Emily Tarsis

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Overview

Emily is a patent agent and a former technical specialist with broad research experience in synthetic organic chemistry, including total synthesis, scale-up, and development of new methods for carbon-carbon bond formation. She has also published papers on these topics in the Journal of Organic Chemistry, Organic Letters, and Chemical Communications, among others.

Prior to joining the firm, Emily served as a senior lecturer in the chemistry department at Connecticut College. She previously completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Scripps Research Institute and obtained her Ph.D. in organic chemistry from Duke University.

Overview

Emily is a patent agent and a former technical specialist with broad research experience in synthetic organic chemistry, including total synthesis, scale-up, and development of new methods for carbon-carbon bond formation. She has also published papers on these topics in the Journal of Organic Chemistry, Organic Letters, and Chemical Communications, among others.

Prior to joining the firm, Emily served as a senior lecturer in the chemistry department at Connecticut College. She previously completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Scripps Research Institute and obtained her Ph.D. in organic chemistry from Duke University.

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Education

  • Scripps Research, Postdoctoral Associate, 2012
  • Duke University, Ph.D., 2010, organic chemistry
  • Coastal Carolina University, B.S., summa cum laude, 2004, chemistry 

Bar Admissions

  • U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
  • Co-author, “Utilization of the Thorpe-Ingold Effect in the Synthesis of Cyclooctanoid Rings Systems via Anionic 6-exo-dig Cyclization/Claisen Rearrangement Sequence,” J. Org. Chem., 2020.
  • Co-author, “The Apratoxin Marine Natural Products: Isolation, Structure Determination, and Asymmetric Total Synthesis,” Tetrahedron, 2015.
  • Co-author, “Direct Carbon-Carbon Bond Formation via Soft Enolization: Aldol Addition of α-Halogenated Thioesters,” Chem. Commun., 2011.
  • Co-author, “Overcoming the Limitations of the Baylis-Hillman Reaction: A Rapid and General Synthesis of α-alkenyl β-Hydroxy Thioesters,” Organic Letters, 2008.