Assistant professor in organic chemistry at University of Rochester. Lovers of catalysis, building molecules, and all things science. Also running, hiking , gardening, old houses, and DIY. Professional Website: https://t.co/GIl5vEPuOPhttps://bsky.app/profile/paradinelab.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/paradinelab.bsky.social/post/3litqmvw37s2kIt was wonderful to return to my grad school stomping grounds and see what the White group (& especially team nitrene!) is up to 10 years later. Thanks so much for such a great visit! [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Feb 2025 11:37 +0000at://did:plc:pmlbsuxb2j3xfppwf473vpt4/app.bsky.feed.post/3litqmvw37s2khttps://bsky.app/profile/paradinelab.bsky.social/post/3lfas6spkoc25Are you an undergrad or faculty with undergrads interested in materials chemistry and pchem? Interested in an international exchange opportunity? Check out this program led by my colleague! [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Jan 2025 18:29 +0000at://did:plc:pmlbsuxb2j3xfppwf473vpt4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfas6spkoc25https://bsky.app/profile/paradinelab.bsky.social/post/3lbs6mmsyfs2hAre you studying outside the US? Are you in an undergraduate or master's program and planning on a PhD? Are you interested in US-based summer research opportunities? Would you love to experience a Rochester summer (they are wonderful!)? Check out the iScholar Program here at UofR! 👉 bit.ly/4g3CWL0 https://www.sas.rochester.edu/chm/undergraduate/i-scholar.html25 Nov 2024 18:46 +0000at://did:plc:pmlbsuxb2j3xfppwf473vpt4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbs6mmsyfs2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/paradinelab.bsky.social/post/3l7tvwbwuum24Happy Halloween! My pumpkin this year features cadaverine, a molecule associated with the smell of...well, you can guess from the name 🧟01 Nov 2024 00:25 +0000at://did:plc:pmlbsuxb2j3xfppwf473vpt4/app.bsky.feed.post/3l7tvwbwuum24https://bsky.app/profile/paradinelab.bsky.social/post/3l4huzi2mdk2mThis is a great event and awesome opportunity for students interested in pharma! [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Sep 2024 01:21 +0000at://did:plc:pmlbsuxb2j3xfppwf473vpt4/app.bsky.feed.post/3l4huzi2mdk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/paradinelab.bsky.social/post/3kvz4pghn2z25Switch the site-selectivity of your carbofunctionalization reaction with this one weird ligand! Lots of fun to build on this completely unexpected result, this project took us into data science and modeling to learn about the selectivity we were seeing. Check it out! https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-49803-y28 Jun 2024 19:58 +0000at://did:plc:pmlbsuxb2j3xfppwf473vpt4/app.bsky.feed.post/3kvz4pghn2z25https://bsky.app/profile/paradinelab.bsky.social/post/3kv7jkg34cl2aLove to see current and former students meeting each other at conferences! Dynamo 4th year grad student Cay at left and former undergrad Jisoo (who has been rocking it in @levinchem.bsky.social 's lab) at right, at the Heterocycles GRC18 Jun 2024 15:38 +0000at://did:plc:pmlbsuxb2j3xfppwf473vpt4/app.bsky.feed.post/3kv7jkg34cl2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/paradinelab.bsky.social/post/3kp3kedecut2gJust a little research group update: we've had a lot of new faces here recently! We're thrilled to have Lauren Morano, Livan Borrego, and Neively Tlapale Lara as new 1st years. Roberto Leon Baxin (3rd year) also joined our group in the fall. Look out for great things to come from all soon!01 Apr 2024 17:11 +0000at://did:plc:pmlbsuxb2j3xfppwf473vpt4/app.bsky.feed.post/3kp3kedecut2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/paradinelab.bsky.social/post/3ko5x6b2sak2qDouble your pi bonds, double your fun 👯‍♀️ Check out our group's first review, now out in Angewandte Chemie! We pulled together highlights of recent developments in transition metal-catalyzed reactions of dienes. Lots of cool stuff to feature! https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/anie.20240155020 Mar 2024 22:40 +0000at://did:plc:pmlbsuxb2j3xfppwf473vpt4/app.bsky.feed.post/3ko5x6b2sak2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/paradinelab.bsky.social/post/3kimzxf5kjp2k5th year grad student Dasha spent last summer doing a DAAD-RISE internship at BASF, and applied her strong column chromatography skills to develop a new technique for extracting microplastics - and just published a paper on it! Check it out: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2215016124000153?via%3Dihub10 Jan 2024 14:09 +0000at://did:plc:pmlbsuxb2j3xfppwf473vpt4/app.bsky.feed.post/3kimzxf5kjp2khttps://bsky.app/profile/paradinelab.bsky.social/post/3keq3zymucc2qThrilled that third year grad student Roberto Leon Baxin was among the winners of the Walters Teaching Award. Huge congrats to him and to all the other winners at our fall awards ceremony yesterday! 🎉21 Nov 2023 21:43 +0000at://did:plc:pmlbsuxb2j3xfppwf473vpt4/app.bsky.feed.post/3keq3zymucc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/paradinelab.bsky.social/post/3kdyd3ieh7t2qReturned to my alma mater, Albion College, to give a research seminar on Friday. It was so special going back to where it all began, and to see many of the professors who inspired, encouraged, and supported me (and still do 15 years later!). 💜💛12 Nov 2023 10:46 +0000at://did:plc:pmlbsuxb2j3xfppwf473vpt4/app.bsky.feed.post/3kdyd3ieh7t2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/paradinelab.bsky.social/post/3kd3iwr7v3o2uHad the opportunity to visit Eli Lilly today and interact with an incredible group of scientists throughout the day, and shared my group's research too. Very grateful for the invitation, I loved my visit!31 Oct 2023 23:43 +0000at://did:plc:pmlbsuxb2j3xfppwf473vpt4/app.bsky.feed.post/3kd3iwr7v3o2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/paradinelab.bsky.social/post/3kck53cep4k2xLeaf peeping with a purpose 🍂 had a great visit to Colgate today, such wonderful students and faculty. PUI visits are some of my favorites (hi, alum of a PUI here, I am not biased at all).25 Oct 2023 01:56 +0000at://did:plc:pmlbsuxb2j3xfppwf473vpt4/app.bsky.feed.post/3kck53cep4k2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/paradinelab.bsky.social/post/3kcim4hjrih2eand @partridgelab.bsky.social is here too! Can you tell I've been handing out invites to my colleagues? 😂 It's going to be a UR takeover of chemsky24 Oct 2023 11:19 +0000at://did:plc:pmlbsuxb2j3xfppwf473vpt4/app.bsky.feed.post/3kcim4hjrih2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/paradinelab.bsky.social/post/3kciiz7k35v2fHey #chemsky @matsonlab.bsky.social has arrived! Give our cluster chemist extraordinaire a follow24 Oct 2023 10:24 +0000at://did:plc:pmlbsuxb2j3xfppwf473vpt4/app.bsky.feed.post/3kciiz7k35v2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/paradinelab.bsky.social/post/3kc5ha2pqtm23A few group members (plus an honorary group member) went for a hike over the weekend - so many good nature trails around Rochester!20 Oct 2023 00:53 +0000at://did:plc:pmlbsuxb2j3xfppwf473vpt4/app.bsky.feed.post/3kc5ha2pqtm23https://bsky.app/profile/paradinelab.bsky.social/post/3k7qixgsksl2zWant to join our AWESOME department in beautiful Rochester, NY? We're hiring a tenure-track faculty member in organic/chem bio, broadly defined, at all levels. Apply here 👇 https://www.rochester.edu/faculty-recruiting/positions/show/1625219 Sep 2023 10:29 +0000at://did:plc:pmlbsuxb2j3xfppwf473vpt4/app.bsky.feed.post/3k7qixgsksl2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/paradinelab.bsky.social/post/3k7n25qwigq25Favorite element: manganese Favorite reaction: Catellani Reaction Favorite het: piperidine Favorite functional group: amine Favorite piece of glassware: fritted filter funnel Favorite natural product: erythromycin [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Sep 2023 01:26 +0000at://did:plc:pmlbsuxb2j3xfppwf473vpt4/app.bsky.feed.post/3k7n25qwigq25https://bsky.app/profile/paradinelab.bsky.social/post/3k7bijwdik42hIn addition to bringing in my group's first major grants, this summer I took on something even more ambitious: removing some lawn to build extensive raised beds and a terraced garden wall. Those spatial reasoning skills were definitely handy for building a dry-stack stone wall13 Sep 2023 11:11 +0000at://did:plc:pmlbsuxb2j3xfppwf473vpt4/app.bsky.feed.post/3k7bijwdik42hhttps://bsky.app/profile/paradinelab.bsky.social/post/3k7bibskmrx2eOk, moving my group's account from Twitter to Bluesky was a bit soon, so I'll take this excuse to jump into chemsky as a whole person rather than my group's PR (though I'll ALWAYS highlight all the awesome things my students are doing!). So, hi everyone 👋🏻13 Sep 2023 11:07 +0000at://did:plc:pmlbsuxb2j3xfppwf473vpt4/app.bsky.feed.post/3k7bibskmrx2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/paradinelab.bsky.social/post/3k46gm7utzw2hComing into bluesky with some good news - our group has been awarded an NIH MIRA! We're excited for the funding and for the flexibility the MIRA gives us to follow the science wherever it may take us.05 Aug 2023 01:43 +0000at://did:plc:pmlbsuxb2j3xfppwf473vpt4/app.bsky.feed.post/3k46gm7utzw2h