Fifth Years

Chun Chen (she/her)
​B.S., Beijing Institute of Technology, China, 2015
​Project Area: Synthesis of Polycyclic Tetrahydroxanthone Natural Products
Email: chunchen@bu.edu

Zack Powers (he/his)
B.S., State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, NY, 2013
Project Area: Synthesis of Meroterpenoid Natural Products
Email: zpowers@bu.edu

Michael Smith (he/his)
​B.S., Stonehill College, Easton, MA, 2016
​Project Area: Synthesis of Xanthone Natural Products
Email: msmith3@bu.edu

Saishuai (Patrick) Wen (he/his)
​M.S., Central South University, China, 2016
​Project Area: Development of ESIPT-mediated Photocycloadditions
Email: sswen@bu.edu

Fourth Years

Mackenzie Marrs (she/hers)
BA, Claremont McKenna College, Claremont, CA, 2015
Project Area: Total Synthesis of Natural Products from Red Bee Propolis
Email: mmarrs@bu.edu

Madison Powers (he/his)
BS, Colgate University, Hamilton, NY, 2017
Project Area: Synthesis of Epoxyquinone Natural Products
Email: mhpowers@bu.edu
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Tyler Rauwolf
​BA, Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, IL, 2017
Project Area: Synthesis of Meroterpenoid Natural Products
Email: trauwolf@bu.edu

 

Third Year

 

Feng Yang (he/his)
B.S., Fudan University, China, 2017
Project Area: Synthesis of Meroterpenoid Natural Products
Email: fengyang@bu.edu

 

Second Years

Sloane O'Neill (she/hers)
BA, CU Boulder, Colorado, 2018
Project Area: Synthesis of Oxaphenalenone Natural Products
​Email: slon9423@bu.edu

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Kaijie Ji (he/his)
M.S., Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ, 2019
Project Area: Synthesis of xanthoquinodin natural products
​Email: kji2@bu.edu

First Years

​Will Gilmore (he/his)
B.S, Stonehill College, Easton, MA, 2020
Project Area: Synthesis of dimeric tetrahydroxanthone natural products ​
Email: gilmorew@bu.edu

Winnie Wong (she/hers)
B.S., University of Delaware, 2020
Project Area: Synthesis of Flavonoid Natural Products
​​Email: winniew1@bu.edu

Undergraduate Researchers

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Hongyu Chen (he/his)
Boston University, BA in Chemistry, Expected 2021
Project Area: Synthesis of pyrroloiminoquinone alkaloids
Email: hchen86@bu.edu

Alicia Lau (she/hers)
​Boston University, BA in Chemistry: Biochemistry, Expected 2022
Project Area: Synthesis of dearomatized isoprenylated acylphloroglucinols 
Email: alau22@bu.edu

 

 Kyle Hsu (he/his)
Boston University, BA in Chemistry, Expected 2023
Project Area: Synthesis of dimeric acetophenone natural products
Email: kylehsu@bu.edu