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Amanda Jones is an Associate Professor in the Chemistry Department at Wake Forest University, where she holds an office in Salem Hall. Her research focuses on understanding the mechanisms of gold(I) catalysis, particularly ligand effects on reactivity and stability of gold complexes. She earned her A.B. from Princeton University in 2001 and Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2007, followed by an NIH postdoctoral fellowship at the California Institute of Technology.
- Education:
- A.B., Princeton University, 2001
- Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2007
- NIH Postdoctoral Fellow, California Institute of Technology, 2007-2010
Her research interests include gold-catalyzed alkene activation, ligand design for enhanced catalytic efficiency, and spectroscopic studies of organolithium reactivity. Key areas of investigation involve developing cost-effective gold catalysts and understanding structure-reactivity relationships in gold complexes. Her work bridges mechanistic insights with practical applications in pharmaceutical synthesis.
Dr. Jones has published extensively on gold π-complexes, ligand effects in catalysis, and enantioselective synthesis. She received the NSF Career Award (2014-2019) for her innovative studies on catalytic cascades and sigmatropic rearrangements.
Her lab focuses on synthetic methodology development, with ongoing projects exploring trimetallic systems and tandem reaction cascades. She collaborates on projects involving natural product synthesis and mechanistic NMR studies.
