We’re loving our new group shirts, and looking forward to the new academic year. Lots of exciting new research in the pipeline too!

Qinqin has accepted a position as an Associate Professor in the Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering at he Beijing University of Chemical Technology, and will leave the group at the end of the month. Congrats Qinqin – you’ve taught us so much about materials science, and its been a pleasure working with you. We will miss you!

We’ve been working hard to improve our sustainability practices. This week we were featured by the Emory Office of Sustainability Initiatives (https://sustainability.emory.edu/presenting-the-blakey-lab-a-gold-certified-green-lab/)

Keep up the good work team.

Amaan and Taylor each submitted their first manuscript this week (check out our publication page for a sneak peak at the graphical abstracts), and Robert’s allylic substitution mechanism manuscript is on its way… Congrats team on making the most of summer summer summertime!

Robert is settling into his new position as an Assistant Professor at the College of Wooster – he’s only been gone a couple of weeks but we miss him already!