Callaway Professor of Organic Chemistry
Dr. Gary Breton is the Callaway Professor of Chemistry at Berry College. Dr. Breton primarily teaches the Organic Chemistry for the Life Sciences sequence for non-chemistry/biochemistry majors, The Chemistry of Life course for pre-nursing students and Advanced Organic Chemistry. Dr. Breton has an active research group in which they study the synthesis of novel molecules that are of both theoretical and pharmaceutical interest.
Education
- B.S., State University of New York at Stony Brook
- Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Teaching Interests
- The Chemistry of Life
- Organic Chemistry for the Life Sciences
- Advanced Organic Chemistry
Research Interests
Synthesis of Strained Heterocycles
Our research group investigates the synthesis of strained nitrogen-containing cyclic molecules. These studies are important since they require development of novel methods for creating strained bonds in molecules, allow us to test the limits of bonding in organic molecule and in many cases have potential applications as pharmaceutical agents.