Rate My Professor Warren Wood

Wood teaches organic chemistry courses at the undergraduate level. He enjoys engaging students in the classroom and laboratory settings. His research specializations lie in organic synthesis and medicinal chemistry, with ongoing efforts directed toward the synthesis of compounds possessing antimalarial properties, including 2-hydroxy-1,4-naphthoquinones as potential inhibitors of PfNDH2 in Plasmodium falciparum. Wood's laboratory integrates undergraduate students into synthetic and biological evaluation projects. Key publications co-authored with students include '2-hydroxy-1,4-naphthoquinones with 3-alkyldiarylether groups: synthesis and Plasmodium falciparum inhibitory activity' (Future Medicinal Chemistry, 2022, 14, 1611-1620), 'Sultam Thioureas: Synthesis and Antiviral Activity Against Respiratory Syncytial Virus' (Synlett, 2012), and 'Chemical Analysis of the Defensive Secretion from the Western Thatching Ant Formica obscuripes' (Journal of Chemical Ecology). To support this research, Wood has obtained major grants and awards: Moses Lake Industries Equipment Grant (2022), J. Murdock Charitable Trust Murdock College Research Program for Natural Sciences Grant (May 2015–June 2018), Arthur Butine Memorial Fund Research Grant (summers 2008–2012), Medical Research Foundation Research Grant (2009–2010), and M. J. Murdock Charitable Trust Research Start-Up Grant (2007–2012).