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Professional Preparation
Postdoctoral Research Fellow California Institute of Technology - 2008
Ph.D. - Chemistry University of Zurich, Switzerland - 2005
M.Sc. - Pharmaceutical Chemistry University of Padua, Italy - 1999
Publications
Enantioselective Synthesis of Chiral Amines via Biocatalytic Carbene N—H Insertion - Other
An Enzymatic Platform for the Highly Enantioselective and Stereodivergent Construction of Cyclopropyl‐δ‐lactones 2020 - Journal Article
Synergistic catalysis in an artificial enzyme 2020 - Journal Article
Strategies for the expression and characterization of artificial myoglobin-based carbene transferases 2020 - Other
MOrPH-PhD: An Integrated Phage Display Platform for the Discovery of Functional Genetically Encoded Peptide Macrocycles 2020 - Journal Article
Highly Stereoselective Synthesis of Fused Cyclopropane-γ-Lactams via Biocatalytic Iron-Catalyzed Intramolecular Cyclopropanation 2020 - Journal Article
Expanded toolbox for directing the biosynthesis of macrocyclic peptides in bacterial cells 2020 - Journal Article
Enantioselective Synthesis of Chiral Amines via Biocatalytic Carbene N–H Insertion 2020 - Journal Article
Awards
CPRIT Recruitment of Established Investigator Award - Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas [2023]
Biotrans Junior Award - [2023]
University Research Award - University of Rochester [2021]
Goergen Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching - University of Rochester [2020]
JSCC International Award for Creative Work - Japan Society of Coordination Chemistry [2020]
Kavli Frontiers of Science Fellow - US National Academy of Sciences [2019]
University Research Award - University of Rochester [2016]
Tetrahedron Young Investigator Award (Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry) - [2014]
Provost’s Multidisciplinary Research Award - University of Rochester [2011]
Friedrich-Weygand Award for Outstanding Graduate Research - [2007]
Appointments
Robert A. Welch Distinguished Chair in Chemistry; Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry; CPRIT Scholar University of Texas at Dallas [2023–Present]
Andrew S. Kende Chair of Synthetic Organic Chemistry University of Rochester [2019–2023]
Professor of Chemistry University of Rochester [2018–2023]
Professor of Oncology (courtesy appointment) University of Rochester [2018–2023]
Associate Professor of Chemistry University of Rochester [2014–2018]
Assistant Professor of Chemistry University of Rochester [2008–2014]