April 28. Anna was Awarded Summer Fellowship

Anna was awarded the inaugural Wayne L. and Elizabeth J. Gladfelter Graduate Fellowship in Chemistry! Congratulations Anna!

April 12. Anna Receives NSF GRFP Honorable Mention

Congratulations to Anna who received an NSF GRFP honorable mention!

Feb 20. Ben Passed his OPE

Ben passed his oral preliminary exam! Congratulations Ben!

Feb 12. Rabina and Karl's Amination Study is Published in Org. Lett.

Rabina and Karl's paper on decarboxylative amination was recently published in Org. Lett. Congratulations to them on all their hard work!

Feb 2. Phillip Passed his OPE

Phillip passed his oral preliminary exam! Congratulations Phillip!

Jan 4. Shannen, Andreas and Natalie's Study is Published in Organometallics

Former group members Shannon, Andreas and Natalie recently published their work investigating copper-mediated decarboxylation in Organometallics! Congratulations for getting this out while working in three different cities!

Nov 13. Welcome to New Group Members Jasper, Noah, and Anna! 

The Group welcomes three new graduate students! Jasper Dang, who earned a B.S. in chemistry at Cal Poly Pomona, joins work on the decarboxylative amination of alpha-oxo-acids. Noah Durlam, who earned a B.S. in chemistry at Valparaiso University, will begin extending studies towards probing field effects in Cu-mediated decarboxylation. Anna Ermoian, who earned their B.A. in chemistry at Scripps College begins a new project for the group working on nitroarene functionalization. Welcome!

Oct 8. Nandha and Karl  Present  at the Annual  CIC Meeting 

Nandha and Karl presented posters at the Catalysis Innovation Consortium Annual meeting held in Atlanta, Georgia!

Oct 3.  Grace Presents a Poster at CRIC

Grace presented a poster at the annual Chicago Regional Inorganic Colloquium this year held at the University of Minnesota!

Aug 7. Jacob Completes his Summer REU with the Group 

Jacob presented a poster on his summer work with Nandha on investigating the field effect in silver-mediated decarboxylation reactions. Congratulations Jacob!

June 14. Megan Graduated and is Headed off to Ohio State

Congratulations to Megan on graduating! She is headed to The Ohio State University to Pursue a PhD in Chemistry!

June 6. 3rd Year Graduate Student Research Symposium

Anthony and Grace gave amazing third year talks! Congratulations to Grace for the honorable mention!

May 14. Natalie Leaves the Group for Afton Chemical

Congratulations to Natalie who accepted a position at Afton Chemical in Richmond, VA. Farewell and best wishes!

May 7. Jessica's Acc. Chem. Res. Article is Published

Jessica's review highlighting the Group's work on oxidative decarboxyaltive coupling reactions was published in Acc. Chem. Res. Congratulations!

March 11. Natalie's Collaborative Study is Published in Nature

Natalie's work in collaboration with the Krische group at UT Austin was recent published in Nature. Congratulations to her on her beautiful mechanistic work!