Dr. Raphael Kyle Jacobs

Profile

Academic position	Currently without academic position
Research fields	Organic Molecular Chemistry
Keywords	Supramolecular chemistry, Chiral phosphoric acids, Rotaxanes, Mechanically interlocked molecules, Asymmetric catalysis
Honours and awards	2026: Alexander Von Humboldt Fellowship 2026: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Seal of Excellence 2025: Royal Society of Chemistry Researcher Development Grant 2022: Gordon Research Conferences Carl Storm Opportunity Fellowship 2022: United Negro College Fund/Ernest E. Just Life Sciences Society Outstanding Leadership in Life Sciences 2022: University of Cape Town International Travelling Grant 2021: Royal Society of Chemistry Diversity and Inclusion Grant (2nd round) 2020: National Research Foundation Doctoral Scholarship, South Africa 2020: Royal Society of Chemistry Diversity and Inclusion Grant 2020: Royal Society of Chemistry Researcher Development Grant 2020: University of Cape Town Incoming International Student Scholarship 2019: University of Cape Town Departmental Scholarship

Current contact address

Country	South Africa
City	Bloemfontein
Institution	South African Medical Research Council
Institute	Prochess Chemistry Department

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Jochen Niemeyer	Institut für Organische Chemie, Universität Duisburg-Essen, Essen

Programme(s)

2026	Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme for Postdocs

Publications (partial selection)

2026	Raphael Jacobs Disruption-Recombination Theory of Scientific Persistence How Disturbance Alters the Accessibility of Embedded Scientific Resources. In: SSRN Preprint, https://ssrn.com/abstract=6968390 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.6968390, 2026,
2022	Raphael Jacobs (C. Munashe Mazodze); Wade F. Petersen: Silver-catalysed double decarboxylative addition–cyclisation–elimination cascade sequence for the synthesis of quinolin-2-ones. In: Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, 20, 2022, 3469–3474
2021	Farhaan Dobah, C. Munashe Mazodze, Wade F. Petersen*: Cross-Dehydrogenative Cyclization–Dimerization Cascade Sequence for the Synthesis of Symmetrical 3,3′-Bisoxindoles. In: Organic Letters, 23, 2021, 5466–5470