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SUMMARY:Strategic Chemical Synthesis with Data Science
LOCATION:Chemistry A101
TZID:America/Denver
DTSTART:20221107T160000
UID:2026-04-16-13-26-04@natsci.colostate.edu
DTSTAMP:20260416T132604
Description:About the Seminar\n\nAdvancing the synthesis of small molecules
  is critical to the advent of new medicines\, materials\, and agrochemical
 s. Our lab has been exploring strategies in chemical synthesis – both i
 n reaction method development and total synthesis – that leverage moder
 n data science techniques. This presentation will share some recent result
 s using informatics to target novel amine–acid coupling reactions\, and 
 algorithms to streamline the total synthesis of alkaloids. Chemical synthe
 sis enabled by data science techniques and automation will be a consistent
  theme of the research.\n\nAbout the Speaker \n\nTim Cernak was born in M
 ontreal\, Canada in 1980. He obtained a B.Sc. in Chemistry from University
  of British Columbia Okanagan and there studied the aroma profile of Chard
 onnay wines. Following PhD training in total synthesis with Prof. Jim Glea
 son at McGill University\, Tim was a FQRNT Postdoctoral Fellow with Trista
 n Lambert at Columbia University. In 2009\, Tim joined the Medicinal Chemi
 stry team at Merck Sharp &amp\; Dohme in Rahway\, New Jersey. There he dev
 eloped technologies for miniaturized synthesis and late-stage functionaliz
 ation. In 2013\, Tim moved to Merck’s Boston site. In 2018\, Dr. Cernak 
 joined the Department of Medicinal Chemistry at the University of Michigan
  in Ann Arbor as an Assistant Professor. The Cernak Lab is exploring an in
 terface of chemical synthesis and data science. Tim is a co-Founder of Ent
 os\, Inc. 4:00 pm
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