Education
- PhD, Chemistry, Vanderbilt University
- MDiv, Bethany Theological Seminary
- MS, Chemistry, The University of Michigan
- BA, Chemistry & Physics, Goshen College
Career Highlights
- 3.5 years in the pharmaceutical industry
- 14 years of teaching experience
- 6 peer reviewed journal publications
- 3 invited seminars and 6 conference presentations
- 5 undergraduate student presentations at conferences
- Obtained $166,500 in grant funding
Featured Work
"Modified Siwoloboff-Wiegand Procedure for the Determination of Boiling Points on a Microscale." Journal of Chemical Education, 2018, 1406-1410.
"Origins of Selectivity in Bronsted Acid Promoted Diazoalkane-Azomethine Reactions (The aza-Darzens Aziridine Synthesis." Organic Letters, 2011, 1790-1792.
"Preparation of Isopropyl 2-Diazoacetyl(phenyl)carbamate." Organic Synthesis, 2011, 212-223.
"To Protonate or Alkylate: Stereoselective Bronsted Acid Catalysis of Carbon-Carbon Bond Formation Using Diazoalkanes, Leading to Highly Functionalized Chiral Small Molecules." Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2010, 2290-2298.
"Solid-Phase Synthesis of Novel Pyrrolidinonedione Analogs as Potent HIV-1 Integrase Inhibitors." Journal of Combinatorial Chemistry, 2010, 84-90.
"Bronsted Acid Activation of a a-Diazo Imide: A syn-Selective Glycolate Mannich Reaction." Chemical Communications, 2009, 6195-6197.