Frederich Group Members
Graduate Students
Anna Salvati (G4)
Ball State University
Bio: Anna graduated with a B.S. in Chemistry from Ball State University in 2014. As an undergraduate, she developed a mild procedure for the synthesis of tert-butyl ethers using 2-tert-butoxy-1-methylpyridinium salts.
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Maribel Borger (G4)
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Bio: Maribel graduated with a B.A. in Chemistry from UNC Chapel Hill in 2014. Her undergraduate research involved the synthesis of pactamycin analogs in the laboratory of Prof. Jeff Johnson.
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James Law (G2)
Kennesaw State University
Bio: James graduated with a B.S. in Biochemistry from Kennesaw State University in 2016. His undergraduate research involved studies on long range orbital interactions in polypeptide systems with Dr. John Haseltine and synthetic exploration of the reactivities of α-oxoketene dithioacetals and α-ketophosphonates with Dr. Christopher Alexander.
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Daniel Callen (G1)
Bloomsburg University
Bio: Daniel graduated with a dual B.A. degree in Chemistry and German from Bloomsburg University in 2017. His undergraduate research consisted of the preparation of biodiesel by means of NHC orgnanocatalysis in the laboratory of Dr. John P. Morgan. In addition, as an REU student he investigated the anticancer effects of nuclear hormone receptor activation in malignant melanoma with Dr. Michael Borland.
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Ananya Sengupta (G1)
University of Calcutta
Bio: Ananya obtained her B.Sc. degree in Chemistry from St. Xavier's College, India in 2012. She continued her chemistry studies at the University of Calcutta (CU) in 2014 where she graduated with a Master's degree in Biochemistry. Her M.Sc. project focus was on understanding bacterial communication in biofilms. Ananya also worked for the Department of Biotechnology at CU from 2015 - 2016 as a research project assistant on the elucidation of molecular mechanisms of inflammatory lung diseases. In addition, she worked in the research and development sector of biopharmaceutical company Biocon from 2016 - 2017.
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Undergraduate Students
Elena Paola
Florida State University
Bio: Elena is a junior at Florida State University pursuing a B.S. in Biochemistry. She is currently working on extending the photochemistry of the pyridazine N-oxides.
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