Principal Investigator
Kyle F. Biegasiewicz
Kyle F. Biegasiewicz is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry at Emory University. Kyle received his Bachelor of Science (BS) in Chemistry from Niagara University in 2010, conducting undergraduate research with Professor Ronny Priefer, where he established a general approach for the synthesis of the isoflavone class of natural products. He then pursued graduate studies in synthetic organic chemistry with Professor Robert K. Boeckman, Jr. at the University of Rochester. His graduate studies featured the development of an organocatalyzed asymmetric hydroxymethylation reaction that ultimately enabled a gram-scale synthesis of the apoptosis inducer (-)-rasfonin. Upon completion of his Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Chemistry, he moved to Princeton University as Postdoctoral Research Associate with Professor Todd K. Hyster. His postdoctoral work involved the expansion of the synthetic repertoire of redox active enzymes through photon-driven excitation.
Awards and Honors
ACS Petroleum Research Fund Doctoral New Investigator, 2022
The Team
Carter Brzezinski
Postdoc
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Logan Hessefort
Graduate Student (G5), Arizona State
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Manik Sharma
Graduate Student (G4)
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Elizabeth J. Gross
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Sophia (Hyung Ji) Lee
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Zoe Patton
Graduate Student (G2)
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Courtney Glenn
Graduate Student (G1)
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Abigail Halloran
Graduate Student (G1)
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Sophia Barthel
Undergraduate Student
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Katerina Duda
Undergraduate Student
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Sergio Solis
Undergraduate Student
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Stella Fox
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Alumni
Yue Li
Postdoc 2023-2025
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Cameron Pascoe
Postdoc 2023-2024, Arizona State
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Lauren P.T. Ramos
MA, Arizona State University 2023
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R&D Associate
Lauren J. Harstad
BS, Arizona State University 2023
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Princeton University
Graduate Student – MacMillan Lab
Clare E. Wells
BS, Arizona State University 2023
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UIUC
Graduate Student – Burke Lab
Hunter Hutson
BS, Arizona State University 2023
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Purdue University
Graduate Student – Low Lab
Kayla Merker
MS, Arizona State University 2022
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Raina Semenick
REU, Arizona State University 2022
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UNC at Chapel Hill
Graduate Student – Alexanian Lab
Ritika Gupta
BS, Arizona State University 2021
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Midwestern University
Medical Student – Osteopathic Medicine
Kenna McRae
BS, Arizona State University 2021
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Stanford University
Graduate Student