By Wendy Plump
Department of Chemistry
Thursday, Apr. 16, 2026
Tianyi Zhang, a fourth-year graduate student in the Paul Chirik Group, has been named a 2026-27 Porter Ogden Jacobus Fellow, acknowledging outstanding performance and professional promise through one of Princeton University’s highest honorifics.
Zhang was selected for his research in organometallic catalysis. His thesis title is Understanding Spin and Oxidation State Modulation in Organometallic Iron Catalysis.
Zhang is one of four grad student Jacobus Fellows announced by the Graduate School this month.
Paul Chirik, the Edwards S. Sanford Professor in Chemistry, said Zhang came to his lab four years ago with an encyclopedic command of chemical literature and broad experience from his undergraduate research. He was able to immediately take on challenging work at the core of the lab’s mission: developing iron compounds to break and functionalize C–H bonds in organic molecules. …
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