Nicholas Ball

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.

[Nicholas Ball @ballnchemist]

Check out the latest from our lab's @theballlab in @JOC_OL Lewis Acid-Catalyzed Sulfur Fluoride Exchange https://t.co/Qft5wOktW3

[Nicholas Ball @ballnchemist]

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.

[Scott Bagley @BagPhos]

My favorite 2025 #PfizerChemistry publications #12daysOfPapers 10/n:
Alkylation of R-SO2F with carbon nucleophiles out in @ChemicalScience - collaboration with the awesome @ballnchemist and his amazing undergrads at @pomonacollege https://t.co/8at5xZuXSj

[Kwangmin Shin @KwangminShin]

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

[Nicholas Ball @ballnchemist]

@GriceChemistry @ChrisamEnde1 Thank you!

[Nicholas Ball @ballnchemist]

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

[Nicholas Ball @ballnchemist]

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

[Beckman Foundation @BeckmanFnd]

The letter of intent for the 2026 #AOBpostdoc program is open! Choose from two tracks: Chemical Sciences or Chemical Instrumentation.
Details: https://t.co/3sEA54jbJ7
#funding #chemicalsciences #chemicalinstrumentation #beckman #postdoc #chemistry #LOI #grants

[Nicholas Ball @ballnchemist]

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!

[Nicholas Ball @ballnchemist]

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).

[Nicholas Ball @ballnchemist]

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

[Nicholas Ball @ballnchemist]

Part 2 of our work with the Stieber Lab @calpolypomona!

https://t.co/7NffrlM5zY

Part 1: Will be out hopefully next week.

[Erik A Romero @R2G_UCSD]

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

[Nicholas Ball @ballnchemist]

Our review about P-F fluoride chemistry in Chem is now open access! Enjoy!

https://t.co/7PAwdLHBQq

[Gouverneur Group @GouverneurGroup]

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

[Arsalan Mirjafari @armirjafari]

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

[Katherine Maloney @malonekn]

#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

[Nicholas Ball @ballnchemist]

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

[Nicholas Ball @ballnchemist]

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

[Chemistry World @ChemistryWorld]

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