Melvin Research Group 

@ Bryn Mawr College

The Melvin Research Group broadly focuses on the design of novel reagents capable of improving various organic methodologies.  

Check out our Research page to find out more as well as our team of People doing the work!

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!