Conor earned his Ph.D degree from the University of Toronto in 2016 in the group of Professor Douglas Stephan, performing carbene-centred research with a focus on designing new efficient catalysts for olefin hydrogenation and metathesis. During this time, Conor visited in the group of Professor Guy Bertrand at University of California San Diego as an exchange student, where he explored the reactivity of new carbene-stabilized carbon(0) species. In 2017, he joined the group of Professor Holger Braunschweig at the Julius-Maximilians University of Würzburg in Bavaria, Germany as an Alexander von Humboldt and NSERC sponsored post-doctoral fellow. His current research interests include the synthesis and application of new low-valent boron-based molecules in challenging bond activations and catalysis.
For Masters and Ph.D level research opportunities beginning Fall 2025, motivated students are encouraged to contact Conor at cprancke@mail.ubc.ca with their CV and unofficial transcripts.
Degrees: BSc (honours) in Chemistry from UBC Okanagan (2023)
Degrees: MSc in Chemistry from UBC Okanagan (2023)
MSc student
Sep 2022 - 2024
Summer 2024 MITACS
IISER Kolkata, India
Summer 2023 NSERC USRA (ICE)
University of New Brunswick
Fall 2022-23 Exchange student
University of York
Summer 2022 NSERC USRA (ICE)
Wilfrid Laurier University
Fall 2021-22 Exchange student
University of York