Standing (l to r): Denise Boykin, Fallon Brown, Scott Brown, Ellie Killian, Jason Crowell, Kevin Shaughnessy, Sarabeth McLendon, Quentin Sonnier, Strud Tutwiler |
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Group News
NSF Organometallic Catalysis Workshop: Lensey Hill was chosen to attend the NSF-sponsored 2008 CENTC Summer School on Organometallic Catalysis at the University of Washington.
Papers published: Two group papers recently appeared in print. A paper describing C-Se bond formation co-authored by Joon Cho and Fallon Brown was published recently in Main Group Chemistry (Main Group Chem. 2007, 6, 201-214) . A paper on new water-soluble phosphines was published in a special issue of Synthesis focused on aqueous-phase catalysis (Synthesis, 2008, 1965-1970) . Co-authors on this paper were Scott Brown, Denise Boykin, Quentin Sonnier, William Clark, and Fallon Brown.
ACS Scholar: Denise Boykin has recipient of a scholarship for the 2008-09 school year from the ACS Scholars Program. This American Chemical Society program provides scholarships for students from underrepresented minorities pursuing degrees in the chemical sciences or chemical technology.
New Students: Joel Schoenberg, Tyler James, Jane Moore, Hannah Box, Emily Wayman, and Nigel Welch joined the group this summer. Joel, Tyler, Hannah and Emily are UA undergraduates. Jane is a participant in the UA SURP program from Tennessee Wesleyan. Nigel is an incoming graduate student who received his undergraduate degree from UT-Chattanooga.
Graduates: Congratulations to the group members who earned degrees during the May commencement. Paul Guevara (cum laude), Ellie Killian, Nick Massie (summa cum laude), and Strud Tutwiler (magna cum laude) all earned BS degrees in chemistry.
Phi Beta Kappa: Undergraduate researchers Fallon Brown, Nick Massie, and Strud Tutwiler were inducted into Phi Beta Kappa during the 2007-2008 academic year. Congratulations for being inducted into the oldest and most prestigious academic honor society.
A&S Distinguished Undergraduate Scholar: Nick Massie was a recipient of the Distinguished A&S Undergraduate Scholar award presented during Honors Week.
Randall Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award: Denise Boykin was one of 18 students to receive the Randall Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award during Honors Week. Denise was one of 6 chemistry majors recognized for their outstanding contributions to research at UA.
Spring ACS Meeting: The Shaughnessy group presented 8 papers at the National ACS meeting in New Orleans. Presenting authors were, Scott Brown, Lensey Hill, Denise Boykin, Fallon Brown, Sarabeth McLendon, Ellie Killian, Quentin Sonnier, Strud Tutwiler, and Jason Crowell.
AAS Meeting: Quentin Sonnier won the first prize in the Alabama Academy of Science undergraduate paper competition at the annual meeting at Samford University. Lensey Hill placed second in the poster competition.
Neopentylphosphine paper: A paper co-authored by Lensey L. Hill, Joanna M. Smith, William S. Brown, Lucas R. Moore, Paul Guevera, Emily S. Pair, Jake Porter, Joe Chou, Christopher J. Wolterman, Raluca Craciun, David A. Dixon and Kevin H. Shaughnessy on the use of neopentylphosphines in cross-coupling reactions has been published online by Tetrahedron (Tetrahedron, 2008, 64, 6920-6934) This paper is being published in a special issue of Tetrahedron honoring John Hartwig.
TXPTS paper published: A paper co-authored by Lucas Moore, Beth Western, Kevin O'Halloran, Raluca Craciun, Jason Spruell, and David Dixon on the catalytic application, properties, and coordination chemistry of the TXPTS ligand has been published in Organometallics.
New group members: William Clark and Nick Massie have joined the group as undergraduate researchers.
Graduation: Dr. Joon Cho formally earned his PhD degree in the December commencement ceremony. Former undergraduate reserach Jake Porter received a BS degree in chemistry.
Distinguished Teaching Fellow: Kevin Shaughnessy has been named an Arts & Sciences Distinguished Teaching Fellow for the period 2007-2010 by Dean Olin.
Dental School: Undergraduate research Strud Tutwiler has been accepted to UA School of Dentistry for the fall 2008 semester. Congrats, Strud!
OCTA Award: Kevin Shaughnessy has been named a 2007 recipient of the Outstanding Commitment to Teaching Award, which is given each year by the National Alumni Association to four faculty members at UA. The OCTA award is the highest teaching award given to UA faculty.
New Group Members: Sara McLendon, Jason Crowell, and Ellie Killian joined the group this fall as undergraduate researchers.
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