Email : swilliam@natsci.claremont.edu
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Education Background
Education Background
B.S. in Chemistry, Temple University (TU), 2016 (Dr. William Wuest)
Ph.D. in Chemistry, University of California, Irvine (UCI), 2021 (Dr. Jennifer Prescher)
Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Department of Natural Sciences at Scripps and Pitzer Colleges, 2021-Present
Select Awards and Funding
Select Awards and Funding
2025 R15 Award (National Institutes of Health)
2023 Carl Storm Underrepresented Minority Fellowship
2022 Temple University 30 Under 30 Program
2021 UCI Jacqueline Smitrovich Prize
2021 UCI Graduate Award for Departmental Mentorship
2018-2021 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (NSF GRFP)
2017-2018 National Science Foundation Biophotonics Across Energy, Space, and Time Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (NSF BEST IGERT)
2016 TU Shirley and Bernard Brown Chemistry Scholarship
2016 TU Alliance for Minority Participation Award for Academic Achievement
2016 American Chemical Society (ACS) Undergraduate Research Award
Teaching Experience
Teaching Experience
Department of Natural Sciences
CHEM116L - Organic Chemistry I (Fall 2021, 2022, 2023, 2025)
In this introductory course, we explore basics of carbon-containing compounds including structure, bonding, synthesis, and mechanisms of reaction.
CHEM117L - Organic Chemistry II (Spring 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025)
During the second semester, we expand on the synthesis and reactivity of carbon-containing compounds. We also study the characterization of organic structures.
CHEM125L - Advance Laboratory in Biochemistry (Fall 2023)
This upper level course enforces laboratory techniques in biochemistry such as enzyme assay development, protein purification, and application of high-throughout approaches in a CURE format.
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