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Neal Mankad @NealMankad

Professor @ChemistryatUIC • Associate Editor @DaltonTrans • personal account

Joined December 2011
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I wrote a quick post on my much neglected Substack about how attending seminars is hard when also having to manage school pickups. Departmental seminars could be more family friendly open.substack.com/pub/nealma…
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Very proud of our latest work in @J_A_C_S. Our group is becoming increasingly interested in synthetic models for ubiquitous molybdenum enzymes, and this work on C–H hydroxylation sets a new research path for us to follow! doi.org/10.1021/jacs.6c03753

A Synthetic Molybdenum Hydroxylase Compound That Cleaves C–H Bonds by Hydride Abstraction

Molybdenum-dependent hydroxylases catalyze site-selective C–H hydroxylation reactions involving hydride abstraction pathways, yet no synthetic system has previously reproduced this reactivity. Here,...

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Congratulations to @roushanpsingh on your latest publication in @Orgmet_ACS and best wishes as you transition to postdoc life! doi.org/10.1021/acs.organome…

Noninnocent Cyclopentadienyl Reactivity in an Al/Cr Heterobimetallic Complex

The cyclopentadienyl (Cp) ligand plays a pivotal role in organometallic chemistry. While it is traditionally regarded as an ancillary spectator ligand, increasing evidence shows that Cp and Cp*...

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nature
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All 22 members of the board that advises and oversees the US National Science Foundation (NSF), a leading funder of basic science, were fired on 24 April without explanation. go.nature.com/42tkCX1

Entire NSF science advisory board fired by Trump administration

Nature - Members of the National Science Board, which the US Congress founded in 1950, were given no explanation for their termination.

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News from Science
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Apr 25
U.S. President Donald Trump has fired all 24 members of the National Science Board, the body that oversees the National Science Foundation. Many science advocates see it as the latest step by his administration to erode—some would say destroy—the independence of the 76-year-old research agency. scim.ag/4eGM0YS

Trump fires every member of the U.S. National Science Foundation’s governing body

Dismissal of the National Science Board is widely seen as latest move to erase NSF’s independence

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UC Irvine@UCIrvine
Mar 18
Seth Cohen has been appointed dean of UC Irvine's School of Physical Sciences. Cohen, an internationally recognized inorganic chemist, comes to UC Irvine from UC San Diego. @UCIPhysSci 🔖 bit.ly/4bwzJmS
New UC Irvine Physical Sciences dean Seth Cohen is standing in front of a brick wall and glass windows, wearing a suit and tie. The text "UC Irvine" is visible in the corner.

ALT New UC Irvine Physical Sciences dean Seth Cohen is standing in front of a brick wall and glass windows, wearing a suit and tie. The text "UC Irvine" is visible in the corner.
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UICscience@UICscience
Feb 17
Two @UICLAS researchers, mathematician Philip Engel and chemist Andy Nguyen, have been awarded the Sloan Research Fellowship. They'll receive $75,000 over two years to advance their creative, innovative projects. ▶️today.uic.edu/two-uic-profes…
Side-by-side headshots of Philip Engel and Andy Nguyen.

ALT Side-by-side headshots of Philip Engel and Andy Nguyen.
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Congratulations to @andy_i_nguyen !!!
Andy I. Nguyen@andy_i_nguyen
Feb 17
Thank you to the @SloanFoundation. This award recognizes the work of my graduate, undergraduate, and post-doctoral researchers to develop peptide frameworks that mimic protein function. Many thanks to @thisisUIC and @ChemistryatUIC! sloan.org/fellowships/2026-F… #SloanFellow
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Jan 27
Isolable Cuprocenes: Bis(tri-tert-butylcyclopentadienyl) Complexes of Copper | Journal of the American Chemical Society pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jac…
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Aasma Shaukat MD MPH@AasmaShaukatMD
Jan 24
One of my former research assistants was killed by ICE in Minneapolis today😢 Alex was the kindest, sweetest human and a ICU nurse with a bright future ahead of him May his soul rest in peace and this senseless carnage stop💔
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Our first publication of 2026 will change the way you think about metal-NHC complexes! Check it out in Chem Sci. Big thanks to Connly Yan, our NMR collaborators, and @chemmatcars_n for the X-ray photons! doi.org/10.1039/D5SC09643J
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RT @davetroy: Watching to see how long it takes for media (and the public) to catch up to the fact that Trump has once again cut a deal wit…
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Lives in Chemistry
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So sad: 🌻only one month after his 90th birthday, Herbert W. Roesky passed away on December 5. For the numerous contributions of this inorganic chemistry hero, see our birthday post.
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Unfortunately my neighborhood and my son’s CPS school are featured prominently in this video youtu.be/UArzAIw14Oc?si=Tm0t…
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I've posted a new Substack in which I came to a completely opposite conclusion than when I started writing! Does the 80/20 rule apply to academic chemistry research? open.substack.com/pub/nealma…
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Big thanks to Paul Lummis & Thomas Montgomery for hosting me at Duquesne U. Forgot how nice Pittsburgh is, and they're even repping X-ray crystallography at the newly renovated airport!
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Thank you to @GrossElad @EladGrossLab for bringing me and my former student Hsien-Cheng (Antonio) Yu along for this story. We dusted off our old (NHC)Cu-M complexes to act as precursors for nanomaterials! pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs…

Heterobinuclear Molecular Precursors Direct the Formation of Supported Subnanometer Cu–M Clusters...

Subnanometer bimetallic clusters hold great promise for catalytic applications due to their unique electronic properties and high surface-to-volume ratios. However, precise control over their...

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As an experiment, I started a Substack for my random reflections and rabbit holes. You can subscribe to it here nealmankad.substack.com/?r=d…

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My first post is about trends in international graduate student proportions across different chemistry departments and over time: nealmankad.substack.com/p/ab…
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Thanks to Dan Ess for bringing us along for the ride on this one @roushanpsingh pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs…

CpFe(CO)2 Radical Generated from Dinuclear [CpFe(CO)2]2 and Mononuclear (Cp)(CO)2Fe(H): Density...

Density functional theory (DFT) methods remain the most practical approach to calculating properties and reaction mechanisms of transition metal complexes. While the accuracy of DFT methods has been...

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