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  • Biographical Description

  • We are an organic synthesis group that utilizes mechanistic insight to solve problems in catalysis and small molecule probe design. For more information please see our lab website: https://www.michellab.com/ .

  • Education and Experience

    2014-Present  Assistant Professor - Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry  

    2013-2014      American Heart Association Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California, Berkeley

    2011-2014      Postdoctoral Scholar, University of California, Berkeley

       Mentor: Professor Christopher J. Chang

       Research Area: Development of Probes for the Detection of CO and Reactive Oxygen Species

    2006-2011     Graduate Student, University of Utah

       Mentor: Professor Matthew S. Sigman

       Thesis: Development of TBHP-Mediated Wacker-Type Oxidations: Application and Mechanistic Insight

    2006             B.S., Chemistry, Western Washington University

       Mentor: Professor James R. Vyvyan

       Research Area: Enantioselective Synthesis of Heliannuols

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