Jessica M. Hoover
University of Minnesota Twin Cities (USA)
Invited Lecture
"Mapping Decarboxylative Coupling Reactions: Uncovering New Principles that Govern Catalysis"
Professor Jessica Hoover earned a B.S. in Chemistry from Harvey Mudd College in Claremont, CA in 2004, and completed her Ph.D. in 2009 at the University of Washington in Seattle under the direction of Professors Jim Mayer and Forrest Michael. She conducted postdoctoral work with Shannon Stahl at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, developing practical copper-catalyzed aerobic alcohol oxidation reactions. Jessica’s independent academic career began at West Virginia University (WVU) in 2012 as Assistant Professor, and she was promoted to Associate Professor in 2018. She moved to the University of Minnesota in 2023 where she is now Merck Professor of Chemistry.