Gregory R. Cook

Professor and Chair

Office: Sugihara 300
Lab: Sugihara 454
Tel: 701.231.7413
Fax: 701.231.8831
gregory.cook@ndsu.edu

BA 1988 Olivet College, PhD 1994 Michigan State University, NIH Postdoctoral Fellow 1994-1996 Stanford University

I am a Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at North Dakota State University. My interests in teaching and research are in the area of Synthetic Organic Chemistry. I received my undergraduate degree from Olivet College, in Olivet Michigan, and completed my M.S. and Ph.D. work at Michigan State University. I spent two years as a NIH Postdoctoral Fellow in the laboratories of Prof. Barry M. Trost in Stanford. In 1996 I began my independent career at NDSU. I was promoted to Associate Professor in 2002 and became a Full Professor in 2008. I am currently serving as Chair of the department. I teach all levels of organic chemistry and organic spectroscopy. My research interests lie in the development of new synthetic methodology utilizing allyl organometallics. In particular we are interested in utilizing environmentally friendly indium and bismuth metals for enantioselective allylation reactions. More recently we have been investigating new C-H activation chemistry for the functionalization of nitrogen heterocyclic. Our methodology is applied to the synthesis of biologically active natural products and new compounds that have potential anti-cancer activity.

Mailing Address

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
NDSU Dept. 2735
P.O. Box 6050
Fargo, ND 58108-6050

Shipping Address

The Cookies

Current Graduate Students

Faez Alotaibi
Norah Almowanas

Current Undergraduate Students

Mariel Cabeza (REU 2023)

COOK ALUMNI

Graduate Students

Don Anton
Ganesh (Balasubramanian Narayanaganesh) (PhD 2012)
Michael Chhoun (MS 2021)
Scott Erickson
Jason Hallman (MS 2002)
Ryuji Hayashi (PhD 2008)
Reza Hussain
Xiaomin Jin (MS 2006)
Esin Karanki
Robert Kargbo (PhD 2008)
Barry Leeks
Nestor Lora Cruz
Keith Nelson
Anthony Ostlund (PhD 2013)
Ketheeswaran Pararajasingham
Jina Park
Manjusha Saraswathiamma
Jason Smarker
Jason Smart
Xixi Song (MS 2008)
Mee-Sun So (BS 2014)
Yoko Takahashi (PhD 2010)
Sandeep Vemula (PhD 2018)
Hui Yu (MS 2001)
Yinbi Zhang

Postdoctoral Fellows

Santosh Bohr
Dinesh Kumar
Bikash Maity
Tanmay Mandal
Ethirajan Manivannan
Debasis Samanta
S. Sankaranarayanan
P. Sathya Shanker
Liangdong Sun (deceased)
Vesela Ugrinova
Wei Xu

Undergraduate Students

Victoria Alao (summer REU 2012)
Karen Beckman (2004-2005)
Ryan Bowman (REU 2002)
Anthony Clay (REU 2011)
Shannon Cumiskey (REU 2009)
Marie Dillon (2010)
Yassine El Hassani (2007-2008)
Aaron Ferguson (1998-2000)
Dilinie Fernando (1996-1997)
Keveen Flieth (REU 2013)
Mary Froemming (REU 2001)
Amanda Fyles (REU 2014)
Andrew Garman (2014-2016)
John  Giraldes (REU 2002)
Jessica Goreham (2002, 2003, Science Bound)
Brandon Gustafson (2000-2004, Science Bound)
Miranda Hvinden (1998-2000, Science Bound)
Miho Kaneko (2007-2011, 2007 Pfizer Undergrad Fellow)
Ozgun Kilic (REU 2010)
Panjun Kim (2007-2008)
Anthony Knox (2011, McNair Scholar)
Jaehee Lee (2010-2012, BS 2012, Boston College)
Joy Lichtsinn (REU 2000, 2001)
Kristin Meyer (2003, 2004, Science Bound)
Marissa Meyer
Peter Miljkovic (2011)
Stephanie Moe (1996-1997)
Dana Nouri (1997)
Laura Paulson (2011)
Scott Peterson (1998-2000, Goldwater Scholar, McNair Scholar)
Scott Reule (1999-2002, McNair Scholar)
Mee-Sun So (2012-2014)
Yoko Takahashi (2003, 2004)
Matthew Thompson (2007-2008)
Joe Taube (REU 2001)
Danielle (Vaughn) Pinnic (2006-2010)
Tajae Viaene (2009-2011)
Rebecca Wertish (1998-2001)
Megan Winne (REU 2022)
Megan Weyer (2011-2012)
Nathan Wyatt (2013)
Desmond Yengi (REU 2008)

Other Researchers

Deepti Agarwal (Governor’s School – High School Student)
Adam Boe (PICNICS 2010)
Anastasia de Celle (PICNICS 2012)
Atiya Khan – (PICNICS 2016, Davies HS)
Kjirsten Swensen  (Governor’s School – High School Student)
Bob Dignan (ND-STEP – High School Teacher)
Wei (Amy) Yu (PICNICS 2011)
Samira Sadat (PICNICS 2014)
Grant Zastoupil (PICNICS 2015, Davies HS)