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Acknowledgements<br />

I would like to thank my research advisor Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Kay M. Brummond for her<br />

mentorship and guidance during my Ph. D. studies. Her enthusiasm regarding every aspect <strong>of</strong> our<br />

work creates an ideal environment for conducting exciting research. I would specially like to<br />

thank Pr<strong>of</strong>essors Wipf, Curran, Lazo and Day for helpful advice and discussion on many<br />

occasions. I extend my appreciation to Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Floreancig for mentorship and advice regarding<br />

my proposal defense. I would also like to thank my college mentor Pr<strong>of</strong>. Joseph Kent for<br />

encouraging me to pursue a Ph. D. degree in organic chemistry. Thanks to all former and present<br />

members <strong>of</strong> the Brummond group, many <strong>of</strong> whom have been a great source <strong>of</strong> knowledge and<br />

inspiration. I would particularly like to thank Drs. Sang-phyo Hong and Hongfeng Chen for<br />

mentorship during the early years <strong>of</strong> my studies. During my time in the Brummond group, I have<br />

had a chance to collaborate with many chemists from other research groups within the P50<br />

project. I thank Drs. Stefan Fischer and Sukhdev Manku from the Curran group. I thank<br />

everybody from the UPCMLD with whom I have collaborated on library syntheses, including<br />

Dr. Stefan Werner, Dr. Dhana Kasi, Pravin Iyer, David Turner and our biological collaborators. I<br />

would like to thank Dr. Steven Geib for X-ray analysis, Drs. Fu-Tyan Lin and Damodaran<br />

Krishnan for help with NMR spectroscopy and Drs. Kasi Somayajula and John Williams for<br />

mass spectral analysis. I thank the <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Pittsburgh</strong> for an Andrew Mellon pre-doctoral<br />

fellowship.<br />

I would like to thank my dad Jordan, mom Liljana and brother Lazar in Macedonia for<br />

supporting me in everything I do. Finally, with all my heart I thank my wife Barbara for her love,<br />

patience and encouragement.<br />

Thank you! Благодарам! Grazie!<br />

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