Thank you to Nick Serratore for hosting the group Christmas party. (December 18)

Congratulations to Dr. Naveen Rondla, who defended his Ph.D. thesis, "Development of New Reaction Methodologies Using Palladium Catalysts." (December 4)

The group welcomes Lafe Purvis and Zhuoran Zhang as first-year graduate students. Lafe joins us from Gilead Sciences where he was a senior research associate. Zhuoran finished his B.S. in Chemistry from Peking University. (November 27)

Congratulations to recent B.S. graduate, Joy Zhou, on her recent move to Cargill. (November 20)

Chris Douglas presents the group's research at the University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire (November 15)

Happy Halloween! (October 31)

Dr. Katie McGarry and Chris Douglas are coauthors for a manuscript published in ACS Nano. This highly collaborative work also features researchers from:

• The Frisbie Group, University of Minnesota, Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
• The Hersam Group, Northwestern University (IL)
• The Ishii Lab, Chiba University (Japan)
• The High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK, Japan) (October 29)

Chris Douglas presents the group's research at the University of Kansas. (October 18)

Chris Douglas presents the group's research at his home institution, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. (October 1)

Chris Douglas presents the group's research at the University of Minnesota, Duluth. (September 27)

We welcome Dr. Matt Bruzek, who joins the lab as a postdoctoral associate. He earned his Ph.D. at the University of Kentucky, where he worked with Professor John Anthony. (September 17)

Chris Douglas presents the group's research at Larry Overman's 70th birthday symposium. (September 12)

Sarah Wegwerth won the 2012-2013 Wayland E. Noland Outstanding TA Award. (September 3)

Dr. Daniel Everson joins the lab as a postdoctoral associate. He earned his Ph.D. at the University of Rochester, where he worked with Professor Daniel J. Weix. (August 30)

Congratulations to Katie McGarry for the successful defense of her thesis, "Synthesis and Crystal Design of Rubrene Derivatives for Use in Organic Electronics." She has accepted a post-doctoral position with Professor Tim Clark at University of San Diego. (August 30)

Several members of the group head to Baker Park Reserve Campground for a weekend retreat. (August 23-25)

Diana Cedillo, Billy Ogden, Claire Simpson, and Dylan Walsh presented their findings at the undergraduate research poster session. (August 8)

Several group members volunteer with preschoolers for Miniapple International Montessori's Science Day. Read more. (August 5)

Chris Douglas facilitates at the Cottrell Scholars Collaborative (CSC) New Faculty Workshop. (July 25-27)

The group and friends head to the artist-designed mini golf course at the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden. Thank you to Grant Frost for organizing the event. (June 28)

Rosalind Douglas redesigns the group's web site for her HTML class. Check it out on your smartphone too. (June 23)

Welcome to Joahanna Macaranas, an incoming graduate student from University of Southern California. (June 18)

We hosted our fifth annual glow stick workshop for high school students as part of the Exploring Careers in Engineering and Physical Science (ECEPS) summer camp. Read more. (June 17)

Katie McGarry collaborates with coauthors Tyler Mullenback and Wade Luhman from the Holmes Group on their manuscript, "Connecting Molecular Structure and Exciton Diffusion Length in Rubrene Derivatives" published in Advanced Materials. Read it. (June 10)

Vicki Chemistruck and Zhongda Pan present their research at our the Department of Chemistry's 12th Annual Graduate Student Research Symposium. (June 4)

Welcome to Diana Cedillo, a summer REU student from the University of Texas, Pan American and Nicholas Serratore, a graduate transfer student from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. (June 3)

Sarah Wegwerth gives an oral presentation of her research at the annual IPrime meeting. Vicki Chemistruck and Katie McGarry give poster presentations. (May 29)

Katie McGarry and Victor Young, Jr. with collaborators Wei Xie and Yanfei Wu from the Frisbie Group, and Christopher Sutton and Chad Risko from the Brédas Group are co-authors on their manuscript, "Rubrene-Based Single-Crystal Organic Semiconductors: Synthesis Electronic Structure, and Charge-Transport Properties" published in Chemistry of Materials. Read it. (May 28)

Welcome to Claire Simpson, a high school student from Breck School, who is joining our research efforts this summer. Claire will be working with Sarah Pound. (May 21)

Congratulations to Joy Zhou on completing her Bachelor's Degree. (May 18)

Katie McGarry coauthors with Wei Xie and Yanfei Wu from the Frisbie Group, and Feilong Liu from the Ruden Group on their manuscript, "High-Mobility Transistors Based on Single Crystals of Isotopically Subsituted Rubrene- d28" published in the Journal of Physical Chemistry C. Read it. (May 14)

Undergraduates Dylan Walsh and Billy Ogden have received Heisig/Gleysteen Summer Research Fellowships to conduct research over the summer of 2013. (May 8)

Chris Douglas presents the group's research at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale. (May 3)

Chris Douglas presents the group's research in catalysis at the Ohio State University in Columbus. (April 9)

Chris Douglas presents the group's research at Northeastern, Boston University, and New York University. (March 20-26)

Chris Douglas presents the group's research in catalysis at the University of South Florida in Tampa Bay. (March 7)

Jason Brethorst has passed his oral exam. (February 25)

Sarah Wegwerth has passed her oral exam. (February 20)

Chris Douglas takes the group's research on tour, giving presentions at the University of Illinois, Chicago, the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and AbbVie in North Chicago. (February 12-15)

Sarah Pound has passed her oral exam. (January 28)

Chris Douglas presents the group's research in catalysis at the University of Rochester in New York. (January 25)