Jennifer Schomaker

Jennifer Schomaker is an American chemist who is a professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Her research considers the total synthesis of natural and unnatural products. She was selected as an American Chemical Society Arthur C. Cope Scholar Awardee in 2021.

Jennifer Schomaker
Born
Michigan
Alma materMichigan State University
Central Michigan University
Saginaw Valley State University
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison
University of California, Berkeley
ThesisOxidative lactonization and its application to the total synthesis of (+)-tanikolide, the ylide-mediated homologative ring expansion of epoxides and aziridines in the synthesis of heterocycles and the total syntheses of haterumalide NA and haterumalide NC via a chromium-mediated coupling reaction (2006)

Early life and education

Schomaker grew up in Michigan.[1] She was an undergraduate student in chemistry at Saginaw Valley State University.[1] During her studies she worked at the Dow Chemical Company, where she developed biocatalytic methods.[2] She moved to Central Michigan University, where she completed a master's degree under the supervision of Thomas Delia. Her master's research involved the synthesis of aniline derivatives of trihalopyrimidines.[3] She completed her master's research whilst raising two young daughters.[1] After graduating, Schomaker moved to Michigan State University, where she joined the research group of Babak Borhan. For her doctorate she studied the synthesis of (+)-tanikolide and haterumalide NA.[4]

Research and career

Schomaker moved to the University of California, Berkeley as a postdoctoral researcher with Robert G. Bergman.[1] Her postdoctoral research identified new modes of reactivity in cobalt dinitrosoalkane complexes.[1]

In 2009, Schomaker joined the faculty at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.[1] Her initial research involved densely functionalized, stereochemically complex amine-containing natural products.[2][5] At [UW–Madison, Schomaker focused on the synthesis of natural and unnatural products, as well as the design of catalysts for tunable, chemo-, regio-, and enantioselective C-H amination reactions.[1][6]

Awards and honors

Selected publications
  • Schomaker JM; Delia TJ (1 October 2001). "Arylation of halogenated pyrimidines via a Suzuki coupling reaction". The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 66 (21): 7125–7128. doi:10.1021/JO010573+. ISSN 0022-3263. PMID 11597240. Wikidata Q43763943.
  • Jared W Rigoli; Cale D Weatherly; Juliet M Alderson; Brian T Vo; Jennifer M Schomaker (11 November 2013). "Tunable, chemoselective amination via silver catalysis". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 135 (46): 17238–17241. doi:10.1021/JA406654Y. ISSN 0002-7863. PMC 4492479. PMID 24187997. Wikidata Q41370449.
  • Juliet M Alderson; Alicia M Phelps; Ryan J Scamp; Nicholas S Dolan; Jennifer M Schomaker (19 November 2014). "Ligand-controlled, tunable silver-catalyzed C-H amination". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 136 (48): 16720–16723. doi:10.1021/JA5094309. ISSN 0002-7863. PMC 4277762. PMID 25386769. Wikidata Q43082425.

References
  1. "Jennifer M. Schomaker". Schomaker Research Group. Retrieved 2021-09-28.
  2. "Interview with Jennifer M. Schomaker". Organic Chemistry Frontiers. 7 (3): 442–444. 2020. doi:10.1039/C9QO90111F. S2CID 241617017.
  3. Schomaker, Jennifer M (1998). Synthesis of aniline derivatives of 2,4,6-trihalopyrimidines: compounds with potential biological activity (Thesis). OCLC 49766384.
  4. Schomaker, Jennifer M (2006). Oxidative lactonization and its application to the total synthesis of (+)-tanikolide, the ylide-mediated homologative ring expansion of epoxides and aziridines in the synthesis of heterocycles and the total syntheses of haterumalide NA and haterumalide NC via a chromium-mediated coupling reaction (Thesis). OCLC 212105454.
  5. "ISCR 2020 Webinar Series: Jennifer M. Schomaker | Rennes Institute of Chemical Sciences". iscr.univ-rennes1.fr. Retrieved 2021-09-28.
  6. Kollipara, Puneet. "A Control Knob To Add C–N Bonds". cen.acs.org. Retrieved 2021-09-28.
  7. "Past Fellows | Alfred P. Sloan Foundation". sloan.org. Archived from the original on 2018-03-14. Retrieved 2021-09-28.
  8. "Chemistry's Schomaker receives NSF CAREER Award | College of Letters & Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison". ls.wisc.edu. Retrieved 2021-09-28.
  9. "The Alumni Distinguished Lecturers". www.chemistry.msu.edu. Retrieved 2021-09-28.
  10. Schomaker, Jennifer (2014). "PROFILE: Early Excellence in Physical Organic Chemistry (Jennifer Schomaker)". Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry. 27 (2): 75. doi:10.1002/poc.3264. ISSN 1099-1395.
  11. "Professor Jennifer Schomaker Receives 2014 Rising Star Award". Department of Chemistry. 2013-12-04. Retrieved 2021-09-28.
  12. "Jennifer Schomaker". www.chemistry.msu.edu. Retrieved 2021-09-28.
  13. "2018 Kavli Fellows - News Release". www.nasonline.org. Retrieved 2021-09-28.
  14. "Somorjai Award". miller.berkeley.edu. Retrieved 2021-09-28.
  15. "ACS 2022 national award winners". cen.acs.org. Retrieved 2021-09-28.
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