September 2018: Anthony Cannella

Anthony F. Cannella, 4th-year PhD student in Prof. Lacy’s group

First-author publication: 

• Cannella, A. F.; Dey, S. K.; MacMillan, S. N.; Lacy, D. C. Structural Diversity in Pyridine and Polypyridine Adducts of Ring Slipped Manganocene: Correlating Ligand Steric Bulk with Quantified Deviation from Ideal Hapticity, Dalton Trans., 2018, 47, 5171-5180. (Cover article in Dalton Transactions March 2018)

Co-author publications:

• Surendhran, R.; D’Arpino, A. A.; Sciscent, B. Y.; Cannella, A. F.; Friedman, A. E.; MacMillan, S. N.; Gupta, R.; Lacy, D. C. Deciphering the Mechanism of O₂ Reduction with Electronically Tunable Non-heme Iron Enzyme Model Complexes, Chem. Sci., 2018, 9, 5773-5780.
• Kadassery, K. J.; Dey, S. K.; Cannella, A. F.; Surendhran, R.; Lacy, D. C. Photochemical Water-Splitting with Organomanganese Complexes, Inorg. Chem., 2017, 56, 9954-9965.

"My research focuses on the synthesis and reactivity of novel organometallic and inorganic compounds with manganese metal centers.

I enjoy being a graduate student at UB because the grad students and professors here are supportive and friendly, which creates a community that I feel fortunate to be a part of.

Outside of the lab I enjoy trying the many restaurants, food trucks, and festivals that Buffalo has to offer."