Jared Lowe Email & Phone Number

Wilmington, Delaware, United States

• Synthesized 12 new nitrene precursors through rational design, improving yields for organocatalytic benzylic C–H amination• Synthesized 10 vinylazaarenes via C–C cross coupling for novel Diels-Alder cycloadditions and computationally modeled the mechanism, supporting trends in selectivity• Synthesized substrates and helped optimize a highly selective amine catalyzed C–H hydroxylation, assessing functional group tolerance and producing final product on gram scale • Initiated and led weekly group discussions among 10 group members to troubleshoot and advance projects• Trained and mentored 5 graduate students and 1 undergraduate in lab

• Completed formal training in synthetic organic chemistry with a specialization in organometallic catalysis and method development• Developed a novel boron-catalyzed C–O reduction method with catechol borane, applied to complex carbohydrates, effective with and without protecting groups • Developed a catalyst-controlled protocol for polysaccharide reduction, dramatically improving selectivity and increasing yields from 50% to 99% by breaking previously unbreakable C–O bonds, determined key intermediates of the mechanism by computational methods and verified by spectroscopy • Applied computational and crystallographic expertise for 5 additional group manuscripts• Performed DFT calculations in transition metal complexes to rationalize selectivity, which led to a collaborative project with Eastman Chemical Company• Taught general, organic, and advanced synthesis courses for freshmen-senior undergraduates

Johnson City, Tennessee, United States

• Characterized 6 novel adducts of rhodium catalysts important for insecticide production• Characterized molybdenum complexes by X-ray for an international collaboration • ETSU Chemistry Department Outstanding Student of the Year (2015)

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Chemistry

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