News
'Quantifying the hydrogen bond donor ability of the CF₂H group.'
Congrats to Matt Paolella for his latest paper in the Beilstein J. Org. Chem. Many thanks to the ACS Division of Fluorine Chemistry for awarding Matt the 2024 Moissan SURF and 2025 Undergraduate Research Award.
01/09/2025

Excited to welcome Tommy Megna to the group!
11/20/2024
Congratulations to Brad Lipka for presenting at the ACS DOC Graduate Research Symposium at the University of Virginia.
7/27/2024
Congratulations to Dan Honeycutt for presenting at the ACS CVS Symposium at Connecticut College.
6/13/2024
Congratulations to graduate Conrad Du, who will pursue a Ph.D. in Chemistry at Brown.
5/18/2024
Welcome undergraduate researcher -- Doug!
Congratulations to Chloe Roper on receiving the SURF award from the RI-INBRE.
4/4/2024
Congratulations to Matt Paolella on receiving the Moissan SURF award from the ACS Division of Fluorine Chemistry.
'New paper on Ultra-rapid cysteine functionalization!
Congratulations to Brad, Dan, Greg, Taylor, and Max on the publication of their paper in J. Am. Chem. Soc. Well done!
10/19/2023
Welcome undergraduate researchers -- Vicki, Mitch, and Jaden!
10/18/2023
Welcome our newest graduate student from Cuba -- Waldo!
7/1/2023
Welcome undergraduate researchers -- Joey and Chloe!
06/30/2023
Group dinner at Tavern On Main

11/10/2022
Our first paper!
Congratulations to Brad, Dan, and Max on the publication of their paper, the first paper of our group, on using ortho-fluoro-N-methylpyridinium salts for cysteine bioconjugation. Well done!!
11/06/2022
Welcome undergraduate researcher -- Matt!
Welcome undergraduate researcher -- Olivia!
Welcome undergraduate researchers -- Lindsey and Nick!
Welcome undergraduate researcher -- Taylor!
01/15/2022
Welcome undergraduate researchers -- Conrad and Greg!
09/10/2021
Welcome undergraduate researcher -- Max!
Welcome to the new first-year students
11/17/2020
Joe Borges, Dan Honeycutt, and Brad Lipka join the group as first-year graduate students. Welcome!