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Professor Christina White received her B.A. with highest honors in Biochemistry from Smith College in 1992 and her Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University in 1998. Following her doctoral work, she completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Harvard University and joined the faculty at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2005, having previously joined as a faculty member in 2002. Her research focuses on organic synthesis with an emphasis on discovery through transition-metal mediated reactions, addressing unsolved problems in organic methodology. Her laboratory is dedicated to developing highly selective oxidation methods that facilitate the direct installation of functionalities on complex molecules, aiming to redefine chemical reactivity principles related to C—H bonds. Professor White has received numerous awards for her contributions to synthetic organic chemistry, including the ACS Award in 2018 and has been recognized as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry. She continues to contribute to the field with innovative approaches to synthesis, significantly impacting the way complex molecules are constructed in modern chemistry.
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