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May 1, 2026 – We welcome Genevieve to our lab as a Heisig summer fellow! Genevieve will join our group to work on cage design and synthesis with Brett. We're so glad to have you as part of our team!
April 27, 2026 – Lauren and Eryck's new paper, "Copper Ligation and Nuclearity Dictate the Solution Dynamics and Hydrogen Evolution Activity of Discrete Mo-Cu Sulfide Clusters," is published online in Inorganic Chemistry! Check it out here!
April 26, 2026 – Congratulations to Manu, who was awarded a Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship from UMN for his work on copper-sulfide clusters! The grant provides a $25,000 stipend, academic year tuition, subsidized health insurance, and a $1,000 conference grant (read more about it here). Way to go, Manu!!
April 13, 2026 – Congratulations to Ethan, who won the ACS Hach Landgrant Undergraduate Scholarship and Heisig summer research fellowship! Way to go, Ethan!!
April 12, 2026 – Congratulations to Rupal and Manu, who respectively won the LayChoo Tan International Student Fellowship and the Stanley Shi-Tung King international student fellowships! These fellowships recognize outstanding international graduate students with candidacy for the Ph.D. in Chemistry or Chemical Physics. Only 2 Laychoo Tan awards and 1 Stanley Shih-Tung King award are awarded each year. What a huge accomplishment!!
March 27, 2026 - Congratulations to our group alumna, Lauren, for winning the ACS DIC Young Investigator Award! There are fewer than 10 such awards given across the U.S. each year to honor talented young inorganic chemists. Lauren will present her work at the ACS DIC Young Investigator symposium in Chicago this August. So well-deserved, Lauren!!
March 25, 2026 - Congratulations to Brett for passing his OPE and becoming a PhD candidate! We're so glad to have you as a continuing member of our team, Brett!!
March 17, 2026 - We are pleased to announce that our lab was awarded a grant from the Minnesota Corn Growers Association to develop catalysts to convert distiller's corn oil to sustainable aviation fuel!
March 6, 2026 - Rupal and Brett's new paper, "Deconvoluting electrostatic, noncovalent, and magnetic effects of iron-sulfur cofactors inside synthetic cage frameworks," is published online in the Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry! This contribution was invited as part of a special issue honoring Chris Orvig's career. Check it out here!
March 5, 2026 - Our recently published paper, "Sterically directed, site-preferential selenization of discrete copper sulfide nanoclusters," has been featured in a themed collection: Celebrating International Women's Day 2026: Women in Journal of Materials Chemistry A! Check it out here!
January 2026 - We welcome Ethan, a third-year undergraduate student, to our research group. We have already appreciated your enthusiastic and engaged participation in group meetings, Ethan, and are excited for you to contribute to our research!
December 9, 2025 - Congrats to Lauren on successfully defending her thesis and becoming the first Ph.D. student graduate from our group! Her leadership, perseverance, and scientific contributions helped establish the foundation of our research program, and her impact will continue to shape future projects and trainees. We will miss you!!
October 2025 – Congratulations to former visiting undergraduate Rana Umran, who earned an Outstanding Presentation Award at the Gulf Coast Undergraduate Research Conference for her summer research with our group!
September 15, 2025 – Mike and Eryck's research article entitled "Sterically Directed, Site-Preferential Selenization of Discrete Copper Sulfide Nanoclusters" is published online in the Journal of Materials Chemistry A! Check it out here!
Aug 7, 2025 – Rana presents her summer research at the undergraduate research symposium at UMN. We're super proud of your work this summer Rana!
June 27, 2025 – Rupal was one of 6 students from chemistry to earn a Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship! The grant provides a $25,000 stipend, academic year tuition, subsidized health insurance, and a $1,000 conference grant (read more about it here). Congratulations, Rupal!!
June 6, 2025 – Manu wins Paul & Gerda Gassman award for his outstanding talk at the Graduate Student Research Symposium! The award honors the best talks Nice work Manu!!
May 15, 2025 – Rana Umran joins the group as a summer REU / Lando student. Welcome!
May 5, 2025 – Lauren Estepp graduates with an honors B.S. summa cum laude. Congratulations Lauren!
April 30, 2025 – Mike departs the group for a job as a research scientist at Dow. Congratulations on your new position, Mike, and we'll miss you!
April 24, 2025 – Manu, Shatha and Rupal did a great job presenting their work at the Jeannette Brown lectureship flash talks!
April 15, 2025 – Rupal was among 8 women who were awarded the ACS Women Chemists Committee/Merck Research Award. Fantastic work Rupal!!
April 7, 2025 – Manu is selected as one of 16 recipients of 2025 Merck Next Gen Leaders in Chemistry Award. Fantastic work Manu!!
April 3, 2025 – Lauren Estepp successfully defended her honors thesis, with summa cum laude distinction. Way to go Lauren!!
Jan 22, 2025 – Manu is the double-champion of this year's chili cookoff, winning both the "best meat chili" and "people's choice" award! Congrats Manu!!
December 10, 2024 – Mike's paper is featured in the RSC Nanoscale newsletter! Congrats Mike!
November 8, 2024 – Brett Schneider joined the Bailey group as a first year graduate student. Welcome Brett!
October 15, 2024 – Rupal and Lauren attend the ACS midwest regional meeting. Congrats!!
October 4, 2024 – Shatha Alabbad joins the Bailey group as a graduate student from the Chemical Engineering and Material Science department. Welcome Shatha!
Sept 24, 2024 – Manu wins a poster prize for his presentation at the Chicago Inorganic Research Colloquium in Madison, WI. Congrats Manu!!
Sept 24, 2024 – Rupal and Mike gave an oral talk at the Chicago Regional Inorganic Colloquium and Eryck, Romualda, Lauren, and Manu gave posters. Congratulations everyone!
September 17, 2024 – Happy postdoc appreciation week! We appreciate you, Mike!!
August 22, 2024 – Mike's paper was accepted in Nanoscale as part of the journal's themed collection on Metal Nanoclusters. Congrats Mike!! You can find the advance article here 🎉
August 17, 2024 – Rupal wins a 2024 Excellence Fellowship from the University of Minnesota. This was an extremely competitive year and Rupal's application rose to the top. Congratulations, Rupal!
June 26, 2024 – Romualda Aquino and Ben Andal join our research group for the summer. Welcome Romualda and Ben!
June 7, 2024 – Congrats to Rupal for presenting her work on cage encapsulation of [4Fe–4S] clusters in the 23rd Annual Graduate Student Research Symposium. We are super proud of all of your accomplishments and hard work!
June 6, 2024 – Lauren, Rupal, Mike, and Gwen all present posters at the Inorganic Chemistry GRC. Congrats all on your hard work!
May 5, 2024 – Marlan and Alex graduate with B.Sc. degrees from UMN. Congratulations!
Feb 5, 2024 – Gwen presents a short talk on Manu, Eryck, and Mike's work on shapeshifting copper chalcogenide clusters at the Atomically Precise Nanochemistry GRC!
Jan 15, 2024 – The Bailey group was awarded a Doctoral New Investigator grant from the ACS Petroleum Research Fund to pursue their research on using copper chalcogenide clusters to support inert bond activation! Thanks to the ACS PRF for their support! 🎉
Dec 20, 2023 – Manu passes his oral preliminary exam and officially becomes a Ph.D. candidate! Congrats on your hard work, Manu – we're so glad to have you in the program!
Dec 15, 2023 – Eryck passes his oral preliminary exam and officially becomes a Ph.D. candidate! Congrats on your hard work, Eryck – we're so glad to have you in the program!
Nov 27, 2023 – Congrats to Manu for being awarded the Pothapragada International Student Fellowship! We are so proud of your accomplishments and so happy to have you on board our team!
June 16, 2023 – Rupal presents some exciting iron-sulfur cluster chemistry at the UMN + 3M symposium! Congrats on disseminating your research, Rupal!
June 5, 2023 – Gwen presents Lauren's work on heterobimetallic Mo/Cu sulfide nanoclusters at CCCE – Vancouver 2023!
June 1, 2023 – Congrats to Lauren on a fantastic third year talk at the 2023 Graduate Student Research Symposium!
May 18, 2023 – The Bailey lab wins the Safest Lab (CHEM) prize from the UMN Joint Safety Team! We received an "Exemplary" (5/5) score in 17/18 categories. Congratulations everyone on your hard work in keeping the lab safe!
May 18, 2023 – Congrats to Marlan and Alex for being awarded UMN summer research fellowships!
May 12, 2023 – Congrats to Jed for graduating with a B.S. in chemistry! We'll miss you!
April 27, 2023 – Lauren and Rupal present on their work at the 2023 Jeannette Brown Lectureship!
April 19, 2023 – Lauren and Rupal present on their work at the Electrochemical Society Meeting. Congrats!
March 16, 2023 – Alex Yount joins the lab. Welcome Alex!
March 8, 2023 – Gwen presents the lab's first invited talk at GRC – Inorganic Reaction Mechanisms 2023!
Jan 27, 2023 – Lauren Estepp joins our lab as an undergraduate research assistant. Welcome Lauren!!
Jan 1, 2023 – Bowie (aka Glovebox 3) joins the lab
Nov 8, 2022 – First years Eryck Garcia, Grace Murphy, and Manu Kallumkal join the lab. Welcome!
Sept 6, 2022 – Michael Trenerry joins the lab as a postdoc. Welcome Mike!
June 15, 2022 – Gwen presents the group's first research talk at CCCE – Calgary 2022!
June 2, 2022 – Rupal passes her OPE! Congrats Rupal!!
April 15, 2022 – Congrats to Jed and Marlan for being awarded UMN summer research fellowships and UROP research awards!
April 7, 2022 – Rupal presents her work at the 2022 Jeannette Brown lectureship!
Jan 15, 2022 – Undergraduates Jed and Marlan join the lab. Welcome!!
Dec 8, 2021 – Lauren passes her OPE! Congrats Lauren!!
Nov 8, 2021 – Our first group of graduate students join the lab! Welcome Alejandra Acevedo, Rupal Baliyan, and Lauren Feden!
Sept 27, 2021 – Balthazar (aka Glovebox 1) and Bibble (aka Glovebox 2) join the lab from MBraun, Inc.
Aug 27, 2021 – The Bailey lab opens its doors! We have a beautiful space on the 3rd floor of Smith overlooking the Scholars Walk!
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