The West Group

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Summer 2009

Group photo 2009

Back Row (L-R): Sara Bonderoff, Curtis Rieder, Yen-Ku Wu, Lei Li; Second Row (L-R): Shaon Joy, Ryan Fradette, Linghui Yu, Julian West, Owen Scadeng, Dr. Dahnanjay Kendre; Front Row (L-R) Dr. Tina Grant, Craig Stewart, Tina Bott, Liya Cao

 

Summer 2008

West2008

Back Row (L-R): Devin R, Craig Stewart, Jef Johnston; Third Row: Curtis Rieder, Dr. Dahnanjay Kendre, Dr. Tina Grant; Second Row: Tina Bott, Sara Bonderoff, Mike (Chip), Lei Li, Linghui Yu; Front Row: Liya Cao, Shaon Joy, Dr. Waka Nakanishi, Graham Walton

 

Summer 2007

WestGroup2007

Back Row (L-R): Tina Grant, Jef Johnston, Craig Stewart, Curtis Rieder, Lei Li; Front Row: Tina Bott, Sara Bonderoff, Nina Vo, Liya Cao

 

Summer 2006

West2006

Back Row (L-R): Craig Stewart, Ali Rostami, Tina Grant, Damian Sowa; Second Row: Rawul Manocha, Chantel Benson, Dr. Karl Winberg, Curtis Rieder, Nina Vo, Brenna Brown, Graham Murphy, Lei Li; Front Row: Bahja Mahmoud, Tina Bott, Liya Cao, Dong Song

 

Summer 2005

west2005

(L-R): Bahja Mahmoud, Dong Song, Lei Li, Chantel Benson, Tina Grant, Graham Murphy, Craig Stewart, Dr. Karl Winberg, Ali Rostami, Damian Sowa, Nina Vo, Liya Cao

 

Summer 2004

west2004

Back row (L-R) Ali Rostami, Damian Sowa, Tina Grant, Graham Murphy, Dr. Frederick West (The Boss); Middle row (L-R) Chantel Benson, Dr. Hayley Wan, Train Wreck, Bahja Mahmoud; Front row (L-R) Jeff Moffat, Lei Li, Dong Song,, Liya Cao, Xuan Liu

 

Previous Group Members :

Lei

Dr. Lei Li

Graduate Student (2008); Postdoctoral Fellow (2009-2010)

Current Location: Gilead, Edmonton, Alberta

Thesis:

Contact: ll19[at]ualberta[dot]ca

Jeff

Dr. Jeff Henderson

Postdoctoral Fellow (2009-2010)

Current Location: Calgary

Contact:

Curtis

Dr. Curtis Rieder

Graduate Student (2010)

Current Location: NYU, US (PDF with Keith Woerpel)

Thesis:

Contact:

Liya

Dr. Liya Cao

Graduate Student (2009)

Current Location: Shanghai Chemexplorer, China (senior research chemist)

Thesis:

Contact: lycao[at]chemexplorer[dot]com[dot]cn

DK

Dr. Dhananjay Kendre

Postdoctoral Fellow (2008-2010)

Current Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

Contact: dken10[at]gmail[dot]com

Craig

Dr. Craig Stewart

Graduate Student (2009)

Current Location: University of Hawaii, US (PDF with Marcus A. Tius)

Thesis:

Contact:

Waka

Dr. Waka Nakanishi

Postdoctoral Fellow (2008-2009)

Current Location: Unversity of Tohoku, Japan (Senior Lecture, H. Isobe Lab)

Contact: wnak[at]m[dot]tains[dot]tohoku[dot]ac[dot]jp

Nina

Nina Vo

Graduate Student (2007)

Current Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

Thesis:

 

TinaG

Dr. Tina Grant

Graduate Student (2007)

Current Location: University of Alberta, Canada (PDF with F. G. West)

Thesis: "Modified Nazarov Reactions and Ring Expansion Chemistry: Useful Methodolgies for the Construction of Carbocyclic and Heterocyclic Compounds"

Contact: tngrant19[at]yahoo[dot]ca

Chantel

Dr. Chantel Benson

Graduate Student (2007)

Current Location: Gilead, Edmonton, Alberta

Thesis: "Electrocyclization Reactions: Studies on Torquoselectivity and Application Toward the Total Synthesis of Taxinine"

Contact: chantelbenson3[at]gmail[dot]com

Dong

Dr. Dong Song

Graduate Student (2007)

Thesis: "Synthetic Studies Toward Traversianal"

Current Location: Edmonton, AB, Canada

 

Karl

Dr. Karl Winberg

Postdoctoral Fellow (2006)

Current Location: Uppsala, Sweden (or a ski hill nearby!)

 

Damian

Damian Sowa

Graduate Student (2006)

Current Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

Thesis: "Studies Toward the Anionic Nazarov Reaction"

Contact: dasowa[at]shaw[dot]ca

Graham

Dr. Graham Murphy

Graduate Student (2006)

Current Location: Colorado

Thesis: "Oxonium Ylides in the Synthesis of Fused, Medium-Sized Rings"

Contact: gkmurphy[at]gmail[dot]com

Ali

Ali Rostami

Graduate Student (2006)

Current Location: Ontario, Canada.

Thesis: "Novel Domino Nazarov Cyclization/Azide Trapping Process"

 

Hayley

Dr. Hayley Wan

Postdoctoral Fellow (2005)

Current location: Organic Chemistry Lab Coordinator, Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta

Contact: hayley.wan[at]ualberta[dot]ca

Xuen

Xuan Liu

Graduate student (2005)

Thesis: "Novel Domino Progress for Asymmetric Construction of Nitrogen and Oxygen Heterocycles"

Current Location: Ontario, Canada.

 

   

 

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