Wed, October 15, 2025
4:10 pm - 5:10 pm
CBEC 130
Presenter: Daniel K. Kim, Assistant Professor
Title: Applications of Acetal Radicals in Organic Synthesis
Daniel grew up local to Philadelphia in Horsham, Pennsylvania. He earned a B.S. degree in Chemistry at Gettysburg College working with Professor Timothy Funk on Pd- and Fe-catalyzed oxidation reactions. In graduate school he gained valuable research experience with Professor Vy Dong working on Rh- and Co-catalyzed hydroacylation reactions at the University of California, Irvine. Daniel moved back across the country to join Professor Dave MacMillan at Princeton University as a postdoctoral research fellow working on photoredox-catalyzed bioconjugation reactions. He joined Temple's Research Faculty as an Assistant Professor in 2020 where he has initiated a research program developing new reagents to solve challenges in organic synthesis.