The Kennepohl Research Group
Our Group
Humanity currently faces a number of grand challenges that will require bold new solutions to confront continuing stress on human health, the global environment, and resource needs. Not only do we need solutions to solve these issues, these solutions must also be efficient and their implementation must be sustainable. Chemistry, the science of understanding and harnessing the properties of molecules and materials, is a critical element in finding these solutions.
Our ability to efficiently target health, environmental, and resource challenges, is hampered by our inability to effectively predict chemical properties from first principles. We are getting much better, but we are still far from a time where de novo design of molecules and materials is a routine exercise. The Kennepohl Research Group seeks to bridge this gap by exploring the relationship between the underlying geometric and electronic structure of molecules and their chemical properties.
Meet our Group
The Kennepohl Research Group is a diverse team of researchers consisting of graduate students and undergraduates.
Research
Our research focusses on exploring the relationship between electronic structure and reactivity in chemical systems; emphasis is placed on using spectroscopy to define electronic structure and probe reactivity.
Publications
Since our group is so diverse, we consistently are adding to our list of publications.
In the News!
The Kennepohl Group has officially moved from UBC to the University of Calgary. Although our labs are still in the process of moving out of UBC, our centre of operations is now at the University of Calgary where renovations are going smoothly. We anticipate being up and running again in August. Stay tuned!
Hot off the Press!
- Covalency in the Halogen Bond. Kellett, C., W.; Kennepohl, P.; and Berlinguette, C., P. Nat Commun. 2020; 11: 3310 (PDF)
- Regiocontrolled and Stereoselective Syntheses of Tetrahydrophthalazine Derivatives using Radical Cyclizations. Zhang, W.; Mo, J., Y.; He, W.; Kennepohl, P.; and Sammis, G., M. Chemistry – A European Journal, 25: 976-980. 12 2019. (PDF)