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Academic Background
   
  A Brief Overview:
   
  Dr. Elke Schoffers started her academic career at the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz, Germany, and continued graduate studies in the United States under the supervision of Professors I. Ojima (SUNY Stony Brook, M.S., 1991), C.R. Johnson (WSU, Ph.D., 1996), and A.J. Pearson (CWRU, postdoc, 1996-98).
   
  In 1998 she joined the Department of Chemistry at Western Michigan University where Dr. Schoffers is pursuing research opportunities with graduate and undergraduate students.
   
  Her long-term goal is to study and apply stereoselective synthesis. All research projects involve organic synthesis and offer her students an opportunity to explore fundamental synthetic methods.