Author Archives: David Nagib

29 Aug

Rearranging The Overman

44 yrs ago … Overman serendipitously discovered a rearrangement while attempting a hydroamination …

Kohki & Stacy now show a ‘radical’ way to this long-sought amination (& other reactions too)! Congrats on publishing our lab’s second JACS paper!

#RearrangingTheOverman #ImidateIceCreamCake

05 Jun

superstars

Congrats to our rockstar undergrads, Ani, Kara, & Xin, on graduating with honors and research distinction!

Good luck to all three in grad school!

13 Apr

ACS award

Congrats to our superstar undergrad, Xin Gu, on winning the
ACS Award for Organic Chemistry!

We wish you continued success as you head off to grad school this fall!

03 Apr

NSF Fellowship

Congrats to our rockstar undergrad, Darsheed (Ani) Mustafa, on winning an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship!

We’re excited that you’ll be bringing your passion and enthusiasm for chemistry with you to graduate school this fall!

20 Mar

ACS NOLA

Our team had a great time at the ACS meeting in New Orleans … we enjoyed so many great discussions, meals, and memories … with old and new friends alike!

13 Mar

HAT enthusiasts

“In modern organic synthesis, C–H functionalization is the chemical equivalent of adding the final brush strokes to a painting.”

Congrats to Leah and Kohki on writing such a comprehensive and accessible review on HAT chemistry!

07 Oct

TEDx

David presents TEDx talk on the myth of chemical-free foods.

Inspiration:
The problem with vanilla: After vowing to go natural, food brands face a shortage of the favored flavor – C&E News
The Quest to Make a True Blue M&M – NY Times

01 Jun

summer all-stars

Welcome to our newest undergraduate team members, Kevin Marchbanks-Owens (Alabama A&M) & Hannah Naguib (Notre Dame), who are joining us for the summer to play with radicals and hopefully discover lots of cool, new chemistry!

13 Apr

Kui with Honors

Congrats to Kui Pan on defending his Undergraduate Thesis and earning the right to graduate from OSU with Honors Research Distinction! We’re so proud of you and all the great science you’ve done in our lab.

08 Mar

Ani, the ACS Champion

Congrats to Darsheed (Ani) Mustafa on winning the Grand Prize at the 1st annual ACS (Columbus section) Undergraduate Research Forum! This award is a fitting recognition of your excellent work as part of our team.

01 Jan

All-star recruits

Rotations are complete and we are happy to officially welcome our three, new super-first-years as official members of the team.

Andrew, Sean, and Leah, we wish you continued successes in your graduate careers!

12 Dec

2nd annual holiday party … 2x the fun

The group met at David’s house to celebrate another very successful – and equally enjoyable – year for our team. Over plentiful food, libations, and ridiculous-gift-exchanging, we unanimously agreed that we are really great – and do really great science too!

09 Dec

Honorific Trevor

Congrats to Trevor Chopko on defending his Undergraduate Thesis and earning the right to graduate from OSU with Honors Research Distinction! We’re so proud of you and all the great science you’ve done in our lab.

 

18 Nov

Super Kui

Congrats to Kui Pan on winning an Undergraduate Research Scholarship from the OSU College of Arts & Sciences Honors Program! This is a well-deserved recognition of Kui’s great research in our group.

04 Nov

Breakfast with science champions

The group hosts 80 middle schoolers from two Columbus City schools for an exciting morning of touring our labs, “DNA fingerprinting,” exploding marshmallow men, igniting ethanol vapor, making ice cream with liquid N2, and dropping many, many pieces of dry ice in colored water. We’re still not sure which kids had more fun, the middle schoolers or the grad schoolers?

17 Sep

undergrad all-star poster forum

Melissa, Trevor, Ahmad, and Kui present on their summer research with fantastic posters at the 2015 Fall Undergraduate Research Student Poster Forum in the OSU Thompson Library. Congrats on an excellent set of research and presentations!

31 Dec

Starting roster

Rotations are complete and we are happy to officially welcome our four rockstar first-years as official members of the team.

Stacy, Jeremy, Kohki, and Ethan, we wish you continued successes in your graduate careers!

 

13 Dec

Holiday parties

After an epic departmental holiday party yesterday, the group met at David’s house to celebrate (again) a successful semester and a great start for our team. Accomplishments include setting up the lab (twice), establishing a really fun and exciting research environment, and discovering some cool new chemistry too! Looking forward to many more great experiences together …