Dr. Dawson Konowalchuk

Dr. Dawson Konowalchuk
© Dr. Dawson Konowalchuk
Dr. Dawson Konowalchuk
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Room 416, OC/BC I
Corrensstraße 36
48149 Münster
T: +49 251 8335321
F: +49 251 8339772
konowalc@uni-muenster.de
External Profiles:

  • Curriculum Vitae

    since 06/2026 Postdoctoral research fellow in the group of Prof. Dr. Frank Glorius, University of Münster
    09/2020 - 02/2026 PhD in Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada; supervisor: Prof. Dr. Dennis G. Hall, title: "Selective Cross-Coupling Reactions of Symmetrical Dihaloalkenes"
    03/2023 - 12/2023 Research Associate (Internship) at Xenon Pharmaceuticals Inc., Vancouver, Canada
    09/2016 - 05/2020 BSc (Honours) in Chemistry, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada; supervisor: Prof. Dr. Rebecca L. Davis

  • Fellowships and Awards

    05/2025 - 01/2026 Izaak Walton Killam Memorial Scholarship
    09/2022 - 09/2025 NSERC Canada Graduate Scholarship
    09/2022 - 09/2025 President's Doctoral Prize of Distinction
    05/2025 ACS Future Pharma Innovator Award
    05/2025 Gilead Graduate Award for Excellence in Organic Chemistry
    05/2025 Andrew Stewart Memorial Graduate Prize
    09/2021 Alberta Graduate Excellence Scholarship
    05/2021 Margaret Thompson Memorial Prize in Chemistry
    09/2020 Walter H. Johns Graduate Fellowship
    05/2019 David Renfrew Petrie Memorial Medal

  • Publications

    D. J. Konowalchuk, J. P. Nadeau, D. G. Hall,* 
    Iterative Synthesis of Unsymmetrical Diaryl Cyclobutenes by Monoselective Bromodesilylation and Suzuki-Miyaura Cross-Coupling, 
    Synlett 2026, eFirst. DOI

    D. J. Konowalchuk, D. G. Hall,* 
    Solvent-Controlled Monoselective Suzuki-Miyaura Cross-Coupling of Symmetrical 1,1-Dichloroalkenes: Scope and Origin of Selectivity, 
    ACS Catal. 2026, 26, 2698-2710. DOI

    G. F. O'Keefe, D. J. Konowalchuk, D. L. Akl, D. G. Hall,* 
    Selective Monophosphorylation of Cyclic Diols and Polyols via Hemiboronic Acid Catalysis, 
    Org. Biomol. Chem. 2025, 23, 6539-6545. DOI

    D. J. Konowalchuk, H. A. Clement, V. L. Lofstrand, J. Y. Kim, K. N. Burford,* 
    Diastereoselective Hydrodifluoromethylation of Alkenyl N-Heterocycles via Photocatalytic Radical-Polar Crossover, 
    J. Org. Chem. 2024, 89, 16060-16064. DOI

    D. J. Konowalchuk, D. G. Hall,* 
    Divergent Synthesis of 1,2,3,4-Tetrasubstituted Cyclobutenes from a Common Scaffold: Enantioselective Desymmetrization via Dual-Catalyzed Photoredox Cross-Coupling, 
    Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202313503. DOI

    K. A. Isfeld, C. Killeen, D. J. Konowalchuk, R. L. Davis,* 
    Exploring the Catalytic Role of the Guanidine TBD in Carboxylative Cyclizations, 
    Org. Biomol. Chem. 2022, 20, 5730-5734. DOI

    Book Chapters:

    D. J. Konowalchuk, O. M. Schneider, D. G. Hall, D. G.,
    Saturated (C(sp3)–B) Boronic Acid Derivatives, 
    in Comprehensive Organic Synthesis, 3rd Ed., 2025, 7, 448-530. DOI

    O. M. Schneider, D. J. Konowalchuk, D. G. Hall, D. G.,
    Unsaturated (C(sp2/sp)–B) Boronic Acid Derivatives, 
    in     Comprehensive Organic Synthesis, 3rd Ed., 2025, 7, 573-644. DOI