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Ryan Hadt is a professor in the Department of Chemistry at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), specializing in physical inorganic chemistry. He received his Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees from the University of Minnesota, Duluth in 2007 and 2008 respectively, and completed his Ph.D. at Stanford University in 2014. His research interests include understanding the influence of geometric and electronic structures in transition metal-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions, as well as exploring the quantum phenomena at the molecular level, aiming to develop techniques to manipulate electron spin for quantum information science. Hadt's laboratory employs a combination of spectroscopic and computational methods to investigate critical electronic structure aspects of Cu- and Ni-catalyzed reactions, emphasizing the potential of first-row transition metals as sustainable alternatives to precious metals for drug synthesis. He is also focused on the role of electron spin decoherence in quantum information processing, working on both theoretical and experimental lines of inquiry to further elucidate these mechanisms.
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