Chemistry Personnel

Jacob Mohar– was raised in Germantown, Wisconsin and attended college at Michigan Technological University. There, he worked in the research labs of Marina Tanasova and Loredona Valenzano-Slough in addition to working in the Chemistry Learning Center as the organic chemistry and general chemistry supplemental instruction leader. He ultimately found his passion in inorganic synthesis through pursuit of research endeavors at Argonne National Laboratory working under the direction of Massimiliano (Max) Delferro. There, he worked in synthesis of first row heterogeneous catalysts learning surface chemistry and synthetic inorganic techniques. Jacob also spent a semester at Leiden University in the Netherlands performing research under the direction of Lies Bouwman in palladium catalyzed isocyanate production using CO. He graduated from Michigan Technological University in May of 2019 and spent the following summer at Los Alamos National Laboratory working at the Center for Integrated Nanotechnology under the direction of Jen Hollingsworth. There, he looked at the synthesis spinel metal oxide nanoparticles and metal organic frameworks. Jacob came to the University of Pennsylvania in August of 2019 and joined the Mindiola research group. He will be continuing work in early transition metal catalysis and starting a new research focus in uranium chemistry and catalysis. Outside of the lab, Jacob enjoys cooking, board games, hiking, and road trips.