Madeline Fitzgerald

madeline_fitzgerald [at] berkeley [dot] edu

Madeline grew up in Chapel Hill, North Carolina and received her B.S in chemistry with a minor in computer science from Davidson College. At Davidson, she worked with Prof. Hanna Key, a Hartwig Group alum, on the diastereodivergent synthesis of amines as enabled by amine transaminase enzymes. She also spent a summer in Keary Engle’s lab at The Scripps Research Institute where she studied the use of transient direct groups for palladium catalyzed alkene functionalization. Madeline joined the Hartwig Group in 2024, to develop reactions of metalloenzymes. Outside of the lab, Madeline enjoys taking dance classes and exploring the Bay Area.