Paul Griffin

Paul Griffin received his bachelor’s in chemistry and philosophy (2016) and his Master’s in chemistry (2018) from the University of Scranton. His master’s research was conducted under Dr. Art Catino in which he developed a general approach to synthesize substituted tetraarylmethanes. Paul obtained his PhD in inorganic chemistry at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (2023), where he worked with Dr. Lisa Olshansky to study the relationship between conformational dynamics, photochemistry, and electron transfer in copper coordination complexes. He joined the Center for Hybrid Approaches in Solar Energy to Liquid Fuels (CHASE) as a postdoctoral research associate in the Meyer and Miller groups at UNC Chapel Hill in 2023 to explore catalysts for the conversion of CO to MeOH as a liquid fuel. Paul is passionate about mentoring the next generation of scientists and explores his philosophy interests by having riveting discussions with his cat, Mookie.