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
Publications in the Roberts Group
Erin E. Plasek ǂ, Brylon N. Denman ǂ, Courtney C. Roberts*
ǂ Contributed equally
14) 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
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
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)