Florence Williams
chemistry
University of Alberta
Canada
Biography
About Me B. S. Chemistry with Honors, New York University Ph. D. Organic Chemistry, UC Irvine Past Research Experience/Mentors: New York University: Prof. Marc Walters, Inorganic chemistry UC Irvine: Prof. Liz Jarvo, Organometallic Chemistry Post-Doctoral Research, Princeton University, Prof. Dorothea Fiedler, Chemical Biology Professional Societies: American Chemical Society Canadian Chemical Society.
Research Interest
Our research utilizes synthetic chemistry with biochemical techniques to investigate the mechanism of activity of various neurotrophic natural products. Strategies include obtaining derivatives of these natural products, which can serve as mechanistic probes, as well as developing new tool reactions that can be used in living cellular systems. Our area of research spans traditional synthetic chemistry, organometallic catalysis, and chemical biology.
