May, 2023
The group presents their research at the West CXoast Theoretical Chemistry Conference.
April, 2023
The group presents their research at the annual Miller Symposium, winning several awards!
August, 2020
Alumnus Osvaldo is chosen as one of C&EN's Talented Twelve!
July, 2020
Alumnus Osvaldo wins a big grant to fund his group's research!
November, 2019
Amy and Croix attended the Bay Area Chemistry Symposium while Dean attended the 27th Conference on Current Trends in Computational Chemistry (CCTCC) in Mississippi.
September, 2019
Hoby returned to UCD to present as part of SAC ACS's "Flavors of Chemistry" event.
June, 2019
Gil joins the group as a graduate student.
May, 2019
Innes and Tiffy presented their 3rd-year seminars.
March, 2019
Innes and Croix presented a poster at the annual Miller Symposium.
January, 2019
Zhitao, Volga, Phil and Shunyang join the group as graduate students.
July, 2018
Nina presented a poster on her research at the 24th ICPOC in Faro, Portugal.
June, 2018
Dean and group mascot Chris attended the Reaction Mechanisms Conference at UBC in Vancouver.
June, 2018
Arturo presented his research at the annual Richard Larock Undergraduate Research Conference.
June, 2018
Amy joins the group as a graduate student.
May, 2018
Dean attended a celebration of Ken Houk in Shenzhen China (one of many Houk celebrations this year!).
April, 2018
Arturo presented a poster on his research at the annual UCD Undergraduate Research, Scholarship & Creative Activities Conference.
March, 2018
Stephanie co-organized a symposium on preventing sexual harassment at the ACS National Meeting.
March, 2018
The group presented posters at the annual Miller Symposium.
January, 2018
Nina is invited back to her alma mater to give a seminar!
January, 2018
A subset of the group visits Bristol, UK to witness the kick-off of Barry Carpenter's exciting CHAMPS project. Group alumnus Nick was also there, as was Dan Singleton.
January, 2018
After years of lurking in the halls, Croix finally joins the group as a graduate student.
September, 2017
Terry and Nina present at UCD's Chem Bio Training Program retreat.
September, 2017
Dean participates in UCLA's Chem Bio Interface Day.
July, 2017
Dean presents at the IUPAC meeting in Brazil, where he sees group alumnus Renan.
June, 2017
The group participates in the National Organic Symposium at UCD, co-hosted by Dean.
May, 2017
The group takes a trip to uOttawa to visit with the Gagosz research group.
April, 2017
Various group members present posters at the 17th R Bryan Miller Symposium and Stephanie receives the Miller Graduate Fellowship.
January, 2017
Dean starts as an Associate Editor for ACS Omega.
January, 2017
Innes and Tiffy join the group as graduate students.
September, 2016
Carla joins the group as a graduate student.
September, 2016
Dean returns from a fantastic conference in Hiroshima, Japan - the 27th Sympoisum on Physical Organic Chemistry - hosted by Manabu Abe.
August, 2016
Dean returns from a very short stint at the ACS National Meeting in Philadelphia where he spoke at a symposium in honor of Jeff Johnson and Bruce Lipshutz, winners of JOC and OL best paper awards.
August, 2016
The group takes a roadtrip to Oregon State to visit with the Cheong research group. Mayhem ensues on Paul and Dean's Excellent Adventure.
July, 2016
Dean returns from a 3 week trip to Australia where he lectured at U. Queensland, Austrailian National University, the ICPOC23 and Heron7 conferences, and to random animals and dropping pitch.
June, 2016
Hoby is the featured speaker at the MPS graduation ceremony.
June, 2016
Brandi receives the "UC Davis Allen G. Marr Prize for superior dissertation research."
April, 2016
Various group members present posters at the 16th R Bryan Miller Symposium and Nhu receives the Miller Graduate Fellowship.
March, 2016
Many group members present talks and/or posters at the ACS National Meeting in San Diego.
March, 2016
Hoby runs another successful Chemistry Camp!
March, 2016
Stephanie and Stephen present a poster advertising ADSE at our grad student recruiting weekend.
February, 2016
Osvaldo accepts a faculty position at the University of Maryland!
December, 2015
Brandi presents a poster on her collaborative work with Keiji Morokuma at Pacifichem.
November, 2015
Dean hosts a symposium in honor of his grad advisor Ken Houk as part of the ACS Western Regional Meeting (L to R: Dan O'Leary, Noah Burns, Sharon Neufeldt, Mike Barterger, Ohyun Kwon, Paul Cheong, Jason Hein, Ken Houk, Chris Vaderwal, Dean, Dan Little, Vy Dong, Dennis Doughtery; not pictured: Justin Siegel). At the symposium, Teresa receives her travel award from the ACS Sacramento section!
October, 2015
One of our 3D-printed molecular models makes an appearance at a real-life art show! Thanks, Nhu, Philipp and Philipp's artist friend Tim!
October, 2015
Walking in the Woods with Chemistry opens at the UCD Arboretum.
May, 2015
Terry presented his 3rd-Year Seminar, full of struts.
May, 2015
Paul presented on his research at the annual Larock Symposium.
March, 2015
The group presented posters at the annual Miller Symposium.
January, 2015
Brandi and Nhu presented their 3rd-Year Seminars.
January, 2015
Nina joins the group as a graduate student.
October, 2014
Nhu presented some of her and Dean's artwork at UCD's Art of Science event.
September, 2014
Dean attended the SMASH (Small Molecules Are Still Hot) NMR conference in Atlanta. He and Alexei Buevich from Merck (below) ran a workshop on computing chemical shifts and coupling constants.
July, 2014
Most group members present talks and/or posters at the ACS National Meeting in San Francisco.
July, 2014
Dean gives a talk at the 2nd International Conference on Chemical Bonding in Kauai.
July, 2014
The Cake Lady completes her deliveries.
July, 2014
Dean joins several UCD faculty for a visit to Pontificia Universidad Catolica De Chile (the "UC" of the Southern Hemisphere).
June, 2014
Dean receives his Soaring to New Heights Award.
May, 2014
Kate presents her research at the annual Larock Conference.
March, 2014
The group moves into our new lab space!
March, 2014
Ryan, Nhu and Hoby present posters on their research at the 2014 R. Bryan Miller Symposium.
March, 2014
Hoby is selected to participate in UC Davis' 2014-2015 Professors for the Future program.
January, 2014
Alumna Selina is featured on TVBS in Taiwan.
January, 2014
Stephanie and Troy join the group as graduate students.
December, 2013
Hoby is featured on a "One UC Davis" banner on campus.
August, 2013
Emma presents her REU work.
August, 2013
Alumna Selina is featured on Capital Public Radio.
June, 2013
Brandi and Jason present posters describing their research at the 43rd National Organic Symposium at the University of Washington. Simultaneously, Terry presents a poster on his research at the Physical Organic Chemistry Gordon Conference in Holderness, NH.
May, 2013
Dean returns from a month in Asia, where he taught Pharmaceutical Chemistry in Taipei, Taiwan as part of UCD's quarter abroad program and attended a conference in Shenzhen, China in honor of four famous chemists all born on February 27 - Ken Houk, Bob Grubbs, Paul Schleyer and Don Truhlar.
March, 2013
Ken Houk (Dean's PhD advisor) is the Plenary Speaker at the 2013 R. Bryan Miller Symposium! Teresa, Ryan, Brandi and Hoby also present posters on their research. Some pictures:
January, 2013
Brandi and Nhu join the group as graduate students.
December, 2012
Alumna Selina testifies before the US International Trade Commission and is part of an NPR report.
September, 2012
Alumna Selina is quoted in The Washington Post.
July, 2012
Alumna Selina's work is highlighted inThe Davis Enterprise.
May, 2012
Alumna Selina (right, below), along with Dan Flynn (Executive Director of UC Davis Olive Center; center below) and current group members Ryan (left below), Jason and Mike, join Hoby (right, below) at his second annual California Chemistry Camp.
April, 2012
Diana, Stephanie and Walter present lectures on their research at UCD's 23rd Annual Conference on Undergraduate Research, Scholarship and Creative Activities under the watchful eye of Jason.
April, 2012
Alumna Selina is profiled inThe Olive Oil Source.
February, 2012
Alumna Selina's work on the chemistry of olive oil is featured in The Olive Oil Times and The Olive Oil Source.
January, 2012
Osvaldo wins a UC MEXUS dissertation grant and Dean is chosen as the 2012 Natural Product Reports lecturer.
January, 2012
Hoby, Ryan and Teresa join the group as graduate students.
December, 2011
Jason presents a poster on his research at the Quitel 2011 Conference (XXXVII Congress of Theoretical Chemists of Latin Expression) in Mexico.
November, 2011
Selina writes an editorial for the C&EN blog.
November, 2011
Dean attends the National Academy of Sciences' multidisciplinary Kavli Frontiers in Science Symposium, which makes him a 2011 "Kavli Fellow," and leads a session on "Molecules that Should Not Exist."
July, 2011
Hoby, Jason and Chris run the Chemistry portion of the National Federation of the Blind Youth Slam.
June, 2011
Osvaldo presents a poster on his research at the 2011 Gordon Conference on Physical Organic Chemistry.
June, 2011
Hoby wins the 2011 "Learning Ally National Achievement Award"
June, 2011
Hoby receives several academic awards and Phil and Lisa both receive departmental teaching awards.
May, 2011
Hoby presents a lecture on his research at UCD's 2011 Richard Larock Undergraduate Research Conference.
May, 2011
Dean returns from his first ever TERPNET meeting, held this year in Sweden.
May, 2011
May, 2011
Dean receives a Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching Award from the Academic Senate.
May, 2011
Dean returns from a month of teaching in the Pharmaceutical Chemistry Quarrter Abroad program at Academia Sinica Taipei and a few days visiting Peking University (PKU) in Beijing.
March, 2011
Phil wins the "Best Poster Award" at the 2011 R. Bryan Miller Symposium!
February, 2011
Dean attends the Mesilla Chemistry Workshop on Aromatic Interactions in Chemistry and Biology where his PhD advisor - Ken Houk - is presented with a T-shirt sporting the image shown below - designed by Dean and UC Davis colleague Gang-yu Liu.
January, 2011
Lisa and Sharlene join the group.
December, 2010
Dean visits Taiwan for a bilateral conference between UC Davis and Academia Sinica on Chemical Biology.
November, 2010
Osvaldo and Jason attend the SC10 conference on supercomputing in New Orleans.
November, 2010
Dean attends the National Academy of Sciences' multidisciplinary Kavli Frontiers in Science conference, which makes him a 2010 "Kavli Fellow."
August, 2010
Dean, Hoby and Chris attend the 9th MERCURY conference on undergraduate research in computational chemistry, where they present on their research on terpene biosynthesis, hydration propensities, and approaches to making computational chemistry accessible to blind chemists.
July, 2010
Alumna Selina's research on extra virgin olive oil hits the news! Click here for an article that mentions her by name!
June-July, 2010
Jason visits our collaborators in Russia and presents a lecture on our NMR research at the Nuclear Magnetic Resonance in Condensed Matter International Symposium and Summer School, held in St. Petersburg.
June, 2010
Jason , Osvaldo and Hoby present posters on their research at the 33rd Reaction Mechanisms Conference in Amherst, MA. Dean, Chris and Sarah were also in attendance.
June, 2010
Mike wins a "Math & Physical Sciences Dean's Graduate Student Prize" in recognition of his "record of outstanding undergraduate teaching and scholarly achievement." His name will be engraved on a plaque in the MPS Dean's Office!
June, 2010
Hoby and Mike both win departmental research awards supported by pharmaceutical companies: Schering-Plough and NovaBay, respectively.
May, 2010
Dean's postdoctoral advisor, Roald Hoffmann, visits the department as the 2010 Student Invited Speaker.
May, 2010
Hoby presents lectures on his research at UCD's 21st Annual Conference on Undergraduate Research, Scholarship and Creative Activities, the 22nd Annual Northern California ACS Undergraduate Research Symposium, and UCD's 2010 Richard Larock Undergraduate Research Conference.
April, 2010
Hoby wins the 2010 "R. B. Miller Award for Undergraduate Research" and the award is presented at the 2010 R. B. Miller Symposium.
March, 2010
Most group members present talks or posters on their research at the ACS National Meeting in San Francisco.
January, 2010
Osvaldo joins the group.
October, 2009
Pradeep returns to campus to discuss his current job as a patent agent in Mark Kurth's "Careers in Chemistry" course.
July, 2009
A variety of group members present posters describing their research at the SYLICCO.09 Symposium.
June, 2009
Matt and Becky present posters describing their research at the 41st National Organic Symposium at the University of Colorado.
May, 2009
Victor presents a lecture at the 2009 Richard Larock Undergraduate Research Conference and wins the award for Best Presentation.
March, 2009
Mike wins the 2009 "R. B. Miller Fellowship for Excellence in Chemistry" and the award is presented at the 2009 R. B. Miller Symposium.
Becky and Mike also present posters at the Miller Poster Session.
January, 2009
Handeep, Jason and Morgan join the group.
September, 2008
Selina and Dan file their dissertations!
September, 2008
Matt wins a prestigious "ACS Division of Organic Chemistry Graduate Fellowship".
July, 2008
Selina gives an invited talk at National Chung Hsing University in Taiwan on her many research projects.
July, 2008
Matt presents a poster on his "transition state complexation" work at the Gordon Research Conference on Organometallic Chemistry in Rhode Island. Can you find him in the picture below?
July, 2008
Chris returns to the East.
June, 2008
Phil joins the group.
June, 2008
Chris presents a poster and gives a talk on his research at the 32nd Reaction Mechanisms Conference in North Carolina.
March, 2008
Dan presents a poster describing his research on noncovalent interactions in terpene biosynthesis at UCD's 2008 R. B Miller Symposium, for which Dean is a co-organizer.
January, 2008
Chris, our visiting scholar, arrives for a six month stay.
December, 2007
Dustin files his dissertation!
October, 2007
Dan presents a poster describing his research on taxol biosynthesis at the 41st Western Regional Meeting of the ACS in San Diego.
August, 2007
Christine joins the group.
July, 2007
A variety of group members present posters describing their research at he SYLICCO.07 Symposium.
June, 2007
Selina presents a poster describing her research on metal-promoted pericyclic reactions at the 40th National Organic Symposium at Duke University.
June, 2007
Mike's outstanding teaching is recognized through a departmental teaching award.
June, 2007
Greg wins UCD's prestigious "Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research".
May, 2007
Victor joins the group.
May, 2007
Greg presents a lecture on his research at UCD's first Richard C. Larock Symposium on Undergraduate Research.
April, 2007
Dean wins the 2007 Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry Award for Early Excellence in the Field of Physical Organic Chemistry.
April, 2007
Greg presents a poster and a lecture on his research at, respectively, the National Undergraduate Research Conference and UCD's 18th Annual Conference on Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities.
March, 2007
Selina wins the 2007 "R. B. Miller Fellowship for Excellence in Chemistry", and the award is presented at the 2007 R. B. Miller Symposium.
This year's keynote speaker was Ron Breslow (front row with Francesca Miller; back row: Jackie Gervay-Hague, Sundeep Dugar, Arthur Wellman, Keith Woerpel, Winston Ko, Dean, Neil Schore, Carlos Guiterrez, Cheryl Grice, David Floyd, Xi Chen, Dinesh Patel).
January, 2007
Rebecca officially joins the group.
October, 2006
Melissa joins the group.
September, 2006
Selina, Dustin, Mike, Dan, Greg, Matt, and Young all present posters at the ACS National Meeting in San Francisco.
Here they pose with Dean's graduate advisor, Ken Houk...
July, 2006
Rebecca Davis joins the group for the summer as part of the Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate program.
April, 2006
Greg presents a talk describing his research at UCD's 17th Annual Conference on Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities.
March, 2006
Dan sets up our new webserver and our webspace becomes "blueline.ucdavis.edu".
March, 2006
Dean (yes, he's the short one) participates in the R. B. Miller Symposium, at which UCD launches a new pharmaceutical chemistry program.
February, 2006
Selina and Dustin present posters describing their research as part of the Chemistry Department's annual Bradford Borge Weekend festivities.
January, 2006
Matt and Mike join the group.
September, 2005
Greenline, Redline, and Blueline are condensed into a single cluster called Redline.
September, 2005
Young joins the group.
July, 2005
Redline gets a new buddy called Blueline.
July, 2005
Selina makes semibullvalene - the first molecule synthesized in our labs and a physical organic classic!
June, 2005
Selina presents a poster describing her research at the 39th National Organic Symposium in Salt Lake City, UT (hey, is Dean wearing that same shirt again?).
June, 2005
Greg receives a Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship.
April, 2005
Ying and Greg present a poster and talk, respectively, describing their research at UCD's 16th Annual Conference on Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities.
February, 2005
Selina presents a poster describing her research as part of the Chemistry Department's annual Bradford Borge Weekend festivities.
January, 2005
Dan joins the group.
July, 2004
June, 2004
Dustin's outstanding teaching is recognized through a departmental teaching award.
April, 2004
Greg joins the group.
April, 2004
Pradeep and Dustin bring our second linux cluster - called "redline" - to life.
December, 2003
Dustin, Selina, and Rachael join the group.
November, 2003
Thanks to Pradeep's hard work and expertise, our linux cluster - called "greenline" - is up and running.
October, 2003
Mihaela and Pradeep arrive, leaving behind the snow of Ithaca as Dean did before them.
July, 2003
Dean is in Davis and has started to get things set up.
