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Meet Brett
Assistant Professor, Chemistry
Education
2013 Liberty University, B.S.
2018 Duke University, Ph.D.
2020 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Postdoctoral Research
Courses Taught
Organic Chemistry I and II
Advanced Organic Chemistry
Career Specialties
Brett Hemric specializes in organic synthesis, focusing on reaction development and mechanistic exploration.
Professional and Community Activities
Hemric's interests lie in operationally-simple reaction methodology to access biologically-important scaffolds through novel and intriguing processes. He has published a number of papers on two different approaches to the amino oxygenation of alkenes and has recently published a detailed and comprehensive review of the subject. Hemric is also very involved in the community, supporting chemistry outreach events as well as playing soccer and softball in local leagues.
Honors and Awards
2020 - F32 Postdoctoral Fellowship Finalist (NIH)
2017 - GAANN Teaching Fellowship (US Department of Education)
2017 - Shaffer-Hunnicutt Research Fellowship (Duke University)
2016 - Graduate Travel Award (Duke University)
2016 - Travel Award (ACS Division of Organic Chemistry)
2015-2016 - Burroughs Wellcome Research Fellowship (Duke University)
2015 - Graduate Research Fellowship Honorable Mention (NSF)
2013 - Graduate of the Year in Biochemistry (Liberty University)