Professor Jessica Hoover earned a B.S. in Chemistry from Harvey Mudd College in Claremont, CA in 2004, and completed her Ph.D. in 2009 at the University of Washington in Seattle under the direction of Professors Jim Mayer and Forrest Michael. She completed postdoctoral work with Shannon Stahl at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, developing practical copper-catalyzed aerobic alcohol oxidation reactions.  Jessica’s independent academic career began at West Virginia University (WVU) in 2012 as Assistant Professor, and she was promoted to Associate Professor in 2018. The Hoover research group at WVU focuses on developing and understanding new reactions, particularly C-C and C-heteroatom bond forming redox reactions, employing first-row transition metal catalysts.  Current research interests include: (1) Decarboxylative coupling reactions of (hetero)aromatic carboxylates, (2) nickel catalyzed cross-coupling reactions, and (3) cobalt-catalyzed aerobic coupling reactions. Prof. Hoover’s honors and awards include a National Science Foundation CAREER Award and an NIH MIRA Award.