Presentations

63. “Chemoselective Oxidations Using Oxoammonium Salts and Cobalt (III) Complexes for Efficient Carbonyl Additions” Lambert, K. M. Presented at Virginia Commonwealth University Department of Chemistry Seminar Series, Richmond, VA, February 8th, 2024, Oral Presentation, Invited.

62. “Exploration of C-H borylation of thioethers and cobalt-catalyzed carbonyl additions” Vargas, K.; Lambert, K. M. Presented at Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, November 17th, 2023. Oral Presentation.

61. “Evaluating the scope and selectivity of the C-H borylation of thioethers” Myers, J.; Lambert, K. M. Presented at 2023 Southeast Regional Metting of the American Chemical Society, Durham, NC, October 28th, 2023, Poster Presentation.

60. “The chemoselective oxidation of thiols to disulfides using Bobbitt’s salt” Weierbach, S. M.; Lambert, K. M. Presented at 2023 Southeast Regional Metting of the American Chemical Society, Durham, NC, October 28th, 2023, Poster Presentation.

59. “Assessing the use of Bobbitt’s salt in the study of environmental oxidations” Burdette, J. C.; Bray, J. M.; Goranov, A. I.; Lambert, K. M. Presented at 2023 Southeast Regional Metting of the American Chemical Society, Durham, NC, October 28th, 2023, Poster Presentation.

58. “Development of a photocatalytic Suzuki-Miyura cross-coupling mediated by a Co(III) complex.” Bruno, C.A.; Bray, J. M.; Vredenburg J.; Lambert, K. M. Presented at 2023 Southeast Regional Metting of the American Chemical Society, Durham, NC, October 27th, 2023, Oral Presentation.

57. “Synthetic strategies towards Chevalinulins A and B.” Bray, J. M.; Adornato, G.; Lambert, K. M. Presented at 2023 Southeast Regional Metting of the American Chemical Society, Durham, NC, October 26th, 2023, Oral Presentation.

56. “Predicting regiochemical outcomes of C-H borylations” Lambert, K. M. Presented at 2023 Southeast Regional Metting of the American Chemical Society, Durham, NC, October 25th, 2023, Oral Presentation.

55. “C-H functionalization of thioethers.” Vargas, K.; Bray, J. M.; Lewis, S.G.; Meyers, J. C.; Buenavista, J. M.; Dawitt, B.; Lambert, K. M. Presented at the 2023 Southeast Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Durham, NC, October 25th, 2023, Oral Presentation.

54. “Synthetic Strategies Towards Alkaloid Natural Products and Predictive Models for C-H Borylation” Lambert, K. M. Presented at Virginia Tech Department of Chemistry Cascade Seminar Series, Blacksburg, VA, October 2nd, 2023, Oral Presentation, Invited.

53. “Environmental Oxidation of Lignin Analogs with Nitroxide and Oxoammonium Salts” Ramos, G. Bray, J. M.; Lambert, K. M. Presented at Old Dominion University, Summer NSF REU Poster Session, Norfolk, VA, July 28th, 2023. Poster Presentation.

52. “Atalantums and Bile Duct Cancer” Cruz, C. N.; Vargas, K.; Vlasakakis, K.; Bray, J. M.; Lambert, K. M. Presented at Old Dominion University, Summer NSF REU Poster Session, Norfolk, VA, July 28th, 2023. Poster Presentation.

51. “Exploration of Oxoammonium Salt Reagents in Organic Synthesis” Burdette, J. C.; Bray, J. M.; Goranov, A. I.; Lambert, K. M. Presented at the 3rd Annual Goldwater Symposium, August 18th, 2023, Poster Presentation. Virtual.

50. “Synthetic efforts towards the total syntheses of the chevalinulins A-B, meloyunnanines A-C, and atalantums A-G” Lambert, K. M. Presented at the Natural Products and Bioactive Compounds Gordon Research Conference, Andover, NH, August 2nd, 2023, Poster Presentation, Invited.

49. “Cycloaddition Strategies Towards Monoterpenoid Quinoline Alkaloids” Weierbach, S. M., Lambert, K. M. Presented at the 48th National Organic Chemistry Symposium of the American Chemical Society at the University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN, July 10th, 2023, Poster Presentation.

48. “Cycloaddition strategies towards chevalinulins A and B” Bray, J. M.; Vargas, K.; Adornato, G. M.; Lambert, K. M. Presented at the 48th National Organic Chemistry Symposium of the American Chemical Society at the University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN, July 10th, 2023, Poster Presentation.

47. “Exploration of Oxoammonium Salt Reagents in Organic Synthesis” Burdette, J. C.; Bray, J. M.; Goranov, A. I.; Lambert, K. M. Presented at the 48th National Organic Chemistry Symposium of the American Chemical Society at the University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN, July 9th, 2023, Poster Presentation.

46. “Synthesis of multi-borylated bicyclic compounds, azacycles, and their applications towards the synthesis of natural products” Lambert, K. M. Presented at the Northeast Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Boston, MA, June 17th, 2023, Abstract Number 3921228. The Early Career Showcase Symposium. Oral Presentation, Invited.

45. “Applying supervised machine learning and computational methods to site selective C-H functionalization”Shannon Stephens; Kyle Lambert. Presented at Virginia Academy of the Sciences Annual Meeting, Williamsburg, VA, May 25, 2023. Oral Presentation.

44. “Local Section Hampton Roads” Lambert, K. M. Presented at the 265th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Indianapolis, IN, March 27th, 2023, The Local Section Showcase. Poster Presentation, Sci-Mix Invited.

43. “Borylation of Thioethers” Lewis, S. G.; Dawit, B.; Bray, J. M.; Lambert, K. M.  Presented at 2023 Undergraduate Research Symposium at Old Dominion University, VA, March 25th, 2023. Poster Presentation.

42. “Chemoselective oxidation of alcohols in the presence of amines by oxoammonium salts” Lewis, S. G.; Buenavista, J.; Myers, J.; Lambert, K. M. Presented at 2023 ACS-ODU Undergraduate Research Symposium at Old Dominion University, VA, February 11th, 2023. Poster Presentation. ** Won a Best Student Poster Award

41. “New Synthetic Motifs to Target Bacterial Infections” Burdette, J. C.; Lambert, K. M. Presented at 2023 ACS-ODU Undergraduate Research Symposium at Old Dominion University, VA, February 11th, 2023. Poster Presentation. ** Won a Best Student Poster Award

40. “What is Chemical Synthesis?” Lambert, K. M. Presented as a guest lecture for the CHEM 746 graduate course at University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, November 20th, 2022. Oral Presentation, Invited.

39. “New Synthetic Methods to Improve Access to Natural Products” Lambert, K. M. Presented at University of New Haven, West Haven, CT, November 18th, 2022. Oral Presentation, Invited.

38. “Development of New Synthetic Methods for Oxidation and the Construction of Natural Products” Lambert, K. M. Presented at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, October 28th, 2022. Oral Presentation, Invited.

37. “Chemoselective oxidation of thiols with Bobbitt’s salt” Lambert, K. M. Presented at the Northeast Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Rochester, NY, October 4th, 2022, Abstract Number 3791151. Oxidations and Electrochemistry in Organic Synthesis: The James Bobbitt Memorial Symposium. Oral Presentation, Invited.

36. “Synthetic efforts towards benzoyltyramine natural products” Vlasakakis, K. V.; Lambert, K. M. Presented at the Northeast Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Rochester, NY, October 2, 2022, Abstract Number 3795656. Poster Presentation.

35. “Chemoselective oxidation of alcohols in the presence of amines by oxoammonium salts” Lewis, S. G.; Dadum, A.; McLean, D.; Buenavista, J.; Myers, J.; Lambert, K. M.; Fair, J. D. Presented at the Northeast Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Rochester, NY, October 2, 2022, Abstract Number 3795669. Poster Presentation.

34. “Experimental and computational insights into the cycloadditions of bis-borylated dienes” Bray, J. M., Stephens, S. M.; Weierbach, S. M.; Adornato, G. M.; Schrider, J. A.; Lambert, K. M. Presented at the Northeast Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Rochester, NY, October 4, 2022, Abstract Number 3795686. Oral Presentation.

33. “Applying data science and computational methods to site selective borylations and accessing borylated bicyclo[2.2.2]octenes” Shannon Stephens; Kyle Lambert. Presented at Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, September 22, 2022. Oral Presentation.

32. “New Synthetic Methods for the Oxidation of Thiols, Expedient Access to 1,3-Bis-boryl[2.2.2]bicyclooctenes, and Efforts Towards the Meloyunnanines A-C” Shayne Weierbach; Kyle Lambert. Presented at Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, September 9, 2022. Oral Presentation.

31. “New Synthetic Motifs to Target Bacterial Infections” Burdette, J. C.; Adams, S. L.; Lambert, K. M.; Purcell, E. B. Presented at the ODU Chemistry & Biochemistry’s NSF REU Program for Community College Students, Norfolk, VA, August 5th, 2022. Poster Presentation.  

30. “Insight into the Regioselectivity of C-H Borylations Employing Classification Machine Learning Models” Lambert, K. M. Presented at Old Dominion University, VA, April 15, 2022. Oral Presentation.

29. “How conditions influence the reactivity and selectivity of oxoammonium salt-based oxidants” Lambert, K. M. Presented at the 2022 Presented at the 263rd National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, San Diego, CA, March 2022, ORGN 3661799. Oral Presentation.

28. “Chemoselective Oxidation of Thiols to Disulfides with Bobbitt’s Salt” Weierbach, S. M.; Reynolds, R. P.; Weaver, S. M.; Ritter, R. T.; Vlasakakis, K. V.; Patel, N. H.; White, O. M.; Hayes, E. C.; Dunmire, S.; Lambert, K. M. Presented at the 263rd National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, San Diego, CA, March 2022, ORGN 3661034. Poster Presentation.

27. “Insight into the regioselectivity of C-H borylations employing classification machine learning models” Weaver, S. M.; Lambert, K. M. Presented at the 263rd National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, San Diego, CA, March 2022, ORGN 3655727. Sci-Mix Poster Presentation.

26. “Access to the cylicomorphins A-E and other nitrogen heterocycles via borrowing hydrogen catalysis” McGuire, K. P.; Reynolds R. P.; Lambert, K. M. Presented at the 263rd National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, San Diego, CA, March 2022. ORGN 3660726, Sci-Mix Poster Presentation.

25. “Access to Nitrogen Heterocycles via Borrowing Hydrogen Catalysis” Reynolds, R. P., McGuire, K. P.; McCormick, C. T.; Lambert, K. M. Presented at 2022 Undergraduate Research Symposium at Old Dominion University, VA, March 19th, 2022. Poster Presentation.

24. “Accessing Biologically Important Imines and Nitrogen Heterocycles Using an Organocatalyst” Lewis, S. G.; Lambert, K. M. Presented at 2022 Undergraduate Research Symposium at Old Dominion University, VA, March 19th, 2022. Oral Presentation.

23. “Oxidation of Thiols to Disulfides using an Environmentally “Green” Organocatalyst and New Mechanistic Insights” Vlasakakis, K. V., White, O. M., Reynolds, R. P., Weierbach, S. M.; Weaver, S. M.; Ritter, R. T.; Patel, N. H.; Hayes, E. C.; Dunmire, S.; Lambert, K. M. Presented at 2022 Undergraduate Research Symposium at Old Dominion University, VA, March 19th, 2022. Poster Presentation.

22. “Borrowing Hydrogen: An Undergraduate Synthetic Research Experience” Reynolds, R. P.; Lambert, K. M. Presented at Old Dominion University, VA, February 10, 2022. Oral Presentation.

21. “New Synthetic and Predictive Methods to Improve Access to Natural Products” Lambert, K. M. Presented at Old Dominion University, VA, February 4, 2022. Oral Presentation.

20. “New Synthetic Methods Inspired by Natural Products” Lambert, K. M. Presented at Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico, Ponce, PR, December 7, 2021. Oral Presentation, Invited.

19. “Graduate Opportunities Within the College of Sciences and the Department of Chemistry at Old Dominion University” Lambert, K. M. Presented at the ACS Puerto Rico Section Virtual Career Fair, November 5th, 2021. Oral Presentation, Invited.

18. “New Methods Employing Borrowing Hydrogen Catalysis to Synthesize Biologically Important Nitrogen Heterocycles” Reynolds, R. P.; Lambert, K. M. Invited virtual presentation. Presented at the ACS DOC SURF Virtual Symposium, September 17th, 2021. Oral Presentation.

17. “Formation of Disulfide Bonds Using Environmentally Benign and Metal-Free Organic Oxidants” Patel, N.; Ritter, R.; White, O.; Vlasakakis, K.; Lambert, K. M. Presented at Old Dominion University, Virtual Summer NSF REU Poster Session, July 28th, 2021. Poster Presentation.

16. “Oxoammonium Salts as Selective Oxidants” Lambert, K. M. Presented at Norfolk State University, March 25th, 2021. Oral Presentation, Invited.

15. “Graduate Opportunities Within the College of Sciences and the Department of Chemistry at Old Dominion University” Lambert, K. M. Presented at the ACS Puerto Rico Section Virtual Career Fair, November 19th, 2020. Oral Presentation, Invited.

Prior to ODU

14. “Accessing N-Hydroxydiketopiperazine Natural Products” Lambert, K. M.; Jackson, A. C.; Wood, J. L. Presented at the 46th National Organic Chemistry Symposium, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, June 23-27th, 2019. Poster Presentation.

13. “The Total Synthesis of (±)-Phyllantidine and Efforts Towards Natural Products Containing a N–O Bond” Lambert, K. M.; Cox, J. B.; Jackson, A. C.; Wood, J. L. Presented at the 2019 Heterocyclic Compounds Gordon Research Conference, Salve Regina University, Newport, RI, June 16-21st, 2019. Poster Presentation.

12. “Accessing N-Hydroxydiketopiperazine Natural Products” Lambert, K. M.; Jackson, A. C.; Medley, A. W.; Markham, L. E.; Wood, J. L. Presented at the 2019 TexSyn IV Conference, Baylor University, Waco, TX,  May 24th, 2019. Poster Presentation.

11. “A Ring Expansion Strategy Toward the Securinega Alkaloids” Cox, J. B.; Liu, L.; Lambert, K. M.; Yruegas, S.; Wood, J. L. Presented at the 2019 TexSyn IV Conference, Baylor University, Waco, TX,  May 24th, 2019. Poster Presentation.

10. “Synthetic Studies Towards the Penicisulfuranols: Synthesis of an Advanced Spirocyclic Diketopiperazine intermediate.” Gayler, K. M.; Lambert, K. M.; Wood, J. L. Presented at the 2019 TexSyn IV Conference, Baylor University, Waco, TX, May 24th, 2019. Poster Presentation.

9. “Accessing N-Hydroxydiketopiperazine Natural Products”Lambert, K. M.; Wood, J. L. Presented at the 2018 Organic Reactions and Processes Gordon Research Conference, Stonehill College, Easton, MA, July 15-20th, 2018. Poster Presentation.

8. “Tuning the conformational equilibria in saturated heterocycles through the manipulation of a non-classical CH—O hydrogen bond: The importance of electrostatic interactions within small molecules”Lambert, K. M.; Bailey, W. F.; Stempel, Z. D.; Wiberg, K. B.; Mercado, B. Q. Presented at the 253rd National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, San Francisco, CA, April 2017, ORGN 782.  Poster Presentation.

7. “Conformational Studies of Saturated Heterocycles: The Importance of Electrostatic Interactions”Lambert, K. M. Presented at the University of New Haven, West Haven, CT, February 19th 2016. Invited Lecture.

6. “Oxoammonium salts: Powerful yet practical reagents for oxidation and oxidative functionalization in chemistry” Ovian, J.; Kelly, C. B.; Hamlin, T.; Lambert, K. M.; Loman, J.; Mercadante, M. A.; Bailey, W. F.; Tilley, L. J.; Leadbeater, N. E. Presented at the 252nd National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Philadelphia, PA, August 2016, ORGN 715. Poster Presentation.

5. “Access to Nitriles Mediated by Bobbitt’s Salt, an Environmentally Benign and Recyclable Oxidant” Lambert, K. M.; Eldirany, S. A.; Bailey, W. F. Presented at the 250th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Boston, MA, August 2015, ORGN 596.  Oral Presentation.

4. “Conformational Control by Remote Substituents in 2,2-Diaryl-1,3-dioxanes: The Importance of Electrostatic Interactions” Lambert, K. M.; Bailey, W. F. Presented at the 38th R.T. Major Symposium of the University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, April 6th 2015. Poster Presentation.

3. “Bobbitt’s Salt as a Mild Oxidant to Access the Nitrile Functionality” Eldirany, S. A.; Lambert, K. M.; Bailey, W. F.; Leadbeater, N. E.; Bobbitt, J. M.; Wiberg, K. B.; Kelly, C. B.; Mercadante, M. A.; Ovian, J. M. Presented at the 38th R.T. Major Symposium of the University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, April 6th 2015. Poster Presentation.

2. “4-Acetamido-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine-1-oxoammonium tetrafluoroborate as a Mild Oxidant to Access the Nitrile Functionality” Lambert, K. M. Presented at the University of New Haven, West Haven, CT, February 20th 2015. Invited Lecture.

1. “Conformational Control by Remote Substituents in 2,2-Diaryl-1,3-dioxanes: The Importance of Electrostatic Interactions”  Lambert, K. M.; Bailey, W. F.; Wiberg, K. B. Presented at the 248th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, San Francisco, CA, August 2014, ORGN 748.  Poster Presentation.