News
2023
11 September: Welcome to Maya Raghunathan, an undergraduate student joining the group with URAD, and to graduate rotation student Yagmur Unal.
18 July: Excited to start work on our Pfizer collaboration with colleagues at their Process Chemistry Group in Groton, CT!
24 May: Well done to Brennah and Jack for their poster presentation at the Karen E. Wetterhahn Symposium. Additional congratulations go to our undergrads for receiving the following prizes/scholarships: Brennah wins a WISP Research Engagement Award; Jack, Ryan and Colby all receive James O. Freedman Presidential Scholarships.
17 May: Trees are in blossom in the Upper Valley - a great time for a new group photo!
8 April: We had a great time at Dartmouth's 2023 Science Day, sharing outreach activities using dry ice, elephant toothpaste, and catalyzing color changes with nanoparticles.
4 April: Congrats to Max for receiving an Outstanding Graduate Student Teacher nomination from DCAL.
27 March: Welcome to graduate rotation student Randy Sutio, who is working with us during the Spring and Summer terms.
31 January: We say goodbye to Jorge, as he leaves to start his independent career at the Morelos Autonomous State University in Mexico. Good luck in your new position Jorge!
16 January: Congratulations to Max for passing his qualifying exam!
4 January: Welcome to Brennah Slaney and Colby Lish, two new undergraduate students joining the group through the WISP and URAD programs, respectively.
2022
22 December: Our first paper comes out in JOC - a great collaboration with the Tsai lab. Check it out here to learn more about contrasting thermodynamic and kinetic control mechanisms observed throughout the substrate scope!
11 November: Welcome to Abigail Procione, a new graduate student in the group.
21 October: The group celebrated National Chemistry Week with the Department - carving pumpkins, and outreach to showcase how different fabrics separate commercially available dyes.
21 September: We are excited to announce our first external funding - a grant from the ACS Green Chemistry Institute Pharmaceutical Roundtable to study greener peptide synthesis starts on October 1. We are looking forward to working with the industrial members of the Roundtable on this project!
15 August: New group photo and great views from our Disc Golf trip:
11 July: The group welcomes Kim Wasik, a new postdoctoral colleague coming to us from the University of Nevada, Reno.
22 June: Welcome to Ryan, who joins the group this summer as a URAD undergraduate.
25 May: Well done to Kat and Lord Charité for presenting their WISP posters at the Karen E. Wetterhahn Symposium today. We celebrated with some dinner too!
Additional congratulations to Lord Charité on recently being selected as an E.E. Just Undergraduate Fellow.
5 May: Jorge's arrival was also marked by delivery of our new toy - the group's new glovebox arrived today too!
5 May: We welcome Jorge Garduño to the group, a new postdoctoral colleague who joins us from the Glueck group down the hall!
25 February: More major equipment installed! We're looking forward to running analysis with our new HPLC and GC instruments.
3 January: Welcome to two new undergraduate students joining us through the WISP program - Kat & Lord!
2021
22 December: Some of our major equipment and instruments have been installed over the last few weeks - take a look at our solvent purification system and photoreactor. More to come after the holidays!
9 November: Welcome to the group's first graduate student - Max!
28 October: We have a fully funded postdoctoral position available - learn how to apply here.
6 October: First reactions are running in the lab!
15 September: The group welcomes its first undergraduate students - Dahlia & Jack!
1 September: The lab opens its doors for the first time today!
8 June: Launch of our group website! The Sandford Lab will join Dartmouth in Fall 2021.