Current Research Associates:

Research Associate Professor:

Tadashi Honda 1995-present (Ph.D. Tokyo ) "Design and Synthesis of Biologically Active Triterpenoids"

Post-Doctoral Associates:

Emilie David 2007 - present

Louise Hughes 2007 - present

Dmitry Androsov 2007 - present 


Former Post-Doctoral Associates:

Pierre Lord 1974-75 (Ph.D. Oregon ) "Approaches to the Synthesis of Sarpagine and Related Alkaloids"

Robert Leiby 1975-76 (Ph.D. Lehigh ) "Reductions by Sodium Borohydride in Trifluoroacetic Acid"

Robert Allen 1975-77 (Ph.D. Oklahoma) "Synthesis Directed Towards Variously Fluorinated 1,2-Benzanthracenes"

Sashi Kumar 1979-80 (Ph.D. Bangalore) "Synthesis Directed Towards Variously Fluorinated 1,2-Benzanthracenes"

Mukund Sibi 1980-82 (Ph.D. Hunter) "The Synthesis of Anticancer Ellipticine Derivatives"

Mark Saulnier 1983 (Ph.D. Dartmouth ) "Generation and Synthetic Applications of Furo[3,4-b]indoles" and "The Synthesis of Anticancer Ellipticine Alkaloids"

Dan Ketcha 1983-85 (Ph.D. Temple ) "The Synthesis of Anticancer Ellipticine Derivatives"

Robert Perni 1984 (Ph.D. Dartmouth ) "Novel Syntheses of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons via Bis-Arynes"

Tim Barden 1984-85, 1987-88 (Ph.D. Oregon ) "Total Syntheses of Aristotelia Alkaloids" and "The Synthesis of Anticancer Ellipticine Alkaloids"

Charlie Nutaitis 1985-86 (Ph.D. Dartmouth ) "Novel Syntheses of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons via Bis-Arynes"

BarbieAnn Rounds 1986-87, 1998-2000 (Ph.D. Purdue ) "The Selective Hydrolyses of Amides and Nitriles in the Absence of Bulk Water" and "Design and Synthesis of Biologically Active Triterpenoids"

Milind Rajopadhye1986-88 (Ph.D. Missouri) "The Synthesis of Anticancer Ellipticine Derivatives"

Daniel Keavy 1988-89 (Ph.D. Dartmouth ) "A New Synthetic Approach to Aspidosperma Alkaloids"

Benjamin Pelcman1988-90 (Ph.D. Stockholm) "Total Syntheses of Fascaplysin and Related Marine Alkaloids"

Howard Joyner 1991-92 (Ph.D. Clemson) "A New Synthetic Approach to Aspidosperma Alkaloids"

Heather Finlay 1995-97 (Ph.D. New Brunswick) "Design and Synthesis of Biologically Active Triterpenoids"

Lothar Bore 1998-2000 (Ph.D. Bremen, Germany) "Design and Synthesis of Biologically Active Triterpenoids"

David Blank1999-2001, 2003-04 (Ph.D. Dartmouth ) "Synthesis of New K-252c Analogs," "Synthesis and Identification of Naturally Occurring Halogenated Bipyrroles and Q1" and "Structural Determination of Biofilm Inhibition Factor," "Synthesis of hydroxyquinone based materials of biological interest" and "Improved Synthesis of Q1."

Yanbing Liu 1999-2002 (Ph.D. U. Mass, Amherst ) "Synthesis of New Indolocarbazoles" and "Syntheses of Biologically Active Indoles"

Yukiko Honda 2000-2005 (M.A. Dartmouth ) "Design and Synthesis of Biologically Active Triterpenoids"

Nikolai Moskalev 2000-02 (Ph.D. Tomsk Polytechnic University ) "Novel Indole Chemistry" and "Synthesis of Furo[3,4-b]pyrroles"

Tomasz Janosik 2002-03 (Ph.D. Karolinska Institute , Stockholm) "Design and Synthesis of Biologically Active Triterpenoids"

Jie Han 2003-2004 (Ph.D. University of Tennessee ) "Design and Synthesis of Biologically Active Triterpenoids"

Hidenori Yoshizawa 2004-2005 (Ph.D. Kyoto University)  "Design and Synthesis of Biologically Active Triterpenoids" 

Chitra Sundararajan 2005-2007 (Ph. D. University of Maryland, College Park) "Design and Synthesis of Biologically Active Triterpenoids"   


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