An organic synthesis group at the University of Utah — developing new synthetic methodology, exploring chiral materials, natural products, and working at the interface of chemistry and condensed matter physics.
The Stolley Group is an organic synthesis group working across synthetic methodology, chiral materials, natural products, and condensed matter physics. Our research develops new chemical tools and applies them to challenging targets at the frontier of organic chemistry and materials science.
The Stolley Group is based in the Science Research Initiative at the University of Utah — an exclusively undergraduate research and education laboratory. Our mission is hands-on discovery: every project is designed to train the next generation of scientists through real, original, high-impact research.
Advanced students in the group also work as chemical consultants. Under Dr. Stolley’s supervision, they provide synthetic support to research groups across the University of Utah and to outside partners, gaining real experience with both the science and the business of consulting. Work with our student consultants →
Meet Dr. StolleySynthesizing and exploring under-represented and novel functional groups to explore fundamental chemical transformations and applications in complex syntheses.
Learn more →Design and synthesis of chiral organic, organometallic, and polymeric compounds with defined stereochemistry, including enantioselective methodology and asymmetric catalysis relevant to materials applications.
Learn more →Total synthesis of natural products — with an emphasis on non-pharma related applications.
Learn more →Collaborative research at the chemistry–physics interface, including synthesis and characterization of π-conjugated polymers and organic-based magnetic materials relevant to condensed matter phenomena.
Learn more →"Influence of Dark Excitons on the Electroabsorption Spectrum of Polyacetylene" — revisiting the EA spectrum of (CH)x thin films across cis- and trans-isomers, revealing electric-field-activated dark excitons in trans-polyacetylene.View Publication → All Publications