News and Announcements
May 2023
Ben received the Cheverton Award, Chapman's highest honor for undergraduate students. Congratulations!
Ben received the Cheverton Award, Chapman's highest honor for undergraduate students. Congratulations!
February 2023
Allegra was named a Cottrell Scholar. We are grateful for the funding!
Allegra was named a Cottrell Scholar. We are grateful for the funding!
October 2022
Ben and Allegra were awarded the 2022 Division of Inorganic Chemistry Award for Undergraduate Research! More information about the award can be found here.
Ben and Allegra were awarded the 2022 Division of Inorganic Chemistry Award for Undergraduate Research! More information about the award can be found here.
July 2022
Tamara and Allegra's work "Geometric Control of Carbon–Carbon Reductive Elimination from a Platinum(IV) Pincer Complex" was published in Organometallics in a special collection of "Organometallic Chemistry Inspired by Maurice Brookhart". This work was a collaboration with Mary Van Vleet (Spelman College) and Nancy Williams (Keck Science Department).
Tamara and Allegra's work "Geometric Control of Carbon–Carbon Reductive Elimination from a Platinum(IV) Pincer Complex" was published in Organometallics in a special collection of "Organometallic Chemistry Inspired by Maurice Brookhart". This work was a collaboration with Mary Van Vleet (Spelman College) and Nancy Williams (Keck Science Department).
June 2022
Ben received an award for Best Poster at the 2022 National Organic Chemistry Symposium. Congratulations!
Ben received an award for Best Poster at the 2022 National Organic Chemistry Symposium. Congratulations!
May 2022
Alexa, Chelsea, and Liam gave fantastic presentations on their Capstone projects.
Alexa, Chelsea, and Liam gave fantastic presentations on their Capstone projects.
April 2022
The group has received an NSF LEAPS-MPS grant for our project "Development of Carbodiphosphoranes for Organic and Polymer Synthesis". We are grateful for the funding!
The group has received an NSF LEAPS-MPS grant for our project "Development of Carbodiphosphoranes for Organic and Polymer Synthesis". We are grateful for the funding!
March 2022
Ben received a Goldwater scholarship and is a Beckman Scholar!
Ben, Haley, and Liam presented posters at the Spring 2022 ACS National Meeting in San Diego.
December 2021
Cara, Daniel, and Allegra's work "Carbodiphosphorane-Catalyzed Hydroboration of Ketones and Imines" was published in Organometallics.
November 2021
Allegra published a Letter in ACS Macro Letters with collaborators from Caltech and Argonne National Lab.
October 2021
A pre-print from Cara, Daniel, and Allegra has been posted to ChemRxiv!
September 2021
Welcome to our newest group member, Haley Robertson!
August 2021
Roxanne and Allegra published an article in Acta Crystallographica, Section E. Thanks to Joe Ziller for help collecting the X-ray data!
March 2021
We have received an Organic Syntheses Research Grant for Faculty at Principally Undergraduate Institutions. We are grateful for the funding!
February 2021
The group welcomes Ben Janda, our newest member!
October 2020
We have received an Undergraduate New Investigator grant from the ACS Petroleum Research Fund. We are grateful for the funding!
August 2020
Zach Thammavongsy and d-Orbital Games were featured in C&EN: https://cen.acs.org/education/Chemistry-style-fun-games/98/i30
April 2020
Congratulations to Daniel Chang for receiving an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship! Daniel will be heading to Caltech to begin his Chemistry PhD in Fall 2020.
February 2020
The group welcomes five new members: Tamara Elenberger, Vanna Kizirian, Ali Mahmoud, Liam Sullivan, and Alexa Wilson!
August 2019
The group welcomes Dr. Zach Thammavongsy!
June 2019
Roxanne Naumann joins the group!
December 2018
Welcome to our newest group member, Cara Fleener!
August 2018
Welcome to Daniel Chang, the first member of the Liberman-Martin group!
Ben received a Goldwater scholarship and is a Beckman Scholar!
Ben, Haley, and Liam presented posters at the Spring 2022 ACS National Meeting in San Diego.
December 2021
Cara, Daniel, and Allegra's work "Carbodiphosphorane-Catalyzed Hydroboration of Ketones and Imines" was published in Organometallics.
November 2021
Allegra published a Letter in ACS Macro Letters with collaborators from Caltech and Argonne National Lab.
October 2021
A pre-print from Cara, Daniel, and Allegra has been posted to ChemRxiv!
September 2021
Welcome to our newest group member, Haley Robertson!
August 2021
Roxanne and Allegra published an article in Acta Crystallographica, Section E. Thanks to Joe Ziller for help collecting the X-ray data!
March 2021
We have received an Organic Syntheses Research Grant for Faculty at Principally Undergraduate Institutions. We are grateful for the funding!
February 2021
The group welcomes Ben Janda, our newest member!
October 2020
We have received an Undergraduate New Investigator grant from the ACS Petroleum Research Fund. We are grateful for the funding!
August 2020
Zach Thammavongsy and d-Orbital Games were featured in C&EN: https://cen.acs.org/education/Chemistry-style-fun-games/98/i30
April 2020
Congratulations to Daniel Chang for receiving an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship! Daniel will be heading to Caltech to begin his Chemistry PhD in Fall 2020.
February 2020
The group welcomes five new members: Tamara Elenberger, Vanna Kizirian, Ali Mahmoud, Liam Sullivan, and Alexa Wilson!
August 2019
The group welcomes Dr. Zach Thammavongsy!
June 2019
Roxanne Naumann joins the group!
December 2018
Welcome to our newest group member, Cara Fleener!
August 2018
Welcome to Daniel Chang, the first member of the Liberman-Martin group!