Matt Whited, Chair and Professor of Chemistry, has been awarded an Undergraduate Research grant from the American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund (ACS PRF) to support his work developing scaffolds for cooperative small molecule activation using systems with metal-tetrylene bonds. This grant project will build on the Whited group’s previous success with silicon systems to develop new strategies for sustainable catalysis using earth-abundant and non-toxic metals and includes support for six Student Research Partnerships over three summers.