Jacquelyn Gervay-Hague

Jacquelyn Gervay-Hague is a Professor in the Department of Chemistry at the University of California, Davis. Her research focuses on the chemical synthesis of natural products and glycolipid standards to advance techniques like mass spectrometry, high-performance liquid chromatography, and nuclear magnetic resonance for studying microbial biomarkers in plant-animal symbiosis.

Her work spans chemical biology, organic synthesis, and immunology, with particular emphasis on glycolipid interactions in Helicobacter pylori infections and iNKT cell regulation. She has developed innovative methodologies such as Regioselective Silyl Exchange Technology (ReSET) and Corey–Seebach Umpolung reactions for efficient glycoconjugate synthesis.

Recent publications highlight her contributions to sterol-lipid phase separation, tea production chemistry, and immunomodulatory glycolipids. Her lab's research integrates synthetic chemistry with biological applications to address questions in microbiology, immunology, and cancer biology.