Melanie Sanford grew up in Providence, RI. She received her undergraduate degree in chemistry from Yale University in 1996 where she worked with Professor Bob Crabtree studying C-F bond functionalization. She then moved to Caltech where she worked with Professor Bob Grubbs investigating the mechanism of ruthenium-catalyzed olefin metathesis reactions. After receiving her PhD in 2001, she worked with Professor Jay Groves at Princeton University as an NIH post-doctoral fellow studying metalloporphyrin-catalyzed functionalization of olefins. Melanie has been a professor at the University of Michigan since the summer of 2003. EDUCATION: Ph.D., Chemistry June 2001 California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA Thesis Title: Synthetic and Mechanistic Investigations of Ruthenium Olefin Metathesis Catalysts B.S.; M.S. cum laude with Distinction in Chemistry June 1996 Yale University, New Haven, CT CURRENT POSITION: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI Moses Gomberg Distinguished University Professor of Chemistry September 2016 – present Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Chemistry July 2011 – present PREVIOUS POSITIONS: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI Moses Gomberg Collegiate Professor of Chemistry January 2012 – Sept 2016 Professor of Chemistry September 2010 – June 2011 Associate Professor of Chemistry May 2007 – August 2010 William R. Roush Assistant Professor of Chemistry October 2006 – May 2007 Assistant Professor of Chemistry July 2003 – October 2006 Princeton University, Princeton, NJ NIH NRSA Postdoctoral Fellow August 2001 – June 2003 Advisor: Professor John T. Groves California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA Graduate Student August 1997 – July 2001 Advisor: Professor Robert H. Grubbs Yale University, New Haven, CT Undergraduate Student September 1994 – June 1996 Advisor: Professor Robert H. Crabtree Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC Summer Intern Summer 2003, 2004, 2005 Advisor: Dr. David W. Conrad

Bioinorganic Chemistry/Bioorganic Chemistry/Energy Science/Inorganic Chemistry/Organic Chemistry/Organometallic Chemistry/Sustainable Chemistry/New Synthetic Methods/Catalysis and Asymmetric Catalysis

I. C–H Functionalization II. Organometallics III. Fluorination IV. Flow Batteries

Cabrera, P. J.; Lee, M.; Sanford, M. S. “Second Generation Palladium Catalyst System for Transannular C–H Functionalization of Azabicycloalkanes,” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 5599-5606. Makaravage, K. J.; Shao, X.; Brooks, A. F.; Sanford, M. S.; Scott, P. J. H. “Copper(II) Mediated [11C]Cyanation of Arylboronic Acids and Aryl Stannanes,” Org. Lett. 2018, 20, 1530-1533. James, B. R.; Boissonnault, J. A.; Wong-Foy, A. G.; Matzger, A. J.; Sanford, M. S. “Structure Activity Relationships in Metal-Organic Framework Catalysts for the Synthesis of Propylene Carbonate from CO2 and Propylene Oxide,” RSC Adv. 2018, 8, 2132-2137. Shrestha, A.; Lee, M.; Dunn, A. L.; Sanford, M. S. “Palladium-Catalyzed C–H Bond Acetoxylation via Electrochemical Oxidation,” Org. Lett. 2018, 20, 204-207. Hendriks, K. H.; Robinson, S. G.; Braten, M. N.; Sevov, C. S.; Helms, B. A.; Sigman, M. S.; Minteer, S. D.;Sanford, M. S. “High Performance Oligomeric Catholytes for Effective Macromolecular Separation in Nonaqueous Redox Flow Batteries,” ACS Cent. Sci. 2018, 4, 189-196. Mossine, A.; Brooks, A.; Bernard-Gauthier, V.; Bailey, J.; Ichiishi, N.; Schirmacher, R.; Sanford, M. S.;Scott, P. J. H. “Synthesis of PET Radiotracers by Copper-Mediated 18F Radiofluoronation of Organoborons:Importance of Order of Addition and Copeting Protodeborylation,”J. Lab. Comp. Radiopharm. 2018, 61, 228-236. Ichiishi, N.; Malapit, C. A.; Wozniak, L.; Sanford, M. S. “Palladium and Nickel-Catalyzed Decarbonylative C–S Coupling to Convert Thioesters to Thioethers,” Org. Lett. 2018, 20, 44-47. Camasso, N. M.; Canty, A. J.; Ariafard, A.; Sanford, M. S. “Experimental and Computational Studies of High Valent Nickel and Palladium Complexes,” Organometallics, 2017, 36, 4382-4393. Sevov, C. S.; Hendriks, K. H.; Sanford, M. S. “A Low Potential Pyridinium Anolyte for Aqueous Redox Flow Batteries,” J. Phys. Chem. C 2017, 121, 24376-24380. Malapit, C. A.; Ichiishi, N.; Sanford, M. S. “Pd-Catalyzed Decarbonylative Cross-Couplings of Aroyl Chlorides,” Org. Lett. 2017, 19, 4142-4145. Hendriks, K. H.; Sevov, C. S.; Cook, M. E.; Sanford, M. S. “Multi-Electron Cycling of a Low Potential Anolyte in Inexpensive Alkalai Metal Electrolytes for Non-Aqueous Redox Flow Batteries,” ACS Energy Lett.2017, 2, 2430-2435. McCammant, M. S.; Thompson, S.; Krska, S. W.; Scott, P. J. H.; Sanford, M. S. “Copper-Mediated C(sp2)–H Nucleophilic Radiofluorination of Electron Rich (Hetero)Arenes,” Org. Lett. 2017, 19, 3939-3942.Melanie S. Sanford p. 3 Ferguson, D. M; Bour, J. R.; Canty, A. J.; Kampf, J. W.; Sanford, M. S. “Stoichiometric and Catalytic ArylPerfluoroalkyl Coupling at Tri-tert-butylphosphine Palladium(II) Complexes,” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139,11662-11665. Chong, E.; Kampf, J. W.; Ariaford, A.; Canty, A. J.; Sanford, M. S. “Oxidatively Induced C–H Activation at High Valent Nickel,” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 6058-6061. Cismesia, M. A.; Ryan, S. J.; Bland, D. C.; Sanford, M. S. “Multiple Approaches to the in situ Generation of Anhydrous Tetraalkylammonium Salts for SNAr Fluorination Reactions,” J. Org. Chem. 2017, 82, 5020-5026.