Group News


July 2024

Congratulations to Current Post Doc Mao-Yun and 1st-year graduate student Sam for their publication appearing in JACS today!

Check it out here! J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2024


March 2024

Congratulations to current/former lab members Jarett Posz, Neetu Sharma, Paige Royalty, and Yanyao Liu on their recent JACS paper! Great work from a great team of scientists!

Check it out here: J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024.


February 2024

Congratulations to Dr. Mao-Yun for his recent JACS paper being highlighted in Synfacts!

Highlighted in  Synfacts 2024; 20(03): 0278 


January 2024

Check out the recent highlight in Synfacts on Yanyao’s recent JACS paper on Photocatalyzed [2+2] Cycloadditions of 1,3,2-Dioxaboroles to Alkenes to Afford Cyclobutanes and 1,4-Dicarbonyls Synfacts 2024; 20(02): 0207.


January 2024

Congratulations to 4th-year graduate student Souvik on his recent Org Lett paper!!

Souvik Adak, Sarah E. Braley, and M. Kevin Brown

Org. Lett. 2024.


December 2023

Congratulations to our Post-Doc Maoyun for his recent paper in JACS!!

Mao-Yun Lyu, Gabriel N. Morais, Shuming Chen*,‡ and M. Kevin Brown*,†

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023 



August 2023

Check out Renyu and Kevin’s recent article on Lewis Acid Promoted [2+2] Cycloadditions of Allenes and Ketenes: Versatile Methods for Natural Product Synthesis


November 2022

Congrats to graduate students Rachel and Shashwati for being selected to present their work at the Pfizer Chemistry Connect symposium!