April

Travis Menard successfully defended his PhD thesis on 12 April 2024 and is headed off to Southwest Research Institute (San Antonio, TX). Congratulations!! We will miss you!

Scott was the Guest of Honor at the 57th Bürgenstock Meeting at lovely Brunnen, Switzerland where former student Prof. Erick M. Carreira was the President.
Great science, great discussion, great people, great location. Everyone should experience this conference at least once.

May

Congratulations to Dongchen Ouyang for winning the Spring 2024 Beak Literature Seminar Award for CHEM 535!

Jakub Sura received his B.S. in Chemistry with Distinction! Congratulations Jakub! He will stay on continuing his research over the summer.