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Melanie S. Sanford

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Best Female Scientists

D-Index
106
Citations
50897
World Ranking
1036
National Ranking
627

Chemistry

D-Index
107
Citations
52706
World Ranking
894
National Ranking
353

Melanie S. Sanford publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Chemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Melanie S. Sanford sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 303 publications — 64th percentile

64% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.

Melanie S. Sanford D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Chemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Melanie S. Sanford sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 107 D-Index — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2016 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2016 - Fellow of the American Chemical Society
  • 2016 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2011 - Fellow of the MacArthur Foundation
  • 2011 - ACS Award in Pure Chemistry, American Chemical Society (ACS)
  • 2010 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2006 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Melanie S. Sanford is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States. Their research intersects several fields, primarily focusing on chemistry and materials science, with emphases on organic chemistry and materials chemistry.

The scientist's work covers a range of specialized topics that include:

  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Fluorine in Organic Chemistry
  • Catalytic C-H Functionalization Methods
  • Radical Photochemical Reactions
  • Advanced battery technologies research
  • Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion

Recent publications authored or co-authored by Melanie S. Sanford include:

  • "Copper-mediated late-stage radiofluorination: five years of impact on preclinical and clinical PET imaging," 2020, Clinical and Translational Imaging
  • "Equity and Inclusion in the Chemical Sciences Requires Actions not Just Words," 2020, ACS Central Science
  • "Nickel-Catalyzed Decarbonylative Amination of Carboxylic Acid Esters," 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Development of SNAr Nucleophilic Fluorination: A Fruitful Academia-Industry Collaboration," 2020, Accounts of Chemical Research
  • "Nickel-Catalyzed Decarbonylative Synthesis of Fluoroalkyl Thioethers," 2020, ACS Catalysis

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Melanie S. Sanford include:

  • Peter J. H. Scott
  • Jeff W. Kampf
  • Allen F. Brooks
  • Jay S. Wright
  • Liam S. Sharninghausen

Regarding publication venues, the scientist has contributed notably in:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Organic Letters
  • Organometallics
  • Nuclear Medicine and Biology

Melanie S. Sanford has received several professional recognitions including:

  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2016)
  • Fellow of the American Chemical Society (2016)
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2016)
  • ACS Award in Pure Chemistry, American Chemical Society (ACS) (2011)
  • Fellow of the MacArthur Foundation (2011)
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (2010)
  • Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (2006)

Best Publications

  • Palladium-Catalyzed Ligand-Directed C−H Functionalization Reactions

    Thomas W. Lyons;Melanie S. Sanford

  • Mechanism and Activity of Ruthenium Olefin Metathesis Catalysts

    Melanie S. Sanford;Jennifer A. Love;Robert H. Grubbs

  • A Highly Selective Catalytic Method for the Oxidative Functionalization of C−H Bonds

    Allison R. Dick;Kami L. Hull;Melanie S. Sanford

  • Controlling Site Selectivity in Palladium-Catalyzed C–H Bond Functionalization

    Sharon R. Neufeldt;Melanie S. Sanford

  • Transition metal catalyzed oxidative functionalization of carbon-hydrogen bonds

    Allison R. Dick;Melanie S. Sanford

  • Oxidative C-H activation/C-C bond forming reactions: synthetic scope and mechanistic insights.

    Dipannita Kalyani;Nicholas R. Deprez;Lopa V. Desai;Melanie S. Sanford

  • High-valent organometallic copper and palladium in catalysis

    Amanda J. Hickman;Melanie S. Sanford

  • Palladium-Catalyzed Oxygenation of Unactivated sp3 C−H Bonds

    Lopa V. Desai;Kami Lee Hull;Melanie S. Sanford

  • Merging Visible-Light Photocatalysis and Transition-Metal Catalysis in the Copper-Catalyzed Trifluoromethylation of Boronic Acids with CF3I

    Yingda Ye;Melanie S. Sanford

  • Room Temperature Palladium-Catalyzed 2-Arylation of Indoles

    Nicholas R. Deprez;Dipannita Kalyani;and Andrew Krause;Melanie S. Sanford

  • Catalytic and Highly Regioselective Cross-Coupling of Aromatic C−H Substrates

    Kami L. Hull;Melanie S. Sanford

  • Palladium-Catalyzed Fluorination of Carbon−Hydrogen Bonds

    Kami L. Hull;Waseem Q. Anani;Melanie S. Sanford

  • Synthetic and Mechanistic Studies of Pd-Catalyzed C−H Arylation with Diaryliodonium Salts: Evidence for a Bimetallic High Oxidation State Pd Intermediate

    Nicholas R. Deprez;Melanie S. Sanford

  • Room-Temperature C–H Arylation: Merger of Pd-Catalyzed C–H Functionalization and Visible-Light Photocatalysis

    Dipannita Kalyani;Kate B. McMurtrey;Sharon R. Neufeldt;Melanie S. Sanford

  • Synthesis and Activity of Ruthenium Alkylidene Complexes Coordinated with Phosphine and N-Heterocyclic Carbene Ligands

    Tina M. Trnka;John P. Morgan;Melanie S. Sanford;Thomas E. Wilhelm

  • Cascade catalysis for the homogeneous hydrogenation of CO2 to methanol.

    Chelsea A. Huff;Melanie S. Sanford

  • New Insights into the Mechanism of Ruthenium-Catalyzed Olefin Metathesis Reactions

    Melanie S. Sanford;Michael Ulman;Robert H. Grubbs

  • A Versatile Precursor for the Synthesis of New Ruthenium Olefin Metathesis Catalysts

    Melanie S. Sanford;Jennifer A. Love;Robert H. Grubbs

  • N-acyloxyphthalimides as nitrogen radical precursors in the visible light photocatalyzed room temperature C-H amination of arenes and heteroarenes

    Laura J. Allen;Pablo J. Cabrera;Melissa Lee;Melanie S. Sanford

  • Unusually stable palladium(IV) complexes: detailed mechanistic investigation of C-O bond-forming reductive elimination.

    Allison R. Dick;Jeff W. Kampf;Melanie S. Sanford

  • Reactivity of Pd(II) complexes with electrophilic chlorinating reagents: isolation of Pd(IV) products and observation of C-Cl bond-forming reductive elimination.

    Salena R. Whitfield;Melanie S. Sanford

Frequent Co-Authors

Jeff W. Kampf
Jeff W. Kampf University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Allan J. Canty
Allan J. Canty University of Tasmania
Robert H. Grubbs
Robert H. Grubbs California Institute of Technology
Matthew S. Sigman
Matthew S. Sigman University of Utah
Brian F. Yates
Brian F. Yates University of Tasmania
Levi T. Thompson
Levi T. Thompson University of Delaware
Adam J. Matzger
Adam J. Matzger University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Shelley D. Minteer
Shelley D. Minteer University of Utah
Marisa C. Kozlowski
Marisa C. Kozlowski University of Pennsylvania
Michael W. Day
Michael W. Day California Institute of Technology

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