The Baxter Lab is an organic chemistry research group at the University of California, Merced.  We are located in the heart of California's Central Valley, a short drive from two separate entrances to Yosemite National Park.  We occupy a shared lab space on the third floor of the Science and Engineering 2 building.  We are currently developing several novel synthetic methods based on metal- or electrochemical-initiated radical reactions.  We also utilize in-situ reaction monitoring to study global reaction profiles to better optimize new reactions.