Wheeler Computational Chemistry Research Group - Students

Graduate Students

	Yi An B.S. in Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University M.S. Candidate in Chemistry, California State University, Long Beach email: yi.an@chem.tamu.edu
Yi grew up in Nanjing, China and graduated from China Pharmaceutical University in 2007 with a B.S. in Pharmacy. In 2008 he went to California State University, Long Beach to study computational chemistry in the Sorin group. In 2010 he transferred to Texas A&M University and is now a graduate student in the Wheeler group. Here he is studying non-covalent interactions in biological systems, including the origin of sequence selectivity in single-stranded-DNA binding autoantibodies, the recognition of glucose by synthetic lectins, and the binding of nitroarenes by proteins.
	Jacob W. G. Bloom (CV) B.A. in Chemistry and Physics, New College of Florida M.S. in Physical Chemistry, Center for Computational Quantum Chemistry University of Georgia email: jacob.bloom@chem.tamu.edu
Jacob grew up in Falmouth, Massachusetts and graduated from New College of Florida in 2009 with a B.A. in Chemistry and Physics. He completed an M.S. in Physical Chemistry at the Center for Computational Quantum Chemistry at the University of Georgia and is now a graduate student in the Wheeler group at Texas A&M University. His research involves studies of model non-covalent interactions, Ni-catalyzed aryl-aryl cross-coupling reactions, and conjugated polymers.
	Diana Sepúlveda-Camarena B.S. in Chemistry, ITESM - Campus Monterrey, Monterrey, N.L, Mexico email: dsepulveda@chem.tamu.edu
Diana grew up in Cuautitlan Izcalli, Mexico (Mexico City Metro Area) and graduated from Monterrey Tech, Campus Monterrey in 2006 with a B.Sc. in Chemistry. She worked for BASF as a senior researcher for 1.5 years in Apodaca, Mexico and she is now a graduate student in the Wheeler group at Texas A&M University. Her research involves studies of organocatalyzed allylation, propargylation, and Diels-Alder reactions as well as studies of non-covalent interactions in novel organic materials.
	Trevor Seguin B.S. in Chemistry, Central Connecticut State University email: trevor.seguin@chem.tamu.edu
Trevor grew up in New Milford, Connecticut and graduated from Central Connecticut State University in 2012 with a B.S. in Chemistry. He joined the Wheeler group in the Summer of 2012. His research involves the study of non-covalent interactions and other aspects of organocatalysis.

Undergraduate Researcher

	Madison Haas Chemistry major at Texas A&M Office: Chem 1124
Madison grew up in Houston, Texas, and is now attending Texas A&M University as an undergraduate for a B.S. in Chemistry. She is currently working with Ben Rooks on the use of computational chemistry to rationally design organocatalysts for the asymmetric propargylation of aromatic aldehydes.