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Eleanor
Vance
Senior
Research
Chemist
C ONTAC T
+1 (510) 555-0192
evance
@
berkeley
.
edu
Berkeley
,
CA
94720
linkedin
.
com
/
in
/
evance
ED UC AT ION
UC
Berkeley
Ph
.
D
.
in
Organic
Chemistry
2018 – 2023
Massachusetts
Institute
of
Tech
.
B
.
Sc
.
in
Chemistry
2014 – 2018
C OR E
S KIL L S
Organic
Synthesis
Chromatography
(
HPLC
,
GC
-
MS
)
NMR
Spectroscopy
Computational
Chem
. (
DFT
,
MD
)
Python
for
Chemoinformatics
T EC H NIC AL
T OOL S
RDKit
PyTorch
AutoDock
AMBER
Gaussian
Schrödinger
ChemDraw
SciFinder
ELNs
L ANG UAG ES
English
(
Native
)
German
(
Professional
)
PR O F E S S I O N AL
S U M M AR Y
R
&
D
chemist
with
6+
years
of
experience
in
organic
synthesis
and
computational
drug
discovery
.
Proven
track
record
of
developing
scalable
synthetic
routes
for
complex
small
molecules
,
leading
cross
-
functional
teams
,
and
delivering
high
-
impact
publications
.
Passionate
about
leveraging
machine
learning
to
accelerate
reaction
discovery
and
optimization
.
E XPE R I E N C E
Postdoctoral
Researcher
—
UC
Berkeley
&
Lawrence
Livermore
National
Lab
2023 –
Present
Graduate
Research
Assistant
—
UC
Berkeley
2018 – 2023
Chemistry
Intern
(
Process
R
&
D
)
—
Merck
&
Co
.,
Rahway
,
NJ
Summer
2021
S E L E C T E D
PU B L I C AT I O N S
Vance
,
E
.,
Chen
,
T
., &
Hartwig
,
J
.
F
.
"
Scalable
Synthesis
of
Atropisomeric
Biaryls
via
Pd
-
Catalyzed
Dynamic
Kinetic
Developed
an
automated
high
-
throughput
screening
workflow
integrating
Python
scripting
and
robotic
liquid
handlers
,
screening
over
10,000
conditions
for
peptide
macrocyclization
.
–
Collaborated
with
a
team
of
6
researchers
to
elucidate
reaction
mechanisms
using
DFT
calculations
(
Gaussian
16)
and
kinetic
studies
.
–
Co
-
authored
4
peer
-
reviewed
publications
in
high
-
impact
journals
including
JACS
and
Angew
.
Chem
.
Int
.
Ed
.
–
Designed
and
synthesized
a
library
of
50+
novel
chiral
ligands
for
asymmetric
C
–
H
activation
catalysis
.
–
Achieved
a
30%
improvement
in
enantioselectivity
for
a
benchmark
C
–
H
arylation
reaction
through
rational
ligand
design
and
iteration
.
–
Mentored
3
undergraduate
research
students
,
resulting
in
2
co
-
authored
presentations
at
national
ACS
meetings
.
–
Optimized
the
synthesis
of
a
phase
II
clinical
candidate
,
reducing
the
step
count
from
12
to
8
and
increasing
overall
yield
by
22%.
–
Implemented
a
robust
HPLC
-
MS
purification
protocol
that
improved
product
purity
from
94%
to
99.5%.
–
Presented
findings
to
the
senior
leadership
team
,
leading
to
the
adoption
of
the
new
route
for
scale
-
up
.
–
1 / 2
Mandarin
(
Conversational
)
Resolution
."
J
.
Am
.
Chem
.
Soc
. 2025, 147, 1234–1245.
Vance
,
E
.,
Lee
,
J
. &
Sigman
,
M
.
S
.
"
Ligand
-
Enabled
C
–
H
Alkylation
of
Heterocycles
with
High
Regioselectivity
."
Angew
.
Chem
.
Int
.
Ed
. 2024, 63,
e
202318934.
Vance
,
E
. &
Hartwig
,
J
.
F
.
"
Palladium
-
Catalyzed
Dearomative
Cyclization
of
Indoles
."
Chem
.
Sci
. 2023, 14, 7894–7902.
Miller
,
A
.,
Vance
,
E
., &
Toste
,
F
.
D
.
"
Gold
-
Catalyzed
Enyne
Cycloisomerization
:
A
Computational
and
Experimental
Study
."
ACS
Catal
. 2022, 12, 4567–4578.
H O N O R S
&
AWAR DS
NSF
Graduate
Research
Fellowship
Program
(
GRFP
)
2019
ACS
Division
of
Organic
Chemistry
Fellowship
2022
Outstanding
Graduate
Student
Instructor
Award
,
UC
Berkeley
2021
MIT
John
C
.
Bailar
Medal
for
Excellence
in
Undergraduate
Research
2018
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