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Jun 1, 2025
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.
May 28, 2025
Congrats to Sean Bryant, who received the Moloy and Metzger Research Fund for excellence in organic chemistry.
Nov 1, 2024
Mimi Lavin, Luis Pablo Arriga Gonzalez, and Michael Baxter have joined the lab as first-year graduate students.
Jan 1, 2024
Elaine Chao has joined the group as a first year graduate student.
Nov 1, 2023
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
Jul 3, 2023
Dr. Aldhous joins us as our first postdoctoral fellow! Tim recently completed his PhD with Prof. John Bower at the University of Liverpool.
Jul 1, 2023
Gulnihal joins as an incoming graduate student. She recently completed her BA at Rice University.
May 18, 2023
Makeda gave a talk on her career journey during Columbia Chemistry's 'PhD for a Day!' event.
May 15, 2023
Congratulations Erik on receiving the Guthikonda fellowship for summer research.
May 11, 2023
Get to know Makeda a bit more in her Synform Young Career Focus Interview.
Apr 24, 2023
Check out our JACS perspective on nucleophilic C(sp3)–(radio)fluorination.
Apr 15, 2023
Congratulations Jocelyn on being selected for a Barnard summer undergraduate research award.
Mar 1, 2023
Erik joins as an undergraduate student from Columbia College
Feb 1, 2023
Jocelyn joins us an undergraduate from Barnard College.
Jan 1, 2023
Makeda has been selected as a 2023 Thieme Chemistry Journals Awardee!
Our first class of graduate students have joined the group.
Jul 1, 2022
Croix joins us as an undergraduate at Columbia University.