Michael A. Kerr
Professor of Chemistry
Department of Chemistry, University of Western Ontario
London ON N6A 5B7
Office: ChB 219; Laboratories: ChB 213, 217
Tel: 519-661-2111 ext: 86354 (lab ext: 86335, 86390)
E-mail: makerr at uwo.ca
B.Sc. University of Waterloo (V. Snieckus)
Ph.D. University of Hawaii (M. A. Tius)
PDF Scripps Research Institute (K.C. Nicolaou)
Curriculum Vitae (PDF)
Mike Emmett (Ph. D. candidate)
Start date: 2009
Contact: memmett at uwo.ca
Lab/office: ChB 217
Hometown: Brantford, ON
B. Sc. Western Ontario (M. A. Kerr)
Summary of research:
Ring-opening reactions of cyclopropanes by indoles
Huck Grover (Ph. D. candidate)
Start date: 2010
Contact: hgrover2 at uwo.ca
Lab/office: ChB 217
Hometown: Hamilton, ON
B. Sc. Wilfrid Laurier (S. MacNeil)
Summary of research:
Tandem cyclopropane ring-opening/conia-ene reactions
Will Humenny (M. Sc. candidate)
Start date: 2010
Contact: whumenny at uwo.ca
Lab/office: ChB 213
Hometown: Kingsville, ON
B. Sc. Western Ontario (J. F. Corrigan)
Summary of research:
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Polydoros Kyriacou (M. Sc. candidate)
Start date: 2011
Contact: pkyriaco at uwo.ca
Lab/office: ChB 213
Hometown: Niagara Falls, ON
B. Sc. Western Ontario (M. A. Kerr)
Summary of research:
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Katarina Sapeta (Ph. D. candidate)
Start date: 2006
Contact: ksapeta at uwo.ca
Lab/office: ChB 213
Hometown: Brampton, ON
B. Sc. Western Ontario (M. A. Kerr)
Summary of research:
Annulations of cyclopropanes and 2-chloromethyl allylsilanes
Total synthesis of tronocarpine
Erin Armstrong (4th Year B. Sc. Hons. thesis project, UWO)
Lab/office: ChB 217
Wendy Jang (4th Year B. Sc. Hons. thesis project, UWO)
Lab/office: ChB 217
Bryan Landschoot (4th Year B. Sc. Hons. thesis project, UWO)
Lab/office: ChB 213
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Martyn Brown, (1999-2000)
Current position: Dalton Chemicals, Toronto ON.
Mike Johansen, Ph.D (2006-2010)
B. Sc. (Western)
Current position: Apotex.
Terry P. Lebold, Ph.D (2005-2010)
B. Sc. (Western)
Current position: Post-doctoral fellow with Prof. Richmond Sarpong, UC Berkeley, CA.
Avedis Karadeolian, Ph.D (2005-2010)
B. Sc. (Western)
Current position: Apotex.
Cheryl A. Carson, Ph.D (2004-2009)
B. Sc. (Dalhousie)
Current position: Post-doctoral fellow with Prof. Erik J. Sorensen, Princeton, Princeton NJ.
Andrew B. Leduc, Ph.D (2004-2009)
B. Sc. (UWO)
Current position: Post-doctoral fellow with Prof. Timothy F. Jamison, MIT, Boston MA.
Stephen K. Jackson, Ph.D (2004-2008)
B. Sc. (McGill)
Current position: Post-doctoral fellow with Prof. Tom Pettus, UC Santa Barbara CA.
Dwayne A. Dias, Ph.D (2003-2008)
B. Sc. (Waterloo)
Jakob Magolan, Ph.D (2002-2007)
B. Sc. (Queens)
Current position: Post-doctoral fellow with Prof. Mark Coster, Griffith University, Brisbane Australia.
Ian S. Young, Ph.D (2002-2007)
B. Sc. (Dalhousie)
Previously: Post-doctoral fellow with Prof. Phil S. Baran, TSRI, La Jolla CA.
Current position: Bristol-Myers Squibb
Michael D. Ganton, Ph.D (2002-2007)
B. Sc. (Guelph)
Previously: Post-doctoral fellow with Prof. P. A. Evans, University of Liverpool, Liverpool UK.
Current position: CIPO
Peter V. Zawada, Ph.D (2001-2006)
B. Sc. (Lakehead)
Current position: Univar Canada.
Xiaomei Zheng, M. Sc. (2004-2006)
Current position: Amgen Pharmaceuticals, Boston MA.
Dylan B. England, Ph. D. (2000-2005)
B. Sc. (UWO)
Previously: Post-doctoral fellow with Prof. Albert Padwa, Emory University, Atlanta GA.
Current position: Millenium Pharmaceuticals
Romelo Gibe, Ph. D. (2001-2005)
B. Sc. (Brock), M. Sc. (Windsor)
Previously: Post-doctoral fellow with Prof. K. C. Nicolaou, TSRI, La Jolla CA.
Justin L. Williams, M. Sc. (2003-2005)
B. Sc. (UNB)
Previously: Amgen Pharmaceuticals, Boston MA.
Scott C. Banfield, Ph. D. (1999-2004)
B. Sc. (Acadia)
Previously: Post-doctoral fellow with Prof. T. Hudlicky, Brock University, St. Catherines ON.
Matt Frizzle, M. Sc. (2001-2003)
B. Sc. (Dalhousie)
Previously: Amgen Pharmaceuticals, Boston MA.
Aaron Kinsman, Ph. D. (1999-2003)
B. Sc. (Acadia), M. Sc. (Waterloo)
Currently: Apotex Pharmachem
Tim Kuss, M. Sc. (1999-2002)
Previously: Pfizer, Ann Arbor MI.
Baye Galligan (2010-2011) - Harvard, Grad School
Stefi Anthonipillai (2010-2011) - University of Toronto, Grad School
Polydoros Kyriacou (2009-2010) - UWO, Kerr Group
Sara Murphy (2009-2010)
Shawn Robinson (2009-2010) - UWO, Puddephatt Group
Michael Emmett (2008-2009) - UWO, Kerr Group
Kirsten Tomlin (2008-2009) - University of Alberta, Grad School
Ashley Hunt (2007-2008) - University of Ottawa, Beauchemin Group
Brandon Lines (2006-2007) - UWO, Workentin Group
Ryan Latimer (2006-2007) - Queens
Katarina Sapeta (2005-2006) - UWO, Kerr Group
Avedis Karadeolian (2004-2005) - UWO, Kerr Group
Tim Leroux (2004-2005) - Medical School, University of Toronto
Andrew Leduc (2003-2004) - UWO, Kerr Group
Terry Lebold (2003-2004) - UWO, Kerr Group
Eli Stoffman (2002-2003) - University of Alberta, Clive Group
Darryl Dixon (2002-2003) - University of Hawaii, Tius Group
Richard Au (2001-2002) - UWO, Puddephatt Group
Ross McLean (2000-2001) - Medical School
Dylan England (1999-2000) - UWO, Kerr Group
Adrienne Pedrech (1999-2000) - Grad School
Michael MacDermott (1999-2000) - Teachers College
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