Erin Plasek

Erin Plasek

(she/her)

Graduate Student (2020-2024)

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Biography

Hi all! I'm Erin. I'm a native Minnesotan from Apple Valley and also got my undergraduate degree from St. Olaf College in Northfield, MN. Ask me about Minnesotan cuisine if you're curious (I'm an expert on hot dishes and "salads"). Outside of lab I go for long walks, read dystopian novels, explore new foods, and drink mojitos.

Awards

UMN Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship, 2023
Newman and Lillian Bortnick Departmental Fourth Year Excellence Fellowship, 2022
Departmental Third Year Graduate Student Research Symposium Winner, 2022
Merck Discovery Process Chemistry Internship, 2022
Monsanto Franz Innovation Award - Departmental First Year Fellowship, 2019

Publications Outside the Group

Howard, A.; Klemann, S.; Kolling, S.; Little, K.; Plasek, E.; Kalyani, D. Nickel-Catalyzed Decarboxylative Coupling of Alkynyl Carboxylates with Aryl Tosylates and Mesylates. Synthesis 2019, 51 (07), 1603–1610.

Publications in the Roberts Group

16) Expanding Access to Previously Inaccessible 5-Membered N-Heteroarynes

Roman G. Belli ǂ, Jenna N. Humke ǂ, Sanu S. Pullarat, Erin E. Plasek, Sallu S. Kargbo, Courtney C. Roberts*

ǂ Contributed equally

15) Investigations via Kinetics and Multivariate Linear Regression Models of the Mechanism and Origins of Regioselectivity in a Palladium-Catalyzed Aryne Annulation

Erin E. Plasek ǂ, Brylon N. Denman ǂ, Courtney C. Roberts*

ǂ Contributed equally

13) Bidentate Phosphine Ligand Impacts on Previously Inaccessible 5-Membered N-Heteroaryne Formation and Functionalization

Erin E. Plasek, Roman G. Belli, Douglas M. Kavaguti, Courtney C. Roberts*

11) Nickel Binding Enables Isolation and Reactivity of Previously Inaccessible 7-Aza-2,3-indolynes

Jenna N. Humke ǂ, Roman G. Belli ǂ, Erin E. Plasek ǂ, Sallu S. Kargbo, Annabel Q. Ansel, Courtney C. Roberts*

ǂ Contributed equally

9) Insights into the Regioselectivity of Metal-Catalyzed Aryne Reactions

Erin E. Plasek ǂ, Brylon N. Denman ǂ, Courtney C. Roberts*

ǂ Contributed equally

7) Ligand-Induced Regioselectivity in Metal-Catalyzed Aryne Reactions Using Borylaryl Triflates as Aryne Precursors

Brylon N. Denman ǂ, Erin E. Plasek ǂ, Courtney C. Roberts*

ǂ Contributed equally

Organometallics Most Read Articles (May - June, 2023)

1) Rethinking Graduate Recruitment Weekends in the Digital Age

Joshua T. Gavin ǂ, Allen G. Nguyen ǂ, Erin E. Plasek ǂ, Stephanie M. Stathopoulos, Philippe Bühlmann, Ian A. Tonks*, and Courtney C. Roberts*

ǂ Contributed equally

Highlighted in Science

Ph.D. Candidate

(Since 2021/01/22)

Ph.D.

(Since 2024/04/24)

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