Facebook pixel Camryn Wallace | Pepperdine University | Seaver College Skip to main content
Pepperdine | Seaver College
Camryn Wallace

Camryn Wallace

Professor of Organic Chemistry
Seaver College
RAC 129
310.506.4355

Biography

Camryn Wallace earned her BA in chemistry from the University of San Diego and her PhD in chemistry from the University of California, Irvine. Her research focuses on developing new catalytic methods for the synthesis of nitrogen-containing heterocycles, an important class of molecules commonly found in pharmaceuticals. She is particularly interested in using transition-metal catalysis to control reaction selectivity and better understand how these reactions occur. At Pepperdine, Camryn teaches organic chemistry and is developing a research program in synthetic organic chemistry and catalysis.

Education

  • PhD, Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, 2026
  • BA, Chemistry, University of San Diego, 2021

 

  • Kuker, E. L.; Wallace, C. E.; Corio, S. A.; de Vos, A. E.; Hirschi, J. S.; Dong, V. M. “Regiodivergent Rhodium Catalysis: Enantioselective Hydroacylation of 2-Azetines.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2026, 148 (31), 33129–33136. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6c05233.
  • Li, Q.; Wallace, C.; Huang, J.; Wang, Y.-X.; Yang, X.-H.; Dong, V. M. “Enantioselective Catalytic Hydrofunctionalization: Chalcogen Additions to Alkenes.” ACS Catal. 2026, 16 (9), 7815–7828. DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.6c00064. (Q.L. and C.W. contributed equally.)
  • Hughes, J.; Miller, A.; Wallace, C.; Vemuri, G.; Iovine, P. “Biomedically Relevant Applications of Bolaamphiphiles and Bolaamphiphile-Containing Materials.” Front. Chem. 2021, 8, 604151. DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2020.604151.
  • Kua, J.; Miller, A.; Wallace, C.; Loli, H. “Role of Acid in the Co-oligomerization of Formaldehyde and Pyrrole.” ACS Omega 2019, 4 (26), 22251–22259. DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.9b03931.

Topics

  • Development of new catalytic methods for organic synthesis
  • Synthesis of medicinally relevant nitrogen-containing heterocycles
  • Transition-metal catalysis and reaction selectivity

Courses

  • Organic Chemistry I and II (CHEM 310 and CHEM 311)
  • Organic Chemistry I and II Lab (CHEM 310L and CHEM 311L)