Iwona Wrona Receives 2005-2006 Novartis Fellowship in Organic Chemistry for Women and Minorities

Iwona Wrona is a fourth year graduate student in James Panek's laboratory.  She graduated with a B.A. in chemistry (cum laude) from the College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA (2002), and she received her M.S. in Chemistry from Boston University (2004).  Iwona is working on the total synthesis of reblastatin.  Her publications include:

Wrona, I. E.; Gabarda, A. E.; Evano, G.; Panek, J. S. “Total Synthesis of Reblastatin”, J . Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127, 15026.

Herrick, R. S.; Wrona, I.; McMicken, N.; Jones, G.; Ziegler, C.; Shaw, J. “Preparation and Characterization of Rhenium(I) Compounds with Amino Ester Derivatized Diimine Ligands. Investigations of Luminescence. Crystal Structures of Re(CO)3Cl(pyca-β-Ala-OEt) and Re(CO)3Cl(pyca-L-Asp(OMe)-OMe)”, J. Organometallic Chemistry 2004, 689,4848.

Herrick, R. S.; Ziegler, C. J.; Bohan, H.; Corey, M.; Eskander, M.; Giguere, J.;
McMicken, N.; Wrona, I. E. “Preparation and Characterization of Molybdenum andTungsten Compounds with Diazabutadiene Ligands Constructed from Amino Esters and Glyoxal. Crystal Structures of meso and C2-symmetric isomers of Mo(CO)4(dabasp(OMe)-OMe”, J. Organometallic Chemistry 2003, 687, 178.

March 2006