About Professor Dudley Gregory Dudley was born in Chicago and raised in Miami, FL. He graduated from Florida State University with a B.A. in chemistry in 1995, and he returned to the chemistry department as an assistant professor in 2002. Dr. Dudley received his Ph.D. in organic chemistry from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2000. As a member of Professor Rick L. Danheiser's research lab, he completed the total synthesis of ascochlorin, a densely functionalized phenol natural product, using a vinylketene-based benzannulation reaction in the key step. He also started a synthetic organic literature review series within the department, and he coordinated the MIT Chemistry Outreach Program, in which graduate students travel to local high schools and perform chemistry demonstrations. After leaving MIT, Dr. Dudley conducted postdoctoral research under the guidance of Professor Samuel J. Danishefsky at the Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research in New York City; his work culminated in the total synthesis of the complex diterpene guanacastepene A. Dr. Dudley received graduate fellowships from Boehringer-Ingelheim and Bristol-Myers Squibb, a postdoctoral fellowship from the National Institutes of Health, and the Roche Award for Excellence in Organic Chemistry. In the News: FSU feature article on research in the Dudley Lab (October 2005) Tallahassee Magazine feature on Professor Dudley (November 2006) FSU feature article on our new chemical reagent (March 2007) Recent News: The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry has voted to recommend Prof. Dudley for promotion to the rank of Associate Professor with tenure (Sept 2007). Curriculum Vita Download complete CV in pdf-format Professional Appointments Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL Assistant Professor of Organic Chemistry Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research, New York, NY NIH Postdoctoral Fellow, 2000-2002 Advisor: Professor Samuel J. Danishefsky Education Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry, 2000 Advisor: Professor Rick L. Danheiser Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL B.A. in Chemistry, with Honors, 1995 Advisor: Professor Martin A. Schwartz University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates Program, 1994 Advisor: Professor Richard S. Givens Honors and Awards Faculty Advisor to Alpha Phi Omega (service fraternity), 2007-present FSU Innovator Award, 2007 Featured in Tallahassee Magazine, The New Establishment, 2006 Thieme Publishers Journal Award, 2006 Time Magazine Person of the Year (co-recipient), 2006 James and Ester King Award (FBRP New Investigator Research Grant), 2005 ORAU Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award, 2004 Research Corporation Research Innovation Award, 2004 FSU First-Year Assistant Professor Award, 2003 NIH Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2000-2002 Bristol-Myers Squibb Predoctoral Fellowship, 1999-2000 Roche Award for Excellence in Organic Chemistry, 1999 Boehringer-Ingelheim Predoctoral Fellowship, 1997-1998 MIT Chemistry Outreach Fellowship, 1997 Outstanding Undergraduate in Analytical Chemistry, 1995 National Science Foundation Undergraduate Summer Research Fellowship, 1994 Teaching Experience Founder and Faculty Advisor, FSU Chemistry Outreach Program 2004-present Instructor, General Chemistry 1 (CHM 1045C) 2004, 2005, 2007 Instructor, Honors Organic Chemistry 1 (CHM 2210) 2007 Instructor, Honors Organic Chemistry 2 (CHM 2211) 2008 Instructor, Advanced Organic Chemistry - Reactions (CHM 5226) 2002-2006