Arumugam Jayaraman, Ph.D
Assistant Professor, Inorganic Chemistry
Biography
Arumugam Jayaraman, Ph.D., received his master's degree in chemistry from the University of Regina, Canada, under the supervision of Professor Allan L. L. East. He then pursued his doctoral degree in chemistry at the same institution, working under the guidance of Professor Brian T. Sterenberg. Following his doctoral studies, Jayaraman embarked on his postgraduate research as a postdoctoral research fellow at Laval University, Canada, where he worked with Professor Frédéric-Georges Fontaine to advance a metal-free approach for the large-scale borylation of arenes and heteroarenes for industrial applications. Subsequently, he undertook another postdoctoral position as an NSERC and Humboldt Fellow at the University of Würzburg, Germany, where he worked with Professor Holger Braunschweig to explore the chemistry of highly electron-rich, low-valent group 13 compounds featuring multiple bonds between main-group elements. In 2025, Jayaraman began his academic career as an assistant professor of inorganic chemistry in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
Research Interests
Jayaraman's primary research interests focus on advancing the fundamental chemistry of low-valent and low-coordinate main-group compounds that utilize sustainable, earth-abundant, and environmentally friendly elements from Groups 13 to 15. The ultimate goal is to explore their potential applications as synthetic reagents, catalysts, materials, and medicines. Jayaraman's expertise encompasses experimental organometallic and main-group chemistry, applied computational chemistry, and single-crystal X-ray crystallography.