Rylan was born and raised in Winnipeg, MB and completed his B.Sc. in Chemistry at the University of Manitoba. During his undergraduate studies he worked in the labs of Prof. Mario Bieringer and Prof. Deryn Fogg (Ottawa). Rylan conducted doctoral research under the guidance of Prof. Mark Stradiotto at Dalhousie University in Halifax, NS where he studied the design and application of P,N-ligands for platinum group metal-catalyzed reactions. This included the development of the DalPhos family ligands. As an NSERC Postdoctoral research fellow in lab of Prof. Gregory Fu at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and later the California Institute of Technology, Rylan studied transition metal, organocatalytic, and photoinduced methodologies for the synthesis and functionalization of amines. In July 2013 he began as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Alberta.
Research Group Members
Bryce Thomas
Graduate Student (QE II Scholar)
B.Sc. – University of Alberta 2013
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Patrick Moon
Graduate Student (NSERC CGS-D)
B.Sc. – University of Ottawa 2014
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Shengkang Yin
Graduate Student
B.Sc. – Nanjing Normal University 2013
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Anis Fahandej-Sadi
Graduate Student (NSERC CGS-M)
B.Sc. – University of British Columbia Ok. 2015
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Raphael Dada
Graduate Student
B.Sc. – University of Lagos 2012
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Jenner Lakusta
Undergraduate (NSERC USRA 2014/2015)
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Former Members
Ping Shen Undergraduate (Alberta URi, 401/403)
Heather Halperin Undergraduate (Alberta URi)
Chris Godwin Undergraduate (401/403)
Nathan Paisley Undergraduate (NSERC USRA 2014)
Morgan MacInnis Postdoctoral Researcher (2013-2014)
Join Us: Students interested conducting graduate or undergraduate research in homogeneous catalysis, synthetic inorganic, organometallic and organic chemistry are encouraged to contact Rylan via email to discuss research projects and opportunities at Alberta. More information on the graduate program in Chemistry and the University of Alberta can be found here.