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.
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
Sreejith Varma (financed by ERC) and Vuk Vukovic (financed by an MRT fellowship) join the group as PhD students. A warm welcome to both!
ACS Boston
Joseph, Malik, Ed, Eléna and Marian all attend the ACS meeting in Boston and give talks. Beer is enjoyed by all!
New publication
Our study on azidation of tertiary aliphatic alcohols co-catalyzed by nitro compounds and Bronsted acids has been published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society. Congrats, Marian, Malik, Eléna and Florian!
New publication
Our method for switchable (E)- or (Z)-selective alkyne semi-reduction by Ni-catalyzed transfer hydrogenation has been published in the Journal of Organic Chemistry. Another example of catalyst discovery by screening complex mixtures. Congrats Ed!
ERC Starting Grant
Joseph has been awarded an ERC Starting Grant (1.5 million €)! The award will allow us to pursue our dream to create reaction networks that resemble biological metabolism. Informal inquiries regarding doctoral and postdoctoral positions related to this project are encouraged at any time. See the related article in the university newsletter and the announcement from LabEx CSC (both in French only). Funding for the project will begin in September 2015.
The Moran Research Group 