Education:

The Johns Hopkins University, Ph.D., Chemistry, 1988

• Dissertation: Part I: Silicon-promoted ring contractions in the synthesis of carbocyclic spiro compounds. Total synthesis of (-)-solavetivone. Part II: The trimethylsilyl cationic species as a bulky proton. Application to chemoselective dioxolanation.
• Advisor: Prof. Reuben Jih-Ru Hwu.

Ohio University, B.S., Chemistry, 1982