Alumni

Luca Nencini

Research intern (PhD student)
Dipartimento di Chimica, Università di Torino, Italia
Period: April-July 2016
Project: CO2 hydrogenation to formate

Shubham Deolka

Research intern undergraduate student
IISER-Kolkata, India
Period: May-July 2016

Project: new pincer ligands for small molecule activation

Sandra Lucia Aristizábal Guerrero

Research intern undergraduate student
Universidad del Valle, Colombia
1st Period: July-October 2016
2nd Period: April-June 2017
Project: polynucleating ligands for Pt/Cu and multi-Cu complexes
Currently graduate student at KAUST

Hoan Minh Dinh

Research intern undergraduate student
Vietnam National University, Hanoi, Vietnam
Period: January-March 2017
Project: macrocyclic Mn complexes
Currently PhD student at OIST

Georgy Filonenko

Postdoctoral Researcher
Period: July 2015 - May 2017
Project: photoluminescent copper(I) complexes, mechanoresponsive polymers
Currently at Delft University of Technology

Tanner Jankins

Research intern undergraduate student
Northeastern University, USA
Period: January-June 2017
Project: new catalytic method for making cyclopropanes
Currently postdoc at ETH Zurich

Robert R. Fayzullin

Visiting Scientist
A. E. Arbuzov Institute of Organic and Physical Chemistry, Kazan, Russia
1st Period: April-June 2017
2nd Period: March-June 2018
Project: molecular and crystal structure determination of metal complexes

Andrey Petrov

Research intern undergraduate student
Kazan Federal University; Arbuzov Institute of Organic and Physical Chemistry, Kazan, Russia
Period: January-March 2018
Project: Exploration of Ru based complexes with organic S-,N-donor ligands for small molecule activation reactivity
Currently postdoc at LIKAT (Rostock)

Abhishek Dubey

Postdoctoral scholar
Period: July 2015-February 2018
Project: Mn-catalyzed hydrogenation of CO2 and carbonyl group; bioinspired ligand design
Currently Assistant Professor at JP University, India

Manuel Angel Gallardo-Villagrán

Research intern
University of Seville, Spain
Period: January-June 2018
Project: To develop a family of Ruthenium complexes stabilized with naphthyridinone-phosphine ligands, to be used as pre-catalysts, or catalysts in dehydrogenation reactions and small molecule activation
Currently PhD student in Neuchâtel (Switzerland) and Limoges (France)

Abir Sarbajna

Postdoctoral scholar
Period: August 2017-August 2018
Project: Organometallic chemistry of manganese
Currently Assistant Professor at Vellore Institute of Technology

Luke Kramer

Research intern undergraduate student
Harvard University
Period: June 2018-August 2018
Project: New model systems for mechanoresponsive polymers
Currently at University of Cambridge

Jiratheep Pruchyathamkorn

Research intern undergraduate student
Oxford University
Period: July 2018-September 2018
Project: Ru complexes with N,S-donor ligands for small molecule activation
Currently PhD student at University of Cambridge

Saiyyna Stepanova

Research intern undergraduate student
Lomonosov Moscow State University
Period: July 2018-September 2018
Project: Ru catalysis for new C-C bond formation reactions
Currently PhD student at ETH Zurich

Orestes Rivada Wheelaghan

Postdoctoral scholar/JSPS Research Fellow
Period: May 2015-December 2018
Project: Polymetallic linear chain complexes for small molecule activation and organometallic reactivity/catalysis studies; molecular wires
Currently Ramón y Cajal Fellow, University of Sevilla, Spain

Pradnya Patil

Postdoctoral scholar
Period: February 2016-December 2018
Project: Photoluminescent pyridinophane copper complexes
Currently postdoc (City of Hope, US)

Alèria Garcia Roca

Research intern
ICIQ, Spain
Period: December 2018-April 2019
Project: The synthesis and evaluation of Ru complexes with N,S-donor ligands for activation of small molecules
Currently PhD student at ICIQ

Tatiana Gridneva

Research intern
Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
Period: May 2019-August 2019
Project: New modes of small molecule activation and catalysis by Ru complexes with macrocyclic N,S-dono ligands. Currently OIST PhD student

James Gallagher

Research intern
University of Cambridge
Period: July 2019-September 2019
Project: Cobalt complexes wih redox innocent PNP pincer ligands: their potential in catalysis and in the activation of small molecules
Currently continues his study at University of Cambridge

Juan David Villada Morales

Research intern
Universidad del Valle, Colombia
Period: July 2019-December 2019
Project: New mechanophore design and enhancement of mechanoresponse
Currently returned to Universidad Del Valle, Colombia

SM Wahidur Rahaman

Postdoctoral scholar
Period: September 2018-December 2019
Project: Transfer hydrogenation and hydrogenation by Mn complexes
Currently at University of Munster, Germany

Aleksandr Sorvanov

Research intern
Tomsk State University, Russia
Period: October 2019-February 2020
Project: Mn complexes in C-heteroatom activation and C-C bond formation