Laura Ackerman-Biegasiewicz

📍 Honolulu, Hawai’i

Degrees/Schools
  • BA Chemistry and Religious Studies, Claremont McKenna College (2009)
  • PhD University of Rochester (2010-2016)
  • Postdoc Princeton University (2016-2019)
  • Assistant Professor Arizona State University, School of Molecular Sciences (2020-2023)
Research
  • Andrew W. Zanella (Claremont McKenna)
  • Anna G. Wenzel (Claremont McKenna)
  • David A. Vicic (University of Hawai’i at Manoa, now at LeHigh University)
  • Daniel J. Weix (University of Rochester, now at UW Madison)
    Supported by NSF GRFP Fellowship
  • Abigail G. Doyle (Princeton, now at UCLA)
    Supported by NIH Postdoctoral Fellowship
Outreach
  • PUEO at Punahou School
  • chemistry mentorship program at the Claremont Colleges
  • Horizons at the University of Rochester
Hobbies
  • water polo
  • soccer
  • running near the ocean
  • reading & writing non-fiction novels and poetry
  • (re)watching Star Wars and The West Wing
  • spending time with family and friends

Laura’s Prior Publications


(12) Editorial Focus on Base Metal Catalysis:

(11) Organic Chemistry: A Retrosynthetic Approach to a Diverse Field

(10) Multimetallic-Catalyzed C–C Bond-Forming Reactions: From Serendipity to Strategy

(9) Accelerated Multimetallic Cross-Coupling of Aryl Chlorides with Aryl Triflates

(8) Direct C−C Bond Formation from Alkanes Using Ni and Photoredox Catalysis

(7) Nickel-Catalyzed Cross-Electrophile Coupling with Organic Reductants in Non-Amide Solvents

(6) Decarboxylative Cross-Electrophile Coupling of N-Hydroxyphthalimide Esters with Aryl Iodides

(5) Multimetallic Catalysed Cross-Coupling of ArylBromides with Aryl Triflates

(4) Cobalt co-catalysis for cross-electrophile coupling: diarylmethanes from benzyl mesylates and aryl halides

(3) Tandem Catalysis

(2) Biphenyl-2,2’-diol-Based Compounds forAsymmetric Catalysis

(1) Decarboxylative trifluoromethylation of aryl halides using well-defined copper–trifluoroacetate and –chlorodifluoroacetate precursors