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

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

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

Marina Guerra
Undergraduate Student

Nicole Fontana
PhD candidate

Victor Spada
Msc student

Laís Comin
Professional Msc student

Could be you !!
Join our group !!
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 !!