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The West Group Summer of 2010

Group photo 2010

Back row (L-R): Linghui Yu, Alex Spivak, Christine Dunbar, Dr. Tina Grant, Jef Johnston, Owen Scadeng, Curtis Rieder, Dr. Jeff Henderson; Front row (L-R): Yen-Ku Wu, Shaon Joy, Ryan Fradette, Sara Bonderoff, Dr. Liya Cao, Tina Bott, Yonghoon Kwon, Dr. Lei Li.

Previous Group pictures and group members

Postdoctoral Fellows

TinaG

Dr. Tina Grant

Research Interest: Synthesis of fluorinated D-fructose derivatives

Education: Ph.D. University of Alberta, Canada (2007); B.Sc. University of Western Ontario, Canada (2002)

Contact: tngrant19[at]yahoo[dot]ca

Graham

Dr. Graham Murphy

Research Interest: Biomass valorization - deoxygenation of glycerol and higher polyols.

Education: Ph.D. University of Alberta, Canada (2006); PDF with Masahiro Hirama, Tohoku University, Japan (2007); PDF with John Wood, Colorado State University, US (2010)

Contact: gmurphy[at]ualberta[dot]ca

Olivier

Dr. Olivier Mohamad Soueidan

Research Interest: Synthesis of fluorinated D-fructose derivatives

Education: Ph.D. Paris-Sud 11 University, France (2008); PDF with Dr. Yvan Six, ICSN, France (2009); PDF with Prof. Lydie Pélinski, ENSCl, France (2010).

Contact: soueidan[at]ualberta[dot]ca

Graduate Students

Jef

Jef Johnston

Year: 2004

Research Interest: Total synthesis of dactylol and expanding on side reactions

Education: B.Sc. University of Saskatchewan, Canada (2004)

Contact: jrj[at]ualberta[dot]ca

TinaB

Tina Bott

Year: 2005

Research Interest: The Stevens [1,2]-shift of azetidinium ylides

Education: B.Sc. University of Western Ontario, Canada (2005)

Contact: tbott[at]ualberta[dot]ca

Sara

Sara Bonderoff

Year: 2006

Research Interest: Nazarov chemistry of 1,1-dihalo-2-vinylcyclopropanes

Education: B.Sc. University of Saskatchewan, Canada (2006)

Contact: bonderof[at]ualberta[dot]ca

Shoan

Shaon Joy

Year: 2007

Research Interest: Synthesis of eight-membered carbocycles

Education: M.Sc. IITg, India (2007); B.Sc. University of Calcutta, India (2005)

Contact: shaon[at]ualberta[dot]ca

Linghui

Linghui Yu

Year: 2007

Research Interest: Synthesis of linear triquinane skeletons

Education: B.Sc. Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada (2007)

Contact: linghui[at]ualberta[dot]ca

Yen-Ku

Yen-Ku Wu

Year: 2008

Research Interest: Exploring the alterative Nazarov process

Education: M.Sc. National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan (2006); B.Sc. National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan (2004)

Contact: yenku[at]ualberta[dot]ca

Ryan

Ryan Fradette

Year: 2008

Research Interest: Exploring the Nazarov chemistry and new methods of cancer drug delivery

Education: B.Sc. University of Alberta, Canada (2007)

Contact: rjf1[at]ualberta[dot]ca

Owen

Owen Scadeng

Year: 2008

Research Interest: Exploring the Nazarov Chemistry (the interrupted Nazarov reactions)

Education: B.Sc. University of British Columbia, Canada (2008)

Contact: scadeng[at]ualberta[dot]ca

Christine

Christine Dunbar

Year: 2009

Research Interest: Stevens [1,2]-shift of ammonium ylides towards the total synthesis of lysergic acid

Education: B.Sc. University of British Columbia, Canada (2009)

Contact: cdunbar[at]ualberta[dot]ca

yonghoon

Yonghoon Kwon

Year: 2009

Research Interest: Synthetic studies toward traversianal

Education: B.Sc. Kyungpook National University, South Korea (2009)

Contact: yonghoon[at]ualberta[dot]ca

Nargess

Seyedeh Nargess Hosseini

Year: 2010

Research Interest: Platform chemicals from renewable biomass by chemical conversion

Education: M.Sc. Tarbiat Modares University-Tehran, Iran (2008); B.Sc. Shahid Beheshti University- Tehran, Iran (2005)

Contact: seyedehn[at]ualberta[dot]ca

Pavan

Venkata Pavan Kumar Kondapi

Year: 2010

Research Interest: F18 Sugar derivatives for PET

Education: M.Sc. IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India (2009); B.Sc. Nagarjuna University, India (2006)

Contact: Kondapi[at]ualberta[dot]ca

 

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