Ph.D. Synthetic Organic Chemistry, King's College, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK "Diastereoselective Desymmertrisation of Cyclic meso-Anhydrides and Derivatisation for Use in Natural Product Synthesis" Supervisor: Professor S.V. Ley FRS, CBE. B.A. Chemsitry and Classical Studies, Magna cum Laude, Honors in Chemistry, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA, USA

Research interests include immobilized whole cell engineered enzyme approaches for continuous bioprocessing ("Enz-Flow"), circularly polarized light for generating tunable molecular chirality, and microfluidic syntheses and analytics in microgravity environments.

"Neonicotinoids: Systemic Insecticides and Systematic Failures” Kurwadkar, S.T.*; Evans, A.; Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 2016, DOI: 10.1007/s100128-0161968-3. “Modeling photodegradation kinetics of three systemic neonicotinoids – dinotefuran, imidacloprid and thiomethoxam in aqueous and soil environments” Kurwadkar, S.T.*; Evans, A.; DeWinne, D.; White, P.; Mitchell, F.; Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 2016, DOI: 10.1002/etc.3335. “Understanding Photochirogenesis - Solvent- and Supramolecular Effects on Circular Dichroism and Anisotropy Spectroscopy”, Bredeh?ft, J.H.*; Jones, N.C.; Meinert, C.; Evans, A.C.; Hoffmann, S.V.; Meierhenrich, U.J.; Chirality 2014, 26(8), 373-8; DOI: 10.1002/chir22329. “Photonenergy-controlled Symmetry Breaking with Circularly Polarised Light”, Meinert, C.*; Hoffmann, S.V.; Cassam-Chena?, P.; Evans, A.C.; Giri, C.; Nahon, L.*; Meierhenrich, U.J.; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 53(1), 210-4. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201307855 “Anisotropy Spectroscopy for Chiral Differentiation of Biomolecular Building Blocks”, Evans, A.C.; Jones, N.C.; Meinert, C.; Bredeh?ft, J.H.; Giri, C.; Goesmann, F.; Hoffmann, S.V.; Meierhenrich, U.J.*; Invited Review Top. Curr. Chem. Springer, Berlin; 2013, 341, 271-99; DOI: 10.1007/128_2013_442. “G-Quadruplex and i-Motif Formation Affect Proximal Duplex Stability”, K?nig, S.L.B.; Sigel, R.K.O., Huppert, J.L.; Evans, A.C.*; Nucl. Acids Res. 2013, 41(15), 7453-61; DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkt476. “Synthesis and Chirality of Amino Acids under Interstellar Conditions”, Giri, C.; Goesmann, F.; Meinert, C.; Evans, A.C.; Meierhenrich, U.*; Invited Review Top. Curr. Chem., 2013, 333, 41-82; Springer, Berlin; DOI: 10.1007/128_2012_367. “Photochemical Synthesis, Chirality and Detection of Amino Acids in Interstellar Ice Analogues and Comets”, Evans, A.C.; Meinert, C.; Giri, C.; Goesmann, F.; Meierhenrich, U.*; Chem. Soc. Rev., Advanced Article; 2012, 41, 5447-5458, DOI: 10.1039/C2CS35051C. “The Use of Nucleophilic Oligonucleotides to Carry Out Acyl-Transfer Reactions Under Physiological Conditions”, McKee, M.; Evans, A.C.; Gerrard, S.R.; Stulz, E.*; O'Reilly, R.K.*; Turberfield, A.*; Org. Biomol. Chem., 2011, 9, 1661-1666, DOI: 10.1039/C0OB00753F. “Organocatalytic Tunable Amino Acid Polymers Prepared by Controlled Radical Polymerisation”, Evans, A.C.; Lu, A.; Ondeck, C.; Longbottom, D.A.*; O’Reilly, R.K.*; Macromolecules, 2010, 43(15), 6374-6380, DOI: 10.1021/ma1008447. “Seven Essential Questions on G-Quadruplexes”, K?nig, S.L.B.; Evans, A.C.; Huppert, J.L.*; Biomolecular Concepts, 2010, 1(2), 197-213, DOI: 10.1515/BMC.2010.011. "Functional and Tuneable Polymers Prepared by RAFT Polymerisation of Polystyrenes”, Evans, A.C.; Skey, J.; Wright, M.; Xu, W.-J.; Ondeck, C.; Longbottom, D.A.*; O’Reilly, R.K.*; J. Polym. Sci. Part A: Polym. Chem., 2009, 47 (24), 6814-6826, DOI: 10.1002/pola.23721. “Highly Diastereoselective Desymmetrisation of Mono-, Bi- and Tricyclic meso-Anhydrides Using a Weinreb Amide Chiral Auxiliary and Application to Natural Product Synthesis”. Evans, A.C.; Longbottom, D.A.; Matsuoka, M.; Davies, J.E.; Turner, R.; Franckevicius, V.; Ley, S.V.* Org. Biomol. Chem., 2009, 7, 747-760, DOI: 10.1039/b813494d. “Highly Diastereoselective Desymmetrisation of Cyclic meso-Anhydrides and Derivatisation to Mono-protected 1,4-Diols”. Evans, A.C.; Longbottom, D.A.; Matsuoka, M.; Ley, S.V.* Synlett. 2005, 646-648; DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-862393. “Phenacenes: A Family of Graphite Ribbons. 2. Syntheses of some [7]Phenacenes and an [11]Phenacene by Stilbene-like Photocyclizations”. Mallory, F.B.*; Butler, K.B.; Evans, A.C.; Brondyke, E.J.; Mallory, C.W.; Yang, C.; Ellenstein, A.J. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1997, 119, 2119-2124; DOI: 10.1021/ja963418. “Phenacenes: A Family of Graphite Ribbons. 1. Syntheses of some [7]Phenacenes by Stilbene-like Photocyclizations”. Mallory, F.B.*; Butler, K.E.; Evans, A.C.; Mallory, C.W. Tetrahedron Lett. 1996, 40, 7173-7176; DOI: 10.1016/0040-4039(96)01618-8.