The Tekle-Smith Lab was one of eighty recipients of the Petroleum Research Fund (PRF) grants, awarded by ACS PRF Committee from the spring 2025 application cycle. These new grants were awarded to doctoral new investigators, new directions, undergraduate new investigators, and undergraduate research grants, totaling $8,630,000 awarded.

Congrats to Elaine Chao, who received the Guthikonda, Walling, Nakanishi, and Breslow Fellowship for excellence in organic chemistry.

Congrats to Gulnihal Tomur, who received the Jack Miller teaching award.

Congrats to Sean Bryant, who received the Moloy and Metzger Research Fund for excellence in organic chemistry.

Mimi Lavin, Luis Pablo Arriga Gonzalez, and Michael Baxter have joined the lab as first-year graduate students.

Elaine Chao has joined the group as a first year graduate student.

Sean was awarded the Guthikonda, Katz, Turro and Danishefsky (KTD) Fellowship in Organic Chemistry

Jimmy was awarded the Guthikonda, Walling, Nakanishi, and Breslow (WNB) Fellowship in Organic Chemistry

Juan was awarded the S&V Fourman Fellowship

Dr. Aldhous joins us as our first postdoctoral fellow! Tim recently completed his PhD with Prof. John Bower at the University of Liverpool.

Gulnihal joins as an incoming graduate student. She recently completed her BA at Rice University.

Makeda gave a talk on her career journey during Columbia Chemistry's 'PhD for a Day!' event.

Congratulations Erik on receiving the Guthikonda fellowship for summer research.

Get to know Makeda a bit more in her Synform Young Career Focus Interview.

Check out our JACS perspective on nucleophilic C(sp3)–(radio)fluorination.

Congratulations Jocelyn on being selected for a Barnard summer undergraduate research award.

Erik joins as an undergraduate student from Columbia College

Jocelyn joins us an undergraduate from Barnard College.

Makeda has been selected as a 2023 Thieme Chemistry Journals Awardee!

Our first class of graduate students have joined the group.