Here at the University at Buffalo, the Lacy group studies inorganic and organometallic synthetic chemistry, which is the science of building matter with atomic precision. Piecing together the components of objects in everyday life follows an intuitive set of rules that humanity has understood for eons. By contrast, the rules that govern the placement of single atoms and groups of atoms—or molecules—have only recently been discovered. The science of synthesis continues to bear fruit in discovering new methods of assembling the fundamental building blocks of nature, and this is our main goal in the Lacy research group. As inorganic chemists, we leverage our expertise with first-row transition metal elements, focusing on Mn, Fe, and Ti because of their abundance and—for Mn and Fe—biological significance. These studies have resulted in new methods assembling atoms at carbon, which is the essential science of designing and preparing pharmaceutical compounds.
We are not accepting new postdoctoral scholars at this time. Prospective undergraduate and graduate students should contact Dr. Lacy with their CV by email.