Stone Woo

Stone was born and raised in Sydney, Australia and received a Bachelor of Science (Advanced) (Honours) with the University Medal at the University of Sydney in 2019, working with Prof. Christopher S. P. McErlean on the synthesis of the sunflower hormone heliolactone. Currently, he is a Ph.D. candidate, American Australian Association Scholar and Bristol Myers Squibb Graduate Fellow with Prof. Ryan A. Shenvi at Scripps Research. His Ph.D. work has focused on developing chemistry to better access the chemical space surrounding alkaloids from psychoactive Galbulimima rainforest bark, enabling the identification of new opioid receptor ligands.