Sophie W. Anferov
Publications & Patents
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Research Experience
| since 11/24 | Post Doctoral Researcher, Copéret Group, ETH Zürich, Switzerland |
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| 05/21-11/24 | Crystallographer’s Assistant, A. Filatov, UChicago, IL USA |
| 06/19-11/24 | Post-Doctoral and Graduate Research Assistant, Anderson Group, UChicago, IL USA Studying the reactivity and electronic structure of a series of cobalt-dihydrazonopyrrole complexes, particularly their ability to accept and transfer equivalents of H-atoms in catalysis |
| 06/18-09/18 | Undergraduate Research Assistant, Anderson Group, UChicago, IL USA Development of Transition-Metal Metallated Difunctionalized Redox-Active Pyrrole Ligand Derivatives |
| 01/16-06/19 | Undergraduate Research Assistant, Agapie Group,Caltech, CA USA Senior Undergraduate Thesis: June 7, 2019: A Who’s Who of Transition Metals: Studying the Changing Reactivity of Tetrametallic Oxo-Hydroxide Clusters Containing Redox Active and Inactive Metals and with/without Hydrogen Bonding Ligands Nellie Bergen and Adrian Foster Tillotson SURF Fellow, Summer 2017: Towards the synthesis of clusters containing redoxinactive metals and the synthesis of GaN nanomaterials under mild conditions. Edward W. Hughes SURF Fellow, Summer 2016: Towards the synthesis of 2,3:5,6-dibenzo-7-aza bicyclo[2.2.1]hepta-2,5- diene complexes with iron as precursors for iron-nitride clusters to be used as synthetic analogs of nitrogenase |
| 06/14-09/15 | Research Assistant, Rabinovich group, UNC Charlotte, NC USA Summer 2015: Synthesis and investigations into the applications of gold and copper benzimidazole thione complexes Summer 2015: Synthesis of indium, antimony and bismuth complexes with a mixed-donor ligand. |
Education
| 06/19-08/24 | Ph. D.; M. S. (2020) in Chemistry, Advisor: J. S. Anderson, University of Chicago, IL USA |
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| 09/15-06/19 | B.S. in Chemistry, Academic Advisor: H. B. Gray, Research Advisor: T. Agapie, California Institute of Technology, CA USA |
Honors
• Twenty-Fifth National School on Neutron and X-ray Scattering (August 2023)
• ACA Etter Award Recipient and Travel Grant Recipient (2023, 2024)
• Invited speaker at ACS Award for Research at an Undergraduate Institution (2021): Symposium Honoring
Daniel Rabinovich