Research Interests
• natural product synthesis
• natural product biosynthesis
• biomimetic cyclizations
• cascade reactions
• green chemistry
• reaction development
• asymmetric catalysis
• structure, strain, and reactivity of organic molecules

Current Research Students
• Tom Aldrich '12 (joint research with Prof. Maloney)
• Alix Chan '12
• Kim Quach '12
• Jeep Srisuknimit '12
• Katie Hilleke '13
• Brian Fielder '14
• Katherine Muller '14
• Anastasia Patterson '14

• Paul Dossa '06
• Kaitlyn Gray '06
• Martha Cavanaugh-O'Keefe '07
• Frances Hocutt '07
• Kathryn (Poindexter) Scherpelz (Pomona '07)
• Karen (Brown) Morrison '08
• Julian Evans '08 (joint research with Prof. Cave)
• Sam "Bunny" Sobelman '08
• Alison Lee '09
• Jonathan Litz '09
• Ken Loh '09
• Rachel Nishimura '09
• Ryan Pakula '09
• Seanna Vine '09 (joint research with Prof. Cave)
• Terence Wong '09
• Andrew Chung '10
• Helen Fitzmaurice '10
• Chiara Giammanco '10
• Eric Nacsa '10
• Camille Sultana '10
• Athena Anderson '11
• Anna Cunningham '11
• Laura Poindexter '11
• Brigid Poling '11
• Zara Seibel '11
• Kanny Wan '11
• Haley Ham '12
• Mary Van Vleet '12
• Erin Chen (Mt. SAC '11, UCLA '13)
• Cory Evans-Klock '13
• Alex Kreisman (Pitzer '13)
• Bryan Visser '13

Summer 2011 Lab Photo

Top row: Anastasia, Prof. Vosburg, Cory.
Bottom row: Katie, Mary, Erin.

Summer 2010 Microwave Lab Photo

Top: Laura, Prof. Vosburg, Zara.
Bottom: Kanny, Jeep.

Summer 2009 Tie-Dye Lab Photo

Pictured left to right: Andrew, Anna, Kanny, Prof. Vosburg, Eric, Rachel.

Summer 2008 "HMC" Lab Photo

Pictured left to right: Prof. Vosburg, Jonathan, Andrew, Rachel.

Summer 2007 Lab Photo

Top row: Kathryn, Terence.
Bottom row: Karen, Prof. Vosburg, Ken.

Summer 2006 "V" Lab Photo

Pictured left to right: Sam, Kathryn, Helen, Prof. Vosburg.