Meet the Contributors

Julian Bigi

Current Position: Research Scientist, Kinestral Technologies

Doctoral Studies: University of California, Berkeley

Advisor: Professor Christopher J. Chang

Thesis Topic: Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Production from H2O using Earth-Abundant Metal Catalysts

Undergraduate Institution: University of Notre Dame

Advisor: Professor Seth N. Brown

Research Topic: Titanium(IV) Diketonates of Stable Chiral Framework Ligands: Ballistic Trigonal Twists, Alcohol Interchange, and Stereocontrol of the Aldol Condensation.

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Lee Bishop

Current Position: Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Advisors: Professors Robert Hamers and Joel Pedersen

Research Topic: Environmental Fate & Transport of Engineered Nanoparticles

Doctoral Studies: University of California, Berkeley

Advisors: Professors Robert G. Bergman, Dirk Trauner, and Jonathan Ellman

Thesis Topic: Catalysis of 6π Electrocyclizations and Catalytic Disproportionation of Lignin Model Compounds

Undergraduate Institution: Case Western Reserve University

Courtney Hastings

Current Position: Postdoctoral Researcher, Johns Hopkins University

Advisor: Professor Craig A. Townsend

Research Topic:  Enzymology and Directed Evolution in Carbapenem Antibiotic Biosynthesis

Doctoral Studies: University of California, Berkeley

Advisors: Robert G. Bergman and Kenneth N. Raymond

Thesis Topic: Mechanism and Reactivity of Cationic Cyclizations Catalyzed by Supramolecular Encapsulation

Undergraduate Institution: The College of William and Mary

J.P. Lumb

Current Position: Assistant Professor of Chemistry, McGill University

Postdoc: Stanford University

Advisor: Professor Barry M. Trost

Research Topic: Development of Transition-Metal-Mediated, Atom-Economical Reactions

Doctoral Studies: University of California, Berkeley

Advisor: Professor Dirk Trauner

Thesis Topic: Biomimetic Synthesis of Naphthoquinone Natural Products

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Marty Mulvihill

Current Position: Executive Director for Education and Outreach at the Berkeley Center for Green Chemistry

Postdoc: Lawrence Berkeley National Lab

Advisors: Jiamin Wan and Taleb Mokari

Research Topic: Stability and fate of Nanoparticles in aqueous environments.

Doctoral Studies: University of California, Berkeley

Advisors: John Arnold and Peidong Yang

Thesis Topic: Surface Functionalization of Inorganic Nanostructures: The Interface of Materials Science and the Environment

Undergraduate Institution: Reed College

Advisor: Maggie Geselbracht

Thesis: Structure/Function Relationships in Niobate Perovskites with Possible Application to Superconducting Structures

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Alison Hardin Narayan

Current Position: Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Michigan Life Sciences Institute

Advisor: Dr. David Sherman

Doctoral Studies: University of California, Berkeley

Advisor: Richmond Sarpong

Thesis Topic: The development of metal-free cycloisomerization reactions and the total synthesis of natural products

Undergraduate Institution: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Advisor: John P. Wolfe

Research Topic: Palladium-Catalyzed Synthesis of Tetrahydrofurans from γ−Hydroxy Terminal Alkenes: Scope, Limitations, and Stereoselectivity