Justine N. deGruyter

Justine was born and raised in Las Cruces, New Mexico, a city that she promptly escaped after high school. Following a several year stint in New York City, she returned home to attend New Mexico State University where she received the NIH MARC Fellowship to support her undergraduate research with Dr. William Maio. On receipt of the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, Justine moved to The Scripps Research Institute to pursue studies under the guidance of Professor Phil S. Baran. While there, she has helped to initiate the first research program within the laboratory to explore complex biomolecules as targets for total synthesis.