12/19/2023 Congratulations to Elizabeth on the acceptance of her manuscript in Synthesis! [pdf]

12/1/2023 We welcome our newest group members Betsy, Cameron and Lorena!​

11/28/2023 Congratulations to Tony and Zhiqi on their paper being featured by the UCLA Chemistry & Biochemistry News! [link]

11/22/2023 Congratulations to Tony and Zhiqi on their paper being featured by the UCLA Newsroom! [link]

10/30/2023 We welcome Harekrishna, our newest Postdoctoral associate!

10/2/2023 We welcome our new rotation students Adrian, Cameron and Lorena!

9/7/2023 Ohyun was selected for the 2024 Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award by the American Chemical Society. Congratulations!!!

8/24/2023 Congratulations to Zhiqi, Tony and Mani for the publication of their paper in Science! [abstract] [pdf]

8/7/2023 We welcome our new rotation students Betsy and Matt!

7/25/2023 Congratulations to Zhiqi and Tony on their manuscript being accepted to Science!

2/28/2023 Congratulations to Brady and Jeremy for the publication of their paper in Synthesis! [abstract] [pdf]

2/27/2023 We welcome our two newest group members, Aris and Elizabeth!

2/14/2023 Congratulations to Jeremy and Brady for the publication of their paper in Trends in Chemistry! [abstract] [pdf]

1/4/2023 Congratulations to Jeremy and Brady on their manuscript being accepted to Trends in Chemistry!

11/14/2022 Congratulations to Changmin and Jacob for the publication of their paper in The Journal of the American Chemical Society! [abstract] [pdf]

10/31/22 We welcome our two new rotation students, Aris and Marcelo!

10/28/22 Congratulations to Changmin and Jacob on their manuscript being accepted to The Journal of the American Chemical Society!

8/4/22 Congratulations to Mani, Tom and Jacob for the publication of their paper in The Journal of the American Chemical Society! [abstract] [pdf]

7/29/22 Congratulations to Changmin on starting a new Postdoctoral position at Brandeis University!

7/13/22 Congratulations to Mani, Tom and Jacob on their manuscript being accepted to The Journal of the American Chemical Society!

7/12/22 We welcome Mikhal, our newest Postdoctoral associate!

6/1/22 We welcome Justin, our newest Postdoctoral associate!

5/31/22 Congratulations to Tony for publication of his paper published in Heart and Rhythm [abstract]

3/30/22 We welcome Brady Dehnert and Jeremy Dworkin, our newest graduate students, to join our team!

09/06/21 San and Venky's paper was published in Asian Journal Of Organic Chemistry. Congratulations! [abstract] [pdf]

08/06/21 Changmin's paper was published in Nature Commun. Congratulations! [abstract] [pdf]

06/14/21 We welcome Emma, our newest undergraduate student, to join our group!

06/14/21 Congratulations to Violet for finishing her Ph.D studies! Good luck in your new role at R2M Pharma and wish you all the best!

06/11/21 Congratulations to Jason for finishing his B.S. studies! Good luck in your Ph.D studies at Cornell!

03/30/21 We welcome Thomas Bunnell and Jacob Kim, our newest graduate students, to join our team!
 
03/16/21 Changmin's paper was published in  ACS Central Science. Congratulations! [abstract] [pdf]
 
02/02/21 Violet's paper was published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition. Congratulations! [abstract] [pdf]

09/08/20 We welcome Allison Hacker and Maximilian McCallum, our newest graduate students, to join our team!
 
08/25/20 We welcome first year rotation student Jacob Kim!!!
 
08/25/20 Visiting professor Dr. Xian-Rong Song leaves. We will miss you very much. Good luck!
 
07/11/20 Manisha's paper was published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition. Congratulations! [abstract] [pdf]

06/16/20 Ohyun was awarded the UCLA 2019–20 McCoy Award, which recognizes the greatest contribution of the year to the science of chemistry and biochemistry. Congratulations!!! [link]

06/11/20 Congratulations to Andy for finishing his Ph.D studies! Good luck in your new role at Amgen! [link]

05/22/20 Brian's paper was published in ChemCatChem [abstract] [pdf]

05/19/20 Jason Wu was awarded a Geissman Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship, congratulations! [link]

05/18/20 Andy has accepted a medicinal chemist position at Amgen.

05/14/20 Welcome to our newest member, Tony Moreno!

05/13/20 Andy received the Majeti–Alapati Dissertation Award. [link]

02/27/20 Welcome to all the admitted prospective students! We look forward to meeting everyone. Please enjoy your time here and come back in the Fall!

02/14/20 Our groups work regarding the molecular mechanism of the efsevin-VDAC2 interaction was published in the British Journal of Pharmacology [abstract] [pdf]

01/01/20 Hoping everyone had a nice holidays and wishing everyone a Happy New Year!!!

11/19/19 Jason received an NIH Diversity Supplement.  Congratulations!!!

11/06/19 Andy's paper was published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition [abstract] [pdf]

10/15/19 Welcome visiting scholar Alex Cao from Nankai University!

10/02/19 Welcome first year rotation students Tony Moreno and Joseph Garcia and visiting professor Dr. Xian-Rong Song!

10/01/19 Andy's paper was published in Organic Letters [abstract] [pdf]

08/28/19 Welcome post-doc Zhiqi He!

08/01/19 Welcome first year summer students Allison Hacker and Andrew Salmon!

07/10/19 Andy's paper was published on ChemRxiv [abstract] [pdf]

07/08/19 Welcome first year summer student Nik Burton and undergraduate student Jason Wu!

06/27/19 Aslam's paper was published in Organic Syntheses [abstract] [pdf]
 
06/20/19 Kui's paper was published in Organic Letters [abstract] [pdf]

06/04/19 Lingchao's paper was published in JACS [abstract] [pdf]

05/22/19 Andy was awarded a UCLA Dissertation Year Fellowship [link]

05/16/19 Andy's paper was published in Science  [abstract] [pdf]

04/23/19 Andy was selected to present his research at the 2019 ACS Division of Organic Chemistry Graduate Research Symposium [link]

04/22/19 Aslam's paper was published in Organic Syntheses [abstract] [pdf]

04/09/19 Andy was awarded the Satyan and Vimala Majeti Fellowship for Research in Organic Chemistry [link]

04/03/19 San and Changmin's paper was published in The Journal of Antibiotics [pdf]

03/14/19 Andy's manuscript was accepted in Science!

12/03/18 Welcome visiting scholar Gusein Sadykhov!

11/05/18 Welcome 1st year rotation student Wenjing!

09/27/18 Our comprehensive review on phosphine organocatalysis was published in Chemical Reviews [abstract] [pdf]

09/24/18 Qihai's paper was published in Organic Letters [abstract] [pdf]

09/21/18 Jiannan is off to start his career as a professor! We will miss you very much. Good luck!!!

09/04/18 Welcome visiting scholar Xinyi Wang!

08/17/18 Craig's paper was published in Organic Letters [abstract] [pdf]

08/13/18 Ohyun was awarded the Technology Development Grant from UC CAI [link]

08/08/18 Welcome post-doc Dr. Aslam Shaikh!!!
 
08/06/18 Our Chemical Reviews manuscript was accepted!

08/02/18 Ohyun was awarded the Boehringer Ingelheim Green Chemistry Award for 2018 [link]

07/30/18 Welcome new summer graduate student Mikayla, post-doc Dr. Changmin Xie, and visiting scholar Hao!!!

07/09/18 Welcome new summer graduate students Ernest, Danielle, and Angel!!!

04/25/18 Andy's paper was published in ACS Catalysis [abstract] [pdf] 

04/11/18 Welcome post-doc Dr. Manisha Swain!

04/09/18 Welcome first year graduate student Jason!

01/23/18 Andy was awarded the Hanson-Dow Excellence in Teaching Award. [link]

01/18/18 Kui and Lingchao's paper was published in Chemical Science [abstract] [pdf]

09/01/17 Welcome to our visiting scholar Yuting Hu from Nankai University!

07/06/17 Jiannan's paper was published in JACS [abstract] [pdf]

07/03/17 Nathan's paper was published in JACC: Basic Translational Science [abstract] [pdf]

06/01/17 Dr.(s) Kui Zhang, Lingchao Cai, Nathan Dupper, and Craig Lee have all filed their theses and are off to new positions. Good luck to everyone!!!