Caden (B.) D.
Computational Chemistry Research Scientist (Ph.D. program), Dr. Jacquelyne Read Lab
Experience
Jan 2024 - Present
1 year 11 monthsSan Antonio, United States
Computational Chemistry Research Scientist (Ph.D. program), Dr. Jacquelyne Read Lab
University of Texas at San Antonio - Department of Chemistry
- Mapped > 10k conformers of flexible tetrapeptide catalysts with CREST and unsupervised ML, revealing low-energy chiral pockets predictive of α-glycosylation selectivity.
- Integrated Python/RDKit workflows with HPC-scale DFT, cutting conformer-ranking time 60%.
- Mentor three undergraduates in scripting, visualization, and SLURM job management.
Jan 2023 - Dec 2024
2 yearsSan Antonio, United States
Medicinal Chemistry Research Scientist (Ph.D. program), Dr. Doug Frantz Lab
University of Texas at San Antonio - Department of Chemistry
- Synthesized 50+ biphenyl-isoxazole analogues at >90% HPLC purity for Nav1.7 SAR.
- Re-engineered cryogenic lithiation to room-temperature Ni coupling, lowering COG 35%.
- Presented at ACS Southwest and TexSyn; authored successful NSF GRFP proposal.
Jan 2022 - Dec 2023
2 yearsCollege Station, United States
Conductive Polymer R&D Associate, Dr. Lei Fang Lab
Texas A&M University
- Completed two five-step Stille-coupled polymer syntheses; characterized electronic properties (CV, UV/Vis, GPC).
- Automated flash-chromatography workflow, boosting monomer-purity yields 22%.
Jan 2021 - Dec 2022
2 yearsSan Antonio, United States
Biodefense Chemistry Consultant (Contract)
Joint Base San Antonio - Fort Sam Houston
- Led experimental design for dielectrophoresis-based viral-inactivation prototype; generated 100+ spectrometric data sets under severe supply-chain constraints.
- Delivered technical report and oral briefings that informed Army medical procurement.
Summary
with 10 000 + bench hours in small-molecule synthesis, conductive-polymer development, and data-driven conformational analysis of peptide catalysts.
Designed and delivered a 400-compound Na+-channel inhibitor library, scaled key reactions 7×, and authored DoD-funded biodefense reports.
I help pharma, specialty-chem, and government teams de-risk lead series, troubleshoot scale-ups, and forecast cost-of-goods.
Languages
English
AdvancedEducation
Oct 2023 - Jun 2027
University of Texas at San Antonio
Ph.D. Chemistry, Synthetic & Computational · Chemistry · San Antonio, United States
Texas A&M University
B.S. Chemistry, Honors · Chemistry · College Station, United States
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