Department Head, Associate Professor
Phone: 336.334.3785
Fax: 336.334.5402
Room: 406 Sullivan Science Bldg.
Email: mpcroatt@uncg.edu
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Mitch was born in 1980 in the town of New Prague, Minnesota. He went to the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities in 1998 and earned his B.S. in Chemistry after doing research in the research group of Professor George A. O’Doherty. In 2002, Mitch then went to Stanford University to pursue a Ph.D. in Chemistry in the group of Professor Paul A. Wender. He focused his graduate research on the design and development of new transition metal-catalyzed reactions and successfully defended his thesis in 2007. Mitch then went overseas to Zurich, Switzerland to study in the group of Professor Erick M. Carreira at ETH-Zurich. There he made semi-synthetic analogs of Amphotericin B to help study its mechanism of action. In 2010, Mitch started his independent academic career at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, was promoted to Associate Professor in 2015, and became Department Head in 2017.
Ph.D. Student
Tian received his B.S. in Chemistry from Adelphi University in 2018 and came to UNCG based on the sage wisdom from Dr. I. F. Dempsey Hyatt (Croatt Group alumnus).
Sophomore
Philip is getting his B.S. in Chemistry and is planning to pursue graduate or professional school since he is interested in medicine and chemistry of the human body. He joined the Croatt Group in Fall of 2018.
Sophomore
Charles joined the group his freshman year (Spring 2018) and is working towards his B.S. in Chemistry with a Concentration in Research. He is planning to pursue a Ph.D in Nanoscience and is interested in polymer/materials science and electrochemistry.
Ph.D. Student
Abe received his B.S. in Biochemistry from Adelphi University in 2017 and came to UNCG based on the sage wisdom from Dr. I. F. Dempsey Hyatt (Croatt Group alumnus).
M.S. Student
Saad received his B.S. degree from UNCG in 2018 and continued in the group as a M.S. student.
Senior
Brandon is a Biology major with an interest in Medicinal Chemistry. He is a Pre-Med student and has a growing interest in Graduate School. He is also a Student Athlete, running Cross Country and Track for the Spartans.
M.S. Student
Jarrod is an M.S. student after finishing his undergraduate degree in Chemistry in 2019 from UNCG. He originally joined the Croatt group Summer of 2016.
Senior
Matthew is a Pre-Med Biology major, a sprinter for UNCG (pictured), and a member of the Pi Kappa Phi fraternity. He joined the Croatt Group in Fall of 2016.