Canning is from Columbus, Ohio. She joined the Goldberg group in 2023. Canning completed her B.S. in Chemistry with a minor in English at The Ohio State University where she worked with Dr. Christine Thomas on early-late phosphinoamide heterobimetallic complexes involving Zr, Ti, and Co. Her research in the Goldberg lab focuses on the development of tridentate NNN-pincer complexes with Pd & Pt towards C-H activation. Outside of lab, she likes ice skating at the Penn Ice Rink and reading by the Schuylkill River.
Email: canningw@sas.upenn.edu