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Jesus Botello

Undergraduate

Chemistry Student, Senior

Biography:

I am a chemistry undergraduate student at Brigham Young University. I am passionate about becoming a synthetic organic chemist and an educator in the future. I am interested in research and internship opportunities that encompass applications of total synthesis of natural products as well as novel methodology in the medicinal/pharmaceutical chemistry industry.

Publications:
1. Singh, J.; Jones, S. A.; Nelson, T. J.; Botello, J. A.; Castle, S. L. Formal γ-C(sp3)–H Activation of Ketones via Microwave-Promoted and Iminyl-Radical-Mediated 1,5-Hydrogen Atom Transfer. J. Org. Chem. 2023, 88, 14, 10287—10297.

Selected Awards:

ACS Division of Organic Chemistry Summer Undergraduate Research Fellow (ACS DOC- SURF) (Genentech- Sponsored) (Summer 2024)

ACS Leader Scholar Fellow (2024)

Merck-Sponsored American Chemical Society Scholar (2022-Present)

2023 BYU Accessibility Center Banquet Award Scholarship

American Chemical Society Scholar (2021-Present)

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