Past DOC Virtual Symposia

Jennifer Schomaker
University of Wisconsin - Madison
Taming Nitrene Transfer with Silver Catalysis
Todd Hyster
Cornell University
Photoenzymatic Catalysis - Using Light to Reveal New Enzyme Functions

Patrick Fier
Merck
Developing Large-Scale Syntheses of Molnupiraviar, an Antiviral for COVID-19
Taegyo Lee
Pfizer
Process Development for Nirmatrelvir, a COVID-19 oral antiviral: Milligrams to Metric Tons in 18 Months

Mark Ondari
Corteva
The elastic anatomy of industrial chemistry: From basic research in electronic materials to process development & manufacturing science of agrochemicals
Liz Jarvo
University of California, Irvine
Nickel-Catalyzed Stereoselective Cross-Coupling and Cross-Electrophile Coupling Reactions of Ethers and Sulfonamides

Hans Renata
Scripps Research, Florida
Combining Synthetic Chemistry and Biology for Streamlining Access to Complex Molecules
Mark Levin
University of Chicago
Advancing Single Atom Logic for Skeletal Editing

Nicholas Ball
Pomona College
Synthetic Strategies toward Fluorosulfurylation of Organic Molecules and Sulfur-Fluoride Exchange (SuFEx)
Cristina Nevado
University of Zurich
Assembly of all-C quaternary centers…with a Smile(s):-)<

Rebecca LaLonde
Reed College, Portland,OR
Challenges & Opportunities: Two Case Studies of Generating Publishable Results with Undergraduate Researchers
Miles Johnson
University of Richmond, Richmond, VA
Synthesis and Analysis of Modular Bis(phosphino)pyrrole Ligands
Jeff Johnson
Hope College, Holland, MI
Rhodium-Catalyzed C–C Single Bond Activation: Using Mechanistic Understanding to Guide Reaction Development

Martin Eastgate
Bristol-Myers Squibb
Innovation in the Synthesis of Complex Pharmaceuticals
Sophie Rousseaux
University of Toronto
New Strategies for the Synthesis of Small Rings and Nitrile Derivatives

Osvaldo Gutierrez
Texas A&M University
Combining Theory and Experiment to Develop Selective Fe-Catalyzed Multicomponent Radical Cascades
Rob Britton
Simon Fraser University
A short de novo synthesis of nucleoside analogues

Caroline Blakemore
Pfizer, Inc.
Synthetic Challenges of chiral alpha-methylated aryl acetic acid derivatives
Mary Watson
University of Delaware
Deaminative cross-coupling reactions

Michael Willis
Oxford University
New catalysts and reactions targeting sulfur functional groups
Ryan Shenvi
Scripps Research, La Jolla
Rapid synthesis and interrogation of CNS-active natural products