Profile

• Ph.D. in Synthetic Organic Chemistry; University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 2011
• ACS-Certified B.S. in Chemistry; Emory University, Atlanta, GA 2006

• CHM 1045L General Chemistry I Laboratory
• CHM 2210 Organic Chemistry I
• CHM 2210L Organic Chemistry I Laboratory
• CHM 2211 Organic Chemistry II
• CHM 2211L Organic Chemistry II Laboratory
• CHM 4220C Advanced Organic Chemistry
• CHM 4932 Chemistry Senior Seminar

• Steele, J. H.; Bozor, M. X.; Boyce, G. R.* "Transmutation of Scent: An Evaluation of the Synthesis of Methyl Cinnamate, a Commercial Fragrance, via a Fischer Esterification for the Second-Year Organic Chemistry Laboratory" J. Chem. Educ. 2020, 97, 4127-4132.
• Klootwyk, B. M.; Boyce, G. R.* "Tetrachlorocyclopropene" Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis [Online], John Wiley and Sons Ltd. 2019
• Weeks, K. L.; Boyce, G. R.* "Tris(Dimethylamino)Sulfonium Difluorotrimethylsilicate" Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis [Online], John Wiley and Sons Ltd. 2019
• Weeks, K. L.; Rutkowski, K. R.; Morales Loyola, A. A.; Boyce, G. R.* "Utilization of pyridoxal acetal salts as water-triggered, slow-release pro-fragrances" New J. Chem. 2018, 42, 15538-15540.
• Rutkowski, K. R.; Boyce, G. R.* "Copper(2+), [(4S,4'S)-2,2'-(1-methylethylidene)bis[4,5-dihydro-4-phenyloxazole-kN3]]-, bis[(OC-6-11)-hexafluoroantimonate(1-)] and Copper(2+), [(4S,4'S)-2,2'-(1-methylethylidene)bis[4-(1,1-dimethylethyl)-4,5-dihydrooxazole-kN3]]-,bis[tetrafluoroborate(1-)]" Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis [Online], John Wiley and Sons Ltd. 2018
• Yazarians, J. A.; Jiménez, B. L.; Boyce, G. R.* "A regioselective etherification of pyridoxine via an ortho-pyridinone methide intermediate" Tetrahedron Letters, 2017, 58, 2258-2260.
• Williams, J. D.; Yazarians, J. A.; Almeyda, C. C.; Anderson, K. A.; Boyce, G. R.* "Detection of the Previously Unobserved Stereoisomers of Thujone in the Essential Oil and Consumable Products of Sage" J. Agric. Food Chem., 2016, 64, 4319-4326.

• FGCU Faculty Excellence Award in Mentoring, 2019
• FGCU Lucas Fellow for Faculty Development, 2018-2020
• FGCU Junior Faculty Scholarship Excellence Award, 2018
• ACS National Organic Symposium Faculty Travel Award, 2017
• FAME Faculty Travel Award, 2017
• FGCU Faculty Excellence Award in Mentoring, 2017
• Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need (GAANN) Teaching Fellowship, 2009-2010

Grants

• ACS-PRF New Directions, 2020 (co-PI with PI: Prof. Daniel Lambrecht)
• NSF-MRI for Acquisition of a Single Crystal X-Ray Diffractometer, 2019 (co-PI with PI: Prof. Greg McManus)
• NSF-MRI for Acquisition of 400 MHz NMR, 2015 (co-PI with PI: Prof. Arsalan Mirjafari)
• Seidler Summer Research Fellowship, 2019
• FGCU Professional Development Fund, 2018
• Seidler Summer Research Fellowship, 2018
• Seidler Summer Research Fellowship, 2017
• FGCU Small Grant for Preliminary Study, 2016
• FGCU Professional Development Fund Grant, 2016