Stoltz, Brian M.

Committee Member — 221 thesises

• Owen, Jonathan Scharle — A Study of Ligand Substitution and its Importance in the C-H Activation of Methane and Methanol (2005, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Chuang, Kangway V. — A Total Synthesis of (+)-Ryanodol (2016, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Yeoman, John Thomas Schafer — A Unified Strategy to Ent-Kauranoid Natural Products: Total Syntheses of (-)-Maoecrystal Z, (-)-Trichorabdal A, and (-)-Longikaurin E (2014, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Nelson, Hosea Martin — A Unified Synthetic Approach to the Transtaganolide and Basiliolide Natural Products (2013, 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.))
• Lacenere, Christopher J. — Advances in Single Molecule Nucleic Acid Sequencing (2006, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Toutov, Anton Alexandrovich — Alkaline Salts of Sodium and Potassium: from C–X Reduction to C–H Functionalization and Beyond (2017, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Park, Youngkyu — Altering Framework Topology and Heteroatom Distributions of Molecular Sieves by Designed Organic Structure-Directing Agents (2024, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Su, Julius Tsu-li — An Electron Force Field for Simulating Large Scale Excited Electron Dynamics (2007, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ackerman, Lily Joy — Ancillary Ligand Effects in Niobocene Olefin Hydride Complexes and Hydrocarbon Oxidation by Palladium(II) Complexes (2003, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Nistanaki, Sepand K. — Application of Dewar Heterocycles and Vinyl Carbocations in Organic Synthesis (2023, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Morrill, Christie — Application of Transition Metal Catalysis to Small Molecule Synthesis (2006, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Pham, Kim Hoang — Application of Ultrafast Spectroscopy Techniques to Probe Correlated Ion Hopping Mechanisms in Solid-State Ion Conductors (2025, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Gordon, Jonny Robert — Applications of a Concise and General Strategy for the Syntheses of Transtaganolide and Basiliolide Natural Products (2015, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Liang, Yufan — Applications of Nickel-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling Methods in the Synthesis of Organofluorine Compounds (2016, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• McFadden, Ryan Michael — Applications of Palladium-Catalyzed Enantioselective Decarboxylative Alkylation in Natural Products Total Synthesis (2008, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Loskot, Steven Anthony — Applications of the Enantioselective Allylic Alkylation Toward the Synthesis of Complex Natural Products (2019, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Gilmore, Christopher Dennis — Aryne Annulation Reactions Toward the Synthesis of Heterocyclic Molecules (2012, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Haley, Christopher Keating — Aryne Reactions in the Synthesis of Heterocyclic Molecules (2016, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Stanko, Allison Michelle — Assembly of Complex Carbocyclic Architectures via Palladium and Nickel-Catalyzed Cyclizations (2024, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Cusumano, Alexander Quinn — Asymmetric Pericyclic Transformations from Reactive Palladium Intermediates (2024, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Fulton, Tyler James — Asymmetric Total Synthesis of (–)-Myrifabral A and B, Havellockate, and New Strategies for Acyclic Stereocontrol (2022, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Chan, Tsam Mang Melinda — Asymmetric Total Synthesis of Havellockate and Investigation into Chiral Palladium Enolate: Synthesis, Reactivity, and Applications (2024, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Flesch, Kaylin Nicole — Asymmetric Transformations from Palladium Enolates and Progress Toward the Total Synthesis of Hypermoin A (2025, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Weidmann, Alyson Gloria — Biological Activity of Rhodium Metalloinsertors and the Design of Bifunctional Conjugates (2015, 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.))
• Al-Saihati, Zainab Ahmed — C(sp³)–H Activation via Dehydrogenation of Cyclic and Heterocyclic Alkanes by Single-Site Iridium Pincer Ligated Complexes (2020, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Anderson, John Stuart — Catalytic Conversion of Nitrogen to Ammonia by an Iron Model Complex (2014, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lee, Cheng-Chung — Chemical Synthesis in Elastomer-Based Integrated Microfluidics (2010, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Funk, Timothy William — Chemo- and Stereoselective Olefin Metathesis in Small Molecule Synthesis (2007, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hsu, Carey Frank — Completion of a Programmable DNA-Binding Small Molecule Library (2009, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Keith, John Andrew — Computational Insight into Homogeneous Organopalladium Catalysis (2008, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Nielsen, Robert J. — Computational Strategy in Catalyst Design (2005, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Trend, Raissa M. — Concerning the Mechanism and Selectivity of Palladium(II)-Catalyzed Aerobic Oxidation Reactions (2006, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Li, Jiaming — Concise Total Syntheses of ∆¹²-Prostaglandin J Natural Products Using Stereoretentive Metathesis (2020, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Allen, Hannah Marie — Constraining the Formation and Fate of Hydroperoxides in the Remote Atmosphere (2021, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hejl, Andrew — Controlling Olefin Metathesis through Catalyst and Monomer Design (2007, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Tambar, Uttam Krishan — Convergent Methods for Synthesizing Rings in the Context of Natural Product Synthesis: I. Development of a Tandem Stille-Oxa-Electrocyclization Reaction, and Progress Toward the Total Synthesis of Saudin. II. Development of the Direct Acyl-Alkylation of Arynes, and Its Application Toward the Total Synthesis of Amurensinine (2006, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Reimann, Christopher Elias — Convergent Synthetic Strategies toward Heterodimeric Bisindole Alkaloids and Polyoxygenated Diterpenoids (2021, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Betley, Theodore Alexander — Coordination Chemistry from Trigonally Coordinated Iron Platforms: Chemistry Relevant to Dinitrogen Reduction (2005, 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.))
• Yu, Jason Miao — Coupled Cluster Green's Functions for Periodic Systems: Ab-Inito Computation and Applications (2019, Master's thesis)
• Edwards, Julian Peter — Cyclic Polyolefins via Ring-Expansion Metathesis Polymerization (2018, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Stegner, Andrea Anna Therese — Design and Application of Complexity Generating Strategies and Transformations in Natural Product Synthesis (2025, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Berlin, Jacob Myar — Design Of Olefin Metathesis Catalysts: From Enantioselective Reactions To Tetrasubstituted Olefins (2007, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ebner, David Christopher — Development and Applications of the Palladium-Catalyzed Enantioselective Oxidation of Secondary Alcohols (2009, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Schuman, David Phillip — Development and Mechanistic Investigation of Potassium Tert-Butoxide Catalyzed C–H Silylation (2020, 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.))
• Hong, Allen Yu — Development of a Novel Ring Contraction Strategy and Application to the Total Synthesis of Presilphiperfolanol Natural Products (2013, 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.))
• Chapman, Lauren Marie — Development of a Synthetic Strategy Toward Trans-Cyclobutane-Containing Natural Products: Enantioselective Total Synthesis of (+)-Psiguadial B (2017, 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.))
• Tuttle, Jamison Bryce — Development of Enantioselective Organocatalytic Hydrogenation Methods and Progress toward the Total Synthesis of (+)-Minfiensine (2008, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Alexy, Eric John — Development of Enantioselective Transition-Metal Catalyzed Allylic Alkylation Methodologies (2020, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Sanders, Daniel Paul — Development of Fluorinated Monomers and Polymers for Advanced Photolithographic Applications (2005, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lee, Sandra — Development of Iminium-Activation Technologies and the Total Synthesis of (+)-Frondosin B (2008, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Jones, Christopher Glenn — Development of Microcrystal Electron Diffraction Techniques for the Characterization of Small Molecules and Novel Materials (2024, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Jen, Wendy Sandra — Development of New Asymmetric Organocatalytic Methods and Progress Towards the Total Synthesis of Guanacastepene A (2004, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kadunce, Nathaniel Thomas — Development of Ni-Catalyzed Asymmetric Reductive Cross-Coupling Reactions (2016, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• DeLano, Travis Jon — Development of Nickel-Catalyzed Asymmetric Cross-Coupling Reactions (2022, 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.))
• Mangion, Ian Kyle — Development of Organocatalytic Direct Aldol Transformations, Total Syntheses of Brasoside and Littoralisone, and Progress Toward the Total Synthesis of Diazonamide A (2006, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Dibrell, Sara Elise — Development of Oxidation and Transition Metal-Mediated Reactions and Application to Natural Product Synthesis (2023, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Williams, Chloe Gabrielle — Development of Selective Carbon–Carbon Bond-Forming Reactions of Vinyl Carbocations (2023, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Shockley, Samantha Elizabeth — Development of Stereoselective Iridium-Catalyzed Allylic Alkylation Methods (2018, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hernández-Mejías, Ángel D. — Development of Strategies for Nickel-Catalyzed Asymmetric Reductive Cross-Couplings (2026, 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.))
• Bagdanoff, Jeffrey Thomas — Development of the Enantioselective Oxidation of Secondary Alcohols and Natural Products Total Synthesis (2006, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lambert, Tristan Hayes — Development of the Lewis Acid Catalyzed Allenoate-Claisen Rearrangement. Investigations of Enantioselective Catalysis of the Allenoate-Claisen Rearrangement. Studies Towards the Total Synthesis of Erythrolide E (2004, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Allan, Kevin McCormack — Development of Versatile Strategies for Aryne Annulation: Applications in Methodology and Natural Product Total Synthesis (2010, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Klamo, Sara Bernadine — Direct Examination of Initiation and Propagation Kinetics of Zirconocene-Catalyzed Alkene Polymerization (2005, 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.))
• Ton, Thu Nu Minh — Electrochemical Carboxylation of Aldehydes with CO₂: Mechanistic Insights and Enantioselective Synthesis (2026, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Miller, Alexander James Minden — Emissive Monocopper Amidophosphine Complexes and Lewis Acid-Assisted Reductive Coupling of Carbon Monoxide (2011, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Repka, Lindsay Michelle — Enantiosclective Synthesis of Pyrroloindolines and Tryptophan Derivatives by an Asvmmetric Protonation Reaction (2014, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Mohr, Justin Thomas — Enantioselective Reactions of Palladium Enolates (2010, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Strong, Christian Santiago — Enantioselective Reactions of Palladium Enolates and Progress Toward Mitomycin B (2026, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kim, Alexia Nahyun — Enantioselective Syntheses of Tetrahydroisoquinolines (THIQs) via Iridium-Catalyzed Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Progress Toward the Total Synthesis of (+)-Cyanocycline A (2023, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wang, Haoxuan — Enantioselective Total Synthesis of Diketopiperazinecontaining Natural Products: (–)-Lansai B, (+)-Nocardioazines A and B, and (–)-Acetylapoaranotin (2015, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Gao, Shilong — Engineering Heme Proteins for C(sp³)–H Primary Amination (2024, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Zhang, Ruijie — Engineering Heme Proteins for Olefin and Carbon−Hydrogen Bond Functionalization Reactions (2019, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Williamson, Heather R. — Engineering Multi Step Electron Tunneling Systems in Proteins (2013, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Scherman, Oren Alexander — Enhancing Materials Through Controlled Architectures with Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization (2004, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lewis, Russell DeRieux — Evolution and Characterization of Carbene Transferases for Cyclopropanation and Carbon–Silicon Bond Formation (2019, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wright, Austin Cameron — Evolving Strategies Toward the Synthesis of Curcusone C (2020, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lal, Ravi Goel — Expanding Enzyme Function Through Data-Guided Evolution (2026, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Sun, Yan — Expanding Molecular Designs for Mechanochromic Polymers (2026, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Tadross, Pamela Michele — Exploiting the Reactivity of Arynes in the Total Synthesis of Natural Products (2012, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Csernica, Timothy Andrew — Exploring Nature’s Fingerprints with Isotopic Distributions (2024, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Cagan, David Abraham — Exploring the Photophysics and Reactivity of Nickel–Bipyridine Cross-Coupling Catalysts (2024, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Stockdill, Jennifer Lynn — Forays into the Synthesis of Zoanthenol: Intriguing Patterns in Reactivity and Selectivity (2009, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kenseth, Christopher M. — Formation, Abundance, and Evolution of Molecular Products in α-Pinene and β-Pinene Secondary Organic Aerosol (2022, 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.))
• Tonks, Ian Albert — Fundamental Studies of Early Transition Metal-Ligand Multiple Bonds: Structure, Electronics, and Catalysis (2012, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Dodson, Leah G. — Gas Phase Spectroscopy and Kinetics of Atmospheric Radicals (2016, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Walton, David Paul — General Strategies for Visible-Light Decaging Based on Quinone Photochemistry (2019, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Low, Choon Heng (Marcus) — Hemilabile, Non-Innocent (Poly)arylene Donors for Accessing Novel Reactivity at Transition Metal Centers (2019, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Duquette, Douglas Charles — Highly Enantioselective Palladium-Catalyzed Allylic Alkylation Reactions of Carbocyclic Enaminones and Acyclic Substrates (2017, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kedrowski, Sean M. A. — I. Chemical-Scale Studies of Ligand-Gated Ion Channels, and II. Novel Methods for Phosphonate Synthesis (2012, 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.))
• May, Jeremy Allen — I. Synthesis and Utilization of Diazocompounds for Applications in Solution-Phase and Gas-Phase Chemistry. II. Progress Toward the Communesin Alkaloids (2006, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Han, Seojung — I. Synthetic Studies Toward the Total Synthesis of Polycyclic Natural Products – Communesin F, Perophoramidine and Ineleganolide. II. Nickel Catalyzed Intramolecular C–O Bond Formation (2016, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hong, Soon Hyeok — Improvement of Olefin Metathesis Efficiency through Understanding Catalyst Stability (2007, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Li, Jean — Improving Selectivity in Olefin Metathesis for Small Molecule Synthesis and Materials Applications (2012, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Breunig, Stephanie Lynne — Incorporation of Non-Canonical Proline Residues into Proteins Expressed in Escherichia coli (2023, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Folinsky, Anna Barr — Investigating Molecular Size Variations in Thin Film Chemical Vapor Sensors (2010, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Zhang, Grace Chen — Investigating the Role of a Specific Chondroitin Sulfate Motif in Neuroinflammation and Regeneration (2026, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hirscher, Nathanael Allen — Investigation of Ethylene Tetramerization Catalysis from Structurally-Defined Organochromium Compounds (2020, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Baldwin, Steven M. — Investigation of the Role of Hydrides in Zirconocene Catalyzed Olefin Polymerization (2011, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Borths, Christopher J. — Investigations in Enantioselective Catalysis. Development of Novel Asymmetric Organocatalytic Reactions (2005, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Scott, Valerie J. — Investigations of C-H Activation and the Conversion of Methanol to Triptane (2011, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Palmer, Joshua Henry — Iridium Corroles: Synthesis, Properties, and Electronic Structure (2011, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Bates, Kelvin Hamilton — Isoprene Oxidation Mechanisms and Secondary Organic Aerosol Formation Under HO2-Dominated Conditions (2017, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Smarte, Matthew David — Kinetic and Spectroscopic Studies of Atmospheric Intermediates (2019, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Min, Endy Yeo-Jung — Kinetic Resolution of Chiral ∝-Olefins Using Enantiopure Ziegler-Natta Polymerization Catalysts (2006, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Mayo, Elizabeth Idonia — Kinetics and Thermodynamics of Dye (Group VIII Metal)–Sensitized Nanocrystalline Titanium Dioxide Photoelectrodes (2004, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Thomas, John Christopher — Ligand Design, Coordination Chemistry, and Mechanistic Studies of (Phosphino)Borates and their Platinum, Nickel, and Copper Complexes (2004, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Maser, Michael Robert — Machine Learning Methods Inspired by Challenges in Total Synthesis (2022, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wickens, Zachary Kimble — Manipulating Selectivity and Reactivity in Palladium-Catalyzed Oxidation Reactions (2015, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Turro, Raymond Farnon — Mechanistic Investigations and Development of Ni-Catalyzed Cross- Electrophile Coupling Reactions (2023, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Sherden, Nathaniel Haynes — Mechanistic Investigations into the Palladium-Catalyzed Decarboxylative Allylic Alkylation of Ketone Enolates Using the PHOX Ligand Architecture (2011, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Barber, Ross William — Mechanophore Strategies for the Development of Polymers with Mechanically Gated Responsive Behavior (2023, 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.))
• Julian, Ryan Roy — Molecular Recognition of Biomolecules in the Gas Phase (2003, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Heim, Gavin Paul — Molecular Tuning of Electrocatalysts for Generation of Commodity Chemicals (2024, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Henthorn, Justin Travis — Molybdenum Quinonoid Complexes: Synthesis, Characterization, and Reactivity (2016, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Arnett, Charles Haden — Multimetallic Models of the Nitrogenase Active Site (2021, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Waltman, Andrew Willis — N-Heterocyclic Carbene Ligands for Nickel Ethylene Polymerization Catalysts:Toward the Incorporation of Polar Comonomers (2006, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Palmer, Levi Daniel — Nanoscale Spectroscopic Imaging of Carriers and Heat in Photocatalysts (2026, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kieffer, Madeleine Eileen — New Catalytic Methods for the Preparation of Tryptophans and Pyrroloindolines: Total Synthesis of (+)-Naseseazines A and B and (–)-Aspergilazine A (2015, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Navarro, Raul — New Strategies for the Total Synthesis of Aza-Propellane Natural Products (2014, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Tong, Xiaoyu — Novel Reactivity and Applications of Transition Metal-Catalyzed Nucleophilic Substitution Reactions (2024, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Thomas, Christine Marie — Novel Reactivity at Iron Centers Supported by Poly(phosphino)borate Ligands (2006, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Choi, Tae-Lim — Olefin Metathesis: a Versatile Tool for the Synthesis of Small to Large Molecules (2004, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Golisz, Suzanne Rose — Organometallic Reaction Mechanisms: Olefin Polymerization Catalysis and C-H Bond Activation by Early Transition Metal Bisphenolate Complexes and Protonolysis of Bipyrimidine Platinum Methyl Complexes (2010, 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.))
• Liu, Yiyang — Palladium-Catalyzed Decarboxylative and Decarbonylative Transformations in the Synthesis of Fine and Commodity Chemicals (2015, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Meyer, Michael Elliott — Palladium(II)-Catalyzed Oxidation Reactions in Natural Product Synthesis: Efforts toward Bielschowskysin and Phalarine (2011, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Rosa-Raíces, Jorge Luis — Path Space Markov Chain Monte Carlo Methods for Molecular Simulation (2022, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Regan, Clinton Joseph — Photochemical Strategies to Decage Organic Compounds (2016, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Luo, Meng (Stella) — Polymer Mechanochemistry Using Ultrasound: From Fundamental Reactivity to Controlled Drug Delivery (2026, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Doss, Raymond Michael — Programmable Oligomers for DNA Recognition (2006, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Roizen, Jennifer Lyn — Progress Toward an Enantioselective Total Synthesis of Ineleganolide (2010, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Krout, Michael Raymond — Progress Toward the Asymmetric Total Synthesis of Variecolin and Gas-Phase Studies of the Twisted Amide 2-Quinuclidone (2010, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ma, Sandy — Progress Toward the Cortistatin A Carbocyclic Core and the Development of the Catalytic Enantioselective Alkylation of 3-Helooxindoles (2011, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Craig, Robert Allen, II — Progress Toward the Enantioselective Total Synthesis of Ineleganolide and the Polycyclic Norcembranoid Diterpenes and Construction of the Ineleganoloids (2015, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Behenna, Douglas Carl — Progress Toward the Synthesis of (+)-Zoanthenol and the Development of an Asymmetric Tsuji Allylation Reaction (2007, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lee, Chung Whan — Progress Toward the Total Synthesis of Curcusone C and Mechanistic Elucidation of an Unexpected Rearrangement (2015, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Beck, Jordan Casey — Reaction Development for the Total Syntheses of the Terpenoid Natural Products (+)-Psiguadial B, (+)-Rumphellaone A, and (–)-Isodocarpin (2019, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Rostovtsev, Vsevolod Vladimirovich — Reactions of Platinum(II) Complexes with Dioxygen: Progress Toward Alkane Functionalization (2001, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Shin, Chungkeun — Reductive C-C Bond Construction Strategies by Samarium and Nickel Catalysis (2026, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Anderson, Donde R. — Ruthenium Olefin Metathesis Complexes: Catalyst Development and Mechanistic Studies (2008, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Morgan, John Philip — Ruthenium-Based Olefin Metathesis Catalysts Coordinated with NHeterocyclic Carbene Ligands: Synthesis and Applications (2003, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Keitz, Benjamin Keith — Selectivity in Ruthenium Catalyzed Olefin Metathesis: Applications and Origins (2013, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wang, Clay Chia Chun — Sequence Specific Trapping of Topoisomerase I by Camptothecin Polyamide Conjugates (2002, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Messinger, Joseph Peter Herman — Spectroscopy and Kinetics of Atmospheric and Astrochemical Reactions (2021, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Sun, Alexander Wang — Stereoselective Synthesis of Diazaheterocycles by Decarboxylative Asymmetric Allylic Alkylation (2019, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hicks, Elliot Frederick — Stereoselective Synthesis of α- and β-Functionalized Carbonyl Derivatives: Allylic Alkylation of Dialkyl Malonates, Total Synthesis of Hunterine A, and Progress Toward the Synthesis of Kuroshine A (2025, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Chadha, Rahuljeet Singh — Stimulated Raman Imaging for Spatial Metabolomics: From Metabolite Mapping to Cellular Function (2026, 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.))
• Reeves, Corey Michael — Strategies for the Stereoselective Synthesis of Carbon Quaternary Centers via Transition Metal-Catalyzed Alkylation of Enolate Compounds (2015, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Jacobs, Claire Sigrid — Structural Modifications to DNA-Binding Polyamides for Improved Biological Activity in Cell Culture (2009, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Farkas, Michelle Elizabeth — Structural Variations on the Turn Unit of DNA-Binding Hairpin Py-Im Polyamides (2010, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Pritchett, Beau Patrick — Studies in Palladium-Catalyzed Allylic Alkylation: Enantioselective Total Syntheses of Structurally Diverse Alkaloids (2017, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Duffy, Noah Hanville — Studies of the Serotonin Type 3A Receptor and the Chemical Preparation of tRNA (2014, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hafeman, Nicholas Joseph — Synthesis and Applications of Terpenoid Natural Products: Total Synthesis of Scabrolide A and Havellockate, and Synthesis of Pinene Oxidation Products for Atmospheric Investigations (2022, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Li, Benjamin Chun Yeung — Synthesis and Biological Studies of DNA-binding Cyclic Py-Im Polyamides (2013, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Chenoweth, David Michael — Synthesis and Structural Studies of Cyclic Py-Im Polyamides (2009, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Goldstein, Elizabeth Lee — Synthesis of Enantioenriched (Poly)Fluorinated Building Blocks, 2,2-Disubstituted Pyrrolidines and [7,7]Paracyclophanes (2020, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Sercel, Zachary Patrick — Synthesis of Organic Building Blocks and Synthetic Strategies Toward Aleutianamine (2023, 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.))
• Weintrob, Edward Charles — Synthesis, Characterization, and Reactivity Studies of Pyridine Bis(anilide) Iron Complexes (2012, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Byers, Jeffery Allen — Synthetic and Mechanistic Studies into the Kinetic Resolution of α-olefins Using C₁₋ and C₂₋ Symmetric Zirconocene Polymerization Catalysts (2007, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
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