The Shaughnessy Group
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Kevin Shaughnessy was born in 1970 and raised in Trumbull, Nebraska. He earned his B.S. degree with honors and highest distinction from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 1992. While at Nebraska, he worked with Reuben D. Rieke on developing Rieke zinc-promoted reactions. He then joined the group of Robert M. Waymouth at Stanford University, where he developed zirconocene-catalyzed carbometalation reactions. Upon completing his PhD (1998), he moved to Yale to work with John F. Hartwig on palladium-catalyzed enolate arylations and development of high-throughput screening assays. In 1999, he joined the chemistry faculty at The University of Alabama, where he is currently Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry. His research interests have focused on the development of catalytic methodologies and mechanistic studies of these systems. He served as chair of the Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry for ten years (2009-2019).
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Graduate Students
Benjamin HeadfordBenjamin earned a Chemistry BS at Murray State University where he did research with former Shaughnessy group member Scott Brown. Benjamin joined the Shaughnessy group in summer 2013. His research has focused on the synthesis of novel phosphine ligands.
BS, Murray State University (2013) PhD, The University of Alabama (2022)
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Corrie BurlasCorrie received a BS in Chemistry at West Virginia University. She entered the PhD program in fall 2015. Her research focuses on the use of palladacycle catalysts for hydroalkynylation reactions.
BS, West Virginia University (2015) PhD, The University of Alabama (2022)
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Makynna KoperMakynna joined the PhD program in fall 2021, but began her research with the Shaughnessy group earlier that summer. Makynna's research is focused on the study of palladium-precatalysts for cross-coupling reaction.
BS, Southwestern Oklahoma State University (2021) |
Kehinde OgunmolaKehinde joined the PhD program in January 2021. Kehinde's research is focused on developing methods for the functionalization of closo-borate anion cluster compounds.
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Undergraduate Students
Jacques VanZylJacques joined the group in spring 2021. He is a biology major at UA. Jacques research is focused on the synthesis of ligands with acid/base sights capable of participating in cooperative catalysis.
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Geoffrey AlintoffGeoffrey is a New College major and a University Fellow. He joined the Shaughnessy group in fall 2021. His research is focused on synthesizing new ligands for extraction of heavy metal ions from water sources.
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Lindsey HiattLindsey is a Chemical Engineering major. She joined the Shaughnessy group in fall 2021. Her research is focused on designing new palladium precatalysts for cross-coupling reactions.
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Allison RhoadsAllison is a chemistry major and joined the Shaughnessy group in fall 2021 as a member of the Emerging Scholars Program. Allison's research is focused on new ligands for ligand-metal cooperative catalysis.
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Trey VardamanTrey is a New College major who joined the Shaughnessy group in fall 2021. Trey's research is focused on the use of palladacycle catalysts for the cross-coupling of alkynes.
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