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Colin Gould completed his Bachelor of Science at Brown University in 2015 and earned his Ph.D. at the University of California, Berkeley in 2020. He was an Arnold O. Beckman Postdoctoral Fellow at Princeton University from 2021 to 2024. He is poised to join the University of California, Berkeley as an Assistant Professor in the Chemistry Department starting July 2025. His research focuses on catalysis and synthetic methodology development, with an emphasis on photochemistry and electrochemistry. The Gould lab aims to tackle long-standing challenges in pharmaceutical fine chemical synthesis through an interdisciplinary approach. In particular, his group seeks to utilize physical stimuli such as light, electricity, and magnetic exchange to manipulate the chemo-, regio-, and stereoselectivity of chemical reactions. This stimulus-based strategy can bypass the time and resource-intensive screening campaigns associated with conventional synthetic methods, allowing for a more refined control over reaction selectivity. Ultimately, the research aims to uncover fundamental insights into the physical phenomena governing these interactions.
University of California, Berkeley • Berkeley, CA
Starting position as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry.
The Mathematics Subject GRE is required for the Fall 2026 admissions cycle. General GRE is optional.