Group News

Katz Group News

January 2019 Jack Crissy joins the Katz group. Welcome Jack!

October 2018 Our analysis of heterogeneous recyclable catalysts for Suzuki coupling is published in ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering (Congrats to Reuben)!

September 2018 Chris Collmus joins the Katz group. Welcome Chris!

June 2018 James Mercado joins the Katz group as part of the TIM Consortium NSF-REU Program. Welcome James!

February 2018 Our first paper on poly(mPO)-based recyclable catalysts, in collaboration with the Uozumi Group, has been published in Chemical Communications. Congratulations to Georganna, Haoran, Amy, and Reuben!

February 2018 Srvaya Buhudodda joins the Katz group. Welcome Sravya!

January 2018 Emily Dougherty and Sam Hoenig join the Katz group starting in JanPlan. Welcome Emily and Sam!

September 2017 Sally Simpson joins the Katz group. Welcome Sally!

September 2017 Reuben Hudson heads to Graz, Austria to teach and continue his research on solid state ionomers as part of his Fulbright Award. Best of luck Reuben!

June 2017 Welcome to Lucas Gomez who joins the Katz Group for the summer of 2017 as part of the Theoretically Interesting Molecules Consortium NSF-REU program!

January 2017 Welcome to all our new group members Amy LoTemplo, Georganna Benedetto, Yusheng Hu, and Emily Soice! It's going to be a busy JanPlan!

June 2016 Lots of new faces for the summer. Welcome to our new group members Faiyaz Islam, Claire Mepyans, and Eduardo Vite!

September 2015 Joe Forzano joins the Katz group. Welcome Joe!

August 2015 Congratulations to Reuben on his bioplastics paper in The Journal of Chemical Education! Also check out this writeup in the Nexus Newsletter.

July 2015 Congratulations to Reuben on his nanoparticles paper in The Journal of Chemical Education!

June 2015 Chris Lee joins the Katz group. Welcome Chris!

February 2015 Haoran Zhang joins the Katz group. Welcome Haoran!

January 2015 Congratulations to Reuben, Kristin, and Nick on their paper in Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry! And nice cover art...

June 2014 Greg Mendryzcki joins the Katz Group for the summer of 2014 as part of the Theoretically Interesting Molecules Consortium NSF-REU program. Welcome Greg!

June 2014 D’Mitri (J. R.) Farthing joins the Katz group. Welcome J. R.!

May 2014 Our latest oxacalixarene manuscript has been accepted to Organic Letters – congratulations to Jay, Mengfei, Stephen Nodder, and Stephen Carlin!

February 2014 Sava Petovic joins the Katz group – welcome Sava!

September 2013 The Katz group welcomes Dr. Reuben Hudson from McGill University. Welcome Reuben!

September 2013 Three new students join the Katz group: Vivek Sah, Grace Farnkoff, and Luke O’Connell.

June 2013 Darien Harper from Armstrong Atlantic State University joins the Katz Group for the summer of 2013 as part of the Theoretically Interesting Molecules Consortium NSF-REU program. Welcome Darien!

June 2013 The first manuscript on acetylene-activated SN​Ar reactions is published in the Journal of Organic Chemistry. Congrats to all the contributing authors: Nick, Jay, Eric, Mengfei, Stephen N., and Stephen C.!

February 2013 Nick Bizier has accepted a job as Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Damon College starting fall 2013. Congratulations Nick!

September 2012 The Katz Group welcomes three new group members: Kali Stevens, Charlotte Hambley, and Will Simmons!

July 2012 Sergio Baez joins the group as part of the 2012 CAPS program. Welcome Sergio!

June 2012 Sean Moran joins the group from Bowdoin College as part of the 2012 Theoretically Interesting Molecules Summer REU program. Welcome Sean!

March 2012 Nick's paper is published in the European Journal of Organic Chemistry. Congrats to contributing authors Nick and Jack!

July 2011 Carlvin Sanon joins the group as part of the 2011 CAPS program.

May 2011 Lots of new group members for the summer: welcome to Thando Dlamini, Stefan Davatz, and My Phuong Tong.

April 2011 The Katz Group welcomes Dr. Nick Bizier from Montana State!

March 2011 Jay Wackerly accepts a tenure track faculty position at Central College. Congratulations Jay!

February 2011 Alex Hymanson joins the Katz Group.

September 2010 Stephen Nodder joins the Katz Group.

July 2010 Rhiannon Archer joins the Katz group as part of the CAPS program.

July 2010 Wim Van Rossom from KU Leuven joins the Katz Group.

May 2010 Lloyd Liang joins the Katz Group.

February 2010 Naomi Staley joins the Katz Group.

September 2009 Austin Lee and Jack Vernamonti join the Katz Group.

September 2009 Jay Wackerly's Macromolecules article is accepted for publication. Congrats to all the contributing authors: Jay, Joe, Sarah, and Christian.

August 2009 Whitney Miller is now a process chemist at PCI Synthesis. Congrats Whitney!

August 2009 Jeff Katz, Jay Wackerly, Eric Braunstein, and Joe Meyer get to spend a week in Washington, DC at the ACS national meeting, with Jay presenting work from our Macromolecules manuscript.

July 2009 Eric Braunstein, Kojo Opoku-Nsiah, and MengFei Zhang present posters at the Colby Undergraduate Summer Research Retreat.

June 2009 Jeff Katz, Jay Wackerly, MengFei Zhang, and Kojo Opoku-Nsiah attended the National Organic Symposium in Boulder, CO and got to hang out with Katz Group graduates Doug Rooke and Cary Fridrich (pictures are on the “Photos” page)

July 2008 The Katz group welcomes Dr. Jay Wackerly from the University of Illinois!