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UF Department of Chemistry

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Jeffrey D. Rudolf

Associate Professor

Jeff Rudolf is an associate professor in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Florida. Jeff received his BS in Biochemistry at Walla Walla University in 2007 and his PhD in Chemistry with Prof. C. Dale Poulter at the University of Utah in 2013. He then joined Prof. Ben Shen at Scripps Research in Jupiter FL to conduct postdoctoral research (2013–2018).

Selected Activities

Associate Editor, Beilstein J. Org. Chem., 2024–

Co-Guest Editor, Beilstein J. Org. Chem., Young Investigators in Natural Products, 2024

Guest Editor, Meth. Enzymol., Volume 699, Terpene Synthases, 2024

Awards

NSF CAREER Award; UF 2025

American Society of Pharmacognosy D. John Faulkner Award; UF 2023

American Society of Pharmacognosy Active Member Travel Award; UF 2022

NIH Pathway to Independence Award (K99/R00); Scripps FL and UF 2017–2021

Arnold O. Beckman Postdoctoral Fellowship; Scripps FL 2017–2018

The Scripps Research Institute Presidential Postdoctoral Fellowship; Scripps FL 2015–2016

Dow Chemical Scholarship Award; Utah 2009

McConnell/Kwiram Chemistry Award; WWU 2007

Thomas Roswell Chemistry Scholarship; WWU 2005, 2006

Current Grad Students and Postdocs

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Aaron Gamache

Graduate Student

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Evans Gyapong

Graduate Student

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Mohammed Ahmed

Postdoctoral Associate

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Matthew Simpson

Graduate Student

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Noah Johnson

Graduate Student

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Pin-Shuo Huang

Graduate Student

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Xiuting Wei

Graduate Student

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Current Undergrad Students

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Aryan Lund

Undergraduate Student

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Fabrizio Cavassa

Undergraduate Student

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Irina Stoica

Undergraduate Student

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Jordan Lauer-Fields

Undergraduate Student

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Former Lab Members

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Postdocs

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Graduate Students

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UF Undergrads

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SURFs

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CURE Students

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