Dio Siegel ’97 churns out “long horn” molecules

After completing a PhD in 2003 at Harvard with Prof. Andrew Myers (“Synthesis of (-)-Tetracycline.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127, 8292-8293) and a postdoc from 2003-07 with Prof. Samuel Danishefsky at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (“Total Synthesis of Garsubellin A.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 1048-1049), Dio has settled down at the University of Texas-Austin’s chemistry department. In just two years he has collected a group of hard-working students where they work on projects spanning development of new reactions, natural product synthesis, and molecular pharmacology. Dio has also attracted the roving eye of the Sexy Science blog where he is profile #13. (PS his cousin points out in the blog’s comments section: Dio is married.)