Curriculum Vitae

Graduate coursework in physical organic chemistry, chemical biology, nuclear magnetic resonance, mass spectrometry, structural determination, organic mechanisms.
Undergraduate coursework in the chemical sciences (broadly defined), physics, multivariable and vector calculus, linear algebra

UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN—MADISON
Postdoctoral Research Associate January 2026 – July 2026
Advisor: Dr. David Baum
Projects: Discovery of autocatalytic cycles using computational techniques

UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN—MADISON
Graduate Assistant December 2020 – January 2026
Advisor: Dr. Samuel Gellman
Projects: Potential foldamers from ortho-terphenyl amino acids; elucidation of aza-Cannizzaro reaction mechanism; effect of homochirality on liquid-liquid phase separation

WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY
Laboratory Technician January 2020 – July 2020
Advisor: Dr. Jennifer Stockdill
Projects: New linkers for solid-phase peptide synthesis

WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY
Research Assistant June 2019 - January 2020
Advisor: Dr. Sarah Trimpin
Projects: Development of soft ionization techniques for ion mobility and mass spectrometry

WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY
Undergraduate Research Assistant January 2016 - May 2019
Advisor: Dr. David Crich
Projects: Rhamnosyl transferase inhibitors as potential antibiotics against Pseudomonas aeruginosa; hydrogenolysis of benzyl and naphthylmethyl ethers in the presence of sulfides; oxidative deamination of N-acetylneuraminic acid 

Trimpin, S. et al. New Processes for Ionizing Nonvolatile Compounds in Mass
Spectrometry: The Road of Discovery to Current State-of-the-Art. J. Am. Soc.
Mass Spectrom. 2024, 35, 2753-2784. doi: 10.1021/jasms.3c00122

Jarois, D.R.; Schimmelpfennig, L.E.; Gellman, S.H. A New Mechanism for
Formation of Glycine from Glyoxylic acid: the Aza-Cannizzaro Reaction. Chem.
Eur. J. 2024, 30, e202403202. doi: 10.1002/chem.202403202

Inutan, E.; Meher, A.; Karki, S.; Fischer, J.; Imperial, L.; Foley, C.; Jarois, D.R.;
El-Baba, T.J.; Lutomski, C.; Trimpin, S. New MS Concepts for Synthetic
Polymers and Additives Characterization. Rapid Commun in Mass Spectrom.,
2020, 34(S2), e8768. doi: 10.1002/rcm.8768

Inutan, E.; Jarois, D.R.; Lietz, C.; El-Baba, T.J.; Elia, E.; Karki, S.; Sampat, A.;
Foley, C.; Clemmer, D.; Trimpin, S. Comparison of Gaseous Ubiquitin Ion
Structures obtained from a Solid and Solution Matrix Using IMS-MS. Rapid
Commun. in Mass Spectrom., 2020, 35(S1), e8793. doi: 10.1002/rcm.8793

Adero, P.O.; Jarois, D.R.; Crich, D. Hydrogenolytic Cleavage of
Naphthylmethyl Ethers in the Presence of Sulfides. Carbohydrate Research.
2017, 449, 11-16. doi: 10.1016/j.carres.2017.06.011

WiCOR Kickoff Event. Madison, WI. 2024. A New Mechanism for Formation of
Glycine from Glyoxylic Acid. Dean Jarois; Lars Schimmelpfennig; Samuel
Gellman.

Departmental Supergroup Presentation. Madison, WI. 2024. Making Life's Building Blocks. Dean Jarois.

Practical Applications of NMR in Industry Conference. Nashville, TN. 2023.
Adaptation of flow-NMR to heterogeneous reactions. Heike Hofstetter; Dylan
Holst; Dean Jarois; Katarina Targos; Diana Wang.

Graduate Student Faculty Liaison Committee Annual Poster Session. Madison,
WI. 2022. Potential foldamers composed of ortho-terphenyl amino acids. Dean
Jarois; Lars Schimmelpfennig; Adam Kleman; Samuel Gellman.

American Society for Mass Spectrometry Annual Meeting. Atlanta, GA. 2019.
Inlet and Vacuum Ionization for High Speed Mass Spectrometry. Ellen D. Inutan;
Milan Pophristic; Chuping Lee; Frank Yenchick; Eric Davis; Dean Jarois;
Georgios Makris; Robert Roose; Mutanu Mukeku; Charles N. McEwen; Sarah
Trimpin.

Wayne State Undergraduate Research Symposium. Detroit, MI. 2016. Synthesis
of D-Rhamnosyl Transferase Inhibitors for the Treatment of Gram-Negative
Nosocomial Pathogens, especially Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Dean Jarois;
Sandeep Dhanju; David Crich.

• National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship 2020
• Wayne State Analytical Chemistry Award 2019
• Wayne State Dean’s List 2015, 2019
• Wayne State Scholars’ Day Award 2015-2019
• Wayne State Presidential Scholarship 2015-2019
• Intel International Science and Engineering Fair- Finalist 2013

Graduate Teaching Assistant — Organic Chemistry Lab Spring 2021
Graduate Teaching Assistant — Analytical Chemistry and Lab Fall 2020
Private Chemistry Tutor 2013 – 2025
AP Chemistry Review Session Leader January - February 2020
Guest Lecturer – Wayne State University CHM2270 November 2019
Student Teacher – 5th-8th Grade Science August - December 2018

American Chemical Society Chemistry Coach 2019—2022
Middle School Science Demonstrations 2017—Present
Middle School Science Fair Judge 2017, 2018, 2019
Chemistry Demonstrator at the Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation 2014