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Dr. Jonathan E. Dannatt
Associate Professor of Chemistry · University of Dallas
Chair, ACS Dallas-Fort Worth Local Section
Vice Chair, ACS Southwest Region
Dr. Jonathan E. Dannatt is an Associate Professor of Chemistry at the University of Dallas, where he has directed an undergraduate-centered synthetic organic chemistry research lab since 2019. His research focuses on aryne sigma bond insertions, organoboron methodology, and silsesquioxane chemistry, with additional interests in computational mechanistic studies and green synthetic methods.
Dr. Dannatt completed his undergraduate education at Lyon College in Batesville, Arkansas, earning a B.S. in Chemistry and Mathematics in 2014, graduating summa cum laude and receiving the Charles H. Coffin Medal, the highest academic honor bestowed upon a Lyon graduate. An NSF REU at Georgetown University under Professor Christian Wolf was a pivotal experience that set the course of his research career.
He completed his Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry at Michigan State University in 2019 under Professor Robert E. Maleczka Jr., where his dissertation research explored iridium-catalyzed C(sp2)–H and C(sp3)–H borylation and the diversity-oriented synthesis of double-decker shaped silsesquioxanes. During his graduate career, he was recognized as a Michigan State University Distinguished Fellow, BEST Scholar, and Spartan Innovations Venture Fellow.
At the University of Dallas, Dr. Dannatt teaches the full organic chemistry sequence and has built a lab culture centered on genuine scientific discovery. His students have presented at ACS National Meetings and gone on to graduate programs, medical schools, law firms, and STEM industry roles. In 2025, Dr. Dannatt received an NSF grant to expand Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experiences (CUREs) at the university, and he currently serves as Chair of the ACS Dallas-Fort Worth Local Section and Vice Chair of the ACS Southwest Region.