Alec Esper
@AlecEsper
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Organometallic Catalysis PhD Candidate in the Veige group at the University of Florida.
Joined February 2022
New paper accepted and online! Collaborative with the @VeigeLab_UF on reactions of 9-borafluorene with gold reagents. @YijieLivtec @yuuuuuuhsuan @alecesper Probing B-C Bond Insertion With Gold Acetylide and Azide -
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The reaction of Ph3PAuN3 with 9-Ph-9-borafluorene resulted in complexation of the azide to boron while a gold acetylide reacted with 9-Ph-9-borafluorene to insert the acetylide carbon to access a...
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Great to see cool nano bowls from cyclic polymers!!
Excited to share with you our work on the study of self-assembly behavior of the amphiphilic cyclic bottlebrush polymers. Many thanks John @ChemMiao Lily @VeigeLab_UF @Brent_Sumerlin #ufchemistry
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Exciting new direction for the group out now in @angew_chem - structural and functional investigations of protein-polymer conjugates with Mike Harris and @SavinPoly. Special thanks to @Brent_Sumerlin for valuable feedback. https://t.co/RPdaDYuoBb
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Vin Diesel and Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson to star in a new movie about two PhD chemists racing to complete the same synthesis. The Flask and the Furious
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Yunjie Wen and Jonathan Specker @mass_specks (Winefordner), Michael Manchen, Alec Esper @AlecEsper, Cory Cornman, and Angie Korpusik @KorpusikAngie (Tarrant), Sofia Goodrich @SoGoodrich (@EastmanChemCo Organic), Swagata Mondal @Swagata73808004 (@EastmanChemCo Analytical) ...
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Come see my talk this Wednesday at #ASMS2022! I will be covering novel insights on infectious disease. @PrenticeLabUF
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Thanks to the team @jakhar_vineet @ehm_ce @VeigeLab_UF! Special shout-out to @jakhar_vineet for the amazing experimental work!
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It's 4/20--are you curious how Cannabis research can impact human health? Check out the first blog post on my newly-minted personal website! https://t.co/OGp8RPVvE4
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A High-Throughput Approach to Repurposing Olefin Polymerization Catalysts for Polymer Upcycling (Veige) @VeigeLab_UF @ehm_ce @UFChemistry @UninaIT @MSU_1755
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Thank you @msainat1 and @guardian for your thoughtful piece on the exploitation of GAs. "These universities make a lot of profit off of grad students, while being apathetic about the fact that these human beings struggle to feed themselves every day." @UF
theguardian.com
Student workers often earn ‘below the minimum living wage’ for helping teach courses and assisting with research
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