Specialty

Organic Chemistry

Education

B.S. Biochemistry - Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo
PhD Chemistry - University of Coorado, Boulder

Office:

Phone: (805) 756-

E-Mail: kmeisenh@calpoly.edu

Research Interests

• Reactivity profiling of relevant natural products.
  a)   involves synthetic modifications to biologically active natural products
  b)   purification and characterization of the synthetically modified natural products
• Mechanistic studies of thioester hydrolysis
  a)   synthesis of various thioesters and isotopically labeled thioesters
  b)   kinetic studies of thioester hydrolysis by NMR and HPLC
• Development of organic chemistry experiments using flash chromatography