
John Ovian
@johnovian
Postdoc in the Peters group @CaltechCCE
PhD with @JacobsenLab @HarvardCCB
Alum of @UConnChem and @GargLab
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05-05-2022 17:28:13
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Thrilled to share our mechanistic report on our HCl/thiourea co-catalyzed Prins reaction. Huge thanks to Corin Wagen and Jacobsen Lab for an amazing time! pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja…


Finally online! Unlocking eN2RR with various catalysts at a single operating potential via PCET tandem electrocatalysis. Honored to be a part of this work led by Pablo Garrido Barros (and with Matthew Chalkley!) to earn my Peters lab N2RR merit badge. ⚡️ nature.com/articles/s4158…

Congrats to Katherine Forbes on being awarded a Graduate Fellowship in Synthetic Organic Chemistry from Bristol Myers Squibb! A well-deserved recognition for a brilliant chemist!




Exciting news! The Gair Group has a landing page! gairgroup.com Check it out to see out some of the areas we’re eager to start working in MSU Chemistry starting summer 2023.

Congrats to John Ovian, (Twitter-less) Petra Vojackova, and Jacobsen Lab for a magnificent study of a Ru/HBD co-catalyzed reaction, featuring some really funky catalyst effects. nature.com/articles/s4158…



Enantioselective Transition-Metal Catalysis via an Anion-Binding Approach by John Ovian, Petra Vojáčková, and Eric N. Jacobsen Jacobsen Lab at Harvard Chemistry in nature nature.com/articles/s4158…


A Valentine's treat from Jacobsen Lab, if anion-binding and TM catalysis is your jam.


Join us on Synthesis Workshop as Dennis Kutateladze shares his work on enantioselective catalysis of Prins cyclizations! Full episode: youtu.be/LNlR97Nn8Uo J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 20077–20083. doi.org/10.1021/jacs.1… Jacobsen Lab Harvard Chemistry Buchwald Group


I'm thrilled to share that I will be joining the chemistry faculty at the University of Rochester this Summer. I'm so grateful to my advisors, mentors and colleagues who helped me make this dream come true. I'm super excited for this next stage of my career⚡️🧪 University of Rochester Chemistry Department

Very glad to see this in its final form! This was such a fun project to work on, and I’m so grateful to have been a part of team HCl with Corin Wagen, Raul, Pamela Tadross, Andrew, Dennis Kutateladze, and Jacobsen Lab!
