About The Professor
Sarah was born in California in 1974 and raised in Sonoma County. She received her B.S. in Chemistry from the University of California, Berkeley in 1997, where she performed undergraduate research under the direction of Professor James W. Leahy. Sarah has spent the last five years working in the laboratory of Professor Keith A. Woerpel at the University of California, Irvine and expects to complete her Ph.D. in July. Her research at Irvine has focused on understanding the effect of electrostatic interactions in tetrahydropyran oxocarbenium ions on the selectivity of C–glycosylation reactions. More recently, she has attempted to extend her newly discovered element of stereocontrol to iminium ion systems and the synthesis of indole natural products. In her free time, Sarah enjoys the outdoors: backpacking, hiking, and spending time with her dogs. Sarah has been involved in the UCI Chemistry Outreach Program and other chemistry education projects in southern California and is eagerly looking forward to joining the department as an organic chemistry instructor in the fall. Ultimately Sarah plans to continue her career in chemical education as a faculty member at a primarily undergraduate institution.
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