Masha Elkin

Masha Elkin is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Her research integrates catalyst development, natural products synthesis, and machine learning to address significant chemical challenges. The Elkin Group focuses on creating new transition metal catalysts for efficient bond disconnections and the synthesis of bioactive natural products. They utilize computational tools, including machine learning, to explore chemical space and accelerate reaction discovery, aiming to provide innovative solutions to modern challenges in synthetic organic chemistry.