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Ethan Heyboer

Assistant Professor of Chemistry, General Faculty

Education:

B.S. Hope College, 2020
Ph.D. Emory University, 2025

Biography:

Ethan Heyboer is an instructor for Organic Chemistry lecture and the accelerated General Chemistry lab (1811). He received degrees in English and Chemistry at Hope College in Michigan, before pursuing a PhD in organometallic chemistry at Emory University, where he developed novel chiral rhodium catalysts for use in small-molecule synthesis.

At the University of Virginia, Prof. Heyboer is passionate about making the classroom a more accessible experience to reflect the rapidly diversifying landscape of higher education. He seeks to apply evidence-based pedagogical techniques to enhance the learning of students from a variety of backgrounds, hoping to inspire the next generation of doctors, scientists, and thinkers.