January 2022: Vipulan Vigneswaran

Vipulan (Vip) Vigneswaran, 5^th year PhD student in Prof. Lacy's group

• Fanara,^§ P. M.; Vigneswaran,^§ V.; Gunasekera, P. S.; MacMillan, S. N.; Lacy,* D. C. Reversible Photoisomerization in a Ru cis-Dihydride Catalyst Accessed through Atypical Metal–Ligand Cooperative H₂ Activation: Photoenhanced Acceptorless Alcohol Dehydrogenation 2021, Organometallics 10.1021/acs.organomet.1c00648
  ^§ designates equally contributing
• Vigneswaran, V.; Abhyankar, P. C.; MacMillan, S. N.; Lacy,* D. C. H₂ Activation across Manganese(I)-C bonds: Atypical Metal-Ligand Cooperativity in the Aromatization/Dearomatization Paradigm 2021, Organometallics (accepted).
• Lacy, D. C.; Paul, S.; Vigneswaran, V.; Abhyankar, P. C. Mn complexes with carbonyl and isocyanide ligands, Chapter in Comprehensive Organometallic Chemistry IV 2021, Elsevier
• Vigneswaran, V.; MacMillan, S. N.; Lacy,* D. C. Beta-Amino Phosphine Mn Catalysts for 1,4-Transfer Hydrogenation of Chalcones and Allylic Alcohol Isomerization. Organometallics 2019, 38, 4387-4391.

My research focuses on the synthesis and coordination chemistry of novel organomanganese and organoruthenium complexes towards catalysis. Our work seeks to probe the structures of intermediates that are typically implicated in catalysis.

I appreciate the tight-knit community in our department; everyone is accessible and excited to talk about new chemistry. Our lab has active discussions about the latest research in our field and how we can apply these findings to our own work.

Outside of the lab, I like to solve NYT Crossword puzzles or watch NBA basketball (Go Raps!). I also like to watch new movies and TV shows with my wife.