Biography

Hello, my name is Jenna Humke. I am the resident crazy cat lady and craft beer enthusiast in the Roberts group. I am originally from Des Moines, Iowa and I went to Iowa State University for undergrad. Outside of lab, I enjoy biking around the city and trying all the amazing restaurants around Minneapolis. 

Awards

• ACS DOC GRS Attendee, 2023

• Jane B. Spence Departmental Fourth Year Excellence Fellowship, 2022

• NSF Graduate Research Fellow, 2020

• 3M Science & Technology Departmental First Year Fellowship, 2019

Publications Outside the Group

• Ho, A. T.; Ensign, S. C.; Vanable, E. P.; Portillo, D.; Humke, J. N.; Kortman, G. D.; Hull, K. L. Rhodium-/Iridium-Catalyzed Hydroamination for the Synthesis of 1,2-, 1,3-, or 1,4-Diamines. ACS Catal. 2022, 12 (14), 8331–8340. 

• Humke, J. N.; Daley, R. A.; Morrenzin, A. S.; Neufeldt, S. R.; Topczewski, J. J. Combined Experimental and Computational Mechanistic Investigation of the Palladium-Catalyzed Decarboxylative Cross-Coupling of Sodium Benzoates with Chloroarenes. J. Org. Chem. 2021, 86 (17), 11419–11433. 

• Reeves, E. K.; Humke, J. N.; Neufeldt, S. R. N-Heterocyclic Carbene Ligand-Controlled Chemodivergent Suzuki–Miyaura Cross Coupling. J. Org. Chem. 2019, 84 (18), 11799–11812. 

• Walker, J. A. Jr.; Vickerman, K. L.; Humke, J. N.; Stanley, L. M. Ni-Catalyzed Alkene Carboacylation via Amide C–N Bond Activation. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139 (30), 10228–10231.