A “Synpacts” article highlighting our recent work on using complex mixtures for catalyst discovery has been accepted for publication in Synlett. Thanks to Prof. Peter Vollhardt for the kind invitation!
New Publication
Our first paper from our collaboration with the Ebbesen group describing how strong coupling to the vacuum field can be exploited to change the rate of chemical reactions has been accepted for publication in Angewandte Chemie. Congrats to all who participated from the Ebbesen group and to Marian and Sreejith from our group!
New Publication
Our collaboration with the Samori group on liquid-phase exfoliation of graphite to yield graphene is published in The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters.
New Publication
Congrats to Ed and Ismat, whose article on regiodivergent functionalization of allylic amines using dual nickel/phosphoric acid catalysis has been accepted in Chemistry – A European Journal.
New Publication
Congrats to Marian, whose article on catalytic Friedel-Crafts reactions of tertiary aliphatic fluorides has been accepted in ACS Catalysis.
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!
New publication
Congrats to Marian and Ed, whose invited review on catalytic alcohol activation has been accepted in Synthesis.
The Moran Research Group 