Heemal Dhanjee | The Buchwald Research Group

Lab Positions	Start Date	End Date2	Fellowships and Awards	Previous Institutions
Postdoctoral Researcher	2018	2022	NIH F32 Ruth L. Kirschstein Postdoctoral Fellow	Ph.D: Colorado State University, Fort Collins (2012-2013), Baylor University, Waco, TX (2013-2017) Advisor: Prof. John L. Wood Thesis: Total Syntheses of (+)- and (–)-Tetrapetalones A and C B.A.: University of California, Berkeley, B.A. Mathematics and Molecular and Cell Biology, 2007 California State University, Northridge (Non-degree, Chemistry), 2009-2012 Advisor: Prof. Thomas Minehan

Site-Specific Antibody Prodrugs via S‑Arylation: a Bioconjugation Approach Toward Masked Tyrosine Analogues	Tao, J. ; Dhanjee, H. H. ; Gribble, Jr., M. W. ; Kottisch, V. ; Rodriguez, J. ; Brown, J. S. ; Schmidt, H. ; Juneja, J. ; Denhez, F. ; Lee, P. S. ; Lipovšek, D. ; Krystek, S. ; Zhang, Y. ; Bousquet, P. ; Zhang, Y. ; Petelute, B. L. ; Buchwald, S. L. . J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 20080-20085.
Palladium-Mediated Incorporation of Carboranes into Small Molecules, Peptides, and Proteins	Gazvoda, M. ; Dhanjee, H. H. ; Rodriguez, J. ; Brown, J. S. ; Farquhar, C. E. ; Truex, N. L. ; Loas, A. ; Buchwald, S. L. ; Pentelute, B. L. . J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 7852-7860.
Palladium Mediated Synthesis of Protein–Polyarene Conjugates	Rodriguez, J. ; Dhanjee, H. H. ; Pentelute, B. L. ; Buchwald, S. L. . J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 11706-11712.
Palladium−Peptide Oxidative Addition Complexes for Bioconjugation	Rojas, A. Jose; Wolfe, J. M. ; Dhanjee, H. H. ; Buslov, I. ; Truex, N. L. ; Liu, R. Y. ; Massefski, W. ; Pentelute, B. ; Buchwald, S. L. . Chem. Sci. 2022, 13, 11891-11895.
Amphiphilic Biaryl Monophosphine Ligands by Regioselective Sulfonation	Rodriguez, J. ; Dhanjee, H. H. ; Buchwald, S. L. . Org. Lett. 2021, 23, 777-780.
Oligonucleotide Bioconjugation with Bifunctional Palladium Reagents	Jbara, M. ; Rodriguez, J. ; Dhanjee, H. H. ; Loas, A. ; Buchwald, S. L. ; Pentelute, B. L. . Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 12109-12115.
Protein–Protein Cross-Coupling via Palladium–Protein Oxidative Addition Complexes from Cysteine Residues	Dhanjee, H. H. ; Saebi, A. ; Buslov, I. ; Loftis, A. R. ; Buchwald, S. L. ; Pentelute, B. L. . J. Am. Chem. Soc 2020, 142, 9124-9129.
Palladium–Protein Oxidative Addition Complexes by Amine-Selective Acylation	Dhanjee, H. H. ; Buslov, I. ; Windsor, I. W. ; Raines, R. T. ; Pentelute, B. L. ; Buchwald, S. L. . J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 21237 - 21242.

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