Group News

May 2021: Congratulations to Michael on defending his dissertation! We wish you all the best, Dr. Liang.

November 2020: Emilie and Joe's paper on "Diastereo-, Enantio-, and anti-Selective Formation of Secondary Alcohol and Quaternary Carbon Stereocenters by Cu-Catalyzed Additions of B-Substituted Allyl Nucleophiles to Carbonyls" is accepted to Organic Letters.

May 2020: Michael's paper on "Synthesis of Quaternary Carbon Stereogenic Centers by Diastereoselective Conjugate Addition of Boron-Stabilized Allylic Nucleophiles to Enones" is accepted to the Journal of the American Chemical Society.

May 2020: Justin and Tiffany's paper on "Enantioselective Synthesis of Functionalized Arenes by Nickel-Catalyzed Siteselective Hydroarylation of 1,3-Dienes with Aryl-Boronates" is accepted to Angewandte Chemie.

February 2020: Joe's paper on "Cu‐Catalyzed Diastereo‐ and Enantioselective Reactions of γ,γ‐Disubstituted Allyldiborons with Ketones" is accepted to Angewandte Chemie.

January 2020: Jake and Joe's paper on "Diastereo- and Enantioselective Synthesis of Homoallylic Amines Bearing Quaternary Carbon Centers" is accepted to the Journal of the American Chemical Society.

December 2019: Lab alumna Dr. Murray has accepted an assistant professorship at Brandeis University beginning 2020. Congratulations!

July 2019: Michael's paper on "Catalytic Enantioselective Synthesis of 1,4-Keto-Alkenylboronate Esters and 1,4-Dicarbonyls" is accepted to Angewandte Chemie. Congrats!

June 2019: Joesph and Shuang's paper on "Enantio- and Diastereoselective Synthesis of Functionalized Carbocycles by Cu-Catalyzed Borylative Cyclization of Alkynes with Ketones" is accepted to Organic Letters. Congrats!

May 2019: Justin, Tia, Rajith, and Courtney's paper on "(CDC)–Rhodium-Catalyzed Hydroallylation of Vinylarenes and 1,3-Dienes with AllylTrifluoroborates" is accepted to ACS Catalysis. Congrats!

January 2019: The Meek Lab bids farewell to Rajith, who will be beginning a post doc position in the Langer lab. Good luck!

October 2018: The Meek Lab welcomes our newest students, Emilie and Hawa!

August 2018: Stephanie and Michael's recent paper is featured in the 2018 issue of JACS Young Investigators. Congrats!

July 2018: Jake successfully completes his Ph.D. defense! Jake will be beginning a consultant position at ZS Associates. Good Luck!

June 2018: Stephanie successfully completes her Ph.D. defense! Stephanie will be beginning a post doc position in the Sevian lab. Good Luck!

January 2018: Stephanie and Eugenia's paper on "Synthesis of Alkenyl Boronates from Epoxides with Di-[B(pin)]-methane via Pd-Catalyzed Dehydroboration" is accepted to Org. Lett. Congrats!

October 2017: Justin, Courtney, Raj, and Tia's paper on "Chiral Pincer Carbodicarbene Ligands for Enantioselective Rhodium-Catalyzed Hydroarylation of Terminal and Internal 1,3-Dienes with Indoles" is accepted to JACS. Congrats!

September 2017: Stephanie and Michael's paper on "Stereoselective Tandem Bis-Electrophile Couplings of Diborylmethane" is accepted to JACS. Congrats!

June 2017: Jake, Matt J, Stephanie and Joe’s paper on the enantioselective and diastereoselective synthesis of Hydroxy Bis(boronates) is accepted to ACS Catalysis. Congrats!

May 2017: The Meek Lab welcomes visiting REU undergrad Anisha Tyagi to the group. Welcome!

May 2017: The group receives an NSF grant for our work on stereoselective hydrofuntionalization of olefins. Congrats!

April 2017: Congratulations to undergraduates Charles on graduating, and Eugenia for presenting at the UNC Celebration of Undergraduate Research Symposium!

December 2016: Matt G, Courtney and Raj’s paper on the diastereoselective synthesis of γ-substituted 2-butenolides is accepted to Organic Letters. Congrats!

November 2016: Dr. Meek is named a Thieme Chemistry Journal Awardee. Congrats!

October 2016: The Meek Lab welcomes new first year graduate students Justin Marcum, Michael Liang, and Tia Cervarich and visiting undergrad Eugenia Luc to the group. Welcome!

July 2016: New postdoc Rajith joins the lab. Welcome!

July 2016: Matt G successfully completes his Ph. D. defense. Matt will be beginning a post doc position in the Weix lab. Good Luck!

June 2016: Courtney successfully completes her Ph. D. defense. Courtney will be beginning a post doc position in the Sanford lab. Good Luck!

June 2016: Stephanie and Jake’s paper on 1,2-additions of 1,1-diborylalkanes to ketoesters is accepted to Angewandte Chemie. Congrats!

May 2016: Matt J successfully completes his Ph. D. defense. Matt will be beginning a post doc position in the Chirik lab. Good Luck!

May 2016: Undergraduate researcher Charles receives a UNC SURF award to work in the lab for the summer. Congrats!

March 2016: Matt G’s paper on hydroalkylation of oxazalones is accepted to Chemical Science. Congrats!!

January 2016: The group receives an NIH R01 grant for our work on stereoselective incorporation of boron into molecules. Congrats!!

January 2016: Simon’s collaboration with Kate Pitman and Alex Miller on deducing reaction mechanism is published in the Journal of Chemical Education. Congrats!

December 2015: The Meek Lab welcomes new first year graduate student Joseph Zanghi to the group. Welcome!

September 2015: Matt J’s paper on Silver Catalyzed, Anti-selective, Addition of 1,1-alkyl to Aldehydes is accepted to Angewandte Chemie. Congrats!

May 2015: Courtney’s paper on Lewis Acid Activation of Carbodicarbene Catalysts for Rh-Catalyzed Hydroarylation of Dienes is published in JACS. Congrats!

April 2015: Matt and Brandon’s paper on Copper Catalyzed Additions of 1,1-alkyl diboryl Reagents to Aldehydes is published in JACS. Congrats!

August 2014: The Meek Lab moves to a beautiful new home, Venable 1310. Check out the pictures of our new lab space!

April 2014: Matt and Courtney’s paper about (CDC)-Rh-catalyzed diene hydroamination is published in JACS. Congrats!

October 2013: Stephanie Murray, Jake Green, and Desirée Matías join the lab. Welcome!

January 2013: The lab receives a 2013 UNC Junior Faculty Development Award. Congrats!

May 2012: The lab is awarded a grant from the ACS Petroleum Research Fund. Congratulations to the group.

April 2012: Simon receives an Eli Lilly New Faculty Award!

October 2011: Welcome to the first class of graduate students, Courtney, Matt J, and Matt G!

July 2011: Research begins in the Meek research group.