Welcome to the Malapit Group
synthesis | catalysis | electrochemistry | organometallic chemistry
for reaction discovery and sustainable energy storage
About
The Malapit lab is Northwestern's newest synthetic chemistry research group.
We utilize a multidisciplinary approach using the concepts of organic synthesis, electrochemistry, and organometallic catalysis, towards the discovery of new reaction paradigms and sustainable/catalytic transformations,
and the development of novel redox-active molecules for next-generation energy storage technology. Please check out our Research and Publications for more information.
News and Events
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Congratulations to Jake for receiving the International Institute of Nanotechnology postdoctoral Fellowship and grad student Emily Mahoney for the Ryan Fellowship!
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June 2022
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The Malapit lab is open!!!
We finally moved to our newly renovated lab and we're excited to discover amazing things.​
Fist paper from the lab now out in JACS!
Congrats to Eva, Griffin, and Mo! Paper
Happy New Year!
Congratulations to Stella for receiving the Mirzayan Fellowship from the National Academies of Science, Engineering, Medicine.
Our recent paper in arene C–H amination is featured in Synfacts and ChemistryViews!
Our recent paper in arene C–H amination is among the most read paper in JACS for the months of February, March, and April.
Congratulations to grad student Griffin Stewart for receiving the prestigious NSF GRFP Award!
Congratulations to grad students Jessica and Griffin for passing their qualifying exams in flying colors!
Check out our latest publication in Angewandte Chemie on how alternating polarity efficiently generate aryl radicals from organoboron reagents. Congrats to Max, Jessica, Lorenzo, Ian, and Rossul! Paper
New review on electrochemical arene C–H amination out now in ChemCatChem! Congrats to Griffin and Chris. Review
Our latest work on "voltage-gated" electrolysis for electrochemical hydrotrifluoromethylation out now in Angewandte Chemie.
Congrats to Eva and Jinxiao! Paper
We're excited to welcome our newest postdocs, Dr. Jake Evans (from CalTech), Dr. Enqi Feng (from UWash at St. Louis), and graduate student Michael Garza (from Notre Dame)!
Check out our first publication in the area of organic redox flow batteries in JACS. Congratulations to Emily!
Welcome to our latest postdoc, Dr. SangHyun Lee from UT Austin!
Congratulations to our postdoc, Dr. Eva Alvarez! Eva will be starting her career as a tenure track assistant professor of chemistry at University of Virginia this Fall.
Check out the latests highlights from our work on organic flow batteries in C&EN, Northwestern Now, and over 30 news articles. Congrats, Emily!