Jeffrey M. Farrell
Associate Professor
Room A520, Chemistry Building
Fax: +886-2-3366-8671
Research Interest
- Organic materials for (opto)electronic and catalytic applications in next-generation clean energy technologies
- Development of new synthetic methods for novel π-conjugated compounds embedded with heteroatoms and non-six-membered rings
- Experimental investigations of unprecedented geometric and electronic structures on fundamental properties and reactivity
Career and Service Experiences
- BSc. (2008), Saint Mary’s University
- PhD. (2014), University of Toronto
- Post-Doctoral Researcher (2015), University of Toronto
- Post-Doctoral Researcher (2015 - 2019), Universität Würzburg
- Assistant Professor (2021-2026), Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University
- Associate Professor (2026-present), Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University
Honors and Awards
- 2025 National Taiwan University Outstanding EMI Teaching Award
- 2021 Yushan Young Scholar Award (2021 - 2026)
- Alexander von Humboldt Postdoctoral Fellowship (2015 - 2017)
Selected Publications
- Cheng, S.-Y.; Juang, J.-S.; Huang, Y.-F.; Lai, T.-Y.; Liu, Y.-H.; Ishiwari, F.; Saeki, A.; Okada, K.; Kishi, R.;* Farrell, J. M.* “Pyracylenes: Facile Synthetic Access and Continuous Face-to-Face Antiaromatic π-Stacking” JACS Au 2026, 6, 1118-1128.
- Chang, K.-W.; Lai, T.-Y.; Chin, T.-J.; Anitha, M.; Liu, Y.-H.; Ishiwari, F.; Saeki, A.; Farrell, J. M.* “Facile π-extension of boron-doped polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons by frustrated Lewis pair alkynylation” Chem. Commun. 2025, 61, 19832-19835.
- Kuo, Y.-T.; Yao, C.-H.; Liu, Y.-H.; Cheng, M.-J.; Farrell, J. M.* “C-C bond-forming reactions of 2-isocyanobiphenyl•BX₃ adducts: spontaneous construction of polycyclic heteroaromatics” Dalton Trans. 2025, 54, 7189-7193.
- Anitha, M.; Chin, T.-J.; Liu, G.-C.; Hsieh, C.-T.; Wang, K.-H.; Li, S.-L.; Cheng, M.-J.; Farrell, J. M.* “Metal-free alkyne annulation enabling π-extension of boron-doped polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons” Chem. Sci. 2024, 15, 16210-16215.
- Farrell, J. M.; Grande, V.; Schmidt, D.; Würthner, F.* “A Highly Warped Heptagon-Containing sp2 Carbon Scaffold via Vinylnaphthyl π-Extension” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 16504-16507.
- Farrell, J. M.; Mützel, C.; Bialas, D.; Rudolf, M.; Menekse, K.; Krause, A.-M.; Stolte, M.; Würthner, F.* “Tunable Low-LUMO Boron-Doped Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons by General One-Pot C–H Borylations” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 9096-9104.
Update: 2026-08-03