Nelson Group at UCLA
Group News
10/8/20- Hosea received the 2020 Eli Lilly Grantee Award for Organic Chemistry.
09/10/20- Our collaboration obtaining microED structures of expanded helicenes was featured in ChemRxiv.
09/04/20- Our work on chemocatalytic amplification probes enabling Au(I) catalysis and SARS-CoV-2 RNA fragment detection was featured in ChemRxiv.
08/21/20- Our collaboration elucidating metabolite structures by microED was published in Org Lett.
08/03/20- Our work obtaining microED structures of natural products was featured in ChemRxiv.
07/27/20- Our work on cationic terpene tail-to-head polycyclizations was featured in ChemRxiv.
06/19/20- Our research on urea-catalyzed functionalization of unactivated C-H bonds was published in Org Lett.
05/01/20- Our work on Dewar heterocycle ROMP was published in ACS Macro Lett.
02/21/20- Our work on Dewar heterocycle ring-opening metathesis polymerizations was featured in ChemRxiv.
02/21/20- Our work on urea-catalyzed functionalization of unactivated C-H bonds was featured in ChemRxiv.
12/13/19- Hosea received the 2020 Bristol-Myers Squibb Unrestricted Grant in Synthetic Organic Chemistry.
08/26/19- Hosea received the 2020 ACS Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award.
07/16/19- Our work on DNA/RNA regulated transition metal catalysis was published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition.
5/29/19- Our work on lithium base mediated C–H insertion reactions was published in JACS.
04/02/19- Our work on MicroED organometallic structure elucidation was featured in ChemRxiv.
03/12/19- Our work on DNA/RNA regulated transition metal catalysis was featured in ChemRxiv.
02/07/19- Congrats Stasik on receiving the 2019 Senior Foote Fellowship.
02/02/19- Our review with the Lavallo group on nonclassical anions was featured in Chem. Rev.
12/13/18- Our work on lithium base mediated C–H insertion reactions was featured in ChemRxiv.
11/02/18- Our total synthesis of (±)-vibralactone was published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition (first appeared in ChemRxiv).
10/17/2018- Our work on elucidating small molecule structures using MicroED was published in ACS Central Science (first appeared in ChemRxiv). This work was in collaboration with the Gonen, Rodriguez, and Stoltz laboratories.
07/26/2018- Our work on C-H insertion reactions of vinyl cations was published in Science.
07/09/2018- Welcome this year's summer rotation students Ambarneil, Ani, Chloe, Hayden, Neil, and Paul.
06/14/2018- Hosea was selected as a 2018 Pew scholar.
06/05/2018- Congrats Sepand on being accepted into the Chemistry-Biology Interface (CBI) Training Program.
04/06/2018- Congrats Stasik on receiving the 2018 NSF graduate research fellowship.
02/15/2018- Hosea was awarded the 2018 Alfred P. Sloan fellowship.
10/17/2017- Hosea was one of the selected recipients of the 2017 Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering.
09/10/20- Our collaboration obtaining microED structures of expanded helicenes was featured in ChemRxiv.
09/04/20- Our work on chemocatalytic amplification probes enabling Au(I) catalysis and SARS-CoV-2 RNA fragment detection was featured in ChemRxiv.
08/21/20- Our collaboration elucidating metabolite structures by microED was published in Org Lett.
08/03/20- Our work obtaining microED structures of natural products was featured in ChemRxiv.
07/27/20- Our work on cationic terpene tail-to-head polycyclizations was featured in ChemRxiv.
06/19/20- Our research on urea-catalyzed functionalization of unactivated C-H bonds was published in Org Lett.
05/01/20- Our work on Dewar heterocycle ROMP was published in ACS Macro Lett.
02/21/20- Our work on Dewar heterocycle ring-opening metathesis polymerizations was featured in ChemRxiv.
02/21/20- Our work on urea-catalyzed functionalization of unactivated C-H bonds was featured in ChemRxiv.
12/13/19- Hosea received the 2020 Bristol-Myers Squibb Unrestricted Grant in Synthetic Organic Chemistry.
08/26/19- Hosea received the 2020 ACS Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award.
07/16/19- Our work on DNA/RNA regulated transition metal catalysis was published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition.
5/29/19- Our work on lithium base mediated C–H insertion reactions was published in JACS.
04/02/19- Our work on MicroED organometallic structure elucidation was featured in ChemRxiv.
03/12/19- Our work on DNA/RNA regulated transition metal catalysis was featured in ChemRxiv.
02/07/19- Congrats Stasik on receiving the 2019 Senior Foote Fellowship.
02/02/19- Our review with the Lavallo group on nonclassical anions was featured in Chem. Rev.
12/13/18- Our work on lithium base mediated C–H insertion reactions was featured in ChemRxiv.
11/02/18- Our total synthesis of (±)-vibralactone was published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition (first appeared in ChemRxiv).
10/17/2018- Our work on elucidating small molecule structures using MicroED was published in ACS Central Science (first appeared in ChemRxiv). This work was in collaboration with the Gonen, Rodriguez, and Stoltz laboratories.
07/26/2018- Our work on C-H insertion reactions of vinyl cations was published in Science.
07/09/2018- Welcome this year's summer rotation students Ambarneil, Ani, Chloe, Hayden, Neil, and Paul.
06/14/2018- Hosea was selected as a 2018 Pew scholar.
06/05/2018- Congrats Sepand on being accepted into the Chemistry-Biology Interface (CBI) Training Program.
04/06/2018- Congrats Stasik on receiving the 2018 NSF graduate research fellowship.
02/15/2018- Hosea was awarded the 2018 Alfred P. Sloan fellowship.
10/17/2017- Hosea was one of the selected recipients of the 2017 Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering.
