Jonah Chang
Assistant Professor
Chemistry, Physics
Biola University
United States of America
Biography
Jonah Chang was born and raised in Canada, but eventually immigrated to Southern California to pursue his doctorate in synthetic organic chemistry at UCLA, continuing as a post-doctoral scholar at UCI. After teaching stints at both UCLA and Santa Monica College, he joined the Christ-centered community at Biola University where he teaches upper and lower division chemistry classes. He maintains a small research group focused on the chemical synthesis of natural products. Jonah and his wife Vivian serve at a local fellowship in Alhambra.
Research Interest
synthesis of natural products
Publications
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"Enantiospecific Formal Total Synthesis of (+)-Fawcettimine," Chang, Jonah J. and Jung, Michael E., Organic Letters, 2010.
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"Total Synthesis of the Proposed Structure of Mycosporulone: Structural Revision and an Unexpected Retro-Aldol/Aldol Reaction, " Chang, Jonah J. and Jung, Michael E., Organic Letters vol 14, pp 4898–4901, 2012.
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"Nickel-Catalyzed Suzuki–Miyaura Cross-Coupling in a Green Alcohol Solvent for an Undergraduate Organic Chemistry Laboratory." , Chang, Jonah J., Garg, Neil K. and Hie, Liana, Journal of Chemical Education, 2014.
