The goal of the Reisman Group is to contribute creative solutions to fundamental problems in chemistry that impact society. Our research is driven by discoveries and innovations in organic chemistry, where new chemical reactions or synthetic design concepts can enable the synthesis of small molecules for the study and treatment of human disease. While pursuing our scientific goals, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive community in our laboratory. Our strength and success as a group is built on the foundation of a wide range of perspectives. The diversity of skills, thought, and experiences, allow us as a group to ask important questions and creatively solve problems. We recognize and embrace diversity in many forms: different backgrounds, races, ethnicities, nationalities, religions, sexes, sexual orientations, genders, gender identities, socioeconomic statuses, ages, physical abilities, marital and family statuses, and more. Our goal is to create and maintain a culture of inclusivity by respecting, encouraging, and engaging diverse perspectives, in order to better our science and ourselves.
Group News:
July 2022: Check out this chemoselective umpolung-type imine alklyation published by Ray and Marco!
June 2022: Today wasNick's last day in lab, He will be moving to Princeton and joining the Knowles lab.
June 2022: Connor had a fun first week at Pfizer! We are so happy for you!
May 2022: Behold, world! Jordan is a Ph.D candidate now!
May 2022: Our team is changing! We said goodbye to Dr. Holman and Dr. Delano, we know you will do great in GSK and Vertex! Rest assured that your office desk will be well utlized by our new team member Dr. Sven Richter!
April 2022: A new graduate student have joined our group. Welcome, Chung!
April 2022: Behold world! It's Dr. Nicholas Fastuca, Dr. Travis Delano, and Dr. Karli Holman now! Huge congratulations to Nick, Travis, and Karli for successfully defending their theses!
April 2022: We are celebrating Gaypril by honoring the valuable contributions our LGBTQ+ alumini made in our lab and in society! Check out this Trailblazer issue of C&EN to see how Raul Navarro (PhD 2014) reflect his time in our lab and how Carolyn Ladd (Postdoc 2020) is making a change now at DOW.
April 2022: Many congratulations to our rising star in total synthesis--Jordan--for receiving NSF graduate fellowship! Time for a Tiktok dance for celebration?
March 2022: We welcome NSF and Presidential Postdoctoral fellow Dr. Arianne Hunter to our lab! Can't wait to learn more about carbenoid chemistry from you!
March 2022: We said goodbye to Dr. David Hill this month. Best of luck at Ascendis Pharma!
February 2022 :Ever wonder how Sarah does it all while being an all-star advisor? Check out this podcast episode of Stereo Chemistry
February 2022 :Check out our enantioselective synthesis of (–)-C10-hydroxyacutuminine.
January 2022: Congrats to Dr. Michael Maser for his successful thesis defense!
January 2022: A new first-year has joined our group – welcome, Ángel!
January 2022: Congratulations to Sara Dibrell for receiving a 2022 Merck award!
November 2021: Check out this special issue of Synthesis in honor of Sarah.
November 2021: Congrats to Dr. Skyler Mendoza for his successful thesis defense!
August 2021: Check out our two recent collaborations in the NSF Center for Synthetic Organic Electrochemistry – electrochemical Nozaki–Hiyama–Kishi coupling and cobalt-electrocatalytic HAT.
August 2021: Congrats to Sara Dibrell for winning a BMS fellowship!
August 2021: Congrats to Dr. Caitlin Lacker for her successful thesis defense!
July 2021: Check out our synthesis of (–)-talatisamine, (–)-liljestrandisine, and (–)-liljestrandinine in ACS Central Science.
June 2021: Congrats to postdoc David Hill for receiving an NIH F32 award!
May 2021: Congratulations to postdoc Simon Cooper for receiving an NIH F32 award!
May 2021: A new graduate student and postdoc have joined our group – welcome, Jaron and Dave!
May 2021: Check out our tutorial review of palladium-catalyzed cascade cyclizations in natural product synthesis.
February 2021: Check out our total synthesis of the bis-steroidal pyrazine natural product ritterazine B and our Account describing the synthesis of oxidized diterpenes!
January 2021: Check out our asymmetric reductive cross-coupling of alpha-chloroesters and (hetero)aryl iodides.
June 2022: Today wasNick's last day in lab, He will be moving to Princeton and joining the Knowles lab.
June 2022: Connor had a fun first week at Pfizer! We are so happy for you!
May 2022: Behold, world! Jordan is a Ph.D candidate now!
May 2022: Our team is changing! We said goodbye to Dr. Holman and Dr. Delano, we know you will do great in GSK and Vertex! Rest assured that your office desk will be well utlized by our new team member Dr. Sven Richter!
April 2022: A new graduate student have joined our group. Welcome, Chung!
April 2022: Behold world! It's Dr. Nicholas Fastuca, Dr. Travis Delano, and Dr. Karli Holman now! Huge congratulations to Nick, Travis, and Karli for successfully defending their theses!
April 2022: We are celebrating Gaypril by honoring the valuable contributions our LGBTQ+ alumini made in our lab and in society! Check out this Trailblazer issue of C&EN to see how Raul Navarro (PhD 2014) reflect his time in our lab and how Carolyn Ladd (Postdoc 2020) is making a change now at DOW.
April 2022: Many congratulations to our rising star in total synthesis--Jordan--for receiving NSF graduate fellowship! Time for a Tiktok dance for celebration?
March 2022: We welcome NSF and Presidential Postdoctoral fellow Dr. Arianne Hunter to our lab! Can't wait to learn more about carbenoid chemistry from you!
March 2022: We said goodbye to Dr. David Hill this month. Best of luck at Ascendis Pharma!
February 2022 :Ever wonder how Sarah does it all while being an all-star advisor? Check out this podcast episode of Stereo Chemistry
February 2022 :Check out our enantioselective synthesis of (–)-C10-hydroxyacutuminine.
January 2022: Congrats to Dr. Michael Maser for his successful thesis defense!
January 2022: A new first-year has joined our group – welcome, Ángel!
January 2022: Congratulations to Sara Dibrell for receiving a 2022 Merck award!
November 2021: Check out this special issue of Synthesis in honor of Sarah.
November 2021: Congrats to Dr. Skyler Mendoza for his successful thesis defense!
August 2021: Check out our two recent collaborations in the NSF Center for Synthetic Organic Electrochemistry – electrochemical Nozaki–Hiyama–Kishi coupling and cobalt-electrocatalytic HAT.
August 2021: Congrats to Sara Dibrell for winning a BMS fellowship!
August 2021: Congrats to Dr. Caitlin Lacker for her successful thesis defense!
July 2021: Check out our synthesis of (–)-talatisamine, (–)-liljestrandisine, and (–)-liljestrandinine in ACS Central Science.
June 2021: Congrats to postdoc David Hill for receiving an NIH F32 award!
May 2021: Congratulations to postdoc Simon Cooper for receiving an NIH F32 award!
May 2021: A new graduate student and postdoc have joined our group – welcome, Jaron and Dave!
May 2021: Check out our tutorial review of palladium-catalyzed cascade cyclizations in natural product synthesis.
February 2021: Check out our total synthesis of the bis-steroidal pyrazine natural product ritterazine B and our Account describing the synthesis of oxidized diterpenes!
January 2021: Check out our asymmetric reductive cross-coupling of alpha-chloroesters and (hetero)aryl iodides.