Chair, Department of Chemistry (2009-present)
Director of Undergraduate Studies (2007-2009)
Associate Professor, University of Alabama (2005-present)
Assistant Professor, University of Alabama (1999-2005)
Post-Doctoral Associate, Yale University (John Hartwig, 1997-1999)
PhD, Stanford University (Bob Waymouth, 1998)
BS, University of Nebraska-Lincoln (Reuben Rieke, 1992)

Kevin Shaughnessy was born in 1970 and raised in Trumbull, Nebraska. He earned his B.S. degree with honors and highest distinction from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 1992. While at Nebraska, he worked with Reuben D. Rieke on developing Rieke zinc-promoted reactions. He then joined the group of Robert M. Waymouth at Stanford University, where he developed zirconocene-catalyzed carbometalation reactions. Upon completing his PhD (1998), he moved to Yale to work with John F. Hartwig on palladium-catalyzed enolate arylations and development of high-throughput screening assays. In 1999, he joined the chemistry faculty at The University of Alabama, where he is currently an Associate Professor of Chemistry. His research interests have focused on the development of catalytic methodologies in alternative solvents and understanding how these solvents affect fundamental organometallic reactivity.

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Graduate Students

BS, University of Tennessee Chattanooga (2008)

Nigel earned his undergraduate degree at UT-Chattanooga and worked with Dr. Kyle Knight on metal catalyzed reactions. Nigel joined the Shaughnessy group in summer 2008. Nigel's work focuses on the development of new Pd catalysts for cross-coupling reactions.

BS, Kennesaw State University (2008)

Dayne earned his undergraduate degree at Kennesaw State University in Atlanta. He came to UA with a McNair fellowship. Dayne joined the Shaughnessy group in fall 2008. His research focuses on understanding electron transfer in dye-sensitized solar cells using model titanium complexes.

BS, Tennessee Wesleyan University (2009)

Jane Moore earned her chemistry degree at Tennessee Wesleyan University. She spent the summer of 2008 in the Shaughnessy group as a SURP student. After completing her degree at TWU in 2009, Jane rejoined the group as a graduate student. Jane's research is focused on design and synthesis of water-soluble phosphines.

BS, University of West Florida (2011)

Jeff earned his undergradaute degree at the University of West Florida and entered the PhD program at UA in fall 2011.

Undergraduate Students