Welcome to undergraduates Meng Gu, Sean Ginn, Kiley Blachaniec, and Kaitlyn Flynn, who have joined the group!
News
New paper in Chem. Sci.
Our latest paper is out in Chemical Science! Zach and Viraj explore the interplay between folding and macrocyclization with ortho-phenylene hexamers and decamers. Confinement within the macrocycle forces the foldamer into conformations that are typically not observed, which is predictable using simple computational models.
MRI grant funded
Huge thanks to the NSF MRI program, which has funded a new NMR spectrometer for the department. This instrument will bring several new capabilities, including an autosampler (for greatly increased throughput of teaching and research samples), advanced 19F capabilities, and a flow accessory.
Kate Bradford joins group
Welcome to Kate Bradford, who as joined the group as a graduate student! Kate is a member of both our group and the Konkolewicz group.
Group attends GRC in Physical Organic Chemistry
The group is attending the 2019 Gordon Research Conference in Physical Organic Chemistry in Holderness, NH.
NSF grant funded
Huge thanks to the Macromolecular, Supramolecular and Nanochemistry program of the Division of Chemistry at the NSF for funding our project on “Dynamic control and self-assembly of ortho-phenylene foldamers“!
New paper in J. Chem. Educ.
Our latest paper is out in J. Chem. Educ.! In collaboration with the Yezierski group, we have developed an undergraduate teaching lab on the self-assembly of macrocycles under thermodynamic control. The lab combined elements of experimental and computational chemistry to probe the importance of strain in these systems.
Hunter Martin and Maddy Gerken join group
Welcome to undergraduates Hunter Martin and Maddy Gerken who have joined the group!
Lasith wins People’s Choice award for Miami 3MT
Congratulations to Lasith, who has won the People’s Choice award for Miami’s Three-Minute Thesis competition!
Juliana Livieri, Georgia Mantel, and Kaitlyn Persuric join group
Welcome to Juliana Livieri, Georgia Mantel, and Kaitlyn Persuric who have joined the group! Juliana is a combined Bachelor’s/Master’s student and Georgia and Kaitlyn and undergraduate researchers.