The Sanford Group
May, 2013
- Nicole Camasso, Ian Pendleton, Pablo Cabrera, Sydonie Schimler, Nomaan Rezayee officially join the group.
- Cydney K. Seigerman graduates with Bachelor of Science in Chemistry with Honors.
April, 2013
- Melanie receives the 2013 Raymond and Beverly Sackler Prize in the Chemical Sciences. Link.
- Ian Pendleton receives NSF Graduate Fellowship.
- Raymond Strobel receives Goldwater Scholarship.
- Yingda Ye successfully defends his thesis.
- Cydney K. Seigerman is awarded a 2013-2014 Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship for Spain.
January, 2013
- Zac Garlets, Ian Pendleton, Nicole Camasso, and Jacob Geri join as rotation students.
December, 2012
- Dr. Sharon Neufeldt (Ph. D. 2012) departs for a post-doc at Caltech working in the Ismagilov group.
- Dr. Nicholas Ball (Ph. D. 2010) accepts a job at Amherst College.
- Dr. Salena Whitfield (Ph.D. 2008) is featured in the Wright Museum's new exhibit-Inspiring Minds: African Americans in Science & Technology.
- Dr. Matt Remy (Ph.D. 2011) accepted a job at Dow Chemical.
November, 2012
- Sharon's recent Accounts of Chemical Research paper was one of their 10 most read articles between July–September .
- Chelsea's recent Organometallics paper was one of their 10 most read articles between July–September .
- Sharon Neufeldt successfully defends her dissertation.
- Kate and Joys' recent Organic Letter paper was one of their most read articles between July-September.
- Yingda and Stefans' recent Organic Letter paper was one of their most read articles between July-September.
September, 2012
- Melanie receives a national ACS Ipatieff Prize.
- Melanie receives a Tetrahedron Young Investigator Award.
August, 2012
- Chelsea Huff, Yingda Ye, Anna Wagner, Amanda Cook-Sneathen receive travel grants for outstanding posters at the Vaughan Symposium.
- Ansis Maleckis receives a 2012 Howard Hughes Medical Institute International Student Research Fellowship.
July, 2012
- Melanie receives a Thieme-IUPAC Prize in Synthetic Organic Chemistry.
- Naoko Ichiishi officially joins the group.
May, 2012
- Yingda Ye receives a Roche Excellence in Chemistry Award.
- Tiffiny Micyus officially joins the group.
April, 2012
- Melanie receives a Paul N. Rylander Award from the Organic Reactions Catalysis Society.
- Melanie receives a Classical High School Distinguished Alumni Award.
February, 2012
- Kara Stowers leaves for a postdoc with Cynthia Friend at Harvard.
- Brannon Gary leaves for a postdoc with T. Daniel P. Stack at Stanford.
- Sharon Neufeldt receives a poster award at the 2012 CaRLa Winter School.
January, 2012
- Melanie is appointed Moses Gomberg Collegiate Chair in Chemistry.
- Kara Stowers successfully defends her dissertation.
- Yingda's recent Org. Lett. paper is highlighted as a "SYNFACT of the month".
December, 2011
- Brannon Gary and Joy Racowski successfully defend their dissertations.
- Joy Racowski leaves for a postdoc at Argonne National Laboratory in Chicago.
- Yingda Ye receives a Novartis Symposium poster award.
- Sharon Neufeldt receives a Chemistry Research Excellence Award.
November, 2011
- Amanda Hickman successfully defends her dissertation.
- Amanda Hickman leaves for a position at UOP, A Honeywell Company in Des Plaines, IL.
September, 2011
- Melanie is named a 2011 MacArthur Fellow!
August, 2011
- Dipa Kalyani leaves to begin her position as an Assistant Professor at St. Olaf College in Northfield, MN.
July, 2011
- Marion Emmert leaves to begin her position as an Assistant Professor at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Worcester, MA (Marion's group page).
- Brannon Gary, Chelsea Huff, Anna Wagner, and Monica Lotz receive travel grants for outstanding posters at the Vaughan Symposium.
- Sharon Neufeldt receives a travel grant for an outstanding talk at the Vaughan Symposium.
- Kara and Kevin's recent JACS paper is highlighted as a "SYNFACT of the month".
June, 2011
- Matt Remy leaves for a postdoc with Raymond Schaak at Penn State.
May, 2011
- Kara Stowers receives a Rackham Predoctoral Fellowship.
- Andy and Asako's recent Org. Lett. paper is highlighted as a "SYNFACT of the month".
April, 2011
- Amanda Cook-Sneathen, Ansis Maleckis, and Monica Lotz officially join the group.
- Matt Remy successfully defends his dissertation.
- Anna Wagner receives an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship.
- Kate Butler, Chelsea Huff, and Anna Wagner pass their candidacy exams.
February, 2011
- Melanie is named Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Chemistry, in recognition of her outstanding personal commitment to undergraduate education.
January, 2011
- Amanda Cook-Sneathen and Ben Klepser join as rotation students.
- Andrew Higgs leaves for a postdoc with Alan Sellinger at Stanford.
- Nick Ball leaves for a postdoc with David Tirrell at Caltech.
- Tom Lyons leaves for a postdoc with Maurice Brookhart at UNC Chapel Hill.
- Melanie is elected a AAAS Fellow.
- Brannon Gary receives a Murril Memorial departmental fellowship for winter 2011.
December, 2010
- Tom Lyons, Andrew Higgs, and Nick Ball successfully defend their dissertations.
October, 2010
- Andrew Satterfield leaves for a position at Dupont Agro.
September, 2010
- Melanie is promoted to Full Professor of Chemistry.
- Catherine Hwang (UM undergraduate) joins the group.
- Ananya Dutta, Ansis Maleckis, and Monica Lotz join as rotation students.
August, 2010
- Amanda Hickman, Nick Ball, Sharon Neufeldt, Brannon Gary, and Matt Remy receive travel grants for outstanding posters at the Vaughan Symposium.
- Tom Lyons receives a Novartis Symposium poster award.
July, 2010
- Melanie receives the ACS award in Pure Chemistry.
June, 2010
- Melanie receives the National Fresenius Award.
- Chelsea Huff receives an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship.
May, 2010
- Marion Emmert receives a DFG (German Research Council) Postdoctoral Fellowship.
- Kate Butler, Anna Wagner, and Chelsea Huff officially join the group.
April, 2010
- Yingda Ye passes his candidacy exam.
January, 2010
- Yingda Ye receives Chemistry Department Winter Term Fellowship.
- Cydney Seigerman (UM undergraduate) joins the group.
November, 2009
- Melanie receives a BASF Catalysis Award.
August, 2009
- Kevin Fortner and Andrew Satterfield join the group as new postdocs.
- Tyler Carter joins as a staff scientist.
- Kara Stowers receives an ACS Division of Organic Chemistry Fellowship sponsored by Eli Lilly.
- Amanda Hickman receives an ACS Division of Inorganic Chemistry Travel Fellowship.
- Matt Remy receives a Spring Fellowship for an outstanding talk at the Vaughan Symposium.
- Joy Racowski, Tom Lyons, and Amanda Hickman receive travel grants for outstanding posters at the Vaughan Symposium.
July, 2009
- Kara Stowers attends the 59th Meeting of Nobel Laureates at Lindau (Dedicated to Chemistry).
June, 2009
- Marion Emmert joins the group as a new postdoc.
- Chelsea Huff joins as a summer rotator.
- Tyler Carter (University of Washington) and Megan Cismesia (University of Illinois) join as REU students for the summer.
- Nick Ball receives the Ruth L Kirschstein Predoctoral National Research Service Award.
- Kara Stowers receives the Robert & Carolyn Buzzard Graduate Chemistry Student Leadership Award from the Chemistry Department.
- Tom Lyons receives a Chemistry Research Achievement Fellowship.
- Kara Stowers receives a Chemistry Research Excellence Travel Award.
May, 2009
- Yingda Ye officially joins the group.
April, 2009
- Asako Kubota, Sharon Neufeldt, and Amanda Hickman pass their candidacy exams.
March, 2009
- Kami Hull leaves for a postdoc with Barry Trost at Stanford.
- Amanda Hickman receives an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship.
February, 2009
- Kami Hull successfully defends her dissertation.