Chemistry Personnel

Anders Reinholdt - was born in Odense, Denmark. After finishing high school, he moved to Copenhagen to study chemistry, eventually joining the laboratory of Professor Jesper Bendix. Here, he investigated the reactivity and electronic structure of ruthenium carbide complexes, focusing on their interaction with late transition metals as well as elemental iodine. During the completion of his Bachelor’s (2013) and Master’s degrees (2014), he enjoyed a formative internship in the group of Professor Sven Schneider (Göttingen), studying PNP ligands coordinated to multiply bonded metal-ligand systems. While studying for his Ph.D. degree (2018), he gained further research experience from the laboratories of Professor Abhik Ghosh (Tromsø), working on porphyrinoid systems, as well as Professor Tony Hill (ANU), working on tungsten carbide systems. Toward the end of his doctoral studies, he investigated new trivalent silver complexes in collaboration with Professor Kyle Lancaster (Cornell). He has been awarded postdoctoral fellowships from The Carlsberg Foundation as well as The Independent Research Fund Denmark. This has enabled his move to the University of Pennsylvania where he joins the Mindiola group (2019). His research will focus on the coordination chemistry of titanium as well as the amination of methane. Outside of the lab, Anders enjoys supporting the Danish football/soccer club Odense, playing the guitar, and spending time with his family.