Seminar: Dr. David Colby (UM Pharmacy) will present “New Methods for the Synthesis of Fluorinated Organic Molecules” to the department.
Dr. Colby received his Doctor of Pharmacy degree at the University of Iowa with Prof. Horacio Olivo and his Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry at UC Irvine under the direction of Prof. Richard Chamberlin. After postdoctoral work with Prof. Dale Boger at the Scripps Research Institute, David began his independent career at Purdue University. He moved to Ole Miss in 2014 where his lab works in the fields of medicinal chemistry, organic synthesis, and natural products.