Melvin Research Group
@ Bryn Mawr College
Melvin Lab News and Celebrations:
2024
March 2024
Amazing work being presented by Kirya Miller and Jenna Krussman at the 2024 American Chemical Society National Meeting!
February 2024
Another publication in Organic Letters detailing our fluorination work! Congrats (again!) to Jim, Kirya, Sal and Jenna as contributing authors!
2023
October 2023
Check out our newest contribution to the methodology literature in RSC Advances! Congrats to Jim, Kirya, Sal and Jenna as authors on this publication!
August 2023
Congratulations to Kirya Miller ('24) and Sal Shin ('25) for completing their Summer Science Research program! Excellent results this summer and exciting chemistry to come!
June 2023
The group's NSF RUI proposal on our fluorination project was recommended for funding! This will provide excellent resources to continue our work on sulfone iminium fluorides and funding for summer undergraduate fellowships!
March 2023
Enjoying (and contributing to) the American Chemical Society National Meeting in Indy! Well done Ebrar, Lucy, Shiraz and Yael!
March 2023
Congratulations to Lucy, Jim, Shiraz and Jenna on their recent publication in Organic Letters!
2022
December 2022
Group lunch to celebrate another semester complete!
November 2022
Congratulations to Rich Davis for completing his Masters Thesis exam - well done, Rich!
September 2022
Well done to Yael, Ebrar and Jenna for presenting their work at Bryn Mawr's Summer Science Research Poster Session!
August 2022
Congratulations to Ebrar Yilmaz ('23), Jenna Krussman ('24) and Yael Eiben ('23) for completing their Summer Science Research program!
August 2022
First publication from the Melvin Group - check out our work in Org. Lett.! Particular shout out to Jim Vogel as 1st author!
July 2022
Congrats to Shiraz Harel ('23) and Lucy Miller ('23) for the completion of their summer research activities at the Stanford Pre-Renal Initiative and SeaGen!
May 2022
Big congratulations to our graduating seniors: Rania Hammami (BCMB), Erica Ko (BCMB) and Karley Labenne (BCMB). Best of luck in your next endeavors!!
2021
December 2021
Fantastic work to Jim Vogel for completing his Masters Thesis exam - well done, Jim!
November 2021
The Melvin lab received its first external funding from the Charles E. Kaufman Foundation! Congratulations to all who participated in the preparation of this grant!
May 2021
Graduation time! Congratulations to Hiya Datta (Chemistry) and Ellis McCarver (BCMB) on their graduation from BMC - excited to see what's next for you two!
January 2021
Welcome to our newest graduate student: Rich Davis! Rich comes to us from Delaware Valley College and will be picking up work on the Organometallics project!
2020
December 2020
Congratulations to the first graduate of the Melvin lab, Lexi Boutchie! Best of luck in your anesthesiology program!
February 2020
Jim Vogel becomes the first graduate student to join the Melvin lab! Jim will be focusing his efforts on the Fluorination project!