People
Prof. Conor Pranckevicius
Conor earned his Ph.D degree from the University of Toronto in 2016 in the group of Professor Douglas Stephan, performing carbene-centred research with a focus on designing new efficient catalysts for olefin hydrogenation and metathesis. During this time, Conor visited in the group of Professor Guy Bertrand at University of California San Diego as an exchange student, where he explored the reactivity of new carbene-stabilized carbon(0) species. In 2017, he joined the group of Professor Holger Braunschweig at the Julius-Maximilians University of Würzburg in Bavaria, Germany as an Alexander von Humboldt and NSERC sponsored post-doctoral fellow. His current research interests include the synthesis and application of new low-valent boron-based molecules in challenging bond activations and catalysis.
Graduate Students
For Masters and Ph.D level research opportunities beginning spring 2024, motivated students are encouraged to contact Conor at cprancke@mail.ubc.ca with their CV and unofficial transcripts.
Current Members
William Kennedy
MSc Student - May 2023
Degrees: BSc (honours) in Chemistry from UBC Okanagan (2023)
Amelia-Mae Walker
Summer 2023 NSERC USRA (ICE)
University of New Brunswick
YuXiang Wei
MSc Student - Sep 2022
Degrees: BSc in Chemistry from Southern University of Science and Technology, China (2022)
Vigneshkumar P N
MSc Student - Jan 2022
Degrees: BSc in Chemistry from Mahatma Gandhi University Kerala, India (2021)
Former Members
Travis Graham
Fall 2022-23 Exchange student
University of York
Madeleine Agostino
Summer 2022 NSERC USRA (ICE)
Wilfrid Laurier University
Reece Lister-Roberts
Fall 2021-22 Exchange student
University of York