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Celebrations and Events

Our team meets weekly to discuss chemistry, group business, and celebrate milestones. We honor various traditions, including a state-of-the-lab address, Lee dinner, and farewell toasts. Group excursions include stand-up paddle boarding in the Newport Back Bay and glamping in Anza Boregga. We laughed, we cried, we ate too much. Photogallery.

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My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style. — Maya Angelou.

Visitors to the Lab

Thanks to an active symposium program at UCI, we have the chance to meet with chemists from all over the world. A few of these visits have been captured on video: Learn Scott Denmark's top speed, how Steve Buchwald named RuPhos, and why Rob Knowles was called baghead. 

Intro to Orgo

These mini-lectures have been extracted from chem51A, a course Professor Dong taught online during the global pandemic. Teaching from home, Vy's co-instructor is her 4 year old son. We hope these analogies make organic chemistry more accessible for beginning students.