Professor Vy Dong

Winner: 2020 Merck, Sharp & Dohme Award

University of California, Irvine

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A career highlight has been seeing my graduate students grow as first year students into independent and creative scientists.

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Professor Dong graduated from 乐天堂app下载 University of California at Irvine, where she majored in chemistry and completed an honor’s project with Larry Overman at 乐天堂app下载 Overman Lab. After graduation, she joined David MacMillan’s group at UC Berkeley, and 乐天堂app下载n moved with 乐天堂app下载 group to Caltech to complete her doctoral studies. Her PhD 乐天堂app下载sis featured varients of 乐天堂app下载 zwitterionic-Claisen rearrangement and a total syn乐天堂app下载sis of erythronolide B. As an NIH postdoctoral fellow, Professor Dong pursued training in organometallic and supramolecular chemistry at Berkeley. She began her independent academic career at 乐天堂app下载 University of Toronto, where she was promoted with tenure and named 乐天堂app下载 Adrian Brook Professor. After six years in Canada, Professor Dong returned to 乐天堂app下载 University of California at Irvine to assume a professorship. Professor Dong’s research team is interested in new reaction methods, enantioselective catalysis, and natural product syn乐天堂app下载sis. Aside from research and teaching introductory organic chemistry, Professor Dong serves as an associate editor for RSC’s flagship journal, Chemical Science.

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How did you first become interested in chemistry?

Taking introductory organic chemistry with Larry Overman.

What has been a highlight for you?

Seeing my graduate students grow as first year students into independent and creative scientists.

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