Photocatalysis and Organic Synthesis Laboratory

design of NEW SYNTHETIC TOOLS USING LIGHT AS ENERGY SOURCE

Sustainable protocols aiming applications in drug discovery, polymer science, biomass valorization, and carbon dioxide capture and utilization (CCU)

PHOTOREDOX CATALYSIS

Explore and expand the toolkit of organic photocatalysts

TITANIUM REDOX CATALYSIS

Investigate the Ti(III)/Ti(IV) reactivity for the light promoted functionalization of strained hetereocycles and deoxygenation of alcohols

N-Heterocyclic carbenes redox catalysis

Design of acylation strategies initiated by the photocatalytic generation of persistent ketil radicals from aldehydes or carboxylic acid derivatives

Carbon dioxide as a synthetic building block

Develop new light promoted protocols for the site-selective incorporation of carbon dioxide into organic molecules

OUR TEAM

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JOSÉ TIAGO M CORREIA

Group Leader
Synthetic Organic Chemist, passionate about Catalysis. Assistant Professor at Institute of Chemistry – University of São Paulo
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Odin

Group mascot
Little black and fluffy pug. Always hungry. Restless but kind.
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Marina Guerra

Undergraduate Student
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Nicole Fontana

PhD candidate
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Victor Spada

Msc student
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Laís Comin

Professional Msc student
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Could be you !!

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We are looking for highly talented and skilled students, who are willing to learn how to use light to shape the future of organic synthesis. Please, feel free to apply !!

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