Rik Tykwinski, PhD, BSc

Professor, Faculty of Science - Chemistry

Contact

Professor, Faculty of Science - Chemistry
Email
tykwinsk@ualberta.ca
Phone
(780) 492-9529
Address
W5-03C Chemistry Centre - West
11227 Saskatchewan Drive NW
Edmonton AB
T6G 2G2

Overview

About

BSc: University of Minnesota, Duluth, Minnesota

PhD: University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah (Prof. Peter J. Stang)


Research

Physical organic chemistry, new synthetic methods to carbon-rich molecules (e.g., cumulenes and polyynes, acenes and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons), relationships between chemical structure and molecular reactivity/properties; synthesis of compounds for applications as wires in single-molecule devices, solar cells, TFTs, singlet fission, as well as synthetic model compounds for the asphaltenes

Scholarly Activities

Research - Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry

Editor-in-Chief,

Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry

Featured Publications

M.D. Kilde, A.H. Murray, C.L. Andersen, F.E. Storm, K. Schmidt, A. Kadziola, K.V. Mikkelsen, F. Hampel, O. Hammerich, R.R. Tykwinski, M.B. Nielsen

2019 August; 10 10.1038/s41467-019-11700-0


A. Kunzmann, M. Gruber, R. Casillas, J. Zirzlmeier, M. Stanzel, W. Peukert, R.R. Tykwinski, D.M. Guldi

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.. 2018 January; 57


M.U. Bühringer, K. Padberg, M.D. Phleps, H. Maid, C. Placht, C. Neiss, M.J. Ferguson, A. Görling, R.R. Tykwinski

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.. 2018 January; 57


E. Garoni, J. Zirzlmeier, B.S. Basel, C. Hetzer, K. Kamada, D.M. Guldi, R.R. Tykwinski

J. Am. Chem. Soc.. 2018 January; 139


D. Wendinger, R.R. Tykwinski

Acc. Chem. Res.. 2017 January; 50


M. Krempe, R. Lippert, F. Hampel, I. Ivanovic-Burmazovic, N. Jux, R. R. Tykwinski

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017 January; 55