Synthetic chemist and Associate Professor of Chemistry at Pomona College @pomonacollege. Son of TN, fan of fluorine, Black, and QPOC 🌈. My opinions are my own.
As of July 1st, I will be promoted to Professor of Chemistry at @pomonacollege. I am deeply thankful for my family, friends, and community supported me on this journey.
Our group’s second NiH-catalysis paper is out in JACS Au! 🚀 Using acyl, carbamoyl, and fluoroformates, we developed a modular route to quaternary α-cyano carbonyls. More exciting work with these carbonyl fluorides is on the way—stay tuned! https://t.co/Mei5qiI0S5
SuFEx welcomes new coupling partners - carbon pronucleophiles. Congrats to Ball Lab students Joseph Novicki and Matt Teeter and Pfizer colleagues Alistair, Tom, Neil, ans @ChrisamEnde1 on the great work! #MyFirstChemSci
https://t.co/ate2hYdwJ5
Really cool work. Check it out. Construction of a Chiral Click Chemistry Platform via Enantioselective F/Cl Exchange at S(VI) Centers | Journal of the American Chemical Society https://t.co/OAolw3Iv29
With great thanks to NIGMS/@NIH , the Ball Lab has had our R15 renewed! I am looking forward to training undergraduates with Prof. Ogba @harveymudd and Dr. am Ende at @pfizer to continue our work in SuFEx!
Summer 2025 Ball Lab members ended the summer at Top Golf! What a wonderful team!
Left to right: Enock Kipkiogei ('27), Saira Arora ('26), Andy Butler ('26), Iram Aziz ('26), Prof. Ball (eternally young), and Eliza Valdés ('28).
Check out our new paper with the Stieber Lab @calpolypomona providing evidence that Ni can activate sulfonyl fluorides, resulting in a new binding modality of sulfur dioxide to nickel. Such a priviledge to be a part of this work!
https://t.co/PN3aDnXmlU
Our first foray into multicomponent aminosilylation where we show excellent reactivity and selectivity without additive base activators is out in #OrgLett. It even works on complex molecules with -COOH groups! Congrats @LeonelBJimenez! https://t.co/lxJZYm1ESA
Pleased to share our newest work out in Organic Letters on the radiofluorination of aryl-BEpin substrates! Congrats to the team ☢️
https://t.co/fTt3aZxBMQ
Excited to share our new research on molecular engineering of thermally robust organophosphorus ionic liquids that withstand 300°C for 96 h in air! Huge thanks to my undergraduates and collaborators for their brilliant work! https://t.co/C1wF540tZM
#JNatProd celebrates inspiring contributions of early career researchers to the field of natural products. 20 authors from 12 countries across 5 continents are highlighted – learn about them and their research here https://t.co/xhnJTdCaxI
Check out the new preprint we have with the Stieber lab featuring Nickel activation of sulfonyl
fluorides! The team at @calpolypomona are extraordinary!
https://t.co/uwbLIEultp
Effect of strain and π-acidity on the catalytic efficiency of carbones in carbodiimide hydroboration - now published in Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry https://t.co/nevP5fXtPs
Last year, Melanie Sanford became the first woman to win the Janssen Prize for Creativity in Organic Synthesis since its inception almost 40 years ago. The award has been a predictor of other scientific awards like the chemistry Nobel and the Wolf prize.
https://t.co/QUKP0yCEaB