September 2019
Stanna and Renyu passed candidacy, congrats!
July 2019
Liang-An, Alan, and Pin’s paper on the Ni-catalyzed arylboration of alkenylarenes was accepted to Angew. Chem., congrats!
June 2019
Stephen, Ali, and Grace’s paper was accepted to JACS! Many thanks to our collaborators Humair Omer and Prof. Peng Liu!
March 2019
Amit Simlandy (from Santanu Mukherjee’s lab at IISc) and Dongshun Ni (from Dawei Ma’s lab at SIOC) join the lab as postdoctoral researchers, welcome!
March 2019
Yuan’s paper on the Heteroarylboration of alkenylheteroarenes was accepted to Angew. Chem., congrats!
December 2018
Allison and Stanna’s paper on the catalyst controlled arylboration of α-alkyl alkenylarenes was accepted to Angew. Chem., congrats!
December 2018
New student Rachel joins the lab, welcome!
October 2018
Johannes and Mike’s paper on stereospecific allenoate [2+2] cycloadditions was accepted to JACS, congrats!
August 2018
Pin and Liang-An’s paper on the diarylation of alkenylarenes was accepted to JACS, congrats!
August 2018
New student Grace joins the lab, welcome!
May 2018
Allison, Adam, and Wei’s paper was accepted to Chem. Commun., congrats!
April 2018
Katie successfully defends her thesis, congrats! Good luck at Merck!
April 2018
Kevin and Yuan’s paper on the heteroarylboration of 1,3-dienes with 3-bromopyridine derivatives has been accepted to Angew. Chem., Congrats!
March 2018
Post-doctoral researcher Liangan from the Meggers group at Xiamen University joins the group, welcome!
February 2018
Johannes and Mike’s paper on the synthesis of (-)-Hebelophyllene E via [2+2] cycloaddition of trisubstituted alkenes with allenoates was accepted to Angew. Chem., congrats!
February 2018
Brittany successfully defends her thesis, congrats! Good luck at Johnson and Johnson!
January 2018
Yao successfully defended her thesis, congrats! She is now off to work with Derek Tan at Sloan Kettering, good luck!
January 2018
Katie, Stephen and Sean’s paper on the Ni-catalyzed arylboration of unactivated alkenes was published in JACS, congrats!
November 2017
Kevin successfully defends his thesis, congrats! Good luck at Stanford in the Sattely group!
November 2017
Alan, Stanna and Renyu join the group, welcome!
October 2017
Nathan, Brittany and Erin’s paper on the synthesis of ent-[3]-ladderanol via intramolecular chirality transfer [2+2] cycloaddition was accepted to J. Am. Chem. Soc., congrats!
September 2017
Congrats to Mike for earning his PhD! Good luck in the Romo group at Baylor!
August 2017
Yuan and Kevin’s paper on the Cu-catalyzed borylacylation of activated alkenes has been accepted to Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., congrats!
July 2017
Yao’s paper on intramolecular chirality transfer [2+2] cycloadditions has been accepted to Org. Lett., congrats!
June 2017
Summer students Alan and Stanna join the lab, welcome!
June 2017
Stephen’s paper on the catalyst controlled regiodivergent arylboration of dienes has been accepted to JACS, congrats!
May 2017
Kevin’s paper on the regioselective arylboration of isoprene and its derivatives has been accepted to JACS, congrats!
May 2017
Post-doctoral researcher Seewon from the Chang group at KAIST joins the group, Welcome!
February 2017
Post-doctoral researcher Johannes from the Bach group at Technical University of Munich joins the group, Welcome!!!!!
November 2016
Katie’s paper on the catalytic enantioselective arylboration of alkenylarenes was accepted to Angew, congrats!!!!!!!
November 2016
Professor Brown’s (Laura and Kevin) paper on the Wonderlab Exhibit was just accepted to the Journal of Chemical Education, congrats!!!!!!!
November 2016
Chris and Eleni’s paper on Lewis acid promoted ketene-alkene cycloadditions was just accepted to Organic Syntheses, congrats!!!!!!!
October 2016
Professor Brown was awarded the 2016 Novartis Early Career Award, congrats!!!!!!
September 2016
Chen, Allison, and Stephen pass their 5th semester candidacy exam, congrats!!!!!!
September 2016
Post-doctoral researcher Yuan from the Zhao group at National University of Singapore joins the group, Welcome!!!!!
August 2016
Mike’s paper on the synthesis of 1,3-substituted cyclobutanes via allenoate-alkene [2+2] cycloaddition was accepted to the Journal of Organic Chemistry, congrats!!!!!
June 2016
Post-doctoral researcher Nathan from the Forsyth group at The Ohio State University joins the group, Welcome!!!!!
May 2016
Chris and Wei earn their PhDs. Good luck at Lubrizol, Chris!!!!! Good luck at Cornell with Geoff Coates, Wei!!!!!
May 2016
Professor Brown has received an Amgen Young Investigator Award, Congrats!!!!!!
February 2016
Mike’s paper on Lewis acid catalyzed Diels-Alder cycloadditions between aryl allenes and acrylates has been accepted to Tetrahedron, as a special issue to honor Professor Neil Garg’s receipt of the Tetrahedron Young Investigator Award, Congrats!!!!
January 2016
Chris’s collaborative paper on the synthesis of Hippolachnin A has been accepted to JACS!!!! Many thanks to Prof.John Wood and Monica McCallum (Baylor University)!!!!
January 2016
The Brown group has been awarded an NSF CAREER grant for Cu-catalyzed cross-coupling!!
November 2015
Wei’s paper on the catalytic enantioselective diarylation of alkenes has been accepted to JACS, Congrats!!!!!!!!
September 2015
Katie passes her Candidacy Exam, Congrats!!!!
September 2015
Emily, Chen, Chris, Adam S., and Adam N.’s paper on arylketenes has been accepted as an invited article for Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry’s “New Talent Issue”, Congrats!!!!
July 2015
The Brown group has been awarded a second NIH R01 grant for our work on [2+2] cycloadditions!!!! Great Job Everyone!!!!
May 2015
Yao and Mike’s review on catalytic enantioselective [2+2] cycloadditions has been accepted to ANGEW, Congrats!!!!!!!!
April 2015
Katie receives the E. Campaigne C500 Award, Congrats!!!!!
April 2015
The Brown group has been awarded an NIH R01 grant for our work on stereoselective cross coupling!!
March 2015
Prof Brown and Chris have received the McCormick Science Grant for 2015, Congrats!!
March 2015
Mike and Yao’s paper on catalytic enantioselective [2+2] cycloadditions has been accepted to JACS, Congrats!!!!!
February 2015
Katie and Kevin’s paper on diastereoselective synergistic catalysis has been accepted to ANGEW, Congrats!!!!!
February 2015
Prof Brown has been named a 2015 Sloan Research Fellow, Congrats!!!!!!
September 2014
Chris’ paper on the total synthesis of gracilioether F has been accepted to ANGEW, Congrats!!!
September 2014
Chris’ paper on the total synthesis of gracilioether F has been accepted to ANGEW, Congrats!!!
September 2014
Wei’s paper on copper catalyzed diarylation of alkenes has been accepted to JACS, Congrats!!!!!
September 2014
Chris’ paper (in collaboration with the Tantillo group) has been accepted to Org. Lett., Congrats!!!
July 2014
The “Smells like Nano” Exhibit is currently live at Wonderlab!!!
July 2014
Kevin, Katie, and Wei’s paper has been accepted to Chem. Eur. J., Congrats!!!!
July 2014
Emily has accepted a position at Aptuit SSCI, Good Luck!
June 2014
The Brown group has been awarded an ACS PRF grant.
June 2014
Prof Brown receives a Trustees Teaching Award, Congrats!!!!!
June 2014
Welcome summer student Stephen!!!!!
June 2014
Welcome summer student Allison!!!!!
May 2014
Yiqing, Wei, and Kevin’s paper has highlighted in Synfacts, Congrats!!
May 2014
Tom Golarz joins the group. Welcome!
May 2014
Congrats to Adam Spitz on his acceptance to Albert Einstein School of Medicine!!!!
May 2014
Adam Nichols has accepted an offer at Eli Lilly and Company, Congrats!!!
January 2014
Yiqing, Wei, and Kevin’s paper has been accepted to ANGEW, Congrats!!!!!!!
December 2013
Katie officially joins the lab. Welcome!
December 2013
Brittany passes her Candidacy Exam, Congrats!!!!!
October 2013
Wei and Chris pass their Candidacy Exams, Congrats!!!!
June 2013
Welcome summer student Katie Logan!!!!!
April 2013
Chris receives the E. Campaigne C500 Award, Congrats!!!!!
April 2013
Adam Nichols receives the IU STARS Summer Research Scholarship, Congrats!!!
March 2013
Chris’s paper has been highlighted in Synfacts, Congrats!
March 2013
Adam Spitz receives the Sturdevant Summer Scholarship, Congrats!!!
February 2013
Wei and Yan’s paper on the synthesis of tetrasubstituted alkenes has been accepted to Org Lett, Congrats!!!!
February 2013
Yiqing Zhou joins the group. Welcome!
January 2013
Adam Nichols and Adam Spitz join the lab. Welcome!
January 2013
Chris’s paper on Lewis acid promoted ketene-alkene cycloadditions has been accepted to JACS, congrats!
December 2012
Prof Brown receives the Thieme Chemistry Journal Award, congrats!
October 2012
Kevin, Mike, and Yao start their C500 projects.
July 2012
Welcome summer students Sarah and Mike!
May 2012
Wei, Chris, Brittany, and Emily officially join the Brown lab!!
December 2011
Wei, Chris, Brittany, and Emily start their C500 projects.
November 2011
The Brown Lab moved to its new lab space.
September 2011
Welcome post-doc Yan!
August 2011
Welcome summer student Wei!
July 2011
Welcome summer students Chris and Brittany!
July 2011
Research begins in the Brown lab!!