Education and Work Experience

2006-present Boston College, Dept. of Chemistry
Assistant Professor of Chemistry

2004-2006 Harvard University, Dept. of Chemistry
Postdoctoral Research
Professor Eric N. Jacobsen, advisor
Development of a bifunctional urea catalyst for the enantioselective allylation of hydrazones.

1999-2004 University of California, Berkeley, Dept. of Chemistry
Degree awarded: Ph.D.
Professors Jonathan A. Ellman and Robert G. Bergman, advisors
Thesis Title: Functionalization of heterocycles via C-H bond activation

March-June 2003 Pfizer Company, La Jolla, CA
Internship
Dr. Michael Collins, advisor
Synthesis of novel cancer therapeutics.

1995-1999 University of Virginia, Dept. of Chemistry
Degree awarded: B.S. in Chemistry specialization in Biochemistry
Professor W. Dean Harman, advisor
Development of an osmium-mediated asymmetric Diels-Alder reaction Synthesis of epibatidine derivatives as analgesics.

Summer 1996 Streiltz Institute
Internship

Awards and Fellowships

2004 National Institutes of Health Postdoctoral Fellowship
2002 American Chemical Society-Division of Organic Chemistry
2001 Bristol-Meyers Squibb Fellowship 1999 Award for Chemistry Excellence
1998 Research Experience for Undergraduates Fellowship

Presentations

Annulation of Alkenyl-Substituted Heterocycles via C-H Bond Activation. K. L. Tan, R. G. Bergman, J. A. Ellman. 222nd National American Chemical Society Meeting-Chicago. Fall 2001 (presentation)

Functionalization of Heterocycles via C-H Bond Activation. K. L. Tan, R. G. Bergman, J. A. Ellman. Bristol-Meyers Squibb Symposium. Spring 2002 (presentation)

Functionalization of Heterocycles via C-H Bond Activation. K. L. Tan, R. G. Bergman, J. A. Ellman. Robert Bergman 2002 Birthday Symposium. Summer 2002 (presentation)

Intra- and Intermolecular Coupling of Alkenes to Heterocycles via C-H Bond Activation. K. L. Tan, R. G. Bergman, J. A. Ellman. 38th National Organic Symposium-Bloomington, IN Spring 2003 (poster session)