Assistant Professor of Chemistry. B. A., 2002, New College of Florida. Ph. D., 2006, University of Georgia. NIH Postdoctoral Fellow 2006-2010, University of California, Los Angeles. Computational/Physical/Organic Chemistry. Non-covalent interactions, organocatalysis, computational thermochemistry.

Catalysis/Supramolecular Chemistry/Theoretical Chemistry

Computational Quantum Chemistry Physical Chemistry Organic Chemistry

S. E. Wheeler and J. W. G. Bloom, "Toward a More Complete Understanding of Noncovalent Interactions Involving Aromatic Rings", J. Phys. Chem. A 118, 6133 (2014). Y. An, R. K. Raju, T. Lu, and S. E. Wheeler, "Aromatic Interactions Modulate the 5'-Base Selectivity of the DNA-binding Autoantibody ED-10", J. Phys. Chem. B 118, 5653 (2014). T. Lu and S. E. Wheeler, "Quantifying the Role of Anion-π Interactions in Anion-π Catalysis", Org. Lett. 16, 3268 (2014). S. E. Wheeler and J. W. G. Bloom, "Anion-π Interactions and Positive Electrostatic Potentials of N-Heterocycles Arise from the Positions of the Nuclei, not Changes in the π-electron Distribution", Chem. Commun. 50, 11118 (2014). T. Lu and S. E. Wheeler, "Origin of the Superior Performance of (Thio)Squaramides over (Thio)Ureas in Organocatalysis", Chem. Eur. J. 19, 15141 (2013). S. E. Wheeler, "Understanding Substituent Effects in Non-Covalent Interactions Involving Aromatic Rings", Acc. Chem. Res. 46, 1029 (2013). T. Lu, M. A. Porterfield, and S. E. Wheeler, "Explaining the Disparate Stereoselectivities of N-Oxide Catalyzed Allylations and Propargylations of Aromatic Aldehydes", Org. Lett. 14, 5310 (2012). T. Lu, R. Zhu, Y. An, and S. E. Wheeler, "Origin of Enantioselectivity in the Propargylation of Aromatic Aldehydes Catalyzed by Helical N-Oxides", J. Am. Chem. Soc. 134, 3095 (2012). J. W. G. Bloom and S. E. Wheeler, "Taking the Aromaticity out of Aromatic Interactions", Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 50, 7847 (2011). S. E. Wheeler, "Local Nature of Substituent Effects in Stacking Interactions", J. Am. Chem. Soc. 133, 10262 (2011).