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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)



Graduate Students


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:
tba

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:
tba

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

Undergraduate Students


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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Group Alumni

Post-doctoral Fellows

Martyn Brown, (1999-2000)
Current position: Dalton Chemicals, Toronto ON.

Graduate Students

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.

Undergraduate Students

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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