Douglas Group Alumni

Shengyang Wang
Time in the Lab: Fall 2014–Fall 2019
Education & Experience: 2019 Ph.D. Chemistry, University of Minnesota–Twin Cities Thesis: Transition Metals/Lewis Acids Co-catalyzed Intra-/Intermolecular Aminocyanation of Alkenes/Alkynes via N‒CN Bond Activation And Synthetic and Characteristic Studies on Dibenzo[g,s]rubicenes and Naphtho[2,3-a]aceanthrylenes 2014 B.S. Chemistry, Tongji University
Douglas Group Publications: "Palladium and Lewis-Acid-Catalyzed Intramolecular Aminocyanation of Alkenes: Scope, Mechanism, and Stereoselective Alkene Difunctionalizations" Pan, Z.; Wang, S.; Brethorst, J. T.; Douglas, C. J.; J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018 , 140 , 3331–3338.

Matt Eastwood
Time in the Lab: Summer 2014–Fall 2019
Education & Experience: 2019 Ph.D. Chemistry, University of Minnesota–Twin Cities Thesis: Development of Stereoselective Cyanoamidation Reactions and Their application to Natural Product Total Synthesis 2014 B.A. Chemistry, MidAmerica Nazarene University
Advisor: Faith Jacobsen
Douglas Group Publications: Synthesis of the Madangamine Alkaloid Core by a C–C Bond Activation Cascade Eastwood, M. S.; Douglas, C. J. Org. Lett. 2019, 21, 6149.; Diastereoselective Intramolecular Cyanoamidation with Alkenes Dreis, A. M.; Otte, S. C.; Eastwood, M. S.; Alonzi, E. R.; Brethorst, J. T.; Douglas, C. J.* Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2017, 45–48.

Grant Frost
Time in the Lab: Summer 2012–Fall 2018
Education & Experience: 2018 Ph.D. Chemistry, University of Minnesota–Twin Cities Thesis: Organic Reaction Selectivity via Metal-Catalysis: Discovery, Development, and Mechanistic Analysis of Nitrile, Ester, Arene, Azide, and Alkene Transformations 2011 B.S. Chemistry, University of Saint Thomas
Advisor: J. Thomas Ippoliti
Douglas Group Publications: Chemoselectivity for Alkene Cleavage by Palladium‐Catalyzed Intramolecular Diazo Group Transfer from Azide to Alkene Frost, G. B.; Mittelstaedt, M. N.; Douglas, C. J. Chem. Eur. J. 2019, 25, 1727.; Integrating Metal-Catalyzed C–H and C–O Functionalization To Achieve Sterically Controlled Regioselectivity in Arene Acylation Serratore, N. A.; Anderson, C. B.; Frost, G. B.; Hoang, T.-G.; Underwood, S. J.; Gemmel, P. M.; Hardy, M. A.; Douglas, C. J. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 10025.; "Mechanistic Model for Enantioselective Intramolecular Alkene Cyanoamidation via Palladium-Catalyzed C–CN Bond Activation" Frost, G. B.†; Serratore, N. A.†; Ogilvie, J. M.; Douglas, C. J.* 2017, 82, 3721–3726.
Moved to: Postdoc, Scheidt Group

Zhuoran Zhang
Time in the Lab: Fall 2013–Summer 2018
Education & Experience: 2018 Ph.D. Chemistry, University of Minnesota–Twin Cities Thesis: A systematic study of acene derivatives: synthesis, crystal structures, optical and electrochemical characterizations 2013 B.S. Chemistry, Peking University, China
Advisor: Dahui Zhao
Douglas Group Publications: "Synthesis and Characterization of Electron-Deficient Asymmetrically Substituted Diarylindenotetracenes" Purvis, L. P.; Gu, X.; Ghosh, S.; Zhang, Z.; Cramer, C. J.; Douglas, C. J.; J. Org. Chem. 2018, 83, 1828.; "Negative Isotope Effect on Field-Effect Hole Transport in Fully Substituted 13C-Rubrene" Ren, X.*; Bruzek, M. J.; Hanifi, D. A.; Schulzetenberg, A.; Wu, Y.; Kim, C. H.; Zhang, Z.; Johns, J. E.; Salleo, A.; Fratini, S.; Troisi, A.; Douglas, C. J.; Frisbie, C. D.* Adv. Electron. Mat. 2017, 3, 1700017.; "Partial Fluorination as a Strategy for Crystal Engineering of Rubrene Derivatives" Ogden, W. A.; Ghosh, S.; Bruzek, M. J.; McGarry, K. A.; Balhorn, L.; Young, V. G.; Purvis, L. J.; Wegwerth, S. E.; Zhang, Z.; Serratore, N. A.; Cramer, C. J.*; Gagliardi, L.*; Douglas, C. J.* Cryst. Growth Des. 2017, 17, 643–658.; "Synthesis, electrochemical properties, and crystal packing of perfluororubrene" Zhang, Z.; Ogden, W. A.; Young, V. J.; Douglas, C. J.* Chem. Commun. 2016, 52, 8127–8130.
Moved to: Postdoc, Frisbie Group

Lafe Purvis
Time in the Lab: Fall 2013–Spring 2018
Education & Experience: 2018 Ph.D. Chemistry, University of Minnesota–Twin Cities; Thesis: Structure-function relationship of acene based organic semiconductors for use in organic field-effect transistors and organic photovoltaic devices; 2008–2013 Senior Research Associate, Gilead Sciences; 2004–2008 Research Associate, Nastech Pharmaceuticals; 2004 B.S. Chemistry and Biochemistry (double major), University of Washington
Douglas Group Publications: "Morphological, Chemical, and Electronic Changes of the Conjugated Polymer PTB7 with Thermal Annealing" Savikhin, V.; Jagadamma, L. K. Purvis, L. P.; Robertson, I.; Oosterhout, S. D.; Douglas, C. J.; Samual, I. D. W.; Toney, M. F. iScience 2018, 2, 182.; "Synthesis and Characterization of Electron-Deficient Asymmetrically Substituted Diarylindenotetracenes" Purvis, L. P.; Gu, X.; Ghosh, S.; Zhang, Z.; Cramer, C. J.; Douglas, C. J. J. Org. Chem. 2018, 83, 1828.; "Partial Fluorination as a Strategy for Crystal Engineering of Rubrene Derivatives" Ogden, W. A.; Ghosh, S.; Bruzek, M. J.; McGarry, K. A.; Balhorn, L.; Young, V. G.; Purvis, L. J.; Wegwerth, S. E.; Zhang, Z.; Serratore, N. A.; Cramer, C. J.*; Gagliardi, L.*; Douglas, C. J.* Cryst. Growth Des. 2017, 17, 643–658.
Moved to: Oculus VR

Nick Serratore
Time in the Lab: Fall 2013–Fall 2017
Education & Experience: 2017 Ph.D. Chemistry, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Thesis: Method Development and Mechanistic Insights into Palladium-Catalyzed C–CN Bond Activation and Iridium-Catalyzed Sequential C–O/C–H Bond Activation Reactions; 2013 M.S. Chemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Advisor: Shannon S. Stahl; 2012 B.S. Chemistry, University of Saint Thomas
Advisor: J. Thomas Ippoliti
Douglas Group Publications: Integrating Metal-Catalyzed C–H and C–O Functionalization To Achieve Sterically Controlled Regioselectivity in Arene Acylation Serratore, N. A.; Anderson, C. B.; Frost, G. B.; Hoang, T.-G.; Underwood, S. J.; Gemmel, P. M.; Hardy, M. A.; Douglas, C. J. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 10025.; "Characterization of Five Fatty Aldehyde Dehydrogenase Enzymes From Marinobacter and Acinetobacter: Structural Insights into the Aldehyde Binding Pocket" Bertram, J. H.; Mulliner, K. M.; Shi, K.; Plunkett, M. H.; Nixon, N. A.; Serratore, N. A.; Douglas, C. J.; Aihara, H.; Barney, B. M.* Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2017, 83, e00018-17.; "Mechanistic Model for Enantioselective Intramolecular Alkene Cyanoamidation via Palladium-Catalyzed C–CN Bond Activation" Frost, G. B.; Serratore, N. A.; Ogilvie, J. M.; Douglas, C. J.* J. Org. Chem. 2017, 82, 3721–3726.; "Partial Fluorination as a Strategy for Crystal Engineering of Rubrene Derivatives" Ogden, W. A.; Ghosh, S.; Bruzek, M. J.; McGarry, K. A.; Balhorn, L.; Young, V. G.; Purvis, L. J.; Wegwerth, S. E.; Zhang, Z.; Serratore, N. A.; Cramer, C. J.*; Gagliardi, L.*; Douglas, C. J.* Cryst. Growth Des. 2017, 17, 643–658.
Moved to: Patent Agent Clerk at 3M

Sadie Otte
Time in the Lab: Fall 2012–Fall 2017
Education & Experience: 2017 Ph.D. Chemistry, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Thesis: Studies Toward the Total Syntheses of (–)-Quebrachamine and (±)-Eburnamonine via Intramolecular Cyanoamidation; 2012 B.A. Chemistry, Saint Olaf College
Advisor: Peter Gittins
Douglas Group Publications: "Diastereoselective Intramolecular Cyanoamidation with Alkenes" Dreis, A. M.; Otte, S. C.; Eastwood, M. S.; Alonzi, E. R.; Brethorst, J. T.; Douglas, C. J.* Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2017, 45–48.
Moved to: Organic Laboratory Coordinator at Claremont McKenna College

Jason Brethorst
Time in the Lab: Fall 2011–Summer 2017
Education & Experience: 2017 Ph.D. Chemistry, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Thesis: Development of Carbon‒Carbon, Carbon‒Nitrogen, and Carbon‒Hydrogen Bond Functionalization Methodologies and Efforts Toward the Total Synthesis of Dragmacidin E; 2017 Organic Chemistry Lecturer, Augsburg College, CHM 352; 2011 B.S. Chemistry, Saint Cloud State University
Advisor: Mark Mechelke
Douglas Group Publications: "Palladium and Lewis-Acid-Catalyzed Intramolecular Aminocyanation of Alkenes: Scope, Mechanism, and Stereoselective Alkene Difunctionalizations" Pan, Z.; Wang, S.; Brethorst, J. T.; Douglas, C. J.; J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018 , 140 , 3331–3338.; "Diastereoselective Intramolecular Cyanoamidation with Alkenes" Dreis, A. M.; Otte, S. C.; Eastwood, M. S.; Alonzi, E. R.; Brethorst, J. T.; Douglas, C. J.* Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2017, 45–48.; "Intramolecular Oxyacylation of Alkenes Using a Hydroxyl Directing Group" Hoang, G. T.; Pan, Z.; Brethorst, J. T.; Douglas, C. J.* J. Org. Chem. 2014, 79, 11383–11394.

Sarah "Wegs" Wegwerth
Time in the Lab: Fall 2011–Summer 2017
Education & Experience: 2017 Ph.D. Chemistry, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Thesis: Studies into the Synthesis of Cyclacenes; 2017 Organic Lecturer, UMN, CHEM 2302; 2013–2016 Head organic teaching assistant; 2011 B.S. Chemistry, Saint Cloud State University
Advisor: Mark Mechelke
Douglas Group Publications: "Partial Fluorination as a Strategy for Crystal Engineering of Rubrene Derivatives" Ogden, W. A.; Ghosh, S.; Bruzek, M. J.; McGarry, K. A.; Balhorn, L.; Young, V. G.; Purvis, L. J.; Wegwerth, S. E.; Zhang, Z.; Serratore, N. A.; Cramer, C. J.*; Gagliardi, L.*; Douglas, C. J.* Cryst. Growth Des. 2017, 17, 643–658.
Honors: 2016 CSE Bowers Excellence in Teaching Assistance Award; 2014 Bunsen and Beaker Award, Best Presentation in Section, Third-Year Research Symposium; 2012–2013 Wayland E. Noland Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award

Zhongda Pan
Time in the Lab: Fall 2010–Fall 2016
Education & Experience: 2016 Ph.D. Chemistry, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Thesis: Development of Catalytic C–CN, C–O, and N–CN Sigma-Bond Activation and Alkene Addition Reactions; 2010 B.S. Chemistry, Nankai University, China
Advisor: Chi Zhang
Douglas Group Publications: "Palladium and Lewis-Acid-Catalyzed Intramolecular Aminocyanation of Alkenes: Scope, Mechanism, and Stereoselective Alkene Difunctionalizations" Pan, Z.; Wang, S.; Brethorst, J. T.; Douglas, C. J.; J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018 , 140 , 3331–3338.; "Cyclization of an alkene-bearing cyclopentanone: The role of rhodium and Brønsted acid" Jiang, X.; Pan, Z.; Douglas, C. J.* Tetrahedron Lett. 2015, 56, 5324–5327.; "Intramolecular Oxyacylation of Alkenes Using a Hydroxyl Directing Group" Hoang, G. T.; Pan, Z.; Brethorst, J. T.; Douglas, C. J.* J. Org. Chem. 2014, 79, 11383–11394.; "Palladium catalyzed intramolecular acylcyanation of alkenes using α‑iminonitriles" Rondla, N. R.; Ogilvie, J. M.; Pan, Z.; Douglas, C. J.* Chemical Communications 2014, 50, 8974–8977.; "Intramolecular Aminocyanation of Alkenes by N–CN Bond Cleavage" Pan, Z.; Pound, S. M.; Rondla, N. R.; Douglas, C. J.* Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2014, 53, 5170–5174.
Moved to: Affinity Research Chemicals

Sarah Pound
Time in the Lab: Fall 2011–Summer 2016
Education & Experience: 2016 Ph.D. Chemistry, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Thesis: Development of an Intramolecular Alkene Aminocyanation Reaction and Progress Toward the Total Synthesis of Drimentine C; 2011 B.S. Chemistry and Biochemistry (double major), Bethel University
Advisor: Trey Maddox
Douglas Group Publications: "Intramolecular Aminocyanation of Alkenes by N–CN Bond Cleavage" Pan, Z.; Pound, S. M.; Rondla, N. R.; Douglas, C. J.* Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2014, 53, 5170–5174.
Moved to: Postdoctoral Associate with Professor Mary Watson, University of Delaware

Ashley Dreis
Time in the Lab: Fall 2007–Summer 2014
Education & Experience: 2014 Ph.D. Chemistry, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Thesis: Carbon–Carbon Sigma Bond Activation: Functionalizing C–C and C–CN Bonds via Carboacylation and Cyanoamidation; 2007 B.S. Chemistry, University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire
Advisor: Dave Lewis
Douglas Group Publications: "Diastereoselective Intramolecular Cyanoamidation with Alkenes" Dreis, A. M.; Otte, S. C.; Eastwood, M. S.; Alonzi, E. R.; Brethorst, J. T.; Douglas, C. J.* Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2017, 45–48.; "Carbon–Carbon Bond Activation with 8-Acylquinolines" Dreis, A. M.; Douglas. C. J.* Top. Curr. Chem. 2014.; "Catalytic Carbon–Carbon σ Bond Activation: An Intramolecular Carbo-Acylation Reaction" Dreis, A. M.; Douglas, C. J.* Journal of the American Chemical Society 2009, 131, 412‑413.
Moved to: Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff LLP

Naveen Rondla
Time in the Lab: Fall 2008–Summer 2013
Education & Experience: 2013 Ph.D. Chemistry, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Thesis: Development of New Reaction Methodologies Using Palladium Catalysts; 2011‑2012 Internship, GlaxoSmithKline, Research Triangle Park NC; 2008 M.Sc. Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India.
Advisor: Sandeep Verma; 2006 B.Sc. Chemistry, Osmania University, India
Honors: 2008‑2009 Dr. Venkateswarlu Pothapragada and Family Graduate Fellowship
Douglas Group Publications: "Palladium catalyzed intramolecular acylcyanation of alkenes using α‑iminonitriles" Rondla, N. R.; Ogilvie, J. M.; Pan, Z.; Douglas, C. J.* Chemical Communications 2014, 50, 8974–8977.; "Intramolecular Aminocyanation of Alkenes by N–CN Bond Cleavage" Pan, Z.; Pound, S. M.; Rondla, N. R.; Douglas, C. J.* Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2014, 53, 5170–5174.; "Palladium-Catalyzed CC–CN Activation for Intramolecular Cyanoesterification of Alkynes" Rondla, N. R.; Levi, S. M.; Ryss, J. M.; Vanden Berg, R. A.; Douglas, C. J.* Organic Letters 2011, 13, 1940–1943.
Moved to: Forest Laboratories, New York

Katie McGarry
Time in the Lab: Summer 2008–Summer 2013
Education & Experience: 2013 Ph.D. Chemistry, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Thesis: Synthesis and Crystal Design of Rubrene Derivatives for Use in Organic Electronics; 2008 B.S. Chemistry, University of Saint Thomas
Advisor: J. Thomas Ippoliti
Douglas Group Publications: "Energy-Gap Law for Non-Radiative Recombination in Fullerene Based Organic Solar Cells" Benduhn, J.*; Tvingstedt, K.; Piersimoni, F.; Ullbrich, S.; Fan, Y.; Tropiano, M.; McGarry, K. A.; Douglas, C. J.; Zeika, O.; Riede, M.; Marder, S.; Neher, D.; Spoltore, D.; Vanderwal, K.* Nat. Energy 2017, 2, 17053.; "Development and Mechanistic Study of Quinoline-Directed Acyl C–O Bond Activation and Alkene Oxyacylation Reactions" Hoang, G. T.; Walsh, D. J.; McGarry, K. A.; Anderson, C. B.; Douglas, C. J.* J. Org. Chem. 2017, 82, 2972–2983.; "Partial Fluorination as a Strategy for Crystal Engineering of Rubrene Derivatives" Ogden, W. A.; Ghosh, S.; Bruzek, M. J.; McGarry, K. A.; Balhorn, L.; Young, V. G.; Purvis, L. J.; Wegwerth, S. E.; Zhang, Z.; Serratore, N. A.; Cramer, C. J.*; Gagliardi, L.*; Douglas, C. J.* Cryst. Growth Des. 2017, 17, 643–658.; "Utilizing Carbon Nanotube Electrodes to Improve Charge Injection and Transport in Bis(trifluoromethyl)-Dimethyl-Rubrene (fm-rubrene) Ambipolar Single Crystal Transistors" Xie, W.; Prabhumirashi, P. L.; Nakayama, Y.; McGarry, K. A.; Geier, M. L.; Uragami, Y.; Mase, K.; Douglas, C. J.; Ishii, H.; Hersam, M. C.; Frisbie, C. D.* ACS Nano 2013, 7, 10245–10256.; "Connecting Molecular Structure and Exciton Diffusion Length in Rubrene Derivatives" Mullenbach, T. K.; McGarry, K. A.; Luhman, W. A.; Douglas, C. J.*; Holmes, R. J.* Advanced Materials 2013, 25, 3689–3693.; "Rubrene-Based Single-Crystal Organic Semiconductors: Synthesis, Electronic Structure, and Charge-Transport Properties" McGarry, K. A.; Xie, W.; Sutton, C.; Risko, C.; Wu, Y.; Young, V. G.; Brédas, J.‑L.; Frisbie, C. D.*; Douglas, C. J.* Chemistry of Materials 2013, 25, 2254–2263.; "Mobility Transistors Based on Single Crystals of Isotopically Substituted Rubrene‑ d28" Xie, W.; McGarry, K. A.; Liu, F.; Wu, Y.; Ruden, P. P.; Douglas, C. J.*; Frisbie, C. D.* The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2013, 2254–2263.; "Preparation of 6,11-Dihydroxy-5,12-Tetracenedione" Yagodkin, E.; McGarry, K. A.; Douglas, C. J.* Organic Preparations and Procedures International 2011, 43, 360–363.
Moved to: Assistant Professor at University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point

Truong-Giang Hoang
Time in the Lab: Fall 2007–Summer 2012
Education & Experience: 2012 Ph.D. Chemistry, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Thesis: Development of New Reaction Methodologies via Transition Metal Catalyzed Bond Activation Processes; 2004 B.S. Chemistry, National University of Singapore
Teck-Peng Loh
Honors: 2010 Third-Year Graduate Student Seminar Awardee; 2007‑2008 Graham N. Gleysteen Fellowship in Chemistry (4.0 GPA for Class Beginning Fall 2007)
Douglas Group Publications: Integrating Metal-Catalyzed C–H and C–O Functionalization To Achieve Sterically Controlled Regioselectivity in Arene Acylation Serratore, N. A.; Anderson, C. B.; Frost, G. B.; Hoang, T.-G.; Underwood, S. J.; Gemmel, P. M.; Hardy, M. A.; Douglas, C. J. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 10025.; "Development and Mechanistic Study of Quinoline-Directed Acyl C–O Bond Activation and Alkene Oxyacylation Reactions" Hoang, G. T.†; Walsh, D. J.†; McGarry, K. A.; Anderson, C. B.; Douglas, C. J.* J. Org. Chem. 2017, 82, 2972–2983.; "Intramolecular Oxyacylation of Alkenes Using a Hydroxyl Directing Group" Hoang, G. T.; Pan, Z.; Brethorst, J. T.; Douglas, C. J.* J. Org. Chem. 2014, 79, 11383–11394.; "Intramolecular Oxyacylation Reaction of Alkenes via Acyl C–O Bond Activation" Hoang, G. T.; Reddy, V. J.; Nguyen, H. H. K.; Douglas, C. J.* Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2011, 50, 1882–1884.
Moved to: Instructor at National University of Singapore

Michael Wentzel
Time in the Lab: Fall 2007–Summer 2011
Education & Experience: 2011 Ph.D. Chemistry, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Thesis: Development of Carbon-Carbon Sigma Bond Activation with Rhodium Catalysts; 2009‑2011 Head Organic Teaching Assistant; 2007 M.S. Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania
Advisor: Marisa C. Kozlowski; 2005 B.S. Chemistry and Philosophy, Creighton University
Douglas Group Publications: "Chemoselectivity in Catalytic C–C and C–H Bond Activation: Controlling Intermolecular Carboacylation and Hydroarylation of Alkenes" Wentzel, M. T.; Reddy, V. J.; Hyster, T. K.; Douglas, C. J.* Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2009, 48, 6121–6123.
Moved to: Instructor at Augsburg College

Elic Yagodkin
Time in the Lab: Fall 2007–Summer 2010
Education & Experience: 2010 Ph.D. Chemistry, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Thesis: Electrical Properties and Synthesis of Tetracene and Rubrene Derivatives; 2004 B.S./M.S. Chemistry, Higher Chemical College of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Advisor: William A. Smit
Douglas Group Publications: "Diarylindenotetracences via Selective Cross‑Coupling/C–H Functionalization: Electron Donors for Organic Photovoltaic Cells" Gu, X.; Luhman, W. A.; Yagodkin, E.; Holmes, R. J.*; Douglas, C. J.* Organic Letters 2012, 1390–1393.; "Preparation of 6,11-Dihydroxy-5,12-Tetracenedione" Yagodkin, E.; McGarry, K. A.; Douglas, C. J.* Organic Preparations and Procedures International 2011, 43, 360–363.; "Low Temperature Kumada‑Corriu Cross‑Coupling of Polychlorinated Acene Derivatives and a Synthesis of Sterically Demanding Acenes" Yagodkin, E.; Douglas, C. J.* Tetrahedron Letters 2010, 51, 3037–3040.; "Synthesis, Solid State Properties, and Semiconductor Measurements of 5,6,11,12-Tetrachlorotetracene" Yagodkin, E.; Xia, Y.; Kalihari, V.; Frisbie, C. D.*; Douglas, C. J.* Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 2009, 113, 16544–16548.
Moved to: Senior Scientist, Dow Chemical, Boston

Matt Leudtke
Time in the lab: Fall 2011–Spring 2012

Education & Experience: 2011 M.S. University of Minnesota–Duluth
Moved to: Lab Technician, EcoLab

Rosalind Prabharasuth Douglas
Time in the lab: Spring 2007–September 2011
Education & Experience: 2001 M.S. University of California–Irvine
Advisor: Dan Van Vranken; 1999 B.S. Dartmouth College
Moved to: Infinite Campus

Heather M. Sklenicka, Ph.D.
Time in the lab: Summer 2007
Education & Experience: 2003 Ph.D. University of Minnesota
Advisor: Richard P. Hsung; B.S. Drake University

Matt Bruzek, Ph.D.
Time in the Lab: Fall 2013–2014
Education & Experience: 2013-2014 Postdoctoral Researcher, Douglas Group; 2013 Ph.D. Chemistry, University of Kentucky
Advisor: John Anthony

Thesis: Acenes and acenequinones for optics and organic electronics; 2008 B.S. Chemistry, Southwest Minnesota State University
Advisor: Jay Brown
Douglas Group Publications: "Negative Isotope Effect on Field-Effect Hole Transport in Fully Substituted 13C-Rubrene" Ren, X.*; Bruzek, M. J.; Hanifi, D. A.; Schulzetenberg, A.; Wu, Y.; Kim, C. H.; Zhang, Z.; Johns, J. E.; Salleo, A.; Fratini, S.; Troisi, A.; Douglas, C. J.; Frisbie, C. D.* Adv. Electron. Mat. 2017, 3, 1700017.
Moved to: Senior Research Chemist at 3M

Daniel Everson, Ph.D.
Time in the Lab: Summer 2013–2014
Education & Experience: 2013-2014 Postdoctoral Researcher, Douglas Group; 2013 Ph.D. Chemistry, University of Rochester
Advisor: Daniel J. Weix

Thesis: Nickel-catalyzed electrophile cross-coupling of aryl halides with alkyl halide; 2007 B.S. Chemistry, University of Saint Thomas
Advisor: J. Thomas Ippoliti
Moved to: Assistant Professor at California State University, Chico

Yong Guan, Ph.D.
Time in the Lab: 2012–2014
Education & Experience: 2012-2014 Postdoctoral Researcher, Douglas Group; 2012 Ph.D. Chemistry, Michigan State University
Advisor: William Wulff; 2006 M.S. Chemistry, Wuhan University, China
Advisors: Jun Li & Jingui Qin; 2004 B.S. Chemistry, Wuhan University, China
Moved to: Postdoctoral Researcher, Steve Townsend, Vanderbilt University

Jodi Ogilvie, Ph.D.
Time in the Lab: Spring 2012–2014
Education & Experience: 2012-2014 Postdoctoral Associate, Douglas Group; 2012 Ph.D. Chemistry, University of Vermont
Advisor: Matthias Brewer

Thesis: Exploration of the reactivity of 1-aza-2- azoniaallene salts as precursors to alpha-chloroazo compounds, bicyclic diazenium salts and protonated azomethine imines; 2006 B.S. Chemistry, University of Maine
Advisor: Barbara Cole
Douglas Group Publications: "Mechanistic Model for Enantioselective Intramolecular Alkene Cyanoamidation via Palladium-Catalyzed C–CN Bond Activation" Frost, G. B.†; Serratore, N. A.†; Ogilvie, J. M.; Douglas, C. J.* 2017, 82, 3721–3726.; "Palladium catalyzed intramolecular acylcyanation of alkenes using α‑iminonitriles" Rondla, N. R.; Ogilvie, J. M.; Pan, Z.; Douglas, C. J.* Chemical Communications 2014, 50, 8974–8977.
Moved to: Chemical Hygiene Officer, Department of Environmental Health and Safety, University of Minnesota

Wayne Gu
Time in the Lab: Summer 2010–Spring 2012
Education & Experience: 2010 Ph.D. Medicinal Chemistry, University of Kansas Advisor: Gunda Georg
Douglas Group Publications: "Synthesis and Characterization of Electron-Deficient Asymmetrically Substituted Diarylindenotetracenes" Purvis, L. P.; Gu, X.; Ghosh, S.; Zhang, Z.; Cramer, C. J.; Douglas, C. J. J. Org. Chem. 2018, 83, 1828.; "Diarylindenotetracenes via Selective Cross-Coupling/C–H Functionalization: Electron Donors for Organic Photovoltaic Cells" Gu, X.; Luhman, W. A.; Yagodkin, E.; Holmes, R. J.*; Douglas, C. J. Org. Lett. 2012, 14, 1390.
Moved to: Ventana Research Corp, Tucson AZ

Sudheer Chava
Time in the Lab: Spring 2009–Fall 2011
Education & Experience: 2008 Ph.D. Indian Institute of Technology, Kanupr, India Advisor: Fais Ahmed Khan
Moved To: Independent Consultant for Cogent

Xin Jiang
Time in the Lab: Fall 2012–2014
Education & Experience: 2014 M.S. Chemistry, University of Minnesota; 2012 B.A. Natural Sciences (Physical), Cambridge University, UK
Douglas Group Publications: "Cyclization of an alkene-bearing cyclopentanone: The role of rhodium and Brønsted acid" Jiang, X.; Pan, Z.; Douglas, C. J.* Tetrahedron Lett. 2015, 56, 5324–5327.

Vicki Chemistruck
Time in the Lab: 2010–2013 (co-advised by Dan Frisbie)
Education & Experience: 2012 M.S. Chemistry, University of Minnesota; 2010 B.S. Chemistry, San Jose State University
Advisor: David J. R. Brook
Honors: 2011 NSF Graduate Research Fellow; 2010‑2011 Outstanding Teaching Assistant

Joahanna Macaranas
Time in the Lab: Summer 2013
Education & Experience: 2012 B.S. Chemistry, University of Southern California
Advisor: Barry C. Thompson
Moved To: Graduate Student, Tolman Group, Washington University in St. Louis

Ziyu Zhang
Time in the Lab: Fall 2011–Spring 2013
Education & Experience: 2011‑2013 Graduate researcher, Douglas Group; 2011 B.S. Chemistry, Wuhan University, China.
Advisor: Zixing Shan

Evgeny (Eugene) V. Beletskiy
Time in the Lab: Fall 2008–Spring 2011
Education & Experience: 2007 Lando REU fellowship
Honors: 2008–2009 Wayland E. Noland Fellowship in Organic Chemistry; 2009 4.0 GPA Award

Venkata Jagan Reddy
Time in the Lab: Fall 2007–Spring 2011
Education & Experience: 2007 M.S. University of Minnesota–Duluth Advisor:Venkatram Mereddy; 2002 B.Sc. National Institute of Technology, Warangal India

Rachel Vanden Berg
Time in the Lab: Summer 2010
Education & Experience: 2010 B.S. Ripon College Advisor:Joe Scanlon

Carly Snee
Time in the Lab: Fall 2008–Spring 2010
Education & Experience: 2010 M.S. University of Minnesota–Twin Cities; 2008 B.A. College of St. Benedict/St. John's University
Honors: 2008–2009 Wayland E. Noland Fellowship in Organic Chemistry

Ross M. Moren
Time in the Lab: Fall 2007–Fall 2008
Education & Experience: 2007 B.S. St. Olaf College

Heidi A. Dahlmann
Time in the Lab: Summer 2007
Education & Experience: 2007 B.S. Wisconsin Lutheran College

Jacob C. Schmidt
Time in the Lab: Summer 2007
Education & Experience: 2007 B.S. Ripon College

Henry Dikeman
Time in the Lab: Fall 2017–Summer 2018
Mentor: Steve Underwood

Siri Bruhn
Time in the Lab: Summer 2018
Education & Experience: 2018 Lando REU fellowship, Douglas Group
Mentor: Connie Anderson

Kelly Mitzel
Time in the Lab: Spring 2017–Spring 2018
Mentor: Matt Eastwood

Elizabeth Alonzi
Time in the Lab: Spring 2016–Spring 2017
Education & Experience: 2018 B.S. Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering, University of Minnesota–Twin Cities
Mentor: Sadie Otte
Douglas Group Publications: "Diastereoselective Intramolecular Cyanoamidation with Alkenes" Dreis, A. M.; Otte, S. C.; Eastwood, M. S.; Alonzi, E. R.; Brethorst, J. T.; Douglas, C. J.* Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2017, 45–48.
Moved To: Research Intern at WinField United

Philipp Gemmel
Time in the Lab: Summer 2016
Education & Experience: 2017 B.A. Chemistry & Political Science, Grinnell College Advisor: Martin Minelli; 2016 Lando REU fellowship, Douglas Group
Mentor: Conne Anderson; Steve Underwood
Douglas Group Publications: Integrating Metal-Catalyzed C–H and C–O Functionalization To Achieve Sterically Controlled Regioselectivity in Arene Acylation Serratore, N. A.; Anderson, C. B.; Frost, G. B.; Hoang, T.-G.; Underwood, S. J.; Gemmel, P. M.; Hardy, M. A.; Douglas, C. J. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 10025.
Moved To: Graduate Student, Snyder Group, University of Chicago

Michaela Mittlestaedt
Time in the Lab: Summer 2015–Fall 2015
Education & Experience: 2016 B. S. Chemistry, University of Minnesota–Twin Cities
Mentor: Grant Frost
Douglas Group Publications: Chemoselectivity for Alkene Cleavage by Palladium‐Catalyzed Intramolecular Diazo Group Transfer from Azide to Alkene Frost, G. B.; Mittelstaedt, M. N.; Douglas, C. J. Chem. Eur. J. 2019, 25, 1727.
Moved To: Chemical Analyst, Pace Analytical

Mingzhe Huang
Time in the Lab: Summer 2014–Fall 2014
Mentor: Zhuoran Zhang
Moved To: Software Engineer, eKing Technology

Russell Xu
Time in the Lab: Spring 2015–Spring 2016
Mentor: Sarah Pound
Moved To: Graduate Student, Diver Group, University of Buffalo

Melissa Hardy
Time in the Lab: Summer 2015
Education & Experience: 2016 B.A. Chemistry & French, Grinnell College
Advisor: Stephen Sieck; 2015 Lando REU fellowship, Douglas Group
Mentor: Nick Serratore
Douglas Group Publications: Integrating Metal-Catalyzed C–H and C–O Functionalization To Achieve Sterically Controlled Regioselectivity in Arene Acylation Serratore, N. A.; Anderson, C. B.; Frost, G. B.; Hoang, T.-G.; Underwood, S. J.; Gemmel, P. M.; Hardy, M. A.; Douglas, C. J. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 10025.
Moved To: Graduate Student, Sarpong Group, University of California Berkeley

David Detloff
Time in the Lab: Spring 2015–Spring 2016
Mentor: Sarah Wegwerth
Moved To: Researcher, Kass Group, University of Minnesota–Twin Cities

Nate Lawdenski
Time in the Lab: Summer 2014–Spring 2015
Mentor: Nick Serratore
Moved To: Associate Chemist, Valspar

Preston Bradley
Time in the Lab: Spring 2015
Mentor: Sadie Otte
Moved To: Commander at USASOC

William "Billy" Ogden
Time in the Lab: 2012–2014
Education & Experience: 2014 B.S. Chemistry, University of Minnesota
Mentor: Katie McGarry
Douglas Group Publications: "Partial Fluorination as a Strategy for Crystal Engineering of Rubrene Derivatives" Ogden, W. A.; Ghosh, S.; Bruzek, M. J.; McGarry, K. A.; Balhorn, L.; Young, V. G.; Purvis, L. J.; Wegwerth, S. E.; Zhang, Z.; Serratore, N. A.; Cramer, C. J.; Gagliardi, L.; Douglas, C. J. Cryst. Growth. Des. 2017, 17, 643.; "Synthesis, electrochemical properties, and crystal packing of perfluororubrene" Zhang, Z.; Ogden, W. A.; Young, V. J.; Douglas, C. J.* Chem. Commun. 2016, 52, 8127.
Honors: 2013 Heisig/Gleysteen Summer Research Fellowship; 2012 UROP Researcher
Moved To: Graduate Student, Guan Group, University of California–Irvine

Dylan Walsh
Time in the Lab
: 2011–2014
Education & Experience
Mentor: Truong-Giang Hoang; Zhongda Pan
Douglas Group Publications: "Development and Mechanistic Study of Quinoline-Directed Acyl C–O Bond Activation and Alkene Oxyacylation Reactions" Hoang, G. T.†; Walsh, D. J.†; McGarry, K. A.; Anderson, C. B.; Douglas, C. J.* J. Org. Chem. 2017, 82, 2972–2983.
Honors: 2013 Heisig/Gleysteen Summer Research Fellowship; 2012 Heisig/Gleysteen Summer Research Fellowship (two consecutive summers); 2012 Andrews Award
Moved to: Graduate Student, Guironnet group, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Diana Cedillo
Time in the Lab: Summer 2013
Education & Experience: 2015 B.S. Chemistry, University of Texas, Pan American
Advisor: Jose Gutierrez; 2013 NSF REU fellowship, Douglas Group
Mentor: Jason Brethorst