Sanford Lab

🎉 Big congrats to Sheikh Nahiyan for being awarded the NSF GRFP! 🏅🧪
We’re so proud of this well-deserved recognition of your hard work, creativity, and commitment to science. Can’t wait to see what you accomplish next! 🚀✨
#NSFGRFP #FutureOfScience

16.06.2025 14:40 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Please join us in welcoming the newest members of the lab: Sheikh Nahiyan, Calvin Goldsmith, and Vico Wang! 🎉🧪
We’re so excited to have this dream team officially on board—big things ahead! 💥🌟
#WelcomeToTheLab #DreamTeam

16.06.2025 14:32 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

💫 Shoutout to our lab members who attended and presented at the Empowering Women in Organic Chemistry conference at AbbVie!
It was an inspiring day full of science, connection, and community 💜🔬
Huge thanks to the organizers for putting together such a meaningful event!
#EWOC2025 #WomenInSTEM

16.06.2025 14:28 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

🎉 Huge shoutout to our incredible Sabrina Reich and Abdias Noel for crushing their third-year seminars! 💥🧠🧪 The science was sharp, the vibes were strong, and the future is bright.
We’re so proud of you both! 🙌💫 #ThirdYearThriving

16.06.2025 14:26 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Mechanism-Guided Development of Directed C–H Functionalization of Bicyclo[1.1.1]pentanes This report describes a detailed study of the palladium-mediated directed C(2)–H functionalization of bicyclo[1.1.1]pentanes (BCPs). Previous attempts to achieve this transformation were reported as u...

Want to learn more about BCP's? Check out our new publication in collaboration with Merck! Congrats to Alex and Julia on this venture. 🍕🇧🇷 🎉

pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

03.06.2025 20:25 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Mechanistic Organometallic Studies Drive Reagent Selection and Catalyst Design for the Palladium-Catalyzed Trifluoromethylthiolation of Aryl Electrophiles This article describes a detailed investigation of the palladium-catalyzed coupling of aryl (pseudo)halides (ArX) with MSCF3 to form aryl trifluoromethylthioethers (ArSCF3). Mechanistic organometallic...

New method for trifluoromethylation of electrophiles just dropped, catch it on Organometallics. Congrats to Josh Thedford on this accomplishment! 🪇🥳🪇

pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10....

20.05.2025 13:03 — 👍 9    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Congratulations to our 2025 #AOBPostdoc Fellows in Chemical Instrumentation and Chemical Sciences – Fourteen Research Fellows to Receive $4.3M+ in Science Funding.
www.prnewswire.com/news-release...
@caltech @UofIllinois @Princeton @harvard @UMich @cornell @UCBerkeley @columbia

14.04.2025 15:55 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1

New candidate alert! Congrats to Sammy Greco for passing his gateway exam with flying colors! 🪇🥳🪇 We look forward to following your work on radiofluorination of peptides. #18fluorinATE ☢️

16.04.2025 19:07 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Daniel Brandes

Congratulations to Dr. Daniel Brandes on winning the 2025 Arnold O. Beckman Postdoctoral Fellow Award! 🎉🍾! And congratulations to all other recipients as well.
www.beckman-foundation.org/people/danie...

15.04.2025 15:12 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Melanie Sanford’s route from college gymnast to groundbreaking researcher One-time gymnast Melanie Sanford has made a name for herself in catalysis and organometallic chemistry. Rebecca Trager charts her path to success, from her mentors to her mentoring

Last year Melanie Sanford became the first woman to win the Janssen Prize for Creativity in Organic Synthesis since its inception almost 40 years ago. The award has been a predictor of other scientific awards like the chemistry Nobel and the Wolf prize.

01.03.2025 10:00 — 👍 18    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0

Also congratulations to all of our spring departmental awardees! Emily Nolan (Yr4) has been awarded the Vedejs Memorial Award for Research, Sabrina Reich (Yr3) has been awarded the Wayne and Carol Pletcher Graduate Leadership Fellowship, and Abdias Noel (Yr3) won the Sokol Summer Fellowship. (3/3) 🍾

08.04.2025 20:29 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Congratulations to all of our NSF GRFP Honorable Mentions!! This includes the fantastic four: Emily Jimenez (Yr2), Zoe Wachtel (Yr2), Sammy Greco (Yr2), and Sheikh Nahiyan (Yr1). (2/3) 🪇🥳🪇

08.04.2025 20:29 — 👍 7    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

For our inaugural post on 🟦🌅, we wanted to celebrate our amazing lab members this week! 🎉(1/3)

08.04.2025 20:29 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0