Mathew J. Vetticatt

Mathew J. Vetticatt is an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry at Binghamton University. His research focuses on mechanism-based design in asymmetric organocatalysis, leveraging experimental/theoretical kinetic isotope effects and transition state analysis. Collaborations with synthetic methodology groups and enzymologists aim to bridge catalysis and drug design. He leads the Vetticatt Group, supported by NIH grants including a $1.77M MIRA Award (2022-2027).

Education: BA from Institute of Chemical Technology (India), PhD from Texas A&M University. Research emphasizes non-conventional hydrogen-bonding interactions (e.g., CH⋅⋅⋅O) in catalyst-substrate selectivity, mechanistic enzymology, and transition state analog inhibitors. Key projects include photoredox catalysis and enantiodivergent epoxidation pathways.

Funding: NIH grants support studies on catalysis frontiers and mechanistic probes. Publications in ACS Catalysis highlight collaborative work with Michigan State, University of Florida, and Freie Universität Berlin groups. His group's innovations include high-throughput 13C KIE determination methods and mechanistic studies of Suzuki-Miyaura reactions.