Ed Richmond has won a poster prize at the 2nd NSFC-RSC International Symposium on Emerging Frontiers in Organic Synthesis, held earlier this week at Burlington House in London. The symposium showcased top speakers from China and the UK. Way to go, Ed!
Group News
Elodie and Lucas join the group
Cover article
Marian and Ed’s review article in Synthesis has been chosen as the cover article for the April 1st issue. Congrats!

Dr. Marian Dryzhakov
Congrats to Marian Dryzhakov on successfully defending his thesis! He is the second PhD student to graduate from the group. After a few weeks more in the lab to submit papers, Marian will join Prof. Makoto Fujita’s lab at the University of Tokyo as a JSPS postdoctoral fellow.

Marian’s thesis defense with juror Prof. Clément Mazet, March 2016
Marian wins a JSPS Fellowship
Congratulations to PhD student Marian Dryzhakov, who has received a fellowship from JSPS to conduct postdoctoral research with Prof. Makoto Fujita at the University of Tokyo.
Dr. Kamila Muchowska joins the group
Kamila joins us from the University of Edinburgh in Scotland, where she recently defended her PhD under Prof. Scott Cockroft. Welcome Kamila!

Interview with Alsace 20
Dr Eléna Wolf
Congrats to Eléna Wolf on successfully defending her thesis! She is the first PhD student to graduate from the group. Eléna will join BASF’s JONAS research network.

Sreejith and Vuk join the group
ACS Boston
Joseph, Malik, Ed, Eléna and Marian all attend the ACS meeting in Boston and give talks. Beer is enjoyed by all!
