I help clients in the life sciences industry protect their assets.
As a member of the Intellectual Property Department, Walker Knauss leverages his experience in synthetic organic chemistry to work with clients in the pharmaceutical and life sciences industries to prosecute U.S. and foreign patents.
Walker completed his Ph.D. at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he was advised by Professor Mohammad Movassaghi. Walker’s doctoral research focused on the total synthesis of epidithiodiketopiperazine natural products. As an undergraduate at Williams College, Walker conducted research under the guidance of Professor Tom Smith. For his undergraduate thesis, Walker worked towards the total synthesis of enigmazole A. Walker also spent time in the lab of Professor Jared Shaw at UC Davis preparing rhodium carbenes.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Ph.D., Chemistry, 2024
Williams College, B.A., Chemistry, 2019
Other Publications
Knauss, W. Total Synthesis of Verticillin A and Application of Diazene-Directed Fragment Assembly to the Synthesis of Heterodimeric Epidithiodiketopiperazine Derivatives. Ph.D. Dissertation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 2024.
Nickerson, L. A.; Bergstrom, B. D.; Gao, M.; Shiue, Y. S.; Laconsay, C. J.; Culberson, M. R.; Knauss, W.; Fettinger, J. C.; Tantillo, D.J.; Shaw, J. T. Enantioselective synthesis of isochromans and tetrahydroisoquinolines by C–H insertion of donor/donor carbenes. Chem. Sci. 2020, 11, 494-498.
Knauss, W. Towards the Total Synthesis of Enigmazole A. Williams College, Williamstown, MA, 2019.
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