Organic Chemists at US Universities with Research Interests

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3	Alabama	Auburn	Auburn University	Bradley Merner	Associate Professor	https://www.mernergroup.com/		target oriented synthesis	carbon nanotubes	, target oriented synthesis, carbon nanotubes
4	Alabama	Tuscaloosa	University of Alabama	Diana Leung	Associate Professor					, ,
5	Alabama	Tuscaloosa	University of Alabama	Elizabeth Papish	Professor	http://papishgroup.as.ua.edu/	green chemistry	catalysis	light-activated ruthenium	green chemistry, catalysis, light-activated ruthenium
6	Alabama	Tuscaloosa	University of Alabama	Kevin Shaughnessy	Professor	http://kshaughnessy.people.ua.edu/	Metal catalyzed reaction development	mechanistic study	organometallic	Metal catalyzed reaction development, mechanistic study, organometallic
7	Alabama	Tuscaloosa	University of Alabama	Marco Bonizzoni	Associate Professor	http://bonizzoni.ua.edu/	Pattern based recognition	molecular assembly	physical organic	Pattern based recognition, molecular assembly , physical organic
8	Alabama	Tuscaloosa	University of Alabama	Michael Jennings	Associate Professor		Natural product synthesis	methods - enantioselective Wittig		Natural product synthesis, methods - enantioselective Wittig ,
9	Alabama	Auburn	Auburn University	Ming Chen	Assistant Professor	https://www.auburn.edu/cosam/faculty/chemistry/chen/research/research.htm	catalytic asymmetric reactions	achiral feedstock chemicals		catalytic asymmetric reactions, achiral feedstock chemicals,
10	Alabama	Birmingham	University of Alabama - Birmingham	Pengfei Wang	Professor					, ,
11	Alabama	Auburn	Auburn University	Rashad Karimov	Assistant Professor	https://karimovrashad.wixsite.com/website/research	transition metal catalysis			transition metal catalysis, ,
12	Alabama	Birmingham	University of Alabama - Birmingham	Sadanandan Velu	Associate Professor					, ,
13	Alabama	Tuscaloosa	University of Alabama	Silas Blackstock	Professor	http://blackstock.people.ua.edu/	Electron Transfer	Molecular Charge Storage	Redox-gradient dendrimers	Electron Transfer, Molecular Charge Storage, Redox-gradient dendrimers
14	Alabama	Tuscaloosa	University of Alabama	Stephen Woski	Associate Professor		non-natural nucleoside synthesis	molecular electornics	bioorganic	non-natural nucleoside synthesis, molecular electornics, bioorganic
15	Alabama	Auburn	Auburn University	Stewart Schneller	Professor	http://wp.auburn.edu/schnest/	antiviral drug design	synthetic organic		antiviral drug design , synthetic organic,
16	Alabama	Tuscaloosa	University of Alabama	Timothy Snowden	Associate Professor		synthetic methodology	natural product synthesis		synthetic methodology, natural product synthesis,
17	Alabama	Tuscaloosa	University of Alabama	Yinghui Liu	Assistant Professor					, ,
18	Arizona	Tuscson	University of Arizona	Dominic McGrath	Professord		solar energy conversion	macromolecular systems responsive to visibile light	nanoscopic systems	solar energy conversion, macromolecular systems responsive to visibile light, nanoscopic systems
19	Arizona	Tuscson	University of Arizona	Eugene Mash	Professor		imaging and drug delivery	large bicyclic containing polymers		imaging and drug delivery, large bicyclic containing polymers,
20	Arizona	Tempe	Arizona State University	George Pettit	Regents Professor		Natural product synthesis	cancer chemotherapy		Natural product synthesis, cancer chemotherapy,
21	Arizona	Tuscson	University of Arizona	John Jewett	Associate Professor	https://sites.google.com/site/jcjewettlab/research	virology	dengue virus	bioorthogonal reaction development	virology, dengue virus, bioorthogonal reaction development
22	Arizona	Tuscson	University of Arizona	Jon Njardarson	Professor		Natural product synthesis	anionic cascade reactions	ring expansion and dearomatization method development	Natural product synthesis, anionic cascade reactions, ring expansion and dearomatization method development
23	Arizona	Tempe	Arizona State University	Kyle Biegasiewicz	Assistant Professor		Bioinspired catalyst development	total synthesi	enzymes	Bioinspired catalyst development, total synthesi, enzymes
24	Arizona	Tempe	Arizona State University	Laura Ackerman			Green synthesis			Green synthesis, ,
25	Arizona	Tuscson	University of Arizona	Robin Polt	Professor		glycobiology	2D NMR techniques		glycobiology, 2D NMR techniques,
26	Arkansas	Fayatteville	University of Arkansas	Hudson Beyzavi	Assistant Professor	https://beyzavigroup.uark.edu/ca	transition metal based catalysts	materials chemistry		transition metal based catalysts, materials chemistry,
27	Arkansas	Fayatteville	University of Arkansas	Maggie He	Assistant Professor	https://hegroup.uark.edu/	Carbon naotube functionalization	sensor development		Carbon naotube functionalization, sensor development,
28	Arkansas	Fayatteville	University of Arkansas	Matt McIntosh	Professor		total synthesis of natural products,	sclerophytin A, massilenicellin I, antascomicin B		total synthesis of natural products, , sclerophytin A, massilenicellin I, antascomicin B,
29	Michigan	Ann Arbor	University of Michigan	Alison Narayan	Assistant Professor	https://www.lsi.umich.edu/science/our-labs/alison-narayan-lab	biocatalysis in natural product synthesis	metabolite gene clusters	genomic and metagenomic samples	biocatalysis in natural product synthesis, metabolite gene clusters, genomic and metagenomic samples
30	Arkansas	Fayatteville	University of Arkansas	Nan Zheng	Associate Professor	http://www.zhenggroup.org/	green chemistry	nitrogen centered radicals	visible light photoredox	green chemistry, nitrogen centered radicals, visible light photoredox
31	Arkansas	Fayatteville	University of Arkansas	Neil T. Allison	Associate Professor		organometallic			organometallic, ,
32	Arkansas	Fayatteville	University of Arkansas	Susanne Striegler	Professor	https://sstriegl.hosted.uark.edu/research.html	glycosidase inhibtors			glycosidase inhibtors, ,
33	California	San Francisco	University of California San Francisco	Adam Renslo			targeted drug delivery	small molecule drug discoverym		targeted drug delivery, small molecule drug discoverym,
34	California	Los Angeles	University of California Los Angeles	Alexander Spokoyny			inorganic and organomimetic clusters			inorganic and organomimetic clusters, ,
35	California	Santa Barbara	University of California Santa Barbara	Alison Butler			bioinorganic, metallobiochemistry		biomimetic disassembly, wet adhesives	bioinorganic, metallobiochemistry, , biomimetic disassembly, wet adhesives
36	California	Los Angeles	University of California Los Angeles	Amber Reilly						, ,
37	California	Riverside	University of California Riverside	Ana Bahamonde			photochemistry	asymmetric catalysis	organometallic	photochemistry, asymmetric catalysis, organometallic
38	California	Davis	University of California Davis	Annaliese Franz	Professor		organic synthesis, organosilicon chemistry, NMR spectroscopy	catalysis	C-C bond formation	organic synthesis, organosilicon chemistry, NMR spectroscopy, catalysis, C-C bond formation
39	California	Los Angeles	University of California Los Angeles	Anne Andrews						, ,
40	California	Santa Barbara	University of California Santa Barbara	Armen Zakarian			methods for asymmetric synthesis	total synthesis of natural products	catalysis	methods for asymmetric synthesis, total synthesis of natural products, catalysis
41	California	Santa Cruz	University of California Santa Cruz	Bakthan Singaram			organoborane	natural products	biosensors	organoborane , natural products, biosensors
42	California	Los Angeles	University of Southern California	Barry Thompson			polymers	sustainability		polymers, sustainability,
43	California	Stanford	Stanford University	Barry Trost		http://web.stanford.edu/group/bmtrost/	Methods			Methods, ,
44	California	Jupiter	Scripps Reasearch Institute - Florida	Ben Shent	Professor-	http://www.scripps.edu/shen/	natural product biosyntheis	genome mining	bioorganic chemistry	natural product biosyntheis, genome mining, bioorganic chemistry
45	California	Merced	University of California Merced	Benjamin Stokes						, ,
46	California	San Francisco	University of California San Francisco	Bill DeGrado			macromolecular structure and function			macromolecular structure and function, ,
47	California	Pasadena	California Institute of Technology	Brian Stoltz	Professor		Natural Product Total Synthesis and Methods			Natural Product Total Synthesis and Methods, ,
48	California	Santa Barbara	University of California Santa Barbara	Bruce Lipshutz			heterogenous catalysis, solid support	homogenous catalysis, asymmetric	nanotechnology, green chemistry, micellar	heterogenous catalysis, solid support, homogenous catalysis, asymmetric, nanotechnology, green chemistry, micellar
49	California	San Diego	San Diego State University	Byron Purse						, ,
50	California	Stanford	Stanford University	Carl Djerassi						, ,
51	California	Stanford	Stanford University	Carolyn Bertozzi	Professor	http://bertozzigroup.stanford.edu/	bioorthogonal chemistry	in vivo imaging of biomolecules	site specific protein modification	bioorthogonal chemistry, in vivo imaging of biomolecules, site specific protein modification
52	California	Stanford	Stanford University	Chaitan Khosla		https://web.stanford.edu/group/khosla/cgi-bin/	polyketide synthase	biosynthesis of antibiotics		polyketide synthase, biosynthesis of antibiotics,
53	California	Los Angeles	University of Southern California	Chao Zhang			small molecule modulators	chemical proteomics	structure based design	small molecule modulators, chemical proteomics, structure based design
54	California	Los Angeles	University of Southern California	Charles McKenna			organic synthesis	computer assisted design modeling	novel imaging agents	organic synthesis, computer assisted design modeling, novel imaging agents
55	California	La Jolla	Scripps Reasearch Institute	Chi Huey Wong	Professor		biological glycosylation	glycoprotein synthesis		biological glycosylation, glycoprotein synthesis,
56	California	Irvine	University of California Irvine	Christopher Vanderwal			total synthesis			total synthesis, ,
57	California	Berkeley	University of California Berkeley	Clayton Heathcock						, ,
58	California	Santa Barbara	University of California Santa Barbara	Craig Hawker			synthetic polymer	nanotechnology		synthetic polymer, nanotechnology,
59	California	Los Angeles	University of California Los Angeles	Craig Merlic			natural product total synthesis	organometallic radical reactions for stereoselective synthesis		natural product total synthesis, organometallic radical reactions for stereoselective synthesis,
60	California	Santa Cruz	University of California Santa Cruz	Crews			natural products - marine	bioorganic chemistry	NMR	natural products - marine, bioorganic chemistry, NMR
61	California	La Jolla	Scripps Reasearch Institute	Dale Boger	Professor	http://www.scripps.edu/boger/	Natural product synthesis	hetero diels alder methodology	bioorganic chemistry	Natural product synthesis, hetero diels alder methodology, bioorganic chemistry
62	California	San Francisco	University of California San Francisco	Danica Fujimori			enzymatic function			enzymatic function, ,
63	California		City of Hope - hospital?	David Horne			Natural Products	small molecule inhibtor		Natural Products, small molecule inhibtor,
64	California	Davis	University of California Davis	David Olson	Assistant Professor		chemical neuroscience	synthesis		chemical neuroscience, synthesis,
65	California	Irvine	University of California Irvine	David Van Vranken						, ,
66	California	Davis	University of California Davis	Dean Tantillo	Professor	http://blueline.ucdavis.edu/	theoretical organic	natural product biosynthesis		theoretical organic, natural product biosynthesis,
67	California	Berkeley	University of California Berkeley	Dean Toste			natural product synthesis	organometallic		natural product synthesis, organometallic,
68	California	San Diego	University of California San Diego	Dionicio Siegel						, ,
69	California	Santa Barbara	University of California Santa Barbara	Donald Aue			physical organic	mass spectrometry		physical organic, mass spectrometry,
70	California	La Jolla	Scripps Reasearch Institute	Donna Blackmond			Reaction Progress Kinetics	catalyst enantiopurity		Reaction Progress Kinetics, catalyst enantiopurity,
71	California	San Diego	San Diego State University	Douglas Grotjahn						, ,
72	California	Irvine	University of California Irvine	Elizabeth Bess						, ,
73	California	Irvine	University of California Irvine	Elizabeth Jarvo						, ,
74	California	Los Angeles	University of California Los Angeles	Ellen Sletten			fluorinated materials for diagnostics	nanoscience and supramoleulcar	polymer photophysics pharmacology	fluorinated materials for diagnostics, nanoscience and supramoleulcar , polymer photophysics pharmacology
75	California	San Diego	University of California San Diego	Emmanuel Theodorakis			methods and strategies in natural products			methods and strategies in natural products, ,
76	California	San Diego	University of California San Diego	Ferguson Fleur						, ,
77	California	Pasadena	California Institute of Technology	Frances Arnold	Professor	http://fhalab.caltech.edu/	synthetic enzymes	biocatalysis		synthetic enzymes, biocatalysis,
78	California	Santa Barbara	University of California Santa Barbara	Fred Wudl			conjugated polymers, fullerenes	self-meding polymers	plastic colar cells	conjugated polymers, fullerenes, self-meding polymers, plastic colar cells
79	California	Los Angeles	University of Southern California	G K Surya Prakash			organosilicon and organofluorine chemistry	carbon dioxide capture	methanol economy	organosilicon and organofluorine chemistry, carbon dioxide capture, methanol economy
80	California	Los Angeles	University of California Los Angeles	Garcia-Garibay			solid and crystalline materials	solid state materials	nanoparticles for photochemical processes	solid and crystalline materials, solid state materials, nanoparticles for photochemical processes
81	California	Pasadena	California Institute of Technology	Gregory Fu	Professor		enantioselective synthesis	organometallic		enantioselective synthesis, organometallic,
82	California	Santa Barbara	University of California Santa Barbara	Guillermo Bazan			organometallic, optoelectronics	oligomerization and polymerization	materials	organometallic, optoelectronics, oligomerization and polymerization, materials
83	California	San Diego	University of California San Diego	Guy Bertrand	Professor	http://bertrandgroup.ucsd.edu/				, ,
84	California	Los Angeles	University of California Los Angeles	Heather Maynard			protein polymer conjugates	smart materials, stimuli responsive materials		protein polymer conjugates, smart materials, stimuli responsive materials,
85	California	Los Angeles	University of California Los Angeles	Hosea Nelson			target driven organic synthesis	reaction development	supramolecular organometallic catalysts	target driven organic synthesis, reaction development, supramolecular organometallic catalysts
86	California	San Francisco	University of California San Francisco	Ian Seiple			small molecule synthesis	chemical libraries		small molecule synthesis, chemical libraries,
87	California	San Francisco	University of California San Francisco	Jack Taunton			cell function with electrophilic chemical libraries			cell function with electrophilic chemical libraries, ,
88	California	Irvine	University of California Irvine	James Nowick			Unnatural amino acids	peptide synthesis		Unnatural amino acids, peptide synthesis,
89	California	Davis	University of California Davis	Jaquelyn Gervay-Hague	Professor		natural product synthesis	phytoceuticals		natural product synthesis, phytoceuticals,
90	California	Davis	University of California Davis	Jared Shaw	Professor		natural product synthesis	chemical biology		natural product synthesis, chemical biology,
91	California	San Francisco	University of California San Francisco	Jason Gestwicki			protein homeostatsis	protein misfolding disease		protein homeostatsis, protein misfolding disease,
92	California	San Francisco	University of California San Francisco	Jason Sello			biological small molecules			biological small molecules, ,
93	California	Berkeley	University of California Berkeley	Jay Keasling						, ,
94	California	San Diego	San Diego State University	Jeffrey Gustafson						, ,
95	California	Irvine	University of California Irvine	Jenn Prescher		https://www.chem.uci.edu/~jpresche/	noninvasive imaging	bioorthogonal	bioluminescent probes	noninvasive imaging , bioorthogonal, bioluminescent probes
96	California	La Jolla	Scripps Reasearch Institute	Jin-Quan Yu	Professor		C-H activation	sustainable catalysis		C-H activation, sustainable catalysis,
97	California	Berkeley	University of California Berkeley	John Hartwig	Professor		transition metal catalysts	artificial metalloenzymes		transition metal catalysts, artificial metalloenzymes,
98	California	San Diego	University of California San Diego	Joshua Figueroa			small molecule activation			small molecule activation, ,
99	California	Stanford	Stanford University	Justin Du Bois	Professor	https://duboislab.stanford.edu/	natural product synthesis	C-H functionalization	de novo chemical synthesis	natural product synthesis, C-H functionalization, de novo chemical synthesis
100	California	La Jolla	Scripps Reasearch Institute	K Barry Sharpless	Professor		synthetic catalysts	click chemistry		synthetic catalysts, click chemistry,