Allegra L. Liberman-Martin
Allegra grew up in Phoenix, AZ. She received her B.A. in Chemistry in 2010 from Scripps College. As an undergraduate, Allegra performed research with Profs. Nancy S. B. Williams and Kathleen Purvis-Roberts at Scripps College, and Prof. Alan S. Goldman at Rutgers University. In 2015, Allegra earned her Ph.D. in Chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley for work conducted with Profs. T. Don Tilley and Robert G. Bergman developing methods to enhance organometallic reaction rates by addition of Lewis acids. From 2016–2018, Allegra was a postdoctoral scholar at the California Institute of Technology with Prof. Robert H. Grubbs, working in the areas of olefin metathesis catalyst design and polymer photonic crystals. In August 2018, Allegra will join the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Chapman University as an Assistant Professor.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Fall 2018 Assistant Professor | Chapman University, Orange, CA
2016–2018 Postdoctoral Fellow | California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
EDUCATION
2015 Ph.D. in Chemistry | University of California, Berkeley
2010 B.A. in Chemistry | Scripps College, Claremont, CA
Fall 2018 Assistant Professor | Chapman University, Orange, CA
2016–2018 Postdoctoral Fellow | California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
EDUCATION
2015 Ph.D. in Chemistry | University of California, Berkeley
2010 B.A. in Chemistry | Scripps College, Claremont, CA