Group News
01/14/19 - Our work on electrochemical fluorination of vinyl boronates was published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition!
09/28/21 - Our collaboration using microED to elucidate a metabolite structure was published in Org Lett.
09/20/21 - The Nelson Lab is moving to Caltech!
07/26/21 - Our collaboration using microED and genome mining as tools to elucidate natural product structures was published in Nature Chemical Biology.
07/16/21 - Congratulations to Hosea on becoming a new ACS Central Science Senior Editor!
06/23/21 - Congratulations to Lee Joon Kim and Sepand Nistanaki for receiving UCLA's Dissertation Year Fellowship!
06/20/21 - Our graduating 5th year, Stasik Popov, received the 2021 Donald J. Cram Dissertation Award. Congratulations!
06/15/21 - Hosea was one of the 2021 Blavatnik National Awards Finalists. Congratulations!
06/11/21 - Congratulations to Stasik Popov and Sydnee Green on completing their PhDs! You both will be missed!
06/03/21 - Our 4th year graduate student, Sepand Nistanaki, is the recipient of the Thomas L. and Ruth F. Jacobs Excellence in Research Award. Congratulations!
05/28/21 - Congratulations to our third year, Chloe Williams, for receiving the 2021 Jim and Barbara Tsay Excellence in Second Year Research and Academics Awards!
05/17/21 - Our collaboration elucidating the structure of the molecular spur gears by microED was published in JACS.
04/26/21 - Our collaboration using microED to revise the structure of the lomaiviticins was published in JACS.
02/19/21 - Congratulations to Chloe Williams for receiving the 2021 Senior Christopher S. Foote Fellowship!
02/16/21 - Our collaboration revising the structure of the lomaiviticins using microED was featured in ChemRxiv.
01/06/21 - Our collaboration determining the structure of a charge transfer complex was published in Org Lett.
12/16/20 - Hosea received the 2020 Novartis Early Career Award in Organic Chemistry.
10/08/20 - Hosea received the 2020 Eli Lilly Grantee Award for Organic Chemistry.
10/08/20 - Our collaboration obtaining microED structures of expanded helicenes was published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition.
08/21/20 - Our collaboration elucidating metabolite structures by microED was published in Org Lett.
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.
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.
02/07/19 - Congrats Stasik on receiving the 2019 Senior Foote Fellowship.
11/02/18 - Our total synthesis of (±)-vibralactone was published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition.
10/17/18 - Our work on elucidating small molecule structures using MicroED was published in ACS Central Science. This work was in collaboration with the Gonen, Rodriguez, and Stoltz laboratories.
07/26/18 - Our work on C-H insertion reactions of vinyl cations was published in Science.
06/14/18 - Hosea was selected as a 2018 Pew scholar.
06/05/18 - Congrats Sepand on being accepted into the Chemistry-Biology Interface (CBI) Training Program.
04/06/18 - Congrats Stasik on receiving the 2018 NSF graduate research fellowship.
02/15/18 - Hosea was awarded the 2018 Alfred P. Sloan fellowship.
10/17/17 - Hosea was one of the selected recipients of the 2017 Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering.
09/28/21 - Our collaboration using microED to elucidate a metabolite structure was published in Org Lett.
09/20/21 - The Nelson Lab is moving to Caltech!
07/26/21 - Our collaboration using microED and genome mining as tools to elucidate natural product structures was published in Nature Chemical Biology.
07/16/21 - Congratulations to Hosea on becoming a new ACS Central Science Senior Editor!
06/23/21 - Congratulations to Lee Joon Kim and Sepand Nistanaki for receiving UCLA's Dissertation Year Fellowship!
06/20/21 - Our graduating 5th year, Stasik Popov, received the 2021 Donald J. Cram Dissertation Award. Congratulations!
06/15/21 - Hosea was one of the 2021 Blavatnik National Awards Finalists. Congratulations!
06/11/21 - Congratulations to Stasik Popov and Sydnee Green on completing their PhDs! You both will be missed!
06/03/21 - Our 4th year graduate student, Sepand Nistanaki, is the recipient of the Thomas L. and Ruth F. Jacobs Excellence in Research Award. Congratulations!
05/28/21 - Congratulations to our third year, Chloe Williams, for receiving the 2021 Jim and Barbara Tsay Excellence in Second Year Research and Academics Awards!
05/17/21 - Our collaboration elucidating the structure of the molecular spur gears by microED was published in JACS.
04/26/21 - Our collaboration using microED to revise the structure of the lomaiviticins was published in JACS.
02/19/21 - Congratulations to Chloe Williams for receiving the 2021 Senior Christopher S. Foote Fellowship!
02/16/21 - Our collaboration revising the structure of the lomaiviticins using microED was featured in ChemRxiv.
01/06/21 - Our collaboration determining the structure of a charge transfer complex was published in Org Lett.
12/16/20 - Hosea received the 2020 Novartis Early Career Award in Organic Chemistry.
10/08/20 - Hosea received the 2020 Eli Lilly Grantee Award for Organic Chemistry.
10/08/20 - Our collaboration obtaining microED structures of expanded helicenes was published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition.
08/21/20 - Our collaboration elucidating metabolite structures by microED was published in Org Lett.
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.
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.
02/07/19 - Congrats Stasik on receiving the 2019 Senior Foote Fellowship.
11/02/18 - Our total synthesis of (±)-vibralactone was published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition.
10/17/18 - Our work on elucidating small molecule structures using MicroED was published in ACS Central Science. This work was in collaboration with the Gonen, Rodriguez, and Stoltz laboratories.
07/26/18 - Our work on C-H insertion reactions of vinyl cations was published in Science.
06/14/18 - Hosea was selected as a 2018 Pew scholar.
06/05/18 - Congrats Sepand on being accepted into the Chemistry-Biology Interface (CBI) Training Program.
04/06/18 - Congrats Stasik on receiving the 2018 NSF graduate research fellowship.
02/15/18 - Hosea was awarded the 2018 Alfred P. Sloan fellowship.
10/17/17 - Hosea was one of the selected recipients of the 2017 Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering.
