Jamie Brubaker. Development of Methods for the Synthesis of Polyhydroxylated Pyrrolizidine and Indolizidone Alkaloids. December 1999-December 2000. B.S. Chemistry; 2000. Currently research chemist at Merck.

Holly K. Ristau, New Reactions of Isoxazolines. January-December 2000. B.S. Chemistry; 2001. Currently graduate student in education, University of Virginia.

Chayanant Hongfa. Diastereoselective Synthesis of b-Oxy-2-Isoxazolines. May 2001-Dec 2002. B.S. Chemistry; 2002. Currently Ph.D. candidate, Texas A&M University.

Kyle. P. Kalbarczyk. Development of Methods for the Synthesis of Verbalactone from 2-Isoxazolines and Ring Opening of 3-Bromo-2-isoxazolines. August 2001-May 2003. B.S. Chemistry, 2003. Currently Ph.D. candidate University at Buffalo.

Jolene V. Schuster. Development of New Stereoselective Syntheses of 2-Isoxazolines and Tandem Ring-Opening Reactions of 3-Bromo-2-Isoxazoles. August 2002-May 2004. B.S. Chemistry; 2004. Currently Ph.D. candidate Dartmouth College.

Nicholas G. Straub. Ring opening of 3-Bromo-2-isoxazoles. January 2003-August 2004. B.S. Chemistry; 2004. Currently supervisor Klein Plating Works, Erie, Pa.

Elizabeth J. Marton. Synthesis and Ring Opening of 3-Alkoxy and 3-Amino-2-Isoxazoles. August 2003-May 2005. B.S. Chemistry; 2005. Currently Pharm.D. candidate University of Pittsburgh.

Jason W. Shaffer. Tandem Ring-Opening Reactions of 3-Bromo-2-Isoxazoles. August 2004-present. Current Behrend Chemistry Major.

** Kociolek, M.G. (principal author), N.G. Straub (student author) and Jolene V. Schuster (student author). Synthesis of Functionalized 1-Benzoxepins by Tandem Ring Opening/Cyclocondensation of 3-Bromoisoxazoles. Synlett 2005, 2, 259-262.

** Kociolek, M.G. (principal author), N.G. Straub (student author) and Elizabeth J. Marton (student author). Ring Opening of 3-Bromoisoxazoles to b-Ketonitriles. Letters in Organic Chemistry 2005, 2, 280-282.

** Kociolek, M.G. (principal author) and K.P. Kalbarczyk (student author). Ring Opening of 3-Bromoisoxazolines to b-Hydroxynitriles. Synthetic Communications, 2004, 34, 4387.

** Rizzo, M.M. (student author), T.A. Halmi (principal author), A.J. Jircitano (contributing author), M.G. Kociolek (contributing author) and J.A. Magraw (contributing author). Revisiting the Electric Pickle Demonstration. Journal of Chemical Education, accepted for publication March 2004.

** Kociolek, M.G. (principal author) and C. Hongfa (student author). Stereoselective Cycloadditions of Chiral Homoallylic Alcohols with Benzonitrile Oxide. Tetrahedron Letters. 2003, 44, 1811-1813.

Bradley, A.Z. (principal author), M.G. Kociolek (contributing author), and R. P. Johnson (contributing author). Conformational Selectivity in the Diels-Alder Cycloaddition. Journal of Organic Chemistry. 2000, 65, 7134-7138.

Kociolek, M.G. (principal author) and R.P. Johnson (contributing author). Intramolecular Thermal Cyclotrimorization of an Acyclic Triyne: An Uncatalyzed Process. Tetrahedron Letters. 1999, 40, 4141-4144.

Andersen, K.K. (joint author), M.G. Kociolek (joint author), R. van Eldik (joint author), and C.D. Hubbard (joint author). Reactivity of Nucleophiles Toward X,Y-3-(p-Tolylsulfonyl)-1,2,3-Benzoxathiozole-2,2-dioxides: Kinetics, Activation Volumes and Mechanism. Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry. 1997, 10, 175-181.

Andersen, K.K. (principal author) and M.G. Kociolek (contributing author). The Acidity of Cyclic Sulfamates: Study of Substituted 1,2,3-Benzoxathiazole 2,2-dioxides and Theoretical Investigation of the Effect of Conformation on Acidity. Journal of Organic Chemistry. 1995, 60, 2003.

"Advances in the Chemistry of 2-Isoxazolines." Kociolek, M.G. (presenter), J.L. Brubaker, C. Hongfa, H.K. Ristau. American Chemical Society, Durham, NH. June 2001.

"Stereoselective Cycloadditions of Chiral Homoallylic Alchohols." Kociolek, M.G. (presenter), C. Hongfa, J.V. Schuster. American Chemical Society National Meeting, New Orleans, LA. March 2003.

"Ring-opening Reactions of 2-Isoxazolines and 2-Isoxazoles." Kociolek, M.G. (presenter), K.P. Kalbarczyk, N.G. Straub, J.V. Schuster, E.J. Marton. American Chemical Society National Meeting, Anaheim, CA. March 2004.

"Tandem ring-opening/cyclocondensation reactions of 3-bromoisoxazoles" Martin G. Kociolek (presenter), Nicholas G. Straub, Jolene V. Schuster, Elizabeth J. Marton and Jason W. Shaffer. American Chemical Society National Meeting, San Diego, CA. March 2005.

(poster) "Diastereoselective Synthesis of b-Oxy-2-Isoxazolines." Kociolek, M.G. and C. Hongfa (presenter). American Chemical Society, Orlando, FL. April 2002.

(poster) "Observing the Atomic Emission and Line Spectra of Alkali Earth Metals using the Electric Pickle Demonstration." Halmi, T.A. (presenter), M. Rizzo, A.J. Jircitano, and M.G. Kociolek. American Chemical Society, Boston, MA. August 2002.

(poster) "Ring Opening of 3-Bromo-2-isoxazolines." Kociolek, M.G. and K. Kalbarczyk (presenter). American Chemical Society National Meeting, New Orleans, LA.. March 2003.

(poster) "Diastereoselective Synthesis of Isoxazolines." Jolene Schuster and Martin G. Kociolek, National Conference on Undergraduate Research , Salt Lake City , Utah. April 2003.

(poster) " Tandem Ring-opening/Aldol Reactions of 3-Bromo-2-isoxazoles." Kociolek, M.G., J.V. Schuster (presenter). American Chemical Society National Meeting, Anaheim, CA. March 2004.

(poster) " Ring Opening of 3-Bromo-2-isoxazoles." Kociolek, M.G., N.G. Straub (presenter). American Chemical Society National Meeting, Anaheim, CA. March 2004.

(poster) "Synthesis and Ring Opening of 3-Alkoxy and 3-Amino-2-Isoxazoles.", Elizabeth J. Marton and Martin G. Kociolek, National Conference on Undergraduate Research, Indianapolis, IN. April 2004.

(poster) "Synthesis of b-Ketonitrile from 3-Bromoisoxaozles." Elizabeth J. Marton (presenter), Nicholas G. Straub, Martin G. Kociolek. National Conference on Undergraduate Research, Lexington , Virginia, April 2005.