Hamza Saifuddin received a LASURI award to support his research during the next academic year. Congratulations, Hamza!

Xiaoguang & Xiaohong won a poster award for their recent presentation at the 33^rd H. C. Brown Lectures – Way to go!!

Congratulation to Sun for earning a Herbert E. Paaren Summer Research Award!

Jenny was awarded a scholarship from the Anhelo Project – Congratulations!

Sun and Jason presented at the UIC Student Research Forum – Great work!!

New group logo – Thanks, Sun!

Group alumnus Nate Hausfater has accepted a position at Neogen – Good luck, Nate!

Our new paper on regioselective dienolate amination has been accepted! See our publications page for details. Congrats to Xiaoguang and Xiaohong!

Our full paper on halo resorcinol synthesis has been accepted! Take a look at our publications page. The article will appear in a special issue honoring Prof. Neil Garg. Well done Xiaohong, Xiaoguang, and Jenny!

JT was a judge for the middle school science fair at St. Joseph School! Super projects and lots of fun!

Our latest paper on Mn-mediated cycloadditions has been accepted! Check out our publications page for details. Congrats to Xiaoguang and Xiaohong!

JT was a judge for the middle school science fair at the Mark T. Skinner West School! Great work from all of the participants!

JT visited the first graders at the Joseph Sears School to talk about what a chemist does. It was fun to see so many enthusiastic aspiring scientists!

Undergraduate co-workers Sun Choi and Hamza Saiffudin join the lab and begin new research projects. Welcome!

Group alumnus Drew Bauman takes a position at AbbVie – Good luck, Drew!

Our latest paper dealing with Cu-catalyzed sulfone formation is online! Check out our publications page for details. Congrats to Xiaoguang and Xiaohong!

JT will speak at the Chicago Organic Symposium – If you are in the Chicago area, please register to attend this day-long event!

Several lab members will be attending the National Organic Symposium in Maryland – If you see us, please stop by and say hello!

Sun Choi, a junior undergraduate, has been awarded a LASURI grant to explore a project in our group starting in the fall. Congrats, Sun – we are looking forward to working with you!

Aisha presented a poster on her progress at the Student Research Forum at UIC.

Xiaohong and Xiaoguang presented posters on their research at the H. C. Brown Lectures.

The lab has been awarded a UIC Campus Research Board Pilot Grant to begin a collaboration with the Pan group in mechanical engineering!

Our first independent publication dealing with regiocontrolled halogenation of dienolates has been accepted! Take a look on the publications page. Congrats to Xiaohong and Jenny!

Drew won a TA Appreciation Award in recognition of his hard work educating our undergraduate students. Way to go, Drew!

Meng passed her prelim exam – well done!

New website!!

Corey Yarbrough joins the group as a first-year graduate student.

Justin delivered a seminar at the Chemistry Department at the Illinois Institute of Technology.

Aisha Bhatti joins the group to pursue an Capstone research project through the UIC Honors College. Welcome!

Justin was an invited speaker at the 2014 Beckman Symposium in Irvine, CA!