Professor Jon D. Rainier
Department of Chemistry
University of Utah
315 S. 1400 E. Rm 3216
Salt Lake City, UT 84112
Office: (801) 581-4954
Fax: (801) 581-8433
rainier@chem.utah.edu
Education
| B. S. Chemistry, March, 1985, University of California, Irvine, California | |
| M.S. Chemistry, September, 1990, California State University, Long Beach, California | |
| Thesis Title: "A New Tartrate Derived Chiral Auxiliary" | |
| Thesis Advisor: Professor Kensaku Nakayama | |
| Ph. D. Organic Chemistry, October, 1993, University of California, Riverside, California | |
| Dissertation Title: (Chapter 1) "Quinone Methides as Electrophilic Sinks: The Addition of Nucleophiles to and the Reductive Cyclization of Para-Quinone Methides and (Chapter 2) Efforts Toward the Synthesis of the C-Glycoside of Daunomycin and Studies of Tetracyclic Quinone Methides Related to the Anthracyclines." | |
| Dissertation Advisor: Professor Steven R. Angle | |
| Postdoctoral Fellow, 1993-1996, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. | |
| Research Area: Synthetic efforts towards the bioactive indole terpenes Penitrem D and Emindole SA. | |
| Sponsor: Professor Amos B. Smith, III | |
Awards and Honors
| 2008 | Boehringer Ingelheim Lecturer, Ottawa University |
| 2001 | Gencorp Foundation Technology Award for Excellence in Chemical Synthesis |
| 2001 | Novartis Lecturer, Yale University |
| 2000-2004 | National Science Foundation Career Award |
| 1998-2002 | National Institutes of Health (Institute of General Medical Sciences) First Award |
| 1998 | Research Corporation Research Innovation Award |
| 1993-1995 | National Institutes of Health (National Cancer Institute) Postdoctoral Fellowship, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA |
| 1990 | Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, University of California, Riverside, CA |
| 1992-1993 | Graduate Dean's Dissertation Research Grant, University of California, Riverside, CA |