Julie L. H. Wahlman
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
B.S., California State University, Fullerton, 2014 (w/ Paula Hudson and Peter de Lijser)
Ph.D., California Institute of Technology, 2019 (w/ Sarah Reisman)
Postdoc, University of Utah, 2019-2021 (w/ Matthew Sigman)

Julie was born and raised in Southern California. She attended Cerritos College for two years and then transferred to California State University, Fullerton where she earned her B.S. in Chemistry in 2014. While at CSUF, Julie conducted undergraduate research with Prof. Paula Hudson and Prof. Peter de Lijser investigating oxidation reaction mechanisms of photochemical reactions. In 2013, Julie conducted summer undergraduate research on Kumada cross-couplings in continuous flow with Prof. Steve Buchwald at MIT. Excited to pursue research in the field of catalysis, Julie then attended the California Institute of Technology and completed her Ph.D. with Prof. Sarah Reisman in 2019 developing asymmetric Ni-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions. In 2019, Julie moved to the University of Utah to work under the direction of Prof. Matthew Sigman. Her postdoctoral work focused on using computational modeling and data science tools to understand fundamental principles of organocatalysts. Julie began her independent career as an assistant professor at CSULB in January 2022. Her laboratory seeks to develop transition-metal catalyzed methods for the preparation of synthetically useful reagents and bioactive molecules.