Sha Lou Receives Merck Research Laboratories-Boston 2005-2006 Fellowship
Merck Research Laboratories (MRL)-Boston awarded us a graduate fellowship to support an advanced-year student whose thesis research focuses on organic synthesis. After careful consideration of several outstanding nominees, the recipient of the 2005-2006 MRL-Boston Fellowship is Sha Lou. Sha joined the graduate program in 2002 and is a member of Professor Scott Schaus’s Group. His publications include:
Lou, S.; Westbrook, J. A.; Schaus, S. E. “Decarboxylative Aldol Reactions of Allyl β-Keto Esters via Heterobimetallic Catalysis,” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004, 126, 11440-11441.
Lou, S.; Taoka, M. B.; Ting, A.; Schaus, S. E. “Asymmetric Mannich Reactions of β-Keto Esters with Acyl Imines Catalyzed by Cinchona Alkaloids,” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127, 11256-11257.