Education

2009-2013 University of Wisconsin Eau Claire - B.S. in Chemistry, Minor in French

2013-2019 University of Montana - Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry

Teaching Experience

CHMY 124 Introduction to Organic and Biochemistry Lab

CHMY 222 Organic Chemistry Lab 1

CHMY 224 Organic Chemistry Lab 2

Research Interests

Design, synthesis, pharmacodynamic development and characterization of novel adjuvants and immunomodulatory agents. 

Publications

Riel, Asia Marie S.; Decato, Daniel, A.; Sun, Jiyu; Berryman*, Orion B. “Halogen Bonding Organocatalysts Enhanced through Intramolecular Hydrogen Bonds” Chem. Commun., 2022, 58, 1378-1381.

Decato, Daniel A.; Riel, Asia Marie S.; May, James, H.; Bryantsev, Vyacheslav S.; Berryman*, Orion B. “Theoretical, Solid-State, and Solution Quantification of the Hydrogen-Bond-Enhanced Halogen Bond” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2020, 59, 2-10.

Decato, Daniel A.; Riel, Asia Marie S.; May, James; Berryman*, Orion B. "Structural Analysis of 1,3-bis(4-ethynyl-3-iodopyridinium)-benzene Halogen Bond Donors" Crystals. 2019, 9(10), 522.

Riel, Asia Marie S.; Rowe, Rhianon K.; Ho, Ethan N.; Carlsson, Anna-Carin C.; Berryman*, Orion B.; Ho*, P. Shing. "Hydrogen bond enhanced halogen bonds: A synergistic interaction in chemistry and biochemistry" Acc. Chem. Res. 2019, 52, 10, 2870–2880. Front cover art.

Riel, Asia Marie S.; Jeannin, Olivier; Berryman*, Orion B.; Fourmigué*, Marc. " Co-crystals of an organic tris-selenocyanate with ditopic Lewis bases: recurrent chalcogen bond interactions motifs." Acta Cryst. 2019, B75, 34-38.

Riel, Asia Marie S.; Huynh, Huu-Tri; Jeannin, Olivier; Berryman*, Orion B.; Fourmigué*, Marc. "Organic selenocyanates as halide receptors: from chelation to one-dimensional systems." Crystal Grow. Des. 2019, 19, 1418-1425.

Riel^‡, Asia Marie S.; Decato‡, Daniel A.; Sun, Jiyu; Massena, Casey J.; Jessop, Morly J.; *Berryman, Orion B. “The intramolecular hydrogen bonded–halogen 5 bond: a new strategy for preorganization and enhanced binding." Chem. Sci. 2018, 9, 6451-6451

Sun, Jiyu; Riel, Asia Marie S.; Berryman*, Orion B. " Solvatochromism and fluorescence response of a halogen bonding anion receptor." New J. Chem. 2018, 42, 10489-10492. Halogen Bonding Special Edition.

Jeannin, Olivier; Huynh, Huu-Tri; Riel, Asia Marie S.; Fourmigué*, Marc. "Chalcogen bonding interactions in organic selenocyanates: from cooperativity to chelation." New J. Chem. 2018, 42, 10502 - 10509. Halogen Bonding Special Edition. Cover art.

Riel, Asia Marie S.; Jessop, Morly J.; Massena, Casey J.; Nascimento, Vinicius R.; Decato, Daniel A.; *Berryman, Orion B. “Experimental investigation of halogen-bond hard–soft acid–base complementarity.” Acta Cryst. 2017. B73, 203-209. Halogen Bonding Special Edition.

Riel, Asia Marie S.; Decato, Daniel A.; *Berryman, Orion B. “Protonation and Alkylation Induced Multidentate C–H•••Anion Binding to Perrhenate.” Cryst. Growth Des. 2016, 16, 974-980.

Massena^‡, Casey J.; Riel^‡, Asia Marie S.; Neuhaus, George F.; Decato, Daniel A.; *Berryman, Orion B. “Solution and Solid-Phase Halogen and C-H Bonding to Perrhenate.” Chem. Commun. 2015, 51, 1417-1420.

Dressler, Justin J.; Miller, Sarah A.; Meeuwsen, Brian T.; Riel, Asia Marie S.; *Dahl, Bart J. “Synthesis of dilactone bridged terphenyls with crankshaft architectures.” Tetrahedron. 2015, 71, 283-292.

Carlson, Erik J.; Riel, Asia Marie S.; *Dahl, Bart J. “Donor-Acceptor Biaryl Lactones: pH-Induced Molecular Switches with Intramolecular Charge Transfer Modulation.” Tetrahedron Lett. 2012, 53, 6245–6249.

* Research Advisor; ^‡ co-authors (each author contributed equally).

BOOK CHAPTERS

Riel, Asia Marie S.; Wageling, N. B.; Decato, D. A.; Berryman*, O. B. “Anion-Arene Interactions and the Anion-π Phenomenon.” In: Comprehensive Supramolecular Chemistry II, Atwood, J. L., (ed.) 2017, vol. 1, pp. 149-184. Oxford: Elsevier.

Professional Experience

2020-2022 Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Center for Translational Medicine, University of Montana

POST-GRADUATE COURSES

09/2022       Harvard Medical School (HMX) Courses (Immunology and Pharmacology)

06/2022       Royal Society of Chemistry Medicinal Chemistry Summer School 2022

International Experience

2017-2018 Chateaubriand Fellow, Embassy of France in the United States