Christopher R. Shugrue, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
University of Richmond
Education & Training:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
NIH Postdoctoral Fellowship (2019-2021)
Advisor: Prof. Bradley Pentelute
Project: Programing specific reactivity into peptide sequences for the site-selective modifications of proteins.
Yale University
Ph.D. in Chemistry (2013-2019)
Advisor: Prof. Scott Miller
Dissertation: Exploration of Phosphothreonine (pThr)-Embedded Peptides as Brønsted Acid Catalysts for Stereoselective Catalysis
College of the Holy Cross
B.A. in Chemistry, Summa Cum Laude (2009-2013)
Advisor: Prof. Brian Linton
Dissertation: Thiourea Derivatives in Stereoselective and Regioselective Synthesis
University of Texas at Austin
NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)
Advisor: Prof. Stephen Martin
Dissertation: Investigation of asymmetric halonium-induced cyclizations
catalyzed by BINOL-derived bifunctional catalysts.
Funding:
- ACS Petroleum Research Fund – 2023-2025
- Ruth L. Kirschstein Postdoctoral Individual National Research Service Award – MIT, 2019-2021
- NSF Graduate Research Fellowship – Yale, 2014-2018
- NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates – UT Austin, 2021
- Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation Summer Research Fellowship – Holy Cross, 2011
Honors:
- Richard Wolfgang Prize: awarded for best doctoral dissertation in chemistry – Yale, 2019
- New England Division of American Institute of Chemists Foundation Award – Holy Cross, 2013
- ACS Division of Organic Chemistry Undergraduate award: Holy Cross, 2013
- ACS Undergraduate award in Analytical Chemistry: Holy Cross, 2012
- ACS POLYED Undergraduate award for Achievement in Organic Chemistry; Holy Cross, 2011
- College of the Holy Cross Honors Program, 2010-2013
- Charles A. Dana Scholarship: Holy Cross, 2010-2013
Professional Memberships:
- American Chemical Society
- Phi Beta Kappa – inducted 2012
- Alpha Sigma Nu – inducted 2012