Ioana is a graduate student interested in climate change mitigation
     and sustainability. Her thesis work has focused on the area of carbon
     dioxide utilization. Most recently, she has developed a new family of
     diphosphine ligands and demonstrated their utility in supporting nickel
     catalysts for CO2/ethylene coupling to acrylate. Prior to joining the
     Cummins lab, Ioana got her BA and MS in Chemistry at the University
     of Pennsylvania, working in the lab of prof. Gary Molander on synthesis
     and reactivity of organoboron compounds. Outside of lab, Ioana is
     interested in activism and organizing around political, environmental
     and women's issues, watching all the episodes of Shark Tank, and latin
     and ballroom dancing.

     ioanaron [at] mit.edu