Associate Professor of Chemistry
University of Illinois Chicago (Chicago, Illinois)
Associate Professor of Chemistry (2019–present)
Research Integrity Officer (2024–present)
Assistant Professor of Chemistry (2012–2019)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
NIH Postdoctoral Fellow (2009–2012)
(with Professor Gregory C. Fu)
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
Ph. D. in Synthetic Organic Chemistry (2003–2009)
Graduate Research Assistant (with Professor Brian M. Stoltz)
Dissertation Title: "Enantioselective Reactions of Palladium Enolates"
Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire
(1999–2003)
A. B. in Chemistry, minor in Theater
cum laude with honors in Chemistry
Undergraduate Research Assistant (with Professor Gordon W. Gribble)
Honors Thesis Title: "Thiophene Carbinols as Scaffolds for Potential Polyol Anesthetics"
UIC Silver Circle Award (2022)
National Science Foundation CAREER Award (2017)
Thieme Chemistry Journal Award (2014)
Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (2009–2011)
Lilly Graduate Fellowship (2006)
Caltech Special Institute Fellowship (2003)
Organic Chemistry Book Award (2003)
Arnold and Mabel Beckman Scholar (2001–2002)
Rufus Choate Scholar (2000–2001)
Department of Chemistry (MC 111)
University of Illinois at Chicago
845 West Taylor Street
Chicago, IL 60607-7061
Phone: (312) 996–3161
Fax: (312) 996–0431
email: jtmohr@uic.edu
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