Neal Yakelis
Professor of Chemistry
- Professional
Education
- NIH Kirschstein Fellow, University of California Berkeley, 2003-2005
- Ph.D., Chemistry, University of Michigan, 2003
- B.S., Chemistry, Spanish minor, Allegheny College, 1997
Areas of Emphasis or Expertise
- Diels-Alder and retro-Diels-Alder reactions
- Synthesis and reactions of substituted N-hydroxyureas
- Drug-polymer conjugation
- Antimicrobial natural products
- Green chemistry
Selected Articles
- Boydston, A., Church, D., Kensy, V., Peterson, G., Yakelis, N. "Investigation of the dynamic nature of 1,2- oxazines derived from peralkylcyclopentadiene and nitrosocarbonyl species." Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry Vol. 14, 2016: 5617-5621.
Professional Memberships/Organizations
- American Chemical Society (Organic Division)
- American Chemical Society (Professional Relations Division, Gay and Transgender Chemists and Allies Subdivision)
- National Organization of Gay & Lesbian Scientists and Technical Professionals (NOGLSTP)
- Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR)
- Phi Beta Kappa