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IUPAC Prize for Young
Chemists - 2007
Honorable Mention
Current address (at the time of application)
511 Tonalea Dr.
Murray, UT 84107
E-mail: [email protected]
Academic degrees
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Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles; September
2006; Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry
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Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont; May 2001; Bachelors
of Arts with Honors, Major: Chemistry, Minors: Physics and Mathematics
Title I: Quantum Mechanical Investigations of Reactions
Involved in Natural Products and Organic Materials Formation.
II: Synthetic and Theoretical Studies of the Formation and Dynamic
Properties of Mechanically Interlocked Molecules.
Adviser Professors Kendall N. Houk and J. Fraser Stoddart
Thesis Committee Prof. Jacob J. Schmidt, Department of
Bioengineering
Essay
Many of the classic and contemporary problems of interest to physical
organic chemists require a thorough understanding of 1) the dynamic
motions that can dramatically influence both the structure and reactivity
of individual molecules, and 2) the subtle but endlessly important noncovalent
interactions that play a large role in how molecules interact with each
other (intramolecular) as well as with themselves (intermolecular).
My PhD. research has focused on using both theoretical and experimental
methods to investigate the dynamics and noncovalent interactions that
influence and largely dictate the behavior and properties of: small
hydrocarbons, dimeric pyrrole-imidazole alkaloids, oligoacenes, bistable
rotaxane-based molecular switches, and mechanically interlocked structures
possessing complex molecular architectures. The results of these studies
have implications in the nature of diradical rearrangements, the formation
of natural products, the development of organic materials, the design
and function of molecular machines, and the facile construction of highly
complex molecular structures reminiscent of those found in nature....[full
text; pdf file - 2.31MB]
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