Downey Group

Probably the most work-intensive TMSOTf project we’ve ever completed has just been published in the Journal of Organic Chemistry.  Major congratulations are in order for the three students who put together this very important study:  Danielle Confair ’16, Yiqi Liu

Because the Downey group just can’t stay away from the aldol reaction, we’ve published more science.  Congratulations to Hadleigh Glist ’16, Anna Takashima ’17, Sam Bottum ’20, and Grant Dixon ’19 on our latest publication in Tetrahedron Letters.  This whole

Major announcement!  Downey group alum Christina Vivelo now demands to be referred to as Doctor!  She defended her Ph.D. thesis today at Johns Hopkins, and even managed to fit words like “ribosylation” and “ubiquitination” into her thesis title.  Who cares

Congratulations to Jack Goodin ’18, who will use a Fulbright Fellowship to study in Uruguay next year! Congratulations to Xuechun Alethea Lin ’18, who will be attending a graduate program in Financial Math at the University of Chicago next year!

We are pleased to announce that Organic Synthesis, Inc. will fund Dani Sklar’s research this summer in the Downey Lab.  Dani is studying “Rapid Construction of Furans from 3-Silylated Propargyl Carboxylates.”  All hail Dani.

Through the hard work of several Downey group members, we’ve just had some new chemistry published in Tetrahedron Letters, available at this link: TMS Acetonitrile and Acetals Congratulations to the authors, including Alice Lee ’16, Jack Goodin ’18, Courtney Botelho

Our very own Carly Mueller ’14, DPT, gets a big high five for completing her doctoral program in Physical Therapy.  Combined with the fact that Carly came to see me on Friday, she is currently my favorite student ever.  If

Congratulations to Chris Poff ’17, who will be entering the chemistry Ph.D. program at Emory! Congratulations to Anna Takashima ’17, who will be attending chemistry graduate school at KU Leuven in Belgium!

Thanks to the hard work of so many students in the Downey group, Wade was promoted to full professor in February 2017.  A big thanks to all of you who generated the research results that pushed him over the top!  He

Congratulations to Carolyn Dombrowski ’14, who will be attending a master’s program at Drexel! Congratulations to Ken MacCormac ’16, who will be attending dental school at UConn next year!