Associate Professor

Specialty

Organic Chemistry

Education

B.S. Chemistry - Cal State Fullerton - 1993
PhD University of California, Davis - 1998

Office: Faculty Offices East (Bldg. 25) - 238

Phone: (805) 756-2796

E-Mail: ekantoro@calpoly.edu

Website: http://chemweb.calpoly.edu/ekantoro/

Research Interests

• Organic synthesis, synthetic methodology
• Radical-mediated construction of medium-sized rings and multicyclic systems; stereoselective radical reactions
• Synthesis of bioactive natural products and analogues
• Application of polymers in organic synthesis
• Natural product isolation/structure elucidation
• Pedagogical innovation using modern technology