Jie (Jackson) Zhu

Jie (Jackson) Zhu has a wealth of experience in the field of chemistry. In 2021, they began working as a Senior Research Scientist and Chemistry Lead at SiteOne Therapeutics, Inc., where they are responsible for developing therapeutics for the treatment of chronic cough, itch, and pain. Jie (Jackson) is also designing and synthesizing highly selective voltage-gated sodium channel inhibitors. Jie (Jackson) also serves as the safety officer, waste manager, and instrument manager for the Shimadzu Prep-HPLC system and Teledyne-ISCO CombiFlash.

Prior to this, they were a Postdoctoral Researcher at Stanford University from 2019 to 2021, where they developed methodology for C-H functionalization under rhodium or ruthenium catalysis, as well as synthesized tool compounds for studying voltage-gated ion channels.

From 2015 to 2019, they were a Graduate Student Researcher (Ph.D.) at the University of California, Davis, where they developed heterocycle synthetic methodology and synthesized and lead optimized small molecules for modulating ion channels associated with pulmonary disorders. Jie (Jackson) also synthesized chemical tools for supporting primary biliary cholangitis research.

From 2016 to 2017, they were an instructor for the SABIC Foundation Year Program at UC Davis Extension, where they designed and executed curriculum to prepare international scholars from Saudi Arabia for college level general chemistry while strengthening their English proficiency.

From 2012 to 2015, they were a Graduate Student Researcher (M.Sc.) at California State University, Long Beach, where they developed catalytic selective hydrogenation and isomerization of problematic/sticky dienes to higher value alkenes by unsupported ultrasmall monodispersed palladium nanoparticles.

Finally, from 2011 to 2012, they were an Undergraduate Student Researcher (B.Sc.) at the University of California, Davis, where they developed multi-component reactions for synthesis of indoles and isoxazolines, as well as combinatorial synthesis for contributing compounds to the National Institute of Health Pilot-Scale Library for high-throughput screening. Jie (Jackson) also conducted palladium catalyzed C-N and C-C bond formation reactions for indole construction.

Jie (Jackson) Zhu has a strong educational background in Chemistry. Jie (Jackson) obtained a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Chemistry from the University of California, Davis in 2012. Following this, they completed a Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Chemistry at California State University, Long Beach in 2015. Jie (Jackson) then completed a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Chemistry at the University of California, Davis in 2019. Currently, they are a Postdoctoral Researcher in Chemistry at Stanford University, which they began in 2019.