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Nima Ronaghi

Office: ES&T 2356
Email: nronaghi@gatech.edu

Favorite Sports Team? Liverpool FC
Future hobbies? Soccer, food, and exploring Atlanta!

Educational Background

B.S. Biochemistry; B.A. Chemistry, West Virginia University, 2016

Project

Carbohydrate Chain Extension & Fuel Synthesisr

I study the bioconversion of carbohydrates to higher value chemicals and fuels, using both heterogenous and homogenous catalysis.

Publications

  1. Peng, H., Xi, Y., Ronaghi, N., Dong, B., Akhmedov, N. G., Shi, X. “Gold-Catalyzed Oxidative Cross-Coupling of Terminal Alkynes: Selective Synthesis of Unsymmetrical 1,3-Diynes” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 13174-13177
  2. Maleki, H, Maurer, M., Ronaghi, N., Valentine, S. J. “Ion mobility, hydrogen/deuterium exchange, and isotope scrambling: Tools to aid compound identification in ‘omics mixtures.” Anal. Chem., 2017, 89, 6399–6407

Group News

November 2024-

After completing his postdoctoral fellowship, Dr. Yunseok Lee joined the Samsung Advanced Research Institute.

The group welcomes two new postdoctoral researchers: Dr. Xin Deng, who received her PhD from Nankai University, and Dr. Xiaowei Wu, who received his PhD from the University of Houston.

September 2024-

Dr. Tony Vallace completed his postdoctoral stay and has joined First Light Solutions Inc. as CSO.

Jiaqi Zhang joined the group to work on DAC.  He is co-advised with Prof. Sievers.

August, 2024-

The group’s work on carbon capture was recognized by ACS with the 2025 E. V. Murphree Award in Industrial & Engineering Chemistry.

Dr. Samser Shaikh completed his postdoctoral stay and took a position at National Energy Technology Laboratory.

June, 2024-

Botagoz Kuspangaliyeva passed her Ph.D. proposal and was admitted to Ph.D. candidacy.  Congratulations!

May, 2024-

Dr. Guanhe Rim completed his postdoctoral stay and joined Aramco in Houston, TX.

February, 2024-

Youn Ji Min successfully defended her PhD thesis.  Congratulations to Youn Ji, PhD graduate #48.  Dr. Min will work at GT as a postdoc.

The Jones Group also participated in our biennial Birkman Assessment workshop.

January, 2024-

Quinn Yu and Dr. Gaurav Iyer joined the group to work on DAC.  They are both coadvised with Prof. Lively.

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