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About Christian

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Christian A. Malapit, Ph. D.

Principal Investigator

christian.malapit@northwestern.edu

Office: Tech G147  |   Phone: 847-467-2629

​Current Affiliations and Academic Appointments

​Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Northwestern University, 2022–present

Member, Center for Catalysis and Surface Science (CCSS), 2023–present

Faculty Affiliate, Trienens Institute for Sustainability and Energy, 2023–present

Faculty Affiliate, International Institute of Nanotechnology (IIN), 2024–present

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Education and Training

​NIH Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Utah

   Advisors: Shelley D. Minteer & Matthew S. Sigman

Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Michigan

   Advisor: Melanie S. Sanford

Ph.D. Chemistry, University of Connecticut

   Advisor: Amy R. Howell

M.S. Chemistry, Ateneo de Manila University
B.S. Chemistry, magna cum laude, Far Eastern University

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     Christian (he/him/his) is a Filipino chemist. He was born and raised in the northernmost region in the Philippines, Ilocos Norte. He moved to Manila and obtained his BS and MS in Chemistry from Far Eastern University and Ateneo de Manila University. In 2016, Christian received his PhD in organic chemistry under the mentorship of Prof. Amy Howell at the University of Connecticut. There he developed various transition metal catalyzed reactions for the selective transformations of heterocyclic compounds. His PhD work was recognized with a Connecticut Chemistry Research Award and by the ACS Division of Organic Chemistry. As a Boehringer Ingelheim PhD fellow, Christian conducted a year of research at Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals in CT where he worked on method development for Alzheimer's disease. Christian moved to the University of Michigan to conduct mechanistic organometallic chemistry for reaction discovery with Prof. Melanie Sanford. Recently, Christian became an NIH Pathway to Independence Investigator at the NSF Center for Synthetic Organic Electrochemistry at the University of Utah where he worked on electrocatalysis for organic synthesis.

    In 2022, Christian started his tenure-track appointment as an assistant professor of chemistry at Northwestern University where his group works on the utility of organic synthesis, transition-metal catalysis, and molecular electrochemistry towards the discovery of sustainable organic reactions and the development of next-generation organic-based redox-flow batteries.

Awards, Service, and Recognition

Science Breakthrough of the Year (Shortlist), Falling Walls Foundation, Berlin, Germany, 2025

Rising Star of PAASE, University of South Carolina, 2025

Elected Full Member, Philippine-American Academy of Science and Engineering (PAASE), 2025

Advisory Board (early career), Science of Synthesis, Thieme Chemistry, 2025–present

Executive Committee member-at-large, ECS Organic and Biological Electrochemistry (OBE), Electrochemical Society (ECS), 2024

NIH Pathway to Independence Investigator Award, 2021-2025

Baker Faculty Mentor, 2023 and 2024

Boehringer Ingelheim PhD Fellowship, 2013–2016

Connecticut Chemistry Research Award, UConn 2016

Randolph T. Major Outstanding Research Award, UConn 2014

William Masterton Excellence in Teaching Award, UConn 2012

National Award for Most Outstanding Master’s Thesis in Chemistry, Philippines 2008

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Northwestern University

Technological Institute G129
2145 Sheridan Rd | Evanston, IL 60208

Laboratory: G129

Office: G147

Conference room: G133

Phone: 847-467-1798

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Department of Chemistry

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

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