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Education:

• B.S. '05 Chemistry, Trinity University (San Antonio TX)

Overview

Hometown: Midland, Texas

CURRENT RESEARCH FOCUS: Methodology development for the rapid construction of pharmaceutically relevant alkaloids. Specifically, the application of inter- and intramolecular aza-[3+3] annulations using (a)chiral catalysts. Research supported by American Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education Pre-Doctoral Fellowship (2009); Patricia Z. Resch University of Wisconsin Distinguished Graduate Fellowship (2006), and NIH funding of the Richard Hsung Group.

Professional Memberships: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), American Chemical Society (ACS), American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS).

Why did I choose the Pharmaceutical Sciences PhD program at UW-Madison?

The academic environment and faculty advisors.

Highlighted Publications:

• Tang, Y.; Cole, K. P.; Buchanan, G. S.; Li, G.; Hsung, R. P.. "Total Synthesis of Phomactin A." Org. Lett., 2009, 11, 1591-1594.
• You, L.-F.; Hsung, R.P.; Beddermann, A. A.; Kurdyumov, A. V.; Tang, Y.; Buchanan, G. S.; Cole, K. P. "An Enantioselective Synthesis of the ABD Tricycle for (-)-Phomactin A Featuring Rawal's Asymmetric Diels-Alder Cycloaddition." Adv. Synth. Catal. 2008, 350, 2885-2891.
• Ghosh, S.K.; Buchanan, G.S.; Wei, Y.; Al-Rashid, Z.F.; Sklenicka, H.M.; Hsung, R.P. "Aza- and Carbo-[3 + 3] Annulations of Exo-Cyclic Vinylogous Amides and Urethanes. Synthesis of Tetrahydroindolizidines and An Unexpected Formation of Hexahydroquinolines." Tetrahedron 2008 , 64 , 883-893.

Responsibilities:

• NMR Project Assistant (SoP Analytical Instrumentation Center)

Advisor:

• Richard Hsung