Dillon Flood, Ph.D.
Doctoral Thesis: An Exploration of Chemoselectivity in Biological Systems
Undergraduate Institution: University of California, Berkeley
Noteworthy Publications: Leveraging the Knorr Pyrazole Synthesis for the Facile Generation of Thioester Surrogates for Use in Native Chemical Ligation, Angewandte Chemie International Edition (2018); Expanding Reactivity in DNA-Encoded Library Synthesis via Reversible Binding of DNA to an Inert Quaternary Ammonium Support, Journal of the American Chemical Society (2019)
Honors & Awards: Scripps Translational Science Institute (STSI) Molecular Medicine Training Grant (TL-1) (2019-20); Bristol Myers Squibb Fellowship (2020-21)
Favorite Aspects of Graduate Studies: "The most positive aspect of my time in grad school was the multidisciplinary nature of doing research at Scripps Research which allowed me to explore many different scientific fields."
Next Steps: After graduation, Dillon will be moving to a job at a local biotech company.
Be sure to join us at 10 a.m. PDT on Friday, May 21 for our Virtual Commencement Ceremony! Flood's advisor and mentor, Prof. Phil Dawson, will deliver a few words about his graduate experience, and viewers can learn about our 41 other 2021 graduates, who are now setting out to build careers that will impact the future of biomedical research.
