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Professor Vy M. Dong
Professor Vy M. Dong
Chancellor's Professor, Department of Chemistry
BS UC Irvine, MS UC Berkeley, PhD Caltech
office: Natural Sciences I, 4206
open office hours: Wed (10:30 am to 12:00 pm)
phone: 949-395-0186, e-mail: dongv@uci.edu
About Us
About Us
Our team members share a passion for advancing the art and science of organic synthesis. Through research and education, we strive to build a more equitable and sustainable future. There are four cornerstone values which guide our approach to teaching, discovery, and service:
Brian Daniels, G5
Brian Daniels, G5
Kirsten Ruud, G5
Kirsten Ruud, G5
BS University of Wisconsin–River Falls
Hobbies: hiking, camping, rock climbing
Antoinette Antonucci, G4
Antoinette Antonucci, G4
Camryn Wallace, G4
Camryn Wallace, G4
Bryan Blackburn, G3
Bryan Blackburn, G3
BS Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis
Hobbies: cooking, cycling, soccer
Kara Greene, G2
Kara Greene, G2
BS University of Michigan
Hobbies: reading, working-out, fixing carbon-dioxide
Silas Scribner, G2
Silas Scribner, G2
BS University of South Carolina
Hobbies: working-out, trying new restaurants, scary corn mazes
Veljko Lukovic, G1
Veljko Lukovic, G1
BS University of Maryland
Hobbies: concerts, learning languages, basketball
Emma Yang, G1
Emma Yang, G1
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has. Margaret Mead
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has. Margaret Mead
Team Undergraduate
Team Undergraduate
Aiden Van Opdorp, Hayden Crawford (back row)
Elizabeth Bank, Britney Fong, Phirun Keo, Joe Basillio (front row)
Michael Kizirian, Peyton Steen (not pictured)
Lab Alumni
Lab Alumni
Thanks to all the former team members! Click on names below to view LinkedIN profile or faculty websites for our former PhD students and postdoctoral fellows.
Industry Positions: Minghao Wang (Amgen Medicinal Chemist), Erin Kuker (Process Chemist, Gilead PDF), Xintong Hou (Vertex Medicinal Chemist), Hannah Slocumb (Postdoctoral Fellow, Sigman Lab), Alexander Jiu (AbbVie Medicinal Chemist), Ryan Davison (Bristol Myer-Squibb Medicinal Chemist), Alexander Lu (patent agent, McDonnell Boehnen LLP), Jan Riedel (Pfizer Process Chemist), Zhiwei Chen (Merck & Co Process Chemist) Faben Cruz (Merck & Co Medicinal Chemist), Diane Le (Merck & Co, Process Chemist), Stephen Murphy (Janssen Medicinal Chemist), Peter Dornan (Amgen Process Chemist), Hasan Khan (AbbVie Medicinal Chemist), Thi Phan (Patheon Process Chemist), Matthew Coulter (Sygenta Formulation Chemist), Tom Hsieh (adMare BioInnovations Medicinal Chemist), Charles Yeung (Merck & Co Medicinal Chemist), Josephine Warnica (AbbVie Medicinal Chemist), Shaozhen Nie (GlaxoSmithKline Medicinal Chemistry), Patrick Parker (Gilead Process Chemist), Jihye Park (CDK Research Institute Medicinal Chemist), Daniel Akwaboah (FMC-Agriculture Medicinal Chemist), Bubwoong Kang (faculty, Kobe University), Aaron Whittaker (Pfizer Process Chemist), I-Hon Chen (Chugai Medicinal Chemist, Nathan Bennett (Abbvie Process Chemist), Achim Bruch (Novadel Scientist), Lori Digal (Process Chemist, Azalez Bio)
Academic Positions: Kevin Kou, (UC Riverside), Dan Kim (Temple University), Nate Oldenhuis (University of New Hampshire), Byoungmoo Kim (Clemson University), Max von Delius (University of Ulm), Xiaohui Yang (Beijing Institude of Technology), Xiaodan Zhao (Sun Yat-sen), Yang Li (Chongqing University), Zengming Shen (Shanghai Jiao Tong), Qing-An Chen (Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics), Carson Hasselbrink (California State University, SLO), Isaiah Speight (William and Mary College), Jung-Woo Park (Mokpo National University), Xuesong Wu (Huazhong University), Hoang Dang (Instructor, UCI).
Masters, undergraduates, and visiting scholars: Matisse Cevera, Isabel Rempel, Leo Vermaak, Jonathan Vu, Bingqian Pan, Cheyenne Antonio, Kevin Pham, Barry Yang, Hillary Nguyen, Crystal Chung, Sam Suh, Sarah Kurtoic, Quentin Tercino , Raphael Kim, Michael Yamano, Jane Ni, Calvin Goldsmith, Bryce Gaskin, Will Leon, Yusuke Aota, Sridevi Ramanoudjame, Oriol Planas, Peter Becker, Yamin Zhu, Alice de Vos, Christine Le
CHON: An organic love story
CHON: An organic love story
Professor Dong's TEDX shares her family's history and the importance of organic chemistry in our daily lives for a general audience.
Acknowledgements
Acknowledgements
Our research lab was established in 2006 by a an adventurous team, Wilmer Alkhas, Matthew Coulter, Tom Hsieh, Yang Li, Thi Phan, Zengming Shen, and Charles Yeung. Thank you to all past and current members for your enthusiasm, creativity, and dedication. Stay connected on LinkedIn.
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