Amanda M. Canfield Ph.D.
Amanda is a technical specialist in the Intellectual Property & Technology Practice. Her areas of scientific experience include organic chemistry, catalysis, synthetic methodology development, organometallic chemistry, as well as heterocycle and bioisostere synthesis.
Amanda earned her Ph.D. in organic chemistry at the University of Rochester. Her dissertation focused on “Transition Metal-Catalyzed Methodologies for Direct Access to Heterocycles.” She is an author on multiple peer-reviewed publications and presented her research at several national conferences.
In 2023, Amanda gained industrial experience at Merck & Co., Inc, in the Merck Chemistry Future Talent Program, where she worked in the discovery chemistry group. During her time there, she completed work and published a paper on “Library-Friendly Synthesis of Bicyclo[1.1.1]pentane-Containing Sulfonamides via a Transition Metal-Free Three-Component Reaction.”
Amanda regularly presents for numerous organizations on organic chemistry-centered topics, including:
- Presenter and Poster, Merck Future Talent Conference (Merck Research Laboratories, Boston, MA), “Direct access to sulfonamides from bicyclo[1.1.1]pentane-containing tosylhydrazones,” August 2023
- Poster, ACS Northeast Regional Meeting 2023 Chemistry: Crossing Intersections (Northeastern University, Boston, MA) “Copper-Catalyzed Oxidative Free-Radical Cyclization of Olefins,” June 2023
- Presenter, ACS Spring 2023 Crossroads of Chemistry (Indianapolis, IN), “Convergent Synthesis of Dihydrobenzofurans via Urea Ligand-Enabled Heteroannulation of 2-Bromophenols with 1,3-Dienes,” March 2023
- Presenter, Pfizer Organic Chemistry Connect (Virtual), “Convergent Synthesis of Dihydrobenzofurans via Urea Ligand-Enabled Heteroannulation,” November 2022
- Poster, Empowering Women in Organic Chemistry Conference (Boston, MA), “Convergent Synthesis of Dihydrobenzofurans via Urea Ligand-Enabled Heteroannulation of 2-Bromophenols with 1,3-Dienes,” June 2022
- Poster, ACS Rochester Chapter Undergraduate Research Symposium (SUNY Brockport, Brockport, NY), “Ring Opening of Chalcone Epoxides in a Lewis Acidic Ionic Liquid: A Green Synthetic Method,” April 2018
- Poster, ACS 255th National Meeting & Exposition (New Orleans, LA), “Ring Opening of Chalcone Epoxides in a Lewis Acidic Ionic Liquid: A Green Synthetic Method,” March 2018
Recognitions
- University of Rochester Department of Chemistry Travel Award, 2023
- NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program Honorable Mention, 2021
- St. John Fisher University Science Scholar, 2017 - 2019
- Glossner Family Scholarship, 2015 - 2019
- St. John Fisher University Trustee Scholarship, 2015 - 2019
- Rochester Section ACS Undergraduate Travel Grant, 2018
- St. John Fisher University Student Scholar Travel Fund Grant, 2018
- St. John Fisher University Summer Science Fellow, 2017
News & Insights
Highlights
- ArticleLibrary-Friendly Synthesis of Bicyclo[1.1.1]pentane-Containing Sulfonamides via a Transition Metal-Free Three-Component Reaction
- ArticleDienes as Versatile Substrates for Transition Metal-Catalyzed Reactions
ArticleCopper-Catalyzed Aerobic Aminooxygenation of Cinnamyl N-Alkoxycarbamates via Substrate-Promoted Catalyst Activation