Jesus Martinez

Ph.D. Princeton University
Advisor: Abigail G. Doyle

Jesus was born in Mexico and raised in Durham, North Carolina. He studied chemistry at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and conducted research in the lab of Prof. Jeffrey S. Johnson. After graduating, he enrolled in graduate school at Princeton University, where he joined Prof. Abigail G. Doyle’s research group. He had the privilege to work on various areas of her group, including the activation of strong chemical bonds using photoredox catalysis and the development of data science techniques in organic chemistry. In August of 2021, he joined the Lin Lab as a postdoctoral researcher to develop new electrochemical reactions. Outside of lab, Jesus enjoys spending time with his family and his dog.

Publications:

  1. Kariofillis, S.; Jiang, S.; Żurański, A. M.; Gandhi, S.; Martinez Alvarado, J. I.; Doyle, A. G. “Using Data Science to Guide Aryl Bromide Substrate Scope Analysis in a Ni/Photoredox-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling with Acetals as Alcohol-Derived Radical Sources” ChemRxiv. 2021, DOI: 33774/chemrxiv-2021-6kd0t
  2. Żurański, A. M.; Martinez Alvarado, J. I.; Shields, B. J.; Doyle, A. G. “Predicting Reaction Outcomes via Supervised Learning” Acc. Chem. Res. 2021, 54, 1856−1865.
  3. Shields, B. J.; Stevens, J.; Li, J.; Parasram, M.; Damani, F.; Martinez Alvarado, J. I.; Janey, J.; Adams, R. P.; Doyle, A. G. “Bayesian Reaction Optimization as A Tool for Chemical Synthesis” Nature, 2021, 590, 89–96.
  4. Martinez Alvarado, J. I.; Ertel, A. B.; Stegner, A.; Stache, E.; Doyle, A. G. “Direct Use of Carboxylic Acids in the Photocatalytic Hydroacylation of Styrenes to Generate Dialkyl Ketones” Org. Lett. 2019, 21, 9940–9944.
  5. Ackerman, L. K. G.*; Martinez Alvarado, J. I.*; Doyle, A. G. “Direct C–C Bond Formation from Alkanes Using Ni-Photoredox Catalysis” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 14059–14063. (*equal contribution)
  6. Horwitz, M. A.; Zavesky, B. P.; Martinez Alvarado, J. I.; Johnson, J. S. “Asymmetric Organocatalytic Reductive Coupling Reactions between Benzylidene Pyruvates and Aldehydes” Org. Lett. 2016, 18, 36–39.

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Jesus Martinez