods in the Synthesis of Organofluorine Compounds (2016, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Bruening, Meaghan Ann — Applications of Synthesis in Copolymer Upcycling, Reduction of CO₂, Ligand Non-Innocence, and New Weakly-Coordinating Anions (2024, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Cusumano, Alexander Quinn — Asymmetric Pericyclic Transformations from Reactive Palladium Intermediates (2024, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lenton, Taylor Nichole Baker — Bis(thiophenolate)pyridine Pincer Ligands and Trivalent Zirconocene Complexes Relevant to Earlv Transition Metal Polymerization Catalysts (2014, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Johansen, Christian Marinelli — Catalytic Proton-Coupled Reductions of Dinitrogen and Cyanide (2025, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Dutton, Sarah Emily — Chirped Pulse Rotational Spectroscopy of Small Molecule Clusters (2023, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lawniczak, James Joseph — Computational Investigations of Organometallic Catalysis (2023, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wang, Zhuoyan — Construction of Carbon–Fluorine Bonds Through Catalytic Nucleophilic Fluorination (2027, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Reimann, Christopher Elias — Convergent Synthetic Strategies toward Heterodimeric Bisindole Alkaloids and Polyoxygenated Diterpenoids (2021, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Matier, Carson Douglas — Copper and Nickel Catalysis for the Construction of Novel C−N and C−C Bonds (2019, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ahn, Jun Myun — Copper Carbazolides in Photoinduced C–N Couplings (2018, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Chen, Emily Peijia — Data-Driven Strategies for the Development of Stereoconvergent Nickel-Catalyzed Cross-Couplings (2026, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Creutz, Sidney E. — Design, Synthesis, and Study of Novel Platforms for Iron-N2 Chemistry and Photoinduced, Copper-mediated C-N Bond Formation (2016, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hofstra, Julie Lyn — Development and Mechanistic Studies of Ni-Catalyzed Asymmetric Reductive Cross-Coupling Reactions (2019, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Thompson, Jordan Kenji — Development of a Convergent Fragment Coupling Strategy Toward Grayanane Diterpenoids: Enantioselective Synthesis of (+)-Auriculatol A (2026, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Feng, Sean S. L. — Development of a Modular Strategy Towards the Total Synthesis of (+)-Pleuromutilin and Progress Towards the Synthesis of (–)-Merrilactone A (2020, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Mendoza, Skyler Dakota — Development of a Synthetic Strategy Toward Falcatin A. Development of an Asymmetric Diels–Alder Reaction of α-Acyloxy Enones (2022, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ni, Jane — Development of Asymmetric Protonation Reactions for the Synthesis of Indoline Alkaloids (2015, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Bachman, Shoshana — Development of Cu- and Ni-Catalyzed C–C and C–N Bond Forming Reactions (2017, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kadunce, Nathaniel Thomas — Development of Ni-Catalyzed Asymmetric Reductive Cross-Coupling Reactions (2016, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Cherney, Alan Hayden — Development of Nickel-Catalyzed Asymmetric Reductive Cross-Coupling of Benzylic Electrophiles (2015, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Poremba, Kelsey Elizabeth — Development of Nickel-Catalyzed Asymmetric Reductive Cross-Coupling Reactions (2019, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Cho, Hyungdo — Development of Photoinduced Copper-Catalyzed Amination of Alkyl Electrophiles: Synthesis and Mechanism (2025, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Rezgui, Samir Peter — Development of Synthetic Methods to Enable the Synthesis of Pyrroloiminoquinone Alkaloids (2026, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Mak, Victor Wei-Dek — Development of Synthetic Strategies for the Total Synthesis of Ent-Kauranoid and Diterpenoid Alkaloid Natural Products (2018, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Sharp, Kimberly Rhian — Efficient Synthetic Transformations Enabled by Group X Catalysis (2026, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Zhang, Wanji Wendy — Efforts Towards C-C Bond Formations: From Ni Catalysis to Transition-Metal Free Electrolysis (2024, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Osler, Skylar Kathleen — Elucidating Fundamental Structure-Property Relationships of Naphthopyran Mechanophores (2026, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Strong, Christian Santiago — Enantioselective Reactions of Palladium Enolates and Progress Toward Mitomycin B (2026, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Zhang, Ruijie — Engineering Heme Proteins for Olefin and Carbon−Hydrogen Bond Functionalization Reactions (2019, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Chen, Kai — Expanding the Catalytic Repertoire of Hemeproteins as Carbene Transferases to Access Diverse Molecular Structures (2020, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Qin, Ziyang — Expanding the Chemical Space of Nitrene Transferases: Biocatalytic Construction of C–N Bonds (2026, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Fastuca, Nicholas James — Fragment Coupling Approach To C₁₉- AND C₂₀-Diterpenoid Alkaloids: Total Synthesis of (–)-Talatisamine, (–)-Liljestrandisine, and (–)-Liljestrandinine (2022, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kelley, Paul — Fundamental Studies of Carbon Oxygen Bond Activation in Nickel Diphosphine Ether Complexes. And, Metallomacrocycles as Ligands: Synthesis and Characterization of Aluminum-Bridged Bisglyoximato Complexes of Iron and Cobalt (2014, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ngamnithiporn, Aurapat Fa — I. Development of Nickel- and Palladium-Catalyzed Asymmetric Allylic Alkylation Reactions. II. Enantioselective Syntheses of Tetrahydroisoquinoline–Based Natural Products and Unnatural Analogs (2021, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Nesbit, Mark Allen — Iron, Cobalt, and Nickel Metalloboranes: Reactivity, Catalysis, N2 Activation and Stabilization of Reactive N2Hx Ligands (2018, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Maser, Michael Robert — Machine Learning Methods Inspired by Challenges in Total Synthesis (2022, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Zeng, Tian — Masked 2-Furylcarbinol Derivatives: A Modular and General Platform for Mechanically Triggered Molecular Release (2024, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hannoun, Kareem Imad — Mechanistic Study of Cu-Mediated, Photoinduced C–S Bond Formation and Demonstration of Electrochemical Ammonia Production by a Surface-Attached Iron Complex (2019, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Anderson, Robert Lon — Methodological Development and Computational Investigations of Metal-Catalyzed Coupling Reactions (2026, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• O'Connor, Nicholas R. — Methodological Developments and Synthetic Applications of Strained Rings and Allylic C-H Functionalization of Hindered Substrates (2017, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Tseng, Yu-Ling — Molecular Design of Advanced Mechanophore Scaffolds for Triggered Release (2027, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Buss, Joshua Alan — Molybdenum Para-Terphenyl Diphosphine Complexes (2018, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Almhjell, Patrick James — Noncanonical Amino Acid Synthesis by Evolved Tryptophan Synthases (2023, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Tong, Xiaoyu — Novel Reactivity and Applications of Transition Metal-Catalyzed Nucleophilic Substitution Reactions (2024, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Bennett, Nathan Bruce — Palladium-Catalyzed Asymmetric Allylic Alkylation: Insights, Application Toward Cyclopentanoid and Cycloheptanoid Molecules, and the Total Synthesis of Several Daucane Sesquiterpenes (2013, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Holman, Karli Rose — Palladium-Catalyzed Cascade Cyclizations in Natural Product Synthesis: Synthetic Studies of Noraugustamine and Falcatin A (2022, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ratani, Tanvi Siraj — Photoinduced, Copper-Catalyzed C-N and C-C Bond Formation and Photocatalytic Co-Mediated Nitrite Reduction to N₂O: Reactivity and Mechanism (2018, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Boyd, Emily A. — Reductive Samarium Catalysis Enabled By A Thermochemical Roadmap (2025, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Deegan, Meaghan Marie — Small Molecule Reactivity of Trisphosphine-Supported Iron and Cobalt Complexes (2020, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Tong, Zhengjia Jaron — Spectroscopic Investigation, Kinetic Analysis, and Ligand Field Theory Rationalization of Catalytic Reactivity for Data-Driven Methodology Development (2025, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Zott, Michael David — Strategic Applications of Electrochemistry in Ammonia Oxidation and Alkyl Halide Reduction (2023, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Gonzalez, Kevin Jaime — Strategies and Tactics in Alkaloid Synthesis: Total Synthesis of Strempeliopidine via a Non-Directed Petasis Reaction and Progress Toward the Synthesis of Mitomycin B (2026, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Chen, Ruby Pengjui — Synthesis of Stereoenriched Polycyclic Scaffolds via Palladium Enolates and Progress toward the Total Synthesis of Hypermoin A (2026, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Zhao, Zhenqi (Steven) — Synthesis of Strained Systems via Vinyl Carbocation Intermediates (2025, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Gu, Nina Xiao — Synthesis, Characterization, and Reactivity of Thiolate-Supported Metalloradicals (2020, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Han, Arthur — Synthetic Strategies for the Total Synthesis of the Ryanoid and Isoryanoid Diterpenes (2019, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Tao, Yujia — Synthetic Studies Toward the Total Synthesis of Enterocin (2023, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Cowper, Nicholas Glenn William — The Development of a Synthetic Strategy Toward Oxazine-Containing Natural Products Enabled by Novel Copper Catalysis (2019, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• McFadden, Molly Elizabeth — The Emerging Mechanochemistry of Naphthopyran (2023, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lacker, Caitlin Rebecca — The Modular Synthesis and Functionalization of Cyclic Compounds Using Modern Methods (2022, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Freas, Dylan Joshua — The Synthesis of Diverse Families of Organic Compounds via Nickel-Catalyzed Nucleophilic Substitution Reactions (2022, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Gross, Benjamin Martin — The Total Synthesis of (+)-Ineleganolide, the Lycojapomine Alkaloids, and a New Strategy for Radical Deoxygenation (2026, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Yu, Hao — The Total Synthesis of Aleutianamine, (–)-Crotonolide D, and (–)-Crotonine G (2026, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Suarez, Camila Ariana — The Use of Abiotic Strategies and C–H Functionalization Toward Natural Product Total Synthesis and Studies Toward CNS-Penetrant Drug Derivatives (2026, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wong, Alice Rose — Total Syntheses of the C19 Diterpenoid Alkaloids (–)-Liljestrandisine and (–)-Liljestrandinine (2019, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Samkian, Adrian Eduard — Total Synthesis of Hypersampsone M and Studies of Related Polycyclic Polyprenylated Acylphloroglucinol Systems (2026, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Buscagan, Trixia Marie — Transition Metals as Catalysts for Cross-Coupling and Dinitrogen Fixation (2018, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Klein, Isabel McMillan — Understanding the Origins of Photoexcited XUV Spectra (2023, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Casselman, Tyler Daniel — Unveiling Incipient Reactivity via Tandem Hydrosilylation Reaction Cascades and the Progress Toward the Total Synthesis of (–)-Cylindrocyclophane A (2023, Dissertation (Ph.D.))