GLEN P. JUNOR ORCID: 0000-0002-6733-3577 [email protected] EDUCATION DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY: CHEMISTRY (in progress) University of California, San Diego – Advisor: Guy Bertrand MASTER OF SCIENCE: CHEMISTRY 2018 University of California, San Diego BACHELOR OF SCIENCE: CHEMISTRY 2016 University of California, Irvine – Advisor: Matt Law PUBLICATIONS G. P. Junor#, J. Lorkowski#, C. M. Weinstein, R. Jazzar, C. Pietraszuk, G. Bertrand. The influence of C(sp3)H- Selenium Interactions on the 77Se NMR Quantification of the π-Accepting Properties of Carbenes. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 22028-22033. and Angew. Chem. 2020, 132, 22212-22217. DOI: 10.1002/anie.202010744 and DOI: 10.1002/ange.202010744. #Authors Contributed Equally S. Yazdani, G. P. Junor, J. L. Peltier, M. Gembicky, R. Jazzar, D. B. Grotjahn, G. Bertrand. Influence of Carbene and Phosphine Ligands on the Catalytic Activity of Gold Complexes in the Hydroamination and Hydrohydrazination of Alkynes. ACS Catal. 2020, 10, 5190-5201. G. P. Junor, E.A. Romero, X. Chen, R. Jazzar, G. Bertrand, Readily Available Primary Aminoboranes as Powerful Reagents for Aldimine Synthesis. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 2875-2878. and Angew. Chem. 2019, 131, 2901-2904. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201814081 and DOI: 10.1002/ange.201814081 Very Important Paper (VIP) D. Pichon, M. Soleilhavoup, J. Morvan, G. P. Junor, T. Vives, C. Crevisy, V. Lavallo, J.-M. Campagne, M. Mauduit, R. Jazzar, G. Bertrand. The Debut of Chiral Cyclic (Alkyl)(amino)carbenes (CAACs) in Enantioselective Catalysis. Chem. Sci. 2019, 10, 7807-7811. DOI: 10.1039/C9SC02810B Highlighted In: Chemistry Views and l’Institut de Chimie F. N. Stappen, K. Enemark-Rasmussen, G. P. Junor, M. H. Clausen, J. Zhang, C. Engelbrekt. Implications of Byproduct Chemistry in Nanoparticle Synthesis. J. Phys. Chem. C. 2019, 123, 25402-25411. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.9b03193 Journal Cover C. M. Weinstein, G. P. Junor, D. Tolentino, R. Jazzar, M. Melaimi, G. Bertrand, Highly Ambiphilic Room Temperature Stable Six-Membered Cyclic (Alkyl)(amino)carbenes. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 9255-9260. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.8b05518 FELLOWSHIPS, SCHOLARSHIPS & AWARDS NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION GRADUATE RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP 2018 STRATEGIC ENHANCEMENT OF EXCELLENCE THROUGH DIVERSITY FELLOWSHIP 2016-17 ALFRED P. SLOAN MINORITY PHD SCHOLARSHIP 2016 HAROLD C. UREY GRADUATE STUDIES AWARD 2016 CHANCELLOR’S AWARD OF DISTINCTION 2016 ROSE HILLS FOUNDATION UNDERGRADUATE SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING SCHOLARSHIP 2015-2016 PITTS UNDERGRADUATE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD 2016 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LEADERSHIP EXCELLENCE THROUGH ADVANCED DEGREES 2014-2016 UCI ALUMNI ASSOCIATION DISTINGUISHED ANTEATER AWARD 2015-2016 AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING RESEARCH PRESENTATION 2015 UC LEADS SYMPOSIUM- 1ST PRIZE RESEARCH POSTER IN PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND MATH 2015 ROBERT DOEDENS UNDERGRADUATE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD 2015 MARIA REBECCA AND MAUREEN BELLETTINI AWARD 2014 FRANK AND SARA MCKNIGHT PRIZE IN UNDERGRADUATE CHEMISTRY- SEMIFINALIST 2014 INDEPENDENT COLLABORATIONS___________________________________________________________ IMPLICATIONS OF BYPRODUCT CHEMISTRY IN NANOPARTICLE SYNTHESIS 2016-19 Collaboration between myself (UC San Diego) and the Clausen, Zhang, and Engelbrekt groups (Technical University of Denmark) focused on understanding the causes of unusual spectral features in Au- nanoparticle solutions. Products of Collaboration: Peer-reviewed Publications: 1. F. N. Stappen, K. Enemark-Rasmussen, G. P. Junor, M. H. Clausen, J. Zhang, C. Engelbrekt, J. Phys. Chem. C. 2019, 123, 25402. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.9b03193 Free Dissemination of Knowledge to the Public: 2. Data from: Implications of Byproduct Chemistry in Nanoparticle Synthesis F. N. Stappen, K. Enemark-Rasmussen, G. P. Junor, M. H. Clausen, J. Zhang, C. Engelbrekt, UCSD Library Digital Collections 2018, DOI: 10.6075/J0GB228D Artistic Works: 3. Front-cover of the Journal of Physical Chemistry C Volume 123, Issue 41 (Artist: Nedjeljko Seselj) PRESS & HIGHLIGHTS LES DEBUTS DES ALKYLAMINOCARBENES CYCLIQUES (CAACS) CHIRAUX EN CATALYSE ASYMETRIQUE July 2019 http://www.inc.cnrs.fr/fr/cnrsinfo/les-debuts-des-alkylaminocarbenes-cycliques-caacs-chiraux-en-catalyse- asymetrique FIRST CHIRAL CAACS IN ASYMMETRIC CATALYSIS June 2019 https://www.chemistryviews.org/details/news/11169033/First_Chiral_CAACs_in_Asymmetric_Catalysis.html CHEMISTRY IN PICTURES: JUST ADD BORANE March 2018 https://cen.acs.org/articles/96/web/2018/03/Chemistry-Pictures-Just-add-borane.html TAKING THE BACK ROAD September 2016 Junor, G. Taking the Back Road. Composite, September 2016, pp 13-14. https://issuu.com/composite/docs/issue_02 Accessed December 16, 2016. FREE DISSEMINATION OF KNOWLEDGE TO THE PUBLIC_____________________________________ DATA FROM: THE INFLUENCE OF C(SP3)H-SELENIUM INTERACTIONS ON THE 77SE NMR QUANTIFICATION OF THE Π- ACCEPTING PROPERTIES OF CARBENES G. P. Junor, J. Lorkowski, C. M. Weinstein, R. Jazzar, C. Pietraszuk, G. Bertrand; UC San Diego Library Digital Collections 2020, DOI: 10.6075/J06M357V DATA FROM: INFLUENCE OF CARBENE AND PHOSPHINE LIGANDS ON THE CATALYTIC ACTIVITY OF GOLD COMPLEXES IN THE HYDROAMINATION AND HYDROHYDRAZINATION OF ALKYNES S. Yazdani, G. P. Junor, J. L. Peltier, M. Gembicky, R. Jazzar, D. B. Grotjahn, G. Bertrand; UC San Diego Library Digital Collections 2020, DOI: 10.6075/J0GB22FN DATA FROM: READILY AVAILABLE PRIMARY AMINOBORANES AS POWERFUL REAGENTS FOR ALDIMINE SYNTHESIS G. P. Junor, E.A. Romero, X. Chen, R. Jazzar, G. Bertrand, UC San Diego Library Digital Collections 2019, DOI: 10.6075/J00Z71HW DATA FROM: IMPLICATIONS OF BYPRODUCT CHEMISTRY IN NANOPARTICLE SYNTHESIS F. N. Stappen, K. Enemark-Rasmussen, G. P. Junor, M. H. Clausen, J. Zhang, C. Engelbrekt, UCSD Library Digital Collections 2018, DOI: 10.6075/J0GB228D PRESENTATIONS AMINOKETENE WITTIG REACTIONS UC San Diego Departmental Inorganic Seminar San Diego, CA July 2020 READILY AVAILABLE PRIMARY AMINOBORANES AS POWERFUL REAGENTS FOR ALDIMINE SYNTHESIS ACS Fall National Meeting San Diego, CA August 2019 READILY AVAILABLE PRIMARY AMINOBORANES AS POWERFUL REAGENTS FOR ALDIMINE SYNTHESIS UC Chemical Symposium (Poster) Lake Arrowhead, CA March 2019 READILY AVAILABLE PRIMARY AMINOBORANES AS POWERFUL REAGENTS FOR ALDIMINE SYNTHESIS SoCal Organometallics Meeting University of Southern California February 2019 CYCLIC(ALKYL)(AMINO)CARBENE COPPER COMPLEXES FOR CATALYSIS SACNAS National Conference Washington D.C. October 2015 HONORS PHI BETA KAPPA member since 2015 PHI THETA KAPPA member since 2011 PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY member since 2016 .