Boydston Research Group
UW-Madison Department of Chemistry

Evan Sherbrook

Credentials: PhD

Position title: Postdoctoral Scholar

  • Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2019
  • B.S., University of Vermont, 2013

Evan is originally from Kirby, Vermont. After completing his B.S. in chemistry at the University of Vermont in 2013, he moved to the University of Wisconsin-Madison to pursue his Ph.D under the guidance of Prof. Tehshik Yoon. His doctoral work focused on the development of stereoselelective photocycloaddition reactions enabled by Lewis and Brønsted acid catalysis. He joined the Boydston group at UW-Madison in September 2019 as a postdoctoral fellow. Outside the lab, Evan also enjoys disc golf, beer brewing, and hanging out with his cats.

Evan headed to Boston in August 2021 to work at Snapdragon Chemistry, Inc.