Neal Yakelis, Ph.D.
Professor of Chemistry
Phone: 253-535-7554
Email: yakelina@plu.edu
Office Location: Rieke Science Center - 250
Office Hours: (On Campus) Mon: 2:00 pm - 3:40 pm (On Campus) Tue: 2:00 pm - 3:40 pm (On Campus) Thu: 3:00 pm - 4:15 pm (On Campus) Mon - Fri: By Appointment
- Professional
Additional Titles/Roles
- Chair of Faculty
Education
- NIH Kirschstein Fellow, University of California Berkeley, 2003-2005
- Ph.D., Chemistry, University of Michigan, 2003
- B.S., Chemistry, Spanish minor, Allegheny College, 1997
Areas of Emphasis or Expertise
- Diels-Alder and retro-Diels-Alder reactions
- Synthesis and reactions of substituted N-hydroxyureas
- Drug-polymer conjugation
- Antimicrobial natural products
- Green chemistry
Responsibilities
CHEM 115: General Chemistry I with Laboratory
CHEM 116: General Chemistry II with Laboratory
CHEM 331: Organic Chemistry I
CHEM 333: Organic Chemistry I Laboratory
CHEM 332: Organic Chemistry II
CHEM 334: Organic Chemistry II Laboratory
CHEM 336: Organic Special Projects Laboratory
CHEM 410: Introduction to Research
CHEM 420: Instrumental Analysis
CHEM 440/487: Advanced Organic Chemistry, Advanced Special Topics
CHEM 499: Chemistry Senior Capstone
PLU Pre-Health Sciences Advising Team
Selected Articles
- Boydston, A., Church, D., Kensy, V., Peterson, G., Yakelis, N. "Investigation of the dynamic nature of 1,2- oxazines derived from peralkylcyclopentadiene and nitrosocarbonyl species." Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry Vol. 14, 2016: 5617-5621.
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