Seminar Title: New Synthetic Tools for Peptide Medicinal Chemistry
Bio: Steve is a native of Baltimore, Maryland. He attended McDaniel College (2006-2010) where he earned his B.A. in chemistry and biochemistry. During this time, Steve completed summer research at the Aberdeen Proving Ground and Edgewood Chemical & Biological Command. He then moved to Johns Hopkins University (2010-2015) to complete his doctoral studies with Prof. Thomas Lectka, studying synthetic organofluorine chemistry and catalysis. After graduation, Steve traveled to Princeton University (2015-2018) to complete his postdoctoral studies with Prof. David MacMillan as an NIH fellow. In the MacMillan lab, Steve worked in bioorganic chemistry, developing new photocatalytic methods to site-specifically functionalize peptides and proteins. Steve began his independent career at the University of Kansas in 2018 and his group is currently developing new synthetic chemistries for the diversification of peptides. The Bloom lab uses these methods to pioneer several medicinal chemistry projects in various disease areas.
