Curriculum Vitae – David Sarlah, Ph.D.
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Address:

Rice University
Department of ChemistryMS-60, DBH341
Houston, TX 77005

Email:

sarlah@rice.edu

Webpage:https://www.sarlahgroup.com

PERSONAL HISTORY AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Educational Background and Training
2002 – 2006
B.S. in Chemistry2006 – 2011
Ph.D. in Chemistry2011 – 2014
Postdoc

University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
The Scripps Research Institute, CA (Prof. K.C. Nicolaou)
ETH Zürich, Switzerland (Prof. Erick M. Carreira)Academic Positions
2014 – 2021
2019 – present
2021 – 2024
2024 – present

Assistant Professor of Chemistry, University of Illinois
Adjunct Associate Professor of Chemistry, University of Pavia
Associate Professor of Chemistry, University of Illinois
Professor of Chemistry, Rice University

Honors, Recognitions, and Outstanding Achievements
2016
2017

National Science Foundation CAREER Award
Sloan Research Fellowship

2017

Lincoln Excellence for Assistant Professors Scholars Award

2018

Thieme Chemistry Journals Award2018

ACS Young Investigator

2019

Grammaticakis-Neumann Prize

2019

BMS Unrestricted Grant Award in Synthetic Chemistry2019

NOS Young Investigator

2019

ERC Staring Grant

2019

Amgen Young Investigator Award

2019

Eli Lilly Grantee Award2020

FMC New Investigator Award

2020

American Cancer Society Scholar

2020

Kyoto Rising-Star Award Lectureship (Merck Sharp & Dohme)

2021

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PUBLICATIONS
75.

Davis, C. W.; Zhang, Y.; Li, Y.; Martinelli, M.; Zhang, J.; Ungarean, C.; Galer, P.; Liu, P.; Sarlah,
D. Copper-Catalyzed Dearomative 1,2-Hydroamination. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, 63,e202407281.

74.

Gilbert, R.; Davis, C. W.; Bingham, T. W.; Sarlah, D. Palladium-Catalyzed Dearomative 1,4Hydroamination. Tetrahedron 2024, 163, 134135. Special issue honouring Prof. Tom Maimone

73.

Davis, C. W.; Li, Y.; Zhang, Y.; Siddiqi, Z.; Liu, P.; Sarlah, D. Copper-Catalyzed Dearomative
Trans-1,2-Carboamination. ACS Catal. 2024, 14, 10132–10137.

72.

Siddiqi, Z.; Bingham, T. W.; Shimakawa, T.; Hesp, K. D.; Shavnya, A.; Sarlah, D. Oxidative
Dearomatization of Pyridines. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 2358–2363.

71.

Angelini, E.; Martinelli, M.; Roà, E.; Ungarean, C. N.; Salome, C.; Lefebvre, Q.; Bournez, C.;
Fessard, T. C.; Sarlah, D. “Diversification of Simple Arenes into Complex (Amino)cyclitols”
Chem. Eur. J. 2023, e202303262

70.

Petrovcic, J.; D, Y. B.; Shved, A. S.; Lenardon, G.; Salome, C.; Lefebvre, Q.; Fessard, T.;
Sarlah, D. “Dewar Pyridines: Conformationally Programmable Piperidine Isosteres.” ChemRxiv
May 25, 2023. https://doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv-2023-jgr4j69.

Serrano, R.; Boyko, Y. D.; Hernandez, L. W.; Lotuzas, A.; Sarlah, D. Total Syntheses of
Scabrolide A and Yonarolide. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145 (16), 8805–8809.

68.

Ren, H.; Dommaraju, S. R.; Huang, C.; Cui, H.; Pan, Y.; Nesic, M.; Zhu, L.; Sarlah, D.; Mitchell,
D. A.; Zhao, H. “Genome Mining Unveils a Class of Ribosomal Peptides with Two Amino
Termini.” Nature Communications 2023, 14, 1624.

67.

Matsuoka, W.; Kawahara, K. P.; Ito, H.; Sarlah, D.; Itami, K. “π-Extended Rubrenes via
Dearomative Annulative π-Extension Reaction.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 658–666.

66.

Huck, C. J.; Boyko, Y. D.; Sarlah, D. “Dearomative Logic in Natural Product Total Synthesis.”Nat. Prod. Rep. 2022, 39, 2231–2291.

65.

Roy, P.; Dennis, D. G.; Eschbach, M. D.; Anand, S. D.; Xu, F.; Maturano, J.; Hellman, J.;
Sarlah, D.; Das, A. “Metabolites of Cannabigerol Generated by Human Cytochrome P450s Are
Bioactive.” Biochemistry 2022, 61, 2398–2408

64.

Hooper, A. R.; Oštrek, A.; Milian-Lopez, A.; Sarlah, D. “Bioinspired Total Synthesis of Pyritide
A2 through Pyridine Ring Synthesis.” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2022, 61, e202212299.

63.

Mathieu, V.; Laguera, B.; Masi, M.; Dulanto, S. A.; Bingham, T. W.; Hernandez, L. W.; Sarlah,
D.; Evidente, A.; Lafontaine, D. L. J.; Kornienko, A.; Lane, M. A. “Amaryllidaceae Alkaloids
Decrease the Proliferation, Invasion, and Secretion of Clinically Relevant Cytokines by Cultured
Human Colon Cancer Cells.” Biomolecules, 2022, 12, 1267.

62.

Nesic, M.; Ryffel, D. B.; Maturano, J.; Shevlin, M.; Pollack, S. R.; Jr, D. R. G.; Trigo-Mouriño, P.;
Zhang, L.-K.; Schultz, D.; Dunn, J. M. M.; Campeau, L.-C.; Patel, N. R.; Petrone, D. A.; Sarlah,
D. “Total Synthesis of Darobactin A.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 14026–14030.

61.

Piacentini, P.; Bingham, T. W.; Sarlah, D. “Dearomative Ring Expansion of Polycyclic Arenes”
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2022, 61, e202208014.

60.

Ungarean, C. N.; Galer, P.; Zhang, Y.; Lee, K. S.; Ngai, J. M.; Lee, S.; Liu, P.; Sarlah, D.
“Synthesis of (+)-ribostamycin by catalytic, enantioselective hydroamination of benzene.”
Nature Synthesis, 2022, 1, 542–547.

59.

Dennis, D. G.; Anand, S. D.; Lopez, A. J.; Petrovčič, J.; Das, A.; Sarlah, D. “Synthesis of the
Cannabimovone and Cannabifuran Class of Minor Phytocannabinoids and Their AntiInflammatory Activity.” J. Org. Chem. 2022, 87, 6075–6086.

58.

Siddiqi, Z.; Sarlah, D. “Electrochemical Dearomatization of Commodity Polymers.” J. Am.
Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 21264–21269.
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57.

Bingham, T.W.; Hernandez, L.W.; Sarlah, D. “Amaryllidaceae isocarbostyril alkaloids.”
Strategies and Tactics in Organic Synthesis 2021, 15, pp. 1–52.

56.

Matsuoka, W.; Ito, H.; Sarlah, D.; Itami, K. “Diversity-Oriented Synthesis of Nanographenes
Enabled by Dearomative Annulative π-Extension.” Nature Communications 2021, 12, 3940.

55.

Okumura, M.; Sarlah, D. “4-Methyl-1,2,4-Triazoline-3,5-Dione.” In Encyclopedia of Reagents for
Organic Synthesis; American Cancer Society, 2021; pp 1–11.

54.

Bemis, C. Y.; Ungarean, C. N.; Shved, A. S.; Jamieson, C. S.; Hwang, T.; Lee, K. S.; Houk, K.
N.; Sarlah, D. “Total Synthesis and Computational Investigations of Sesquiterpene-Tropolones
Ameliorate Stereochemical Inconsistencies and Resolve an Ambiguous Biosynthetic
Relationship.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 6006–6017.

53.

Huck, C. J.; Boyko, Y. D.; Sarlah, D. “Total Synthesis of Stelletins through an Unconventional
Annulation Strategy.” Acc. Chem. Res. 2021, 54, 1597–1609.

52.

Boyko, Y. D.; Huck, C. J.; Ning, S.; Shved, A. S.; Yang, C.; Chu, T.; Tonogai, E. J.;
Hergenrother, P. J.; Sarlah, D. “Synthetic Studies on Selective, Proapoptotic Isomalabaricane
Triterpenoids Aided by Computational Techniques.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 2138–2155.

51.

Siddiqi, Z. R.; Ungarean, C. N.; Bingham, T. W.; Sarlah, D. “Development of a Scalable andSublimation-Free Route to MTAD.” Org. Process Res. Dev. 2020, 24, 2953–2959.

50.

Hudson, G. A.; Hooper, A. R.; DiCaprio, A. J.; Sarlah, D.; Mitchell, D. A. “Structure Predictionand Synthesis of Pyridine-Based Macrocyclic Peptide Natural Products.” Org. Lett. 2021, 23,
253–256.

49.

Okumura, M.; Sarlah, D. “Arenophile-Mediated Photochemical Dearomatization of
Nonactivated Arenes.” CHIMIA 2020, 74, 577–583.

48.

Huck, C. J.; Sarlah, D. “Shaping Molecular Landscapes: Recent Advances, Opportunities, andChallenges in Dearomatization.” Chem, 2020, 6, 1589–1603.

47.

Nesic, M.; Kincanon, M.; Ryffel, D. B.; Sarlah, D. “A new approach towards the synthesis ofbielschowskysin: Synthesis and photochemistry of an advanced macrocyclic enedione
intermediate.” Tetrahedron, 2020, 76, 131318 [Special Tetrahedron Award Issue].

46.

Siddiqi, Z.; Wertjes, W. C.; Sarlah, D. “Chemical Equivalent of Arene Monooxygenases:
Dearomative Synthesis of Arene Oxides and Oxepines.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 10125–
10131.

45.

Okumura, M.; Sarlah, D. “Visible-Light-Induced Dearomatizations.” Eur. J. Org. Chem, 2020,
10, 1259-1273.

44.

Tang, C.; Okumura, Deng, H.; Sarlah, D. “Palladium‐Catalyzed Dearomative syn‐1,4‐
Oxyamination.” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2019, 58, 15762–15766

43.

Boyko, Y.; Huck, C. J.; Sarlah, D. “The Total Synthesis of Isomalabaricane Triterpenoids.” J.
Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 14131–14135.

42.

Hernandez, L. H.; Sarlah, D. “Empowering Synthesis of Complex Natural Products.” Chem.
Eur. J. 2019, 25, 13248–13270.

41.

Tang, C.; Okumura, M.; Zhu, Y.; Hooper, A.; Zhou, Y.; Lee, Y.-H.; Sarlah, D. “PalladiumCatalyzed Dearomative syn-1,4-Carboamination with Grignard Reagents.” Angew. Chem. Int.
Ed., 2019, 58, 10245–10249.

40.

Dennis, D. G.; Okumura, M.; Sarlah, D. “Synthesis of Idarubicinone via Global Functionalizationof Tetracene.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 10193–10198.

39.

Bingham, T. W.; Hernandez, L. W.; Olson, D. G.; Svec, R. L.; Hergenrother, P. J.; Sarlah, D.
“Enantioselective Synthesis of Isocarbostyril Alkaloids and Analogs Using Catalytic
Dearomative Functionalization of Benzene.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 657–670.

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38.

Wertjes, W. C.; Okumura, M.; Sarlah, D. “Palladium-Catalyzed Dearomative syn-1,4Diamination.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 163–167.

37.

Wertjes, W. C.; Southgate, E. H.; Sarlah, D. “Recent advances in chemical dearomatization of
nonactivated arenes.” Chem. Soc. Rev. 2018, 47, 7996–8017.

36.

Hernandez, L. W.; Klöckner, U.; Pospech, J.; Hauss, L.; Sarlah, D. “Nickel-Catalyzed
Dearomative trans-1,2-Carboamination.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 4503–4507.

35.

Okumura, M.; Sarlah, D. “Arenophile-Mediated Dearomative Functionalization Strategies.”
Synlett 2018, 29, 845–855.

34.

Okumura, M.; Shved, A. S.; Sarlah, D. “Palladium-Catalyzed Dearomative syn-1,4Carboamination.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 17787–17790.

33.

Hernandez, L. W.; Pospech, J.; Kloeckner, U.; Bingham, T. W.; Sarlah, D. “Synthesis of (+)Pancratistatins via Catalytic Desymmetrization of Benzene.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139,
15656–15659.

32.

Southgate, E. H.; Holycross, D. R.; Sarlah, D. “Total Synthesis of Lycoricidine and Narciclasineby Chemical Dearomatization of Bromobenzene.” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 15049–
15052.

31.

Okumura, M.; Nakamata, S. M.; Pospech, J.; Sarlah, D. “Arenophile-Mediated Dearomative
Reduction.” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 15910–15914.

30.

Southgate, E. H.; Pospech, J.; Fu, J.; Holycross, D. R.; Sarlah, D. “Dearomative Dihydroxylation
with Arenophiles.” Nature Chem. 2016, 8, 922–928.

29.

Ungarean, C. N.; Southgate, E. H.; Sarlah, D. “Enantioselective Polyene Cyclizations.” Org.
Biomol. Chem. 2016, 14, 5454–5467.

28.

Schafroth, M. A.; Rummelt, S. M.; Sarlah, D., Carreira, E. M. “Enantioselective Iridium-Catalyzed
Allylic Cyclizations.” Org. Lett., 2017, 19, 3235–3238.

27.

Hamilton, J. Y.; Sarlah, D.; Carreira, E. M. “Iridium-Catalyzed Enantioselective Allylic Alkylation
with Functionalized Organozinc Bromides.” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 7644–7647.

26.

Shemet, A.; Sarlah, D.; Carreira, E. M. “Stereochemical Studies of the Opening of Chloro Vinyl
Epoxides: Cyclic Chloronium Ions as Intermediates.” Org. Lett. 2015, 17, 1878–1881.

25.

Hamilton, J. Y.; Sarlah, D.; Carreira, E. M. “Iridium-Catalyzed Enantioselective Allylic Vinylation
with Potassium Alkenyltrifluoroborates.” Org. Synth. 2015, 92, 1–12.

24.

Schafroth, M. A.; Zuccarello, G.; Krautwald, S.; Sarlah, D.; Carreira, E. M. “Stereodivergent Total
Synthesis of Δ9-Tetrahydrocannabinols.” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2014, 53, 13898–13901.

23.

Hamilton, J. Y.; Hauser, N.; Sarlah, D.; Carreira, E. M. “Iridium-Catalyzed Enantioselective Allyl–
Allylsilane Cross-Coupling.” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2014, 53, 10759–10762.

22.

Krautwald, S.; Schafroth, M. A.; Sarlah, D.; Carreira, E. M. “Stereodivergent α–Allylation of Linear
Aldehydes with Dual Iridium and Amine Catalysis.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 3020–3023.

21.

Hamilton, J. Y.; Sarlah, D.; Carreira, E. M. “Iridium-Catalyzed Enantioselective Allyl–Alkene
Coupling.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 3006–3009.

20.

Everitt, A. R.; Clare, S.; Perreira, J. M.; Savidis, G.; Aker, A. M.; John, S. P.; Sarlah, D.; Carreira,E. M.; Elledge,S. J.; Kellam, P.; Brass, A. L. “Amphotericin B Increases Influenza A Virus Infection
by Preventing IFITM3-Mediated Restriction.” Cell Reports 2013, 5, 895–908.

19.

Krautwald, S.; Sarlah, D.; Schafroth, M. A.; Carreira, E. M. “Enantio- and Diastereodivergent Dual
Catalysis: α–Allylation of Branched Aldehydes.” Science 2013, 340, 1065–1068.

18.

Hamilton, J. Y.; Sarlah, D.; Carreira, E. M. “Iridium-Catalyzed Enantioselective Allylic
Alkynylation.” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 7532–7535.

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17.

Hamilton, J. Y.; Sarlah, D.; Carreira, E. M. “Iridium-Catalyzed Enantioselective Allylic Vinylation.”
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 994–997.

16.

Schafroth, M. A.; Sarlah, D.; Krautwald, S.; Carreira, E. M. “Iridium-Catalyzed Enantioselective
Polyene Cyclization.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 20276–20278.

15.

Nicolaou, K. C.; Lu, M.; Totokotsopoulos, S.; Heretsch, P.; Giguère, D.; Sun, Y.; Sarlah, D.;
Nguyen, T. H.; Wolf, I. C.; Smee, D. F.; Day, C. W.; Bopp, S.; Winzeler, E. A. “Synthesis andBiological Evaluation of Epidithio-, Epitetrathio-, and bis-(Methylthio)diketopiperazines: Synthetic
Methodology, Enantioselective Total Synthesis of Epicoccin G, 8,8'-epi-ent-Rostratin B, Gliotoxin,
Gliotoxin G, Emethallicin E, and Haematocin and Discovery of New Antiviral and Antimalarial
Agents.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 17320–17332.

14.

Nicolaou, K. C.; Sun, Y.; Sarlah, D.; Zhan, W.; Wu, T. R. “Bioinspired Synthesis of
Hirsutellones A, B and C.” Org. Lett. 2011, 13, 5708–5710

13.

Nicolaou, K. C.; Totokotsopoulos, S.; Giguere, D.; Sun, Y.; Sarlah, D. “Total Synthesis of
Epicoccin G.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 8150–8153.

12.

Nicolaou, K. C.; Sanchini, S.; Sarlah, D.; Lu, G.; Wu, T. R.; Nomura, D. K.; Cravatt, B. F.; Cubitte,B.; de la Torre, J. C.; Hessell, A. J.; Burton, D. R. “Design, Synthesis, and Biological Evaluationof a Biyouyanagin Compound Library.” Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 2011, 108, 6715–6720.

11.

Nicolaou, K. C.; Sun, Y.; Korman, H.; Sarlah, D. “Asymmetric Total Synthesis of
Cylindrocyclophanes A and F Through Cyclodimerization and Ramberg–Bäcklund Reaction.”
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2010, 49, 5875–5878.

10.

Nicolaou, K. C.; Sanchini, S.; Wu, T. R.; Sarlah, D. “Total Synthesis and Structural Revision of
Biyouyanagin B.” Eur. J. Chem. 2010, 16, 7678–7682.

9.

Nicolaou, K. C.; Sarlah, D.; Wu, T. R.; Zhan, W. Q. “Total Synthesis of Hirsutellone B.” Angew.
Chem. Int. Ed. 2009, 48, 6870–6874.

8.

Nicolaou, K. C.; Reingruber, R.; Sarlah, D. Brase, S., “Enantioselective Intramolecular Friedel–
Crafts-Type α–Arylation of Aldehydes.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 2086–2087.

7.

Nicolaou, K. C.; Wu, T. R.; Sarlah, D.; Shaw, D. M.; Rowcliffe, E.; Burton, D. R. “Total Synthesis,
Revised Structure, and Biological Evaluation of Biyouyanagin A and Analogues Thereof.” J. Am.
Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 11114–11121.

6.

Nicolaou, K. C.; Sarlah, D.; Shaw, D. M. Total Synthesis and Revised Structure of Biyouyanagin
A, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2007, 46, 4708–4711.

5.

Dai, M.; Sarlah, D.; Yu, M.; Danishefsky, S. J.; Jones, G. O.; Houk, K. N. “Highly Selective Diels–
Alder Reactions of Directly Connected Enyne Dienophiles.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 645–
657.

4.

Nicolaou, K. C.; Pihko, P. M.; Bernal, F.; Frederick, M. O.; Qian, W. Y.; Uesaka, N.; Diedrichs,
N.; Hinrichs, J.; Koftis, T. V.; Loizidou, E.; Petrovic, G.; Rodriquez, M.; Sarlah, D.; Zou, N. “Total
Synthesis and Structural Elucidation of Azaspiracid-1. Construction of Key Building Blocks for
Originally Proposed Structure, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 2244–2257.

3.

Nicolaou, K. C.; Bulger, P. G.; Sarlah, D. “Metathesis Reactions in Total Synthesis.” Angew.
Chem. Int. Ed. 2005, 44, 4490–4527.

2.

Nicolaou, K. C.; Bulger, P. G.; Sarlah, D. “Palladium-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling Reactions in
Total Synthesis.” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2005, 44, 4442–4489.

1.

Zorko, M.; Majerle, A.; Sarlah, D.; Keber, M. M.; Mohar, B.; Jerala, R. “Combination of
Antimicrobial and Endotoxin-Neutralizing Activities of Novel Oleoylamines.” Antimicrob. Agents
Chemoter. 2005, 49, 2307–2313.

Patents:
1. Hernandez, L. W.; Pospech, J.; Sarlah, D. “METAL CATALYZED DEAROMATIVE 1,2CARBOAMINATION.” U.S. Patent Application No. 16/011,178, 2018
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2. Hernandez, L. W.; Bingham, T. W.; Sarlah, D. ” ISOCARBOSTYRIL ALKALOIDS AND
FUNCTIONALIZATION THEREOF.” U.S. Patent Application No. 62/775,521, 2018.
INVITED LECTURES AND INVITED CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
1. ACS 2016 Central Regional Meeting (CERM), Covington, KY, May 2016.
2. Nicolaou Cutting Edge Lineage Chemistry Symposium, Rice University, Huston, TX, October 2016.
3. University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, October 2016.
4. Gordon Research Conference: Heterocycles, Newport, RI, June 2017.
5. AbbVie, Chicago, IL, June 2017.
6. Gilead, Foster City, CA, August 2017.
7. Merck, West Point, PA, September 2017.
8. 8th Chicago Organic Symposium, Chicago, IL, September 2017.
9. Amgen, Cambridge, MA, September 2017.
10. UT San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, December 2017.
11. ACS Symposium on Frontiers in Synthetic Organic Photochemistry, 255th ACS National Meeting,
New Orleans, LA, March 2018.
12. National Fresenius Award Symposium, 255th ACS National Meeting, New Orleans, LA, March 2018.
13. Bristol-Myers Squibb, Lawrenceville and New Brunswick, NJ, May 2018.
14. University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland, May 2018.
15. University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland, May 2018.
16. University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland, May 2018.
17. University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany, May 2018.
18. Janssen Pharmaceuticals, La Jolla, CA, May 2018.
19. Gordon Research Conference: Natural Products, Andover, NH, July 2018.
20. Gordon Research Conference: Organic Reactions and Processes, Easton, MA, July 2018.
21. Gordon Research Conference: Stereochemistry, Newport, RI, July 2018.
22. Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan, August 2018.
23. University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, August 2018.
24. Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan, August 2018.
25. Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, August 2018.
26. Oxford University, Oxford, UK, August 2018.
27. Young Investigator Symposium, 256th ACS National Meeting, Boston, MA, August 2018.
28. CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad, India, August 2018.
29. 24th Annual Meeting of the Slovenian Chemical Society, Portoroz, Slovenia, September 2018.
30. University of Münster, Münster, Germany, October 2018.
31. RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany, October 2018.
32. Ludwig Maximilian University of Münich (LMU), Münich, Germany, October 2018.
33. Technical University of Münich (TUM), Münich, Germany, October 2018.
34. University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany, October 201835. Merck Process Research & Development, Rahway, NJ, October 2018.
36. Merck Lecture, Columbia University, New York City, NY, October 2018.
37. University of Chicago, Chicago, IL November 2018.
38. Genentech, San Francisco, CA, November 2018.
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39. Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, November 2018.
40. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, January 2019.
41. University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, January 2019.
42. University of Indiana, Bloomington, IN, March 2019.
43. UC Irvine, Irvine, CA, March 2019.
44. Boston College, Boston, MA, April 2019.
45. Novartis Lecture, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, April 2019.
46. Yale University, New Haven, CT, April 2019.
47. Portland State University, Portland, OR, April 2019.
48. Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, April 2019.
49. 2019 Great Lakes Regional Meeting, Lisle, IL, May 2019.
50. Chugai Pharma, Kamakura Institute, Tokyo, Japan, May 2019.
51. Mitsubishi Tanabe, Pharma Corporation, Yokohama, Japan, May 2019.
52. Daiichi Sankyo, Shinagawa R&D Center, Shinagawa, Japan, May 2019.
53. Asahi Kasei Pharma, Shizuoka, Japan, May 2019.
54. Kyowa Kirin Pharmaceutical Development, Shizuoka, Japan, May 2019.
55. JT Central Pharmaceutical Research Institute, Osaka, Japan, May 2019.
56. National Organic Symposium, Bloomington, IN, June 2019.
57. Auburn University, Auburn, AL, August 2019.
58. Grammaticakis-Neumann Prize Lecture, Swiss Chemical Society Symposium, Zurich, Switzerland,
September 2019.
59. 2019 Padwa Lecture, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, September 2019.
60. Amgen Symposium, Amgen, Thousand Oaks, CA, October 2019.
61. Fudan University, Shanghai, China, October 2019.
62. UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, November 2019.
63. UNC Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, November 2019.
64. Keio University, Tokyo, Japan, December 2019.
65. RIKEN, Wakō, Japan, December 2019.
66. Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan, December 2019.
67. Penn State, University Park, PA, February 2020.
68. 22nd Bristol-Myers Squibb Unrestricted Research Grant and Graduate Fellowship Awards
Symposium, Virtual Seminar, September 2020.
69. Glaxo Smith Kline, Global Virtual Seminar, October 2020.
70. UT Dallas, Virtual Seminar, November 2020.
71. University of Padova, Italy, July 2021.
72. The 19th Biennial Lilly Grantee Symposium, Virtual Seminar, September 2021.
73. Boehringer Ingelheim, Global Virtual Seminar, October 2021.
74. FMC Corporation, Stine Research Center, Newark, DE, October 2021.
75. Novartis Lecture, Boston University, Boston, MA, October 2021.
76. Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, January 2022.
77. A.C. Cope Award Symposium, ACS National Meeting, San Diego, March 2022.
78. Organic Synthesis Lecture, UC Berkely, Berkely, CA, March 2022.
79. Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture, MIT, Cambridge, MA, April 2022.
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80. Boehringer Ingelheim Lecture, Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, April 2022.
81. 18th Meeting of the French-American Chemical Society, Charleston, SC, June 2022.
82. Pharmaron, Virtual Lecture Series, September, 2022.
83. Reaxys–Chem, Virtual Seminar, September, 2022.
84. AbbVie, Virtual Seminar, September, 2022.
85. Amgen, Thousand Oaks, CA, September, 2022.
86. Rice University, Huston, TX, October 2022.
87. Gilead, Foster City, CA, October 2022.
88. Boehringer Ingelheim, Ridgefield, CT, November 2022
89. KYOTO Rising-Star Lecture, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, December 2022.
90. Nagoya University, Nagoya Japan, December 2022.
91. Osaka University, Osaka, Japan, December 2022.
92. University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, December 2022.
93. Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan, December 2022.
94. WIPOS, Honolulu, HI, December 2022.
95. 2022-2023 Fagnou Lecture, University of Ottawa, Otawa, Canada, January 2023.
96. 46th Annual Meeting of the Brazilian Chemical Society, Águas de Lindóia, Brazil, May 2023.
97. 70th GRC on Natural Products and Bioactive Compounds, Andover, NH, July 2023.
98. International Symposium on Advances in Synthetic and Medicinal Chemistry, Zagreb, Croatia,
September 2023.
99. Kharkiv Chemical Seminar, Virtual seminar, November 2023.
100. UT Southwestern, Dallas, November 2023.
101. Pregl colloquium, National Institute of Chemistry, Ljubljana, Slovenia, December 2023.
102. Schrödinger, New York City, NY, February 2024.
103. ACS National Meeting, New Orleans, LA, March 2024.

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