Group News
Welcome Summer Researchers of 2024!
We are excited to present this year’s visiting researchers! We’d like to extend our heartfelt welcome to all of them.
New Paper Accepted
We have a new paper published in Chemical Communications! "Assembly of a Trapped Valent CeIII/IV-TCNQ Complex Through...
Congrats to Dr. Max Furigay!
Congratulations to the new Ph.D. graduate from the group, Dr. Maxwell H. Furigay, on his successful defense on May 24, 2024!
New Paper Accepted
We have a new paper in ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering! "Toward Redox- and Photoredox-Based Niobium/Tantalum...
New Paper Accepted
We have a new paper in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces! “Realization of Organocerium-Based Fullerene Molecular...
Welcome new group members!
We have three new members joining the group. Welcome Aidan Gomez, Tessa Hoang, and Mitchell Zembower!
Congrats to Dr. Alison Knasin!
Congratulations to the new PhD graduate from the group, Dr. Alison Knasin, on her successful defense on December 1, 2023!...
Paper Accepted
We have a new paper in Inorganic Chemistry! “Metal–Ligand Redox Cooperativity in Cerium Amine-/Amido-Phenolate-Type...
2023 RSC Horizon Prize for Education for the ‘Rare Earth Elements Project’
Eric was part of the team that was awarded the 2023 RSC Horizon Prize for Education for the ‘Rare Earth Elements Project’!
New Paper Accepted
We have a new paper in Inorganic Chemistry! "Observing Similarities and Differences in the Properties of Isostructural...
Chaired Professorship Appointment
Eric has been appointed as the Hirschmann-Makineni Professor of Chemistry!
2023 Wilhelm Schlenk Lectureship Award
Eric was recently awarded the 2023 Wilhelm Schlenk Lectureship Award at the Karl Eberhardt University of Tuebingen,...
All the best, Pragati!
The group went out for lunch to celebrate Dr. Pragati Pandey moving on to her next opportunity in the Mazzanti group at...
Welcome Randy and Matteo!
We are excited to welcome two new researchers, Dr. Randall Wilharm (left) and Matteo Melegari (right), joining the group!...
New Paper Accepted
We have a new paper in JACS! "Mediating Photochemical Reaction Rates at Lewis Acidic Rare Earths by Selective Energy Loss...
Welcome Summer Researchers!
We are excited to share that nine visiting researchers are joining us this summer! We’d like to extend our heartfelt...















