Dorn named assistant professor
Stanna Dorn will be joining the University of Vermont in fall 2026 as an assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry. Before this appointment, she worked as a postdoctoral researcher at California Institute of Technology, studying the total synthesis of bacterial metabolites.
In 2024, Dorn was awarded a Maximizing Opportunities for Scientific and Academic Independent Careers, or MOSAIC, grant by the National Institutes of Health. This program was designed to support early-career scientists stepping into academic roles. Her lab will focus on catalysis, synthetic methodology and medicinal chemistry.
Dorn earned bachelor’s degrees in chemistry and music from Hope College and a doctoral degree in organic chemistry from Indiana University Bloomington. Her past honors and awards include an NIH National Research Service Award postdoctoral fellowship, CAS Future Leader and Women Chemists Committee/Merck Research Award recognitions from the American Chemical Society, and an Associate Instructor Award from Indiana University.
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