M. Sc. graduated in 2022 and currently Ph. D. student in the Perepichka group. Kristian was born on August 26, 1995 in Toronto, Ontario. He completed his B. Sc. at the University of Toronto with a double major in Chemistry and Biochemistry in 2017. After taking the time to reflect and pursue his musical hobbies, in January 2020 he joined the Arndtsen group as a Master’s student to study transition metals (particularly Pd) and their complexes. Outside of the lab, he enjoys making music and being alive.

Publications:

1) "A Visible Light Driven Nickel Carbonylation Catalyst: The Synthesis of Acid Chlorides from Alkyl Halides"
Kristian El Chami, Yi Liu, Mohammed A. Belahouane, Yiyang Ma, Pierre-Louis Lagueux-Tremblay, Bruce A. Arndtsen*
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202213297.