Electrochemical Oxidation Induced Formation of C−O and C−N Bonds in Furan and Cyclopropane Derivatives

Madara Dārziņa was born in Riga in 1994. She obtained a Bachelor’s degree (2018) and a Master’s degree (2020) in Natural Sciences in Chemistry from the University of Latvia. In 2021, she received the Latvian Academy of Sciences Young Scientist Award for her Master’s Thesis “Electrochemical synthesis of α,ß-unsaturated esters from 2-(hydroxymethyl)furan derivatives” (supervisor Prof. A. Jirgensons). In the summer of 2024, she was a visiting researcher at the SynBioC group at Ghent University, Belgium. She currently works in the Organic Synthesis Methodology Group at the Latvian Institute of Organic Synthesis. Her scientific interests are related to electroorganic and organic synthesis. She is the co-author of five original scientific publications.