Group Leader: Juho Helaja

PhD Students:

Dr. Evgeny Bulatov: carbocatalytic conversions of heterocycles

Dr. Anna Lenarda: development of carbocatalytic materials and electrochemistry studies

Lukas Enders, M.Sc. development of asymmetric gold catalysis with new NHC ligands

Otto Seppänen, M.Sc.; gold catalysis, new ligands for gold catalysis

David Casadio, M.Sc.; carbocatalysis and carbocatalyst mimicry

 Santeri Aikonen, M.Sc., combined computational and experimental approach to develop catalytic reactions

Master Students:

Juulia Talvitie, M.Sc. Quinoidic and photoredox catalysis

Iida Alanko: New quinones for photoredox catalysis

Juho Koivula: Carbocatalytic conversions

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Bachelor Students:

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Students may inquire research projects by contacting Juho directly

Contact: first.last @ helsinki.fi

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Alumni:

Dr Tom Wirtanen, homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis with and without metals

Current position: post-doc in Prof. Siegfried Waldvogel AK, Mainz, DE.

Dr. Aleksandar Todorov, MSc.; tautomeric switching and photoredox catalysis

Current position: post-doc in Prof. Kilpeläinen group

Mikko.K.Mäkelä; carbocatalytic conversions

Vladimir Iashin, MSc.; modication of chlorophylls

Current position:

Ina Borg, M.Sc. dual active NHC-carbenes for gold catalysis

Erika Fager-Jokela, Dr.(tech.); Pauson Khand reaction

Current position: at Fermion

Taru Nikkonen, Dr.; Modification of chlorophylls and their photophysics

Current position: Ashland Finland

Mikko Muuronen, Dr.; theorerical and experimental metal mediated catalysis

Current position:

Theoretical and Computational Chemistry in Prof. Furche group, Irvine and Prof. Kaila group in TUM; Germany)