News
Keri’s paper on the electrochemical / electrophotocatalytic olefination of carbonyls with alkenes has been published in Science Advances. Congratulations Keri!
The Lambert Group bids a fond farewell to postdoctoral fellow Taehoon Kim.
April 2023
Tao’s paper on the oxygenation of multiple adjacent C–H bonds has been published in Nature. Congratulations Tao!
Graduate student Phong Quach has defended his thesis. Congratulations Dr. Quach!
January 2023
The Lambert group welcomes first year graduate student Amanda Lucas.
November 2022
He’s paper on the regiodivergent aminooxygenation of aryl olefins has been published in J. Am. Chem. Soc. Congratulations He!
October 2022
Ilana’s paper on crystals that roll in sunlight has been published in J. Am. Chem. Soc. Congratulations Ilana!
A review of our work with cyclopropenium ions co-authored by Rebecca has been published in Acc. Chem. Res.
Ilana’s paper on catalysis of the Ullmann coupling using electric fields has been published in Chem. Sci. Congratulations Ilana!
September 2022
Two papers in collaboration with the Fors group using PCCPs for cationic polymerization have been published, one in J. Am. Chem. Soc. and one in Polymer Chem.
The Lambert Group bids farewell to postdoctoral fellow He Huang.
August 2022
A perspective on Electrophotocatalysis has been published in J. Am. Chem. Soc. Congratulations He and Keri!
The Lambert Group bids farewell to postdoctoral fellow Andrew Holm.
July 2022
Max’s paper on the ring-opening carbonyl-olefin metathesis of cyclobutenes has been published in ACS Catalysis. Congratulations Max!
The Lambert Group welcomes visiting scholar Ikuya Fujii, who comes to us from Kyoto University.
April 2022
Our paper demonstrating the use of hydrazonium initiators for ROMP has been accepted at Angewandte Chemie, International Edition. Congratulations to Phong, along with collaborators Brett Fors, Jesse Hsu, and Ivan Keresztes.
March 2022
Eun Kee, Phong, Yunfei, and Jaehun have had their paper on ring-closing carbonyl-olefin metathesis to form heteroarenes accepted at Chemical Science.
The Lambert Group bids farewell to postdoctoral fellow Tao Shen.
February 2022
The Lambert group wishes Postdoctoral Fellow Max Holl a fond farewell.
Phong’s paper in collaboration with Jesse Hsu, Ivan Keresztes, and Brett Fors demonstrating hydrazonium-initiated ROMP has been posted to ChemRxiv.
January 2022
We welcome four new first year graduate students: Kaede Hoshi, Matthew Lamb, Leslie Trigoura, and Jason Wu.
Postdoctoral Fellow Dr. Anirudra Paul has accepted a position at Bristol-Myers Squibb. We wish Ani a fond farewell!
November 2021
The Lambert group celebrates Dave MacMillan winning this year’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Congratulations Dave and the rest of the MacMillan family (real and scientific)!
Keri’s paper on the use of nickel-PCCP complexes for the catalytic reductive opening of terminal epoxides has been published in Org. Lett. Congrats Keri Steiniger!
October 2021
A paper by Lambert Group—Classic members Zara Seibel and Jeff Bandar on the enantioselective catalytic synthesis of pyroglutamates with cyclopropenimines has been published in Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry as part of their special issue on organocatalysis.
August 2021
The last remaining member of Lambert Group—Downstate Ilana Stone has passed her thesis defense. Congratulations Ilana!
July 2021
A joint review by our group and the Schindler group on carbonyl-olefin metathesis has been published in Chem. Rev. Congrats Lambert graduate student Phong Quach!
June 2021
He’s paper on the electrophotocatalytic acetoxyhydroxylation of aryl olefins has been published in J. Am. Chem. Soc. Congrats He Huang!
May 2021
March 2021
He’s paper on the electrophotocatalytic C–H functionalization of arenes has been accepted to Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Congratulations He Huang!
The Lambert group welcomes postdoctoral fellow Andrew Holm, who comes to us from the Chan group at Monash University.
Our paper on the electrophotocatalytic diamination of vicinal C–H bonds has been published in Science. Congratulations Tao Shen!
February 2021
A collaborative paper with the Fors group on the hydrogen bond donor-catalyzed cationic polymerization of vinyl ethers has been accepted at Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.
December 2020
October 2020
The Lambert Group welcomes first year graduate students Jose De La Rosa and Julian Kellner-Rogers
The Lambert Group welcomes postdoctoral researcher Dr. Anirudra Paul, who comes to us from the Seidel group at the University of Florida.
August 2020
We bid a fond farewell to postdoctoral fellow Yunfei Zhang, who’s heading off to start his independent career as an assistant professor at China Agricultural University in Beijing. Good luck, Yunfei!
Our paper on the hydrazine-catalyzed ring-opening carbonyl-olefin metathesis of norbornenes has been published in Chem. Sci. Congrats to Janis Jermaks, Phong Quach, Zara Seibel, and Jullien Pomarole!
Our paper on the application of ring-closing carbonyl-olefin metathesis (RCCOM) to form dihydroquinolines has been accepted at Org. Lett. Congrats to Yunfei Zhang, Jae Hun Sim, and Sam MacMillan!
July 2020
March 2020
A collaborative paper with the Laschat group on aminocyclopropeniums as ionic liquid crystals has been accepted at Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Congrats to former Lambert group member Jeff Bandar!
A collaborative paper with the Qu group showing that TACs can protect sodium ion batteries from overcharge abuse has been accepted at Nano Energy. Congrats Lambert Group postdoc He Huang!
The Lambert group wishes a fond albeit abruptly premature farewell to undergraduate researchers Caroline Dudley and Jack Gruhin. Good luck in grad school, and thanks for being part of the group!
February 2020
The Lambert Group bids farewell to postdoctoral fellow Jae Hun Sim.
The Lambert Group bids farewell to postdoctoral fellow Hyunwoo Kim, who is off to a faculty position at Ewha University in Korea!
The Lambert Group bids farewell to postdoctoral fellow Janis Jermaks, who is off to Genentech!
January 2020
Our collaborative paper with the Lin Group on reductive electrophotocatalysis is now on JACS ASAP. Congratulations lead author Hyunwoo Kim!
Our paper on the electrophotocatalytic functionalization of ethers is now on JACS ASAP. Congratulations He Huang and Zack Strater!
The Lambert Group welcomes postdoctoral researcher Maxwell Holl!
December 2019
The Lambert group welcomes first year graduate students Zoe Meng and Eun Kee Cho!
October 2019
Our paper on electrophotocatalytic SNAR reactions is now on Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Early view. Congratulations He!
September 2019
Our paper on the hydrazine-catalyzed ring-closing carbonyl-olefin metathesis to form chromenes is online at ACS Catalysis. Congratulations Yunfei, Janis, and Sam!
July 2019
A collaborative paper with Colin Nuckolls, Xavier Roy, Mike Steigerwald, and Latha Venkataraman on the single molecule observation of an oxidative coupling reaction has been published in Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Congratulations to co-first author and Lambert group member Ilana Stone!
June 2019
Our paper introducing trisaminocyclopropeniums as new electrophotocatalysts has been published in Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Congratulations to He, Zack, Michael, James, Tom, and Colin!
Our group has teamed up with the Fors group to show that PCCPs have some truly interesting behavior for cationic polymerizations. The paper is now online at JACS. Congratulations to Veronika, Jake, Quentin, and Erin!
A review about carbonyl-olefin metathesis, especially our catalytic hydrazine platform, has been published in Synlett.