[1] She develops catalytic reactions with environmentally benign metals such as iron, towards the synthesis of biologically active small molecules.
[6] She completed her Diploma Thesis (equivalent of a Master of Science) in 2004 under the direction of K. C. Nicolaou at the Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, California.
Her PhD thesis focused on the development of new synthetic strategies to access the aeruginosin class of natural products,[9][10] centered on the opening of oxabicyclic ring systems.
[11] After completing her doctorate degree, Schindler joined Eric N. Jacobsen's research group at Harvard University as a Feodor Lynen Postdoctoral Fellow.
Schindler's research group also focuses on the synthesis of biologically active natural products such as the platelet aggregation and influenza virus replication inhibiting herqulines B and C.[15][16] Her laboratory recently reported a carbonyl-olefin ring closure metathesis reaction using an environmentally benign iron catalyst, iron(III) chloride, that could replace widely-used precious metal catalysts, which are expensive and can be harmful to the environment.