Publications
410
Citations
7,225
Est. group size
—
Recurring co-author estimate
Active years
59
Publishing since 1967
David R. Williams works in synthetic organic chemistry, focusing on developing methods to build complex molecules and on the total synthesis of natural products such as alkaloids and marine-derived compounds. His research combines new chemical reactions (for example, catalytic and photochemical transformations) with strategies for controlling the three-dimensional shape (stereochemistry) of molecules. Much of the work targets biologically relevant natural products through multi-step synthetic routes.
Publication activity has been intermittent over the past decade, with several zero-output years interspersed with clusters of papers, and a recent uptick in 2025.
Generated by claude-opus-4-8 from public bibliographic data · Jul 9, 2026
Current awards run through August 2027 — about under a year of funding on record from today. Awards are often renewed, so this is what is currently public, not a forecast.
WoU-MMA: Astrophysics with Very High-Energy Gamma Rays
WoU-MMA: Development of the Optical Alignment Systems for the Medium-Sized Telescopes of the Cherenkov Telescope Array
8 earlier awards
- NIH R01GM041560Apr 1982 – Dec 2011 · $78k awarded
Chemical Synthesis of Novel Natural Products
- NIH R01GM042897Jul 1989 – Jun 2008 · $377k awarded
Interesting Bioactive Substances
- NIH P01HL069974Apr 2002 – Mar 2007 · $217k awarded
Rac2 in hematopoietic proliferation
- NIH P01HL053586Dec 1998 – Feb 2005 · $357k awarded
STEM CELL ADHESION IN GROWTH AND TRANSDUCTION
- NIH P30DK049218Sep 1999 – Aug 2004 · $725k awarded
CORE CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE IN MOLECULAR HEMATOLOGY
- NIH P01CA075426May 1998 – Feb 2003 · $220k awarded
MODULATION OF DNA DAMAGE IN HEMATOPOIETIC STEM AND PROGENITOR CELLS
- NIH R01DK048605Aug 1994 – Jul 2002 · $187k awarded
STEEL GENE PRODUCT AND STEM CELL PROLIFERATION
- NIH M01RR000750Dec 1997 – Nov 1999 · $0k awarded
PILOT STUDY OF DOSE INTENSIFIED PROCARBAZINE, CCNU, VINCRISTINE FOR BRAIN TUMORS
Matched to public NIH RePORTER and NSF records by name and institution. Awards from other agencies are not shown, and a match is not always found — this list may be incomplete.
Typically publishes in teams of ~3 · 63% small-team papers (≤3 authors) · across 9 venues
- Triethoxysilane as a Selective Reagent in Platinum-Catalyzed Hydrosilylation Reactions
Organic Letters · 2025
- A Photochemical Cyclization of Glyoxalates via an Internally Directed C–H Insertion
Synlett · 2025
- Acknowledgements
McGill-Queen's University Press eBooks · 2025
- Strategies and discoveries leading to the synthesis of trichoaurantianolide natural products
Strategies and tactics in organic synthesis · 2021
- Correction to “Studies of the Enantiocontrolled Synthesis of the C(10)–C(25) Subunit of Amphidinolide C”
Organic Letters · 2021
- Studies toward norzoanthamine: Ireland–Claisen rearrangements of α,β-unsaturated esters in a stereocontrolled synthesis of trans-fused 2-cyclohexen-1-ones
Tetrahedron · 2021
- IBX Oxidations for the Synthesis of Substituted 2H-Pyrans
Heterocycles · 2021
- Studies of the Enantiocontrolled Synthesis of the C(10)–C(25) Subunit of Amphidinolide C
Organic Letters · 2020
- Structural Identification, Synthesis and Biological Activity of Two Volatile Cyclic Dipeptides in a Terrestrial Vertebrate
Scientific Reports · 2020
- The Development of Strategies and Tactics Toward the Pseudopterosin Natural Products
Strategies and tactics in organic synthesis · 2017
- General Methodology for the Preparation of Unsymmetrical α-Linked Bisenones via Ligandless Cross-Coupling Reactions
Organic Letters · 2017
- A Stereoselective Michael—Mannich Annelation Strategy for the Construction of Novel Tetrahydrocarbazoles
Organic Letters · 2017
- CCDC 1565872: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination
The Cambridge Structural Database · 2017
- Studies toward Australifungin. A Synthesis Dilemma of Regioselective Keto–Enol Tautomerization
Organic Letters · 2016
- Intramolecular Diels–Alder (IMDA) Studies toward the Synthesis of Australifungin. Stereocontrol in the Acetate Aldol Reaction of β,β′-Branched Aldehydes
Organic Letters · 2016
- Organic Letters×9
- Strategies and tactics in organic synthesis×2
- The Cambridge Structural Database×2
- Scientific Reports×1
- ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters×1
- Mingji Dai
Chemistry · Purdue University West Lafayette
- Hannah L. Vonesh
Chemistry · University of Michigan
- Arun K. Ghosh
Chemistry · Purdue University West Lafayette
- Ashlee J. Davis
Chemistry · University of Michigan
- Daniel J. Nasrallah
Chemistry · University of Michigan
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Last updated Sep 1, 2026.
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