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Samuel Griffin is an Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Mount Allison University, leading the Griffin Group focused on sustainable organometallic and materials chemistry. His research addresses industrial catalysis challenges via earth-abundant metals, light-responsive catalysts, and heterogeneous systems to reduce waste and toxicity.
His group emphasizes Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI), actively recruiting students from marginalized backgrounds. Office: Barclay 213 | Email: sgriffin@mta.ca.
Research interests center on catalyst design, including vanadium and zirconium complexes for alcohol coupling, alkyne functionalization, and MOF-based heterogeneous catalysis. Recent work includes isolation of catalytic intermediates and development of light-activated systems.
Publications highlight innovations in low-valent MOFs, hydroaminoalkylation reactions, and sustainable transition metal chemistry. Current projects explore catalyst stability, metal-ligand cooperativity, and scalable synthesis methods.
Group members include Samuel Levesque (synthesizing ligands) and BB-7 (computational modeling). Funding supports ongoing efforts to advance green chemistry practices in industry.
