Draft:Justine Degruyter

Justine N. deGruyter is an Organic Chemistry professor at Texas A&M University. Dr. deGruyter earned a Bachelor's of Science from New Mexico State University. After, she earned her PhD in Organic Chemistry from The Scripp's Research Institute in 2019. She also participated in the NSF graduate research fellowship where she co-authored 12 publications and won 5 awards. deGruyter joined Texas A&M University's faculty in 2019, where she worked in the Biochemistry and Biophysics department. Her research focuses on intradisciplinary science communication, the advancement of underrepresented minority students, and making chemistry accessible to everyone.

Biography
Previously, Dr. deGruyter spent nearly two decades training in musical theater and performing arts. She then began her studies at New Mexico State University in order to obtain her Bachelor's of Science. Dr. deGruyter went forward to obtain her Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from the Scripp's Research Institute in 2019 under Professor Phil S. Baron. During her studies, she was also part of an NSF graduate research fellowship, where her focus was in the synthesis and modifications of drug-like biomolecules. Dr. deGruyter joined Texas A&M University in 2019 by working for the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics as an administrative postdoctoral associate and a Graduate Program Coordinator. She continues her work at the university as an Organic Chemistry lecturer and maintains a focus on innovating her classroom.

Recognition
5 awards and one patent

== Selected Publications ==


 * Vantourout, J. C.; Adusumalli, S. R.; Knouse, K. W.; Flood, D.; Padial, N. M.; Israte, A.; Maziarz, K.; deGruyter, J. N.; Merchant, R. R.; Ramirez, A.; Qiao, J.; Schmidt, M. A.; Deery, M. J.; Eastgate, M. D.; Dawson, P. E.; Bernardes, G. J. L.; Baran, P. S. Serine selective bioconjugation. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 17236. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c05595.
 * Kawamata, Y.; Vantourout, J. C.; Hickey, D. P.; Bai, P.; Chen, L.; Hou, Q.; Qiao, W.; Barman, K.; Edwards, M. A.; Garrido-Castro, A. F.; deGruyter, J. N.; Nakamura, H.; Knouse, K. W.; Qin, C.; Clay, K. J.; Bao, D.; Li, C.; Starr, J. T.; Garcia-Irizarry, C.; Sach, N.; White, H. S.; Neurock, M.; Minteer, S. D.; Baran, P. S. Electrochemically driven, Ni-catalyzed aryl amination: Scope, mechanism, and applications. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 6392. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b01886.
 * Kingston, C.; Wallace, M.; Allentoff, A. J.; deGruyter, J. N.; Chen, J.; Gong, S.; Bonacorsi, S. Jr.; Baran, P. S. Direct carbon isotope exchange through decarboxylative carboxylation. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 774. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.8b12035.
 * Smith, J. M.; Dixon, J. A.; deGruyter, J. N.; Baran, P. S. Alkyl sulfinates: Radical precursors enabling drug discovery. J. Med. Chem. 2019, 62, 2256. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.8b01303.
 * Ni, S.; Garrido-Castro, A. F.; Merchant, R. R.; deGruyter, J. N.; Schmitt, D. C.; Mousseau, J. J.; Gallego, G. M.; Yang, S.; Collins, M. R.; Qiao, J. X.; Yeung, K.-S.; Langley, D. R.; Poss, M. A.; Scola, P. M.; Ewing, W. R.; Qin, T.; Baran, P. S. A general amino acid synthesis enabled by innate radical cross-coupling. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 14560. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201809310.

Educational Background

 * Postdoctoral, Texas A&M University
 * Ph.D., Scripps Research
 * B.S., New Mexico State University