After receiving a B.S. in Chemistry from Allegheny College in 1998, Dr. Langenhan pursued graduate studies with Professor Samuel H. Gellman at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and earned a Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry in 2003. He then conducted two years of post-doctoral research with Professor Jon S. Thorson at the Laboratory for Biosynthetic Chemistry in the School of Pharmacy at the University of Wisconsin-Madison before moving to Seattle University.

Recent Publications

         (undergraduate co-authors underlined)  

8.   Langenhan, J.M.; Mullarky, E.; Rohlfing, J.; Rogalsky, D.R.; Werner, H.; Tjaden, A. ; Rozal, L.  "Total Synthesis of Amphimedosides A-C," manuscript in preparation.  

7.   Langenhan, J.M.; Endo, M.M.; Engle, J.M.; Fukumoto, L.L.; Rogalsky, D.R.; Slevin, L.K.; Fay, L.R.; Lucker, R.W.; Rohlfing, J.R.; Smith, K.R.; Tjaden, A.E.; Werner, H.M.Carbohydr. Res., in press.  “Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of RON-Neoglycosides as Tumor Cytotoxins.”  

6.   Alaimo, P.J.; Langenhan, J.M.; Suydam, I.T. “Thinking like a scientist in the organic chemistry lab: Designing experiments to generate data for analysis and discussion,” manuscript in preparation.  

5.   Iyer, A.; Zhou, M.; Azad, N.; Elbaz, H.; Wang, L.; Rogalsky, D.K.; Rojanasakul, Y.; O’Doherty, G.A.; Langenhan, J.M. ACS Med. Chem. Lett.2010, 1, 326-330.  “A Direct Comparison of the Anticancer Activities of Digitoxin MeON-Neoglycosides and O-Glycosides.”  

4.   Alaimo, P.J.; Marshall, A.-L.; Andrews, D.M.; Langenhan, J.M. Org. Synth.2010, 87, 192-200.  “1,3,5-Triacetylbenzene.”  

3.   Langenhan, J.M.; Alaimo, P.J.; Tanner, M.J.; Ferrenberg, S.M., J. Chem. Educ., 2010, 87, 856-861. “Safety teams: An Approach to Engage Students in Laboratory Safety.”  

·         Chemical & Engineering News blog feature: http://cenblog.org/the-safety-zone/2010/07/undergrad-laboratory-safety-teams/ (7/7/2010)  

·         Editorial highlight in J. Chem. Educ.2010, 87, 764-765  

2.   Alaimo, P.J.; Bean, J.C.; Langenhan, J.M.; Nichols, L.  Writing Across the Curriculum Journal, 2009, 20, 17-32. “Eliminating Lab Reports: A Rhetorical Approach for Teaching the Scientific Paper in Sophomore Organic Chemistry.”  

·         Podcast highlight in Science: http://www.sciencemag.org/content/332/6032/919/suppl/D  

1.   Langenhan, J.M.; Engle, J.M.; Slevin, L.K.; Fay, L.R.; Lucker, R.W.; Smith, K.R.; Endo, M.M.Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett.2008, 18, 670-673.  “Modifying the Glycosidic Linkage in Digitoxin Analogs Provides Selective Cytotoxins.”