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Dr. Chris Turlington joined the 暗网51 Department of Chemistry in 2017.

The Turlington lab is interested in discovering new reactions catalyzed by transition metals that will stitch together inexpensive organic molecules into inexpensive building blocks for prescription drugs.

See Dr. Turlington鈥檚 current research 

Areas of Interest

• Ruthenium catalysts for nitrile oxidation
• Biodegradable, polymer-supported oxidants
• Organometallic polymers

Education

• Ph.D., chemistry, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2015
• B.S., chemistry, Furman University, 2010

Honors, Grants and Awards

• ACS-PRF Undergraduate New Investigator Award, 2017 ($55,000)
• NIH Postdoctoral Fellowship (F32), Stanford University, 2015
• NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, 2010
• Phi Beta Kappa, inducted 2010
• Barry M. Goldwater Scholar, 2009

Selected Publications

For a full list of publications and academic citations, see Dr. Turlington鈥檚 CV.

• 鈥淣itrile Oxidation at a Ruthenium Complex leading to Intermolecular Imido Group Transfer,鈥� with James E. Bird, Cole A. Hammond, Kjersti G. Oberle, Erin E. Ramey, Yutong Zou and Ryan C. Lash, Organometallics, 39, 3775-3779, 2020
• 鈥�,鈥� with Anna M. Bauer, Erin E. Ramey, Kjersti G. Oberle, Gretchen A. Fata and Chloe D. Hutchison, Tetrahedron Letters, 60, 151193, 2019

Affiliations

• American Chemical Society (ACS), 2017鈥損resent

Institutional Service

• Mentor to the student-run ACS Chemistry Club, 2019鈥損resent
• General Chemistry Coordinator, 2019-2020
• 鈥淭eaching Science in Prison鈥� Committee, 2019

Outside the College

Chris grew up farming tomatoes with his family in western North Carolina. Working with his family to make ends meet is one of the most formative experiences of his life. Chris is happy to be out of the fields and working as a chemistry professor today!