Education: Ph.D., 2010 – University of Michigan M.S., 2007 – University of Michigan B.S., 2005 – University of Wisconsin, Madison

Design and synthesis of redox-active ligands; new strategies for organometallic catalysis from inexpensive materials; development of new synthetic methods guided by kinetic analysis.

Baxter, R. D.; Liang, Y.; Hong, X.; Brown, T. A.; Zare, R. N.; Houk, K. N.; Baran, P. S.; Blackmond, D. G. ACS Cent. Sci. 2015, 1, 456-462. "Mechanistic Insights into Two-Phase Radical C–H Arylations." Jackson, E. P.; Malik, H. A.; Sormunen, G. J.; Baxter, R. D.; Liu, P.; Wang, H.; Shareef, A.-R.; Montgomery, J. Acc. Chem. Res. 2015, 48, 1736-1745. "Mechanistic Basis for Regioselection and Regiodivergence in Nickel-Catalyzed Reductive Couplings." Haynes, M. T.; Baxter, R. D.; Liu, P.; Houk, K. N.*; Montgomery, J.* J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2014, 136, 17495. “An Experimental and Theoretical Mechanistic Evaluation of Silane-Mediated, Nickel-Catalyzed Aldehyde-Alkyne Reductive Couplings.” Baxter, R. D.; Blackmond, D. G.* Tetrahedron, 2013, 69, 5604. “In-Situ Kinetic Studies of the Trifluoromethylation of Caffeine with Zn(SO2CF3)2.” O’Hara, F.; Baxter, R. D.; O’Brien, A. G.; Collins, M. R.; Dixon, J. A.; Fujiwara, Y.; Ishihara, Y.; Baran, P. S.* Nat. Protoc., 2013, 8, 1042. “Preparation and Purification of Zinc Sulfinate Reagents for Drug Discovery.” Fujiwara, Y.; Dixon, J. A.; O'Hara, F.; Daa Funder, E.; Dixon, D. D.; Rodriguez, R. A.; Baxter, R. D.; Herle, B.; Sach, N.; Collins, M. R.; Ishihara, Y.; Baran, P. S.* Nature, 2012, 492, 95. "Practical, Innate C–H Functionalization of Heterocycles." Baxter, R. D.; Sale, D.; Engle, K. M.; Yu, J-Q.; Blackmond, D. G.* J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2012, 134, 4600. "Mechanistic Rationalization of Unusual Kinetics in Pd-Catalyzed C–H Olefination."