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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


Polydoros Kyriacou (Ph. D. candidate)
Start date: 2011
Contact: pkyriaco at uwo.ca
Lab/office: ChB 217
Hometown: Niagara Falls, ON
B. Sc. Western Ontario (M. A. Kerr)

Joanne E. Curiel Tejeda (Ph. D. candidate)
Start date: 2013
Contact: jcurielt at uwo.ca
Lab/office: ChB 217
Hometown: Stoney Creek, ON
B. Sc. Brock University (T. Dudding)

Matthew Vriesen (M. Sc. candidate)
Start date: 2014
Contact: mvriesen at uwo.ca
Lab/office: ChB 210
Hometown: Windsor, ON
B. Sc. Western Ontario (M. A. Kerr)

Lauren Irwin (Ph. D. candidate)
Start date: 2015
Contact: lirwin7 at uwo.ca
Lab/office: ChB 210
Hometown: Burlington, ON
B. Sc. Western Ontario (M. A. Kerr)

Mathew Piotrowski (M. Sc. candidate)
Start date: 2015
Contact: mpiotro4 at uwo.ca
Lab/office: ChB 217
Hometown: London, ON
B. Sc. Western Ontario (M. A. Kerr)

Undergraduate Students

Meredith Allen (4th Year B. Sc. Hons. thesis project, UWO)
Lab/office: ChB 210

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Group Alumni

Post-doctoral Fellows

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

Graduate Students

Huck Grover, Ph. D (2010-2014)
B. Sc. (Wilfrid Laurier)
Current position: Post-doctoral fellow with Prof. Tom Maimone, UC Berkeley, California.

Mike Emmett, Ph. D (2009-2014)
B. Sc. (Western)
Current position: Post-doctoral fellow with Prof. Derek Schipper, University of Waterloo.

Bryan Landschoot, M. Sc.(2012-2014)
B. Sc. (Western)
Current position: Accucaps.

Michelle Flisar, M. Sc.(2012-2014)
B. Sc. (Wilfrid Laurier)
Current position: Nestle.

Will Humenny, M. Sc.(2010-2012)
B. Sc. (Western)
Current position: B. Eng., Western Engineering.

Mike Johansen, Ph.D (2006-2010)
B. Sc. (Western)
Current position: Apotex.

Terry P. Lebold, Ph.D (2005-2010)
B. Sc. (Western)
Current position: Janssen, San Diego, 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: Eli Lilly

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

Mathew Piotrowski (2014-2015) - UWO, Kerr Group

Lauren Irwin (2014-2015) - UWO, Kerr Group

Jacob Lacharity (2014-2015) - UC Santa Barbara, Zakarian Group

Matthew Vriesen (2013-2014) - UWO, Kerr Group

Sharon Michalak (2013-2014) UC Irvine, Vanderwal Group

Anthony Plommer (2012-2013)

Erin Armstrong (2011-2012) - UWO, Kerr Group

Bryan Landschoot (2011-2012) - UWO, Kerr Group

Wendy Jang (2011-2012)

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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