Welcome to the Malapit Group
synthesis | catalysis | electrochemistry | organometallic chemistry
for reaction discovery and sustainable energy storage
About
The Malapit lab is a synthetic chemistry research group at Northwestern University.
We utilize a multidisciplinary approach using the concepts of organic synthesis, electrochemistry, and organometallic catalysis, towards the discovery of new reaction paradigms for sustainable synthesis,
and the development of 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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2026
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Congratulations to Dr. Stella Fors – first PhD from the Malapit group!
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Check out our latest publication on electrochemical degradation of PFAS (in collaboration with the Dichtel group), out now in
Angewandte Chemie. Congrats, Stella and Emily!
2025
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Latest paper in mechanistic studies on waveform electrolysis for radical generation out now in JACS.
Congratulations to Jake, Enqi, Jessica, and Griffin.
Congratulations to our postdoc, Dr. Eva Alvarez who will be starting her career as a tenure-track
assistant professor of chemistry at University of Virginia this Fall.
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Latest paper on electrochemical C–H amination out now in Nature Synthesis. Congrats to Griffin, Eva, and Chris!
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Check out our latest publication on carboxylation of olefins with CO2 via alternating polarity electrolysis
in Angewandte Chemie. Congrats, Stella!
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Check out the latests highlights from our work on organic flow batteries in C&EN, Northwestern Now,
and over 40 news articles. Congrats, Emily!
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Check out our first publication in the area of organic redox flow batteries in JACS. Congratulations to Emily!​​​
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2024 – 2023
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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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Our latest work on "voltage-gated" electrolysis for electrochemical hydrotrifluoromethylation out now in Angewandte Chemie.
Congrats to Eva and Jinxiao! Paper
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Our latest work on "voltage-gated" electrolysis for electrochemical hydrotrifluoromethylation out now in Angewandte Chemie.
Congrats to Eva and Jinxiao! Paper
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New review on electrochemical arene C–H amination out now in ChemCatChem! Congrats to Griffin and Chris. Review
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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​​
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Congratulations to grad student Griffin Stewart for receiving the prestigious NSF GRFP Award!
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Our recent paper in arene C–H amination is featured in Synfacts and ChemistryViews!
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Congratulations to Stella for receiving the Mirzayan Fellowship from the National Academies of Science, Engineering, Medicine.
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Fist paper from the lab now out in JACS! Congrats to Eva, Griffin, and Mo! Paper
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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.​
For more events in the Malapit lab check out our gallery page and follow us on LinkedIn
Happy New Year!