Daniel Chase

Daniel Chase is an Associate Professor of Chemistry at St. Mary's College of Maryland, affiliated with the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry. He actively mentors students in synthetic organic chemistry research through hands-on laboratory work and exposure to advanced methodologies.

• B.S. in Chemistry, University of Idaho (2005)
• M.S. in Chemistry, University of Oregon (2011)
• Ph.D. in Chemistry, University of Oregon (2011)
• Post Doctoral Fellow, The University of Texas at Austin (2012)

The Chase Lab specializes in two primary research areas: design of asymmetric boron difluorides for developing tunable fluorescent dyes with broad Stokes shifts, and exploration of novel electrophilic carbenes to study small molecule activation. Students engage in comprehensive training covering synthetic reactions, air-free techniques (Schlenk/glove box), structural characterization (NMR, FTIR, UV-Vis, fluorescence, MS, X-ray crystallography), kinetics analysis, and computational modeling of transition states.

While no specific scientific awards or publications are listed in the provided text, Chase emphasizes cultivating student skills in rigorous scientific inquiry and professional development through research participation.