Biography

Hi all! I'm Josh Gavin, a native Minnesotan which gives me 50% resistance to frost damage (yes, I wore this same fall jacket through winter) but also lowers my Speech trait by 20% (ope). I've spent time volunteering with Chemists-in-the-Library and SciMentors, and donating blood and platelets. I went to a small liberal arts college called St. John's University, up the road in central MN. I love me a good MN brewery, rooftop dining in the summer, and concerts at the Minnesota Orchestra (virtually even). I also play the euphonium, and spent my first year at UMN playing with the university band. 

Awards

• Departmental Third Year Graduate Student Research Symposium Honorable Mention, 2022

• Academic Certificate of Excellence, 2020

• NSF GRFP Honorable Mention, 2020

• Lester C. and Joan M. Krogh Endowed Departmental First Year Fellowship, 2019

Publications Outside the Group

• Gavin, J. T.; Annor-Gyamfi, J. K.; Bunce, R. A. Quinazolin-4(3H)-Ones and 5,6-Dihydropyrimidin-4(3H)-Ones from β-Aminoamides and Orthoesters. Molecules 2018, 23 (11), 2925.