Melvin Lab News and Celebrations:
2024
Some excellent work was accomplished this summer by our three Summer Science Research (SSR) Fellows - Alex Harmon ('25), Nuha Mohammed ('25) and Sal Shin ('25). Check out this BMC video that describes the program with a little help from a few Melvin Group members!
Massive congratulations to Kirya Miller and Jenna Krussman, both Class of '24! Best of luck on your new PhD adventures and UW Madison (Jenna) and UC Berkeley (Kirya)!! So proud of you both!
Amazing work being presented by Kirya Miller and Jenna Krussman at the 2024 American Chemical Society National Meeting!
Another publication in Organic Letters detailing our fluorination work! Congrats (again!) to Jim, Kirya, Sal and Jenna as contributing authors!
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!
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!
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!
Enjoying (and contributing to) the American Chemical Society National Meeting in Indy! Well done Ebrar, Lucy, Shiraz and Yael!
Congratulations to Lucy, Jim, Shiraz and Jenna on their recent publication in Organic Letters!
2022
Group lunch to celebrate another semester complete!
November 2022
Congratulations to Rich Davis for completing his Masters Thesis exam - well done, Rich!
Well done to Yael, Ebrar and Jenna for presenting their work at Bryn Mawr's Summer Science Research Poster Session!
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!
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!