Ashley Dreis

Time in the Lab

Fall 2007–Summer 2014

Education & Experience

Ph.D. Chemistry, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities (2014)

Thesis: Carbon–Carbon Sigma Bond Activation: Functionalizing C–C and C–CN Bonds via Carboacylation and Cyanoamidation 

B.S. Chemistry, University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire (2011)

Advisor: Dave Lewis

Douglas Group Publications

Diastereoselective Intramolecular Cyanoamidation with Alkenes. Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2017, 45–48. 

Carbon–Carbon Bond Activation with 8-Acylquinolines. Top. Curr. Chem. 2014.

Catalytic Carbon–Carbon σ Bond Activation: An Intramolecular Carbo-Acylation Reaction. J. Am Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 412‑413.