Rate My Professor Matteo Costantini

Leading his research group at Stockholm University, Costantini develops methodologies for organic synthesis leveraging electronically unsaturated main-group elements. His approach incorporates single-electron logic to engineer reagents and catalysts that selectively activate inert functionalities, integrating sustainable techniques such as electrochemistry and photochemistry. These strategies facilitate efficient synthesis from unconventional starting materials, including waste streams, with applications in medicinal chemistry, materials science, and catalysis, while probing underlying mechanistic principles for greener processes. Costantini’s impactful scholarship includes 'Overcoming the limitations of Kolbe coupling with waveform-controlled electrosynthesis' in Science (2023), 'General Cyclopropane Assembly by Enantioselective Transfer of a Redox‐Active Carbene to Aliphatic Olefins' in Angewandte Chemie International Edition (2019), 'Modular Enantioselective Synthesis of cis-Cyclopropanes through Self-Sensitized Stereoselective Photodecarboxylation with Benzothiazolines' in ACS Catalysis (2021), and 'Combined Experimental and Computational Study of Ruthenium N-Hydroxyphthalimidoyl Carbenes in Alkene Cyclopropanation Reactions' in ACS Catalysis (2021). He mentors bachelor’s students and fosters interdisciplinary collaborations to drive sustainable organic chemistry.