Christopher Check, Ph.D. Email & Phone Number

Chicago, IL, US

Vernon Hills, IL

• Supports new Product Development project teams as the technical lead.
• Serves as the project leader for product development teams.
• Formulates new products following the stage-gate process.
• Supports sales staff and customers by fielding questions and inquires.
• Contributes to the development of intellectual property.

Tuscaloosa, Alabama Area

• Managed multiple research projects simultaneously; developed project plans and managed project team activities.
• Worked with engineers to support new plant development through the design and implementation of experiments to simulate plant processes.
• Studied plant processes and mechanisms for the formation of unwanted byproducts to develop solutions for process optimization.
• Reviewed various process-engineering documents (BFD, PFD, MEB, equipment datasheets, and P&IDs).
• Communicated effectively between clients and managers to further projects.
• Developed new analytical methods for determining processes success.

Evanston, IL

• Developed new planar chiral N-heterocyclic carbenes and demonstrated their utility towards asymmetric organocatalysis and transition metal catalysis.
• Discovered a convergent and efficient synthesis of 2-aryl indoles mediated by N-heterocyclic

• Developed new palladium catalyst systems, specifically in the area of allylic oxidations
• Developed new reaction methodology in the area of palladium catalysis
• Discovered new reaction pathways in palladium catalysis
• Synthesized complex organic molecules
• Mentored incoming graduate students and undergraduates

Organic Chemistry Labs

• Effectively taught recitation for faculty in the sophomore organic sequence
• Instructed undergraduates in the organic chemistry laboratory sequence
• Aided in the development of exams and quizzes

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Organic Chemistry

B.S., Chemistry