Creat­ing the Future
Alumni – Associated YR Projects

Modular Synthe­sis of Nitro­gen-Stabi­lized Carbene Complexes

Vanessa Vethake - Hector Fellow A. Stephen K. Hashmi

This project dealt with the development of a modular synthesis that allows access to a wide range of catalysts with properties tailored to the needs of the reactions to be catalyzed. The synthesis makes it possible to construct various N-heteroacyclic and N-heterocyclic carbene ligands with a wide range of electronic and steric properties directly at the metal center.

© Vanessa Vethake

Circum­galac­tic medium and the cosmic web

Chris Byrohl - Hector RCD Awardee Dylan Nelson

A cosmic web of galaxies and diffuse gas permeates our Universe. This cosmic web glows through faint, but measurable, Lyman-alpha emission of its neutral hydrogen. This project aims to characterize said cosmic web in cosmological simulations of galaxy formation. Connecting to upcoming observational data sets, new pathways for our understanding of galaxy and structure formation emerge.

Zirkumgalaktisches Medium und das kosmische Netz© Chris Byrohl