Andres Vazquez-Lopez Fourth Year Originally from Lancaster, PA, Andres completed undergraduate studies at Lebanon Valley College in Annville, PA. He did research under the guidance of Dr. Timothy Peelen, working on nucleophilic catalyzed Ireland-Claisen rearrangements of allylic acrylates. Andres also spent a summer working under the guidance of Dr. Robert Flowers at Lehigh University, studying the role of additives in organic reductions using Samarium (II) Iodide before moving to Philadelphia to pursue his PhD.
Andres is currently pursuing novel transformations using N-HVIs and their applications as a group transfer reagents. email: andres.vazquez-lopez@temple.edu
Bill Motsch Third Year Born in Erie, PA, Bill recieved his BSc from McGill University in Montreal, Canada where he worked on various organocatalysis projects in Dr. Jim Gleason's lab. He then moved to Florida to do a masters program with Dr. Juan Del Valle where he worked on natural product total synthesis. After working at CoreRx in Clearwater, FL as a pharmaceutical preformulations researcher, he decided to move back up north to join the lab in 2019.
Bill currently works on studying the physical properties of N-HVI reagents and how they can be used to form new C-N bonds. email: bill.motch@temple.edu
Alexi Martin Third Year Born in Hackensack, NJ, Alexi received her BS in chemical biology from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute where she worked under Dr. Richard Gross on sophorolipid synthesis. Before moving to Temple for graduate school in 2019, Alexi interned at Albany Molecular Research Institute in the medicinal chemistry.
Alexi is currently working on using N-HVI reagents in new umpolung reactions. email: alexi.martin@temple.edu
Matt Sherwood Second Year Originally from Long Branch, New Jersey, Matt earned his BA in chemistry at Rutgers University-Newark where he worked on several medicinal chemistry projects in Dr. Joel Freundlich’s group at Rutgers-NJMS. These projects primarily focused on the synthesis of novel small molecule antibiotics.
Matt is currently working on the total synthesis of heliannuol natural products utilizing N-HVI mediated oxidative ring expansion.
email: matthew.sherwood0001@temple.edu
FORMER MEMBERS
Postdocs
Dr. Xiao Xiao, Postdoc Member: 2017-2020 Current:
Dr. Anthony Tierno, Postdoc Member: 2016-2018 Current: Assistant Professor, Towson University
Dr. Brandon Kelly, Postdoc Member: 2014-2016 Current: Consultant, EQUITAS Life Science Consulting
Dr. Dimitris Noustias, Postdoc Member: 2015-2016 Current: Postdoc, Pihko Lab
Graduate Students
Bilal Hoblos, Ph.D.
Ph.D., 2021. Thesis Title:
Current: Bristol Myers Squibb
B.S. Chemistry, Pennsylvania State University Behrend Campus 2016