Welcome to the Murphy Lab
We like to play around with hypervalent iodine reagents. This includes blue LED chemistry of iodonium ylides, a-carbonyl halogenation, fluorinative rearrangements and HVI-mediated C–C bond forming reactions. We also engage in industrially-relevant deuterium chemistry, developing novel methods for deuterating small-molecule organics from either D2O or D2.
Graduate and Undergraduate students:
We are always looking for motivated students to join our team. Those interested in carrying out Chem392 or Chem494 projects, as well as internships, exchanges or co-op placements in our labs are encouraged to contact Dr. Murphy.
Prospective domestic graduate students are invited to contact Dr. Murphy regarding positions available.
Prospective international students are strongly encouraged to review the admission requirements to assess their eligibility, and to submit their application packages early.
Offers of a graduate position can only be made upon admission to the graduate program at the University of Waterloo.
Postdoctoral applicants: No positions available at this time.
Contact address:
Dr. Graham Murphy
Dept. of Chemistry
University of Waterloo
200 University Ave W
Waterloo, Ont., Canada
N2L 3G1
@MurphyLabUW
News
Welcome New Grad Students Annie, Harjeet and Nuro
September means it's time to onboard new grad students, and we would like to welcome new lab members Annie, Nuro and Harjeet.
Welcome to the University of Waterloo, and to the Murphy Lab!
Rahila Comletes the Chem794 Seminar
Congratulations to Rahila for completing her MSc seminar milestone. She delivered a very nice proposal seminar on fluorinative rearrangements.
Carlee Wins the Don E. Irish Award
Congratulation to Carlee on winning the departmental Don E. Irish award for demonstrated excellence in physical / computational chemistry!