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Doug Stephan is a University Professor in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Toronto. His research interests encompass a wide range of topics within inorganic chemistry, with a particular focus on main group and organometallic chemistry. Stephan's work involves fundamental projects aimed at developing new catalysts and materials, and he collaborates with industry to facilitate the design and development of new catalyst process technologies for commercial applications. His research addresses various fundamental areas, including low-valent low-coordinate transition metal complexes, C-H activation, reactivity of hemilabile ligand complexes, and catalytic P-H bond activation to create new routes for polyphosphine materials and polymers. Additionally, he is involved in industrial and applied research projects related to high-temperature olefin polymerization catalysis and the development of new methods for olefin hydrogenation and metathesis catalysts.
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