Jonathan Kuo

Professional Appointments and Affiliations

Assistant Professor of Chemistry

Education

Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Pennsylvania
Ph.D., Columbia University, 2017
B.S., University of California, Los Angeles, 2012

Selected Honors and Awards

NSF CAREER Award. 2026
ACS PRF Doctoral New Investigator. 2022
NIH Ruth L. Kirschstein NRSA Postdoctoral Fellowship. 2018–2021
Reaxys Ph.D. Prize, Finalist. 2017
Arun Guthikonda Memorial Graduate Fellowship. 2017
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship. 2013-2016

Selected Publications

Arnette, A. G.; Jain, A. K.; Silakov, A.; Goldberg, K. I.; Kuo, J. L.* Mimicking the Namesake Reaction of Extradiol Catechol Dioxygenase on Ir
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2026. Accepted

Imgrund, N. A.; Fosshat, S.; Kuo, J. L.*
Flash Communication: Designing π-stacking aurones via metalation to square-planar Pd(II)
Organometallics 2026, 45, 1193-1197

Sipps, K. D.; Yennawar, H. P.; Kuo, J. L.*
Designing for Intramolecular H-Bonding in Palladium(II) Dichlorides
Inorg. Chem., 2026, 65, 264-271.

Rao, N.; Kuo, J. L.*
Net Oxidative Addition of H2 to {MII}2+ (M = Pd, Pt) By Heterolysis and Protic Rebound
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 147, 22351-22357

Sipps, K. D.; Gibbs, W. D.; Sayfutyarova, E.; Kuo, J. L.*
Shapeshifting Ligand Masks Lewis Acidity of Dicationic Palladium(II)
ACS Catalysis. 2024, 14, 18045-18054.