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Douglas Group
DouglasPRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
- Chris Douglas, Ph.D.
- Education & Experience
- 2014–present Associate Professor of Chemistry
- 2007–2014 Assistant Professor of Chemistry
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2005–2007 NIH Postdoctoral Fellow,
California Institute of Technology
Advisor: Robert H. Grubbs -
2005 Ph.D.
Chemistry, University of California, Irvine
Advisor: Larry E. Overman -
1999 B.S.
Chemistry, University of Minnesota
Advisor: Richard P. Hsung - Recent Honors
- 2017 George W. Taylor Distinguished Teaching Award, College of Science and Engineering
- 2014 George Taylor Career Development Award, College of Science and Engineering
- 2012 NSF CAREER Award
- 2011 DuPont Young Investigator
- 2010–2011 Outstanding Professor Award, College of Science and Engineering
- More (view CV)
GRADUATE STUDENTS
- Aaron Reynolds
- Joined
- Fall 2019
- Education & Experience
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2017
B.A. Chemistry, Carelton College
Advisor: Matt Whited
- Margaret Clapham
- Joined
- Fall 2018
- Co-advised by
- Renee Frontiera
- Education & Experience
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2018
B.S. Chemistry, Drake University
Advisors: Mark Vitha & Matt Zwier
- Casey Carpenter
- Joined
- Fall 2017
- Education & Experience
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2019–Present
Head Organic TA
- 2017 B.S. Chemistry, University of Mississippi
Advisor: Jared Delcamp- Douglas Group Publications
- Preparation of bis-Benzyne Precursor 2,5-bis(Trimethylsilyl)-1,4-Phenylene bis(Trifluoromethanesulfonate) Carpenter, C. A.; Wegwerth, S. E.; Douglas, C. J. Org. Prep. Proc. Int. 2019, 51, 498.
- 2017 B.S. Chemistry, University of Mississippi
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Connie Anderson
- Joined
- Fall 2015
- Education & Experience
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2015 B.S.
Chemistry, Minesota State University, Moorhead
Advisor: Jeffery Bodwin - 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.
- Honors
- 2016 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
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Steve Underwood
- Joined
- Fall 2015
- Education & Experience
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2017‑2018
Lead TA Life Sciences
- 2015 B.S. Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison Advisor: Frank Keutsch
- 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. Studies towards the Total Synthesis of Drimentine C. Preparation of the AB and CDEF Ring Fragments Pound, S. M.; Underwood, S. J.; Douglas, C. J. Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2020, 2448.
- Honors
- 2017 Robert L. Ferm Oustanding Graduate TA Award
Undergrads
- Emma Murphy
- Joined
- Summer 2019
- Mentor
- Casey Carpenter
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