Stanislav Groysman

Stanislav Groysman is a Professor in the Department of Chemistry at Wayne State University’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. His research focuses on synthetic inorganic and organometallic chemistry, bioinorganic chemistry, ligand design, catalysis, and small molecule activation. He investigates group-transfer reactions and small molecule activation at transition and main-group metal centers using bulky alkoxide and redox-active ligands.

• B.Sc., Tel Aviv University (2000)
• Ph.D., Tel Aviv University (2006)
• Postdoctoral Associate, Harvard University (2006-2009)
• Postdoctoral Fellow, MIT (2009-2011)

His research projects include nitrene/carbene transfer chemistry at 3d metals (iron, chromium, cobalt) in bis(alkoxide) environments and homobimetallic systems with redox-active ligands for cooperative small molecule activation. Current work spans energy/environmental applications like CO2 reduction and C-C bond catalysis.

Key publication trends include transition metal-mediated reactions (especially 3d metals), ligand design for controlled reactivity, and applications in polymerization, electrocatalysis, and biomimetic chemistry. Notable collaborations involve studies on molybdenum-copper systems relevant to carbon monoxide dehydrogenase enzymes.

• NSF CAREER Award (2014) for work on heteroallene reductive transformations
• Invited Contributor, Dalton Transactions Special Issue on Multimetallic Complexes (2017)
• Invited Contributor, Dalton Transactions Special Issue on New Talent Americas (2016)

He teaches graduate-level inorganic chemistry courses including Intermediate Inorganic Chemistry II and Advanced Bioinorganic Chemistry. Contact: groysman@chem.wayne.edu | Office: 123 Chemistry Research Bldg. | Phone: 313-577-2689