Welcome to the Murphy Lab
We like to play around with hypervalent iodine reagents. This includes blue LED chemistry of iodonium ylides, a-carbonyl halogenation, fluorinative rearrangements and HVI-mediated C–C bond forming reactions. We also engage in industrially-relevant deuterium chemistry, developing novel methods for deuterating small-molecule organics from either D2O or D2.
Graduate and Undergraduate students:
We are always looking for motivated students to join our team. Those interested in carrying out Chem392 or Chem494 projects, as well as internships, exchanges or co-op placements in our labs are encouraged to contact Dr. Murphy.Â
Prospective domestic graduate students are invited to contact Dr. Murphy regarding positions available.
Prospective international students are strongly encouraged to review the admission requirements to assess their eligibility, and to submit their application packages early.
Offers of a graduate position can only be made upon admission to the graduate program at the University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ.
Postdoctoral applicants: No positions available at this time.
Contact address:
Dr. Graham Murphy
Dept. of Chemistry
University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ
200 University Ave W
À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ, Ont., Canada
N2L 3G1
@MurphyLabUW
News
Goodbye to Justine and Yulia, and hello to Kai!
Lots of change in the group this week. We said goodbye to Justine and Yulia, who are both headed back to Europe. Thanks for all the hard work and laughs!
And we welcomed our new PDF Dr. Kai Sands, who joins us from the University of Calgary. Welcome to the group!
Summer 2025 Pool Party
This year, we managed to have nearly all the current and incoming students join us for the pool party.Â
Soon, we will need a bigger pool!
ICHIC8 in Tianjin, China
This year, the ICHIC meeting was in Tianjin, China. It was a great conference, seeing what folks in the field have been up to over the last couple years.
Looking forward to 2027 in Barcelona!