Contact:

Office: 227Dobo [map]
Voice: (910) 962-2429
FAX: (910) 962-3013
E-mail: morganj@uncw.edu

Office Hours:

(by appointment)

Professional History: Vitae

Research Area:
Research in my group will be focused in the area of organic reaction development.  New transition metal-catalyzed and organocatalytic methods for the synthesis of chiral, non-racemic organic molecules will be pursued. Projects will generally involve catalyst design and development, efforts to understanding the reaction mechanism, and application in bioactive natural product total synthesis.

Representative Publications:
J. Gergely, J. B. Morgan, and L. E. Overman J. Org. Chem. 2006, 71, 9144-9152. “Stereocontrolled Synthesis of Functionalized cis-Cyclopentapyrazolidines by 1,3-Dipolar Cycloaddition Reactions of Azomethine Imines.”

J. B. Morgan, S. P. Miller, and J. P. Morken J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2003, 125, 8702-8703. “Rhodium-Catalyzed Enantioselective Diboration of Simple Alkenes.”

Representative Grants, Fellowships and Awards:

• Cottrell College Science Award, $45,000, 2008-2010.
• Cahill Research Award, $3,000, 2008.
• NIH (GM073312-01) Post-Doctoral Fellow, 2005-2007.
• Eli Lilly Graduate Fellow in Organic Chemistry, 2004.
• Burroughs-Wellcome Fellow in Synthetic Chemistry, 2001.
• Phi Beta Kappa, member since 2000.