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Max Moskowitz Ph.D. 2018 Applications of Asymmetric Catalysis and Green Chemistry Principles Towards the Synthesis of Chiral Multifunctional Alcohols and Organofluorine Compounds Current Position ASEE Postdoctoral Fellow NSWC Indian Head, MD	Ransheng Ding Ph.D. 2018 Catalytic C-C Bond Construction Using Fluorine and Chlorine Containing Nucleophiles Current Position TBD
Andrea Cook Ph.D. 2017 Copper and Zinc Catalyzed Additions of Alkynes and Ynamides to Carbonyl Electrophiles Current Position Adjunct Faculty Trinity Washington University Washington, DC	Jayakumar K. Natarajan NIH Postdoctoral Fellow in the Wolf lab 2006-2008 Antimalarial Drug Discovery, Synthesis of Chloroquine Analogues Carrying a Biotin and an Azido Tag or a Fluorescent Probe Ph.D. Organic Chemistry, 2003, University of Hyderabad, India Post-Doctoral Fellow, 2003, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA Post-Doctoral Fellow, 2003-2005, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA Current Position Research Scientist Johnson Matthey Pharma Services Devens, MA
Shuanglong Liu Ph.D. 2008 Asymmetric Catalysis with a C2-Symmetric Bisoxazolidine and Enantioselective Sensing Using Axially Chiral Diacridylnaphthalenes Current Position Research Instructor Molecular Imaging Center of Keck School of Medicine University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA	Rachel Lerebours Ph.D. 2008 The Use of Palladium Phosphinous Acids in Cross-Coupling Reactions Current Position High School Teacher St Paul School for Girls Baltimore, MD
Daniel Iwaniuk Ph.D. 2011 Development of Enantioselective Agents and Heme-Targeted Antimalarials Current Position Postdoctoral Fellow National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology Bangkok, Thailand	Marwan Ghosn Ph.D. 2011 Functionalized 1,8-Diarylnaphthalenes: Applications in Enantioselective Sensing and Stereoselective Cycloadditions Current Position R&D Scientist Baker Hughes Dammam, Saudi Arabia
Kekeli Ekoue-Kovi Ph.D. 2008 Palladium-phosphinous Acid-catalyzed Carbon-carbon and Carbon-heteroatom Bond Formation and Synthesis of New Antimalarial Drugs Current Position Senior Chemist NALCO Houston, TX	Kimberly Yearick Spangler Ph.D. 2009 Asymmetric Catalysis and Sensing with Rigid C2-Symmetric Ligands and Development of Heme-Targeted Antimalarials Current Position Research Chemist US Army Research Lab Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD
Hanhui Xu Ph.D. 2011 Transition Metal-Catalyzed Carbon-Carbon and Carbon-Nitrogen Bond Formation and Asymmetric Catalysis with Bisoxazolidine Ligands Current Position R&D Scientist Kashiv Pharma LLC Piscataway, NJ	Keith W. Bentley Ph.D. 2015 Design, Synthesis, and Applications of Stereodynamic Chirality Probes Current Position Postdoctoral Fellow Massachusetts Institute of Technology Boston, MA
Mikki Boswell Transition Metal Catalyzed C-C and C-N Bond Formation, Chirality Sensing, Atropisomers, Dynamic HPLC Current Position Grant Coordinator Molecular Biosciences Research Group Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry Texas State University, San Marcos, TX	Yang Liu M.S. Chemistry, 2014. Copper Catalyzed C-C Bond Formation with Ynamides and Fluorinated Enolates Current Position Software Engineer FiscalNote Inc Washington, DC
Peng Zhang Ph.D. 2013 Synthesis of Organofluorine Compounds and Chirality Sensing with Tropos Ligands Current Position Scientist Par Pharmaceutical Chestnut Ridge, NY	Burcin Irfanoglu M.S. 2014 Circular Dichroism Sensing of Chiral Compounds with a meso (salen)Cobalt Complex Current Position R&D Scientist H&J Toxicology Newport Beach, CA
Xuefeng Mei Ph.D. 2006 Enantioselective Sensing Using Axially Chiral Diacridylnaphthalenes Current Position Director Pharmaceutical, Analytical & Solid-State Chemistry Research Center Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences Shanghai, China	Gilbert E. Tumambac Ph.D. 2005 Synthesis, Stereodynamics, and Applications of Highly Congested Axially Chiral 1,8-Diheteroarylnaphthalenes Current Position Scientist Pall Corporation Long Island, NY
Lakshmi Pranatharthiharan MS 2003 Synthesis of a New Chiral Phase-transfer Catalysis and Dynamic Stereochemistry of Atropisomeric 1-Naphthylcarbinols and 1-(1-Naphthyl)ethylamines Current Position Process Research Division Dr. Reddy's Laboratories India	Brian C. Reinhardt M.S. 2004 Synthesis, Properties, and Applications of Axially Chiral 1,8-Bis(3-tert-butyl-9-acridyl)naphthalene Current Position Chemist DoD Fort Belvoir, VA

Jayakumar K. Natarajan

NIH Postdoctoral Fellow in the Wolf lab 2006-2008 Antimalarial Drug Discovery, Synthesis of Chloroquine Analogues Carrying a Biotin and an Azido Tag or a Fluorescent Probe Ph.D. Organic Chemistry, 2003, University of Hyderabad, India Post-Doctoral Fellow, 2003, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA Post-Doctoral Fellow, 2003-2005, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA Current Position Research Scientist Johnson Matthey Pharma Services Devens, MA