Gabriel Gomes
Assistant Professor, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
Education
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Toronto, 2019–2021
Ph.D. in Chemistry, Florida State University, 2018
M.S. in Chemistry, Florida State University, 2016
B.S. in Chemistry, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, 2013
Research
Keywords: Catalysis & Reaction Design, Artificial Intelligence & Computer Science for Chemistry, Organic Materials, Automated Chemical Synthesis, Physical Organic Chemistry
Publications
A comprehensive platform for the discovery and understanding of organophosphorus ligands in catalysis
T. Gensch, G. P. Gomes, P. Friederich§, E. Peters, T. Gaudin, R. Pollice, K. Jorner, A. Nigam, M. L. D’Addario, M. S. Sigman, A. Aspuru-Guzik, Journal of American Chemical Society 2022
Data-science driven autonomous process optimization
M. Christensen, L. Yunker, F. Adedeji, F. Häse, L. Roch, T. Gensch, G. P. Gomes, T. Zepel, M. S. Sigman, A. Aspuru-Guzik, J. Hein, Communications Chemistry 2021, 4, 112
Beyond Generative Models: Superfast Traversal, Optimization, Novelty, Exploration and Discovery (STONED) Algorithm for Molecules using SELFIES
A. Nigam, R. Pollice, M. Krenn, G. P. Gomes, A. Aspuru-Guzik, Chemical Science 2021, 12, 7079
Navigating through the Maze of Homogeneous Catalyst Design with Machine Learning
G. P. Gomes, R. Pollice, A. Aspuru-Guzik, Trends in Chemistry 2021, 3(2), 96
Illuminating the dark conformational space of ring structures with dominant rotors
D. Diaz, S. D. Appavoo, A. F. Bogdanchikova, Y. Lebedev, T. J. McTiernan, G. P. Gomes, A. K. Yudin, Nature Chemistry 2021, 13, 218
Mapping C–H⋅⋅⋅M interactions in confined spaces: (α-ICyDMe)Au, Ag, Cu complexes reveal “contra-electrostatic H-bonds” masquerading as anagostic interactions
G. P. Gomes, G. Xu, X. Zhu, L.-M. Chamoreau, O. Bistri-Aslanoff, S. Roland, I. V. Alabugin, M. Sollogoub, Chemistry – A European Journal 2021, 27, 8127
Data-driven Strategies for Accelerated Materials Design
R. Pollice, G. P. Gomes, M. Aldeghi, R. J. Hickman, M. Krenn, C. Lavigne, M. L. D’Addario, A. Nigam, C.-T. Ser, Z. Yao, A. Aspuru-Guzik, Accounts of Chemical Research 2021, 54(4), 849
Automatic discovery of chemical reactions using imposed activation
C. Lavigne, G. P. Gomes, R. Pollice, A. Aspuru-Guzik, ChemRxiv, 2020
The cyclopropane ring as a reporter of radical leaving-group reactivity for Ni-catalyzed C(sp3)–O arylation
L. R. Mills, J. J. Monteith, G. P. Gomes, A. Aspuru-Guzik, S. A. L. Rousseaux, Journal of American Chemical Society 2020, 142 (30), 13246
Machine Learning Dihydrogen Activation in the Chemical Space Surrounding Vaska’s Complex
P. Friederich, G. P. Gomes, R. D. Bin, A. Aspuru-Guzik, D. Balcells, Chemical Science 2020, 11, 4584
Isocyanides as Stereoelectronic Chameleons: The Donor-Acceptor Dichotomy in Radical Additions
G. P. Gomes, Y. Loginova, S. Z. Vatsadze, I. V. Alabugin, Journal of American Chemical Society 2018, 140 (43), 14272
Hyperconjugation
I. V. Alabugin, G. P. Gomes, M. Abdo, WIREs Computational Molecular Sciences, 2018; e1389
Organocatalyzed Synthesis of Fluorinated Poly(aryl thioethers)
N. H. Park, G. P. Gomes, M. Fevre, G. O. Jones, I. V. Alabugin, J. L. Hedrick, Nature Communications, 2017, 8, 166
Stereoelectronic Interactions as a Probe for the Existence of the Intramolecular α-Effect
E. Juaristi, G. P. Gomes, A. O. Terent’ev, R. Notario, I. V. Alabugin, Journal of American Chemical Society 2017, 139 (31), 10799
Stereoelectronic Control in the Ozone-Free Synthesis of Ozonides
G. P. Gomes, Y. A. Yaremenko, P. S. Radulov, R. A. Novikov, V. V. Chernyshev, A. A. Korlyukov, G. I. Nikishin, A. O. Terent’ev, I. V. Alabugin, Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2017, 56, 4955
Drawing Catalytic Power from Charge Separation: Stereoelectronic and Zwitterionic Assistance in the Au(I)-Catalyzed Bergman Cyclization
G. P. Gomes & I. V. Alabugin, Journal of American Chemical Society 2017, 139 (9), 3406
Awards and Distinctions
| Years | Award |
|---|---|
| 2023 |
Scialog Fellow
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| 2022 |
C&EN Talented Twelve
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| 2020-2021 |
NSERC Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship
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| 2018 | CAS SciFinder Future Leaders Program |
| 2018 | ACS COMP Chemical Computing Group Excellence Award |
| 2018 | FSU’s Graduate Student Research and Creativity Award |
| 2017 | IBM Ph.D. Scholarship |