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Kick off your Friday morning with the lab's latest paper on polyfunctional cyclohexanone synthesis! Congrats to Katie, Mitch, and Pedro! Check it out at J Org Chem/Org Lett doi.org/10.1021/acs.jo…

Chemical reactions aren't the only thing we like running! Congrats to our runners on completing their Tar Heel 4 mile and 10 mile races!

We are so incredibly proud of our undergraduate researchers who presented at the 2024 UNC Celebration of Undergraduate Research! Congratulations Edison, Michael, and Zack!

We're *diene* to share some exciting news! Yesterday we celebrated Evan as he successfully defended his PhD thesis on the dearomative synthesis and many applications of chiral diene ligands. Congratulations, Dr. Crawford!

Today we celebrated a phenol-menal final defense from Bob Wiley on his dearomatization work using weak heteroatom-heteroatom bonds as internal oxidants. Congratulations, Dr. Wiley!

Out now in J Org Chem/Org Lett, check out the switchable stereocontrol in 1,4-additions of β-keto amides. Congrats to Will, Emily, and Kaylah on the crystallization of their hard work! Read it here: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…

Shout out to our third-year Aidan for his spike-tastic performance at the UNC Chemistry annual volleyball tournament, where he and his team came in first place!

We are so proud of Aidan and Bryn, who won department awards for excellence in research and teaching, respectively! Congratulations!

We're excited to welcome two new grad students to the Johnson lab! Rock star first year Sofía did her undergraduate studies at the University of Puerto Rico (Cayey), and she is excited to dig into complex chemical problems and sustainability questions! Welcome, Sofía!

We're excited to welcome two new grad students to the Johnson lab! Rock star first year Aditya did his undergraduate studies at the Emory University, and he is interested in applying dearomative approaches to total synthesis problems. Welcome, Aditya!

Out now in J Org Chem/Org Lett: A look at how weak N-O bonds enable greener access to pharmaceutically relevant scaffolds: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…. Congrats to Bob, Michael, and Aidan!

Exciting news in the Johnson Lab! Our very own Bryn Werley and Susanna Angles were selected to receive an NSF GRFP Fellowship and Honorable Mention, respectively. Congratulations, Bryn and Susanna!

We had a blast at UNC's Science Expo last weekend! Thanks to the 150+ aspiring scientists who stopped by to learn about the chemistry of color and to Morehead Planetarium and Science Center for hosting such a fun celebration of science.

An exciting week in the Johnson Lab continues! Today, we celebrated Katie Kitzinger as she successfully defended her PhD thesis on assembling stereocomplex scaffolds with domino and stereoconvergent reactions. Congratulations, Dr. Kitzinger!

Say hello to a new face in the Johnson Group! Visiting scholar Yuki Kojima completed his PhD with Koji Hirano at Osaka University (Suita) and is looking forward to investigating CIDTs during his time at UNC-Chapel Hill. Welcome, Yuki!

Shoutout to our rockstar third year Will Carrick for completing yet another milestone on the path to his PhD! During last week's organic seminar, Will shared his research on dearomative methods for generating molecular complexity. Congratulations, Will!

It's springtime in Chapel Hill, which means the Tar Heel 10 and 14 mile races are back! Congrats to Emma Murphy and Susanna Angles for competing for the second year in a row!

Announcing the newly minted Dr. Mitchell Giordano! Today, Mitch successfully defended his PhD on the development of stereoconvergent reaction platforms. Congrats, Dr. Giordano!