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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.

Our first class of graduate students have joined the group.

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

Croix joins us as an undergraduate at Columbia University.

The Tekle-Smith Lab is a new research group starting in the Columbia Chemistry Department in July 2022.