Congrats to Skaggs Oxford Scholar and Engle lab member, Omar Apolinar, who successfully passed his viva (thesis defense) at Oxford to complete his program, simultaneously earning a Ph.D. in Chemistry from Scripps Research and a D.Phil. in Biochemistry from the University of Oxford. In the Engle’s lab, Omar expanded the scope of native directing groups in nickel-catalyzed olefin diarylation and developed the first enantioselective three-component diarylation of unactivated terminal and internal olefins. At Oxford, Omar performed research under the joint mentorship of Profs. Simon Aldridge and Véronique Gouverneur, developing novel Ca–F complex for nucleophilic fluoride delivery. Congrats Dr. Dr. Apolinar!