Julia Katzbaer

B.S. in Biochemistry: The Ohio State University, 2019

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Julia is from Delaware, Ohio, and graduated from The Ohio State University in 2018, while conducting research in the labs of Dr. Noel Paul. While in the Paul labs, Julia sought to develop a carborane-based macrocycle for metal ion chelation.  Julia spent the beginning of 2019 in the Elacqua labs, where she worked on small molecule synthesis of photoswitches. In the fall of 2019, she catalyzed a new collaboration between the Elacqua and Giri groups, wherein she is working to develop methodology for the synthesis of novel polymers and materials. Julia is excited to work on a mixture of small molecule synthesis and methods development, while learning about 'larger, squishy' molecules as well! In her spare time, Julia enjoys hiking, cooking, gardening, and watching animal videos.

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Honors

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• Penn State Chemistry, Graduate Student Teaching Award (2019)

• Penn State Chemistry, Continuing Teaching Award (2019-2020)

• Penn State Chemistry, Continuing Teaching Award (2021-2022)

• Harold F. Martin Graduate Assistant Outstanding Teaching Award (2021-2022)

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Publications

 

J. N. Katzbaer, V. M. Torres, E. Elacqua,* and R. Giri* Nickel-Catalyzed Alkene Difunctionalization as a Method for Polymerization, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2023, 145, 14196-14201.