On Friday, May 22nd from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. in CHEM 1640 please join us in watching the following third years present.

Time: 9:00-9:20 AM
Student Presenter: Julia Viana Bento
Research Advisor: Prof. Melanie Sanford
Title of Talk: C–H Functionalization of Benzene Isosteres at Palladium

Time: 9:20-9:40 AM
Student Presenter: Lauralee Boon
Research Advisor: Prof. Matthew Soellner
Title of Talk: Investigating the Conformational Landscape of Tyrosine Kinases with Dasatinib Analogs

Time: 9:40-10:00 AM
Student Presenter: Samuel Greco
Research Advisor: Prof. Melanie Sanford
Title of Talk: Developing Methods Towards (Radio)Fluorination of Diverse Substrates

Time: 10:00-10:20 AM
Student Presenter: Chandana Sunil
Research Advisor: Co-Advised by Prof. John Montgomery & Prof. Nathaniel Szymczak
Title of Talk: Lewis Acids in Synthetic Transformations: Activation and Stabilization

Time: 10:20-10:40 AM
Student Presenter: Andrey Firsov
Research Advisor: Prof. Pavel Nagorny
Title of Talk: A Biomimetic Approach to Bufogargarizins A and B and Their Stereoisomers via a Divergent, Catalyst-Controlled Late-Stage Aldol Reaction

Time: 10:40-11:00 AM
Student Presenter: Emily Jimenez
Research Advisor: Prof. Melanie Sanford
Title of Talk: Exploring the Utility and Structure of Modular Acridine Photocatalysts

Time: 11:00-11:20 AM
Student Presenter: Brian Valladares
Research Advisor: Prof. Peter Scott
Title of Talk: Palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling of phenols with aryl and vinyl pseudohalides

Time: 11:20-11:40 AM
Student Presenter: Maddie Arbuckle
Research Advisor: Prof. Alison Narayan
Title of Talk: Stereoselective biocatalytic C–C bond formation for late-stage peptide functionalization

Time: 11:40-12:00 PM
Student Presenter: Anika
Research Advisor: Prof. John Montgomery
Title of Talk: Development and Mechanistic Investigation of 1,5-Hexadiene-Enabled Nickel-Catalyzed Reductive Cross-Coupling