Special CBC Colloquium: "Stable Carbocations for a More Sustainable Future"

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Dr. Thomas Gianetti

When

3:30 to 4:30 p.m., Sept. 22, 2022

Abstract: My group’s research involves the development of photocatalytic systems for more energy-efficient and greener chemical transformations in the synthesis of fine chemicals and pharmaceuticals, and for metal-free and long-duration energy storage. Specifically, our current focus is to develop a new chemical-structure platform based on stable and heterocyclic carbocations. Our group has shown how carbocations enable advances in: 1) chemical catalysis for photoinduced chemistry; 2) chemical synthesis for the design of sustainable catalysts; and 3) solution-phase electrode materials for next-generation batteries.

Bio-sketch: Thomas was born in Marseille, south of France, where he did his initial education. After high school, he moved to Lyon where he graduated from CPE Lyon, an engineering school in France, with a bachelor's and master’s degree in chemistry and chemical engineering. He then pursued his Ph.D. studies at the University of California, Berkeley, under the guidance of Profs John Arnold and Bob Bergman, followed by a post-doctoral position at the ETH Zürich with Prof Grützmacher. In September 2017, he moved to Tucson AZ with his wife and two children, Lucian (8) and Daisy (12), to start his independent career as an assistant professor in the department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Arizona.

LOCATION

Koffler Room 218

PRESENTER

Dr. Thomas Gianetti Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Arizona

 

Hosted byDr. Dominic McGrath