We're happy to announce Rachael (Rachael Ditzler) passed her 2nd year oral exams and is the Zhukho group's first PhD candidate! Along with the GRFP, this was an exciting week for her!

#UNCResearchWeek Day 4! Zhukhovitskiy Group is harnessing the power of synthetic #organicchemistry to make the world greener. They are conducting experiments on editing the polymer makeup of non-degradable #plastics to make them degradable and sustainable. Aleksandr Zhukhovitskiy @UNCResearch

Thrilled to have what I’ve been working on so far published in JACS!

Researchers discovered that they could turn certain polyesters into vinyl polymers using the Ireland-Claisen rearrangement. The skeletal rearrangement strategy gives chemists access to materials they couldn’t make through vinyl polymerization: fal.cn/3kq4C

Thankful to be part of a lab with such amazing people! #IWD2022

I’m excited and honored to be giving a talk next week (March 24th) as part of PhD Student & Postdoc Symposium in Polymer Science!

We are kicking off with our first round of talks this Thursday at 4 PM (UK)! We are thrilled to host Swagata Mondal and Rachael Ditzler. Join us for some discussions about Janus Crosslinks and Sigmatropic Rearrangements! Register here and find more info: tinyurl.com/yubsdzj9

Check out our recent take on "advancing the logic of polymer synthesis" Maxim09 Rachael Ditzler UNC-Chapel Hill Chemistry

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Also, honored for the @zhukogroup's (specifically, Rachael Ditzler) work to be highlighted by Sarah Giang in carolinascientific.org/current

Our review on Editing of Polymer Backbones is out now on ChemRxiv! Aleksandr Zhukhovitskiy Rachael Ditzler Andrew King Maxim09 chemrxiv.org/engage/chemrxi…

I didn’t take many pics but I’m so so thankful for my experience this week at the #polymerGRC. I got to reconnect with old friends (some after 4+ years), make so many new ones, and remember why I love being a part of such an awesome community! 💙

What a wonderful time last week at the polymers GRC, where I got to see old friends, make many new ones, and learn some really interesting chemistry. I even had the opportunity to present my current research at the polymers GRS! Thankful to be part of such an amazing community.

We will be missing Rachael (Rachael Ditzler) for 12 weeks while she's off at an internship at Procter & Gamble. Best of luck!

Editing of polymer backbones go.nature.com/47pLYP1 A Review by Rachael Ditzler, Andrew King, Sydney Towell, Maxim Ratushnyy & Aleksandr Zhukhovitskiy Zhukhovitskiy Group UNC-Chapel Hill UNC-Chapel Hill Chemistry Aleksandr Zhukhovitskiy Rachael Ditzler Andrew King Maxim09

Our September issue is live! nature.com/natrevchem/vol… Including reviews on • Editing polymers • Anions in energy storage devices • Passivators for stable perovskite solar cells • Designing PINO H-atom transfer catalysts

Thank you Nature Reviews Chemistry for featuring our review article on the cover of the September 2023 issue! Check it out here: nature.com/natrevchem/vol… Aleksandr Zhukhovitskiy Rachael Ditzler Andrew King Maxim09 UNC-Chapel Hill Chemistry

Yesterday I defended my Ph.D. dissertation! I’m extremely grateful to have received guidance and support from my advisor, Alex (Aleksandr Zhukhovitskiy), throughout my time in graduate school. I am going to miss being at UNC and especially being in lab with the members of the Zhukhovitskiy Group.

Excited to share this collaborative work with the Ian Tonks group, led by a powerhouse duo Rachael Ditzler and Rachel Rapagnani. We demonstrated architectural editing of polyester and polyurethane backbones through Pd-catalyzed 3,3-rearrangements pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.10…

Researchers from UNC Chem and U of M introduced a novel method to alter polymers after production without changing their chemical composition. Read more about Aleksandr Zhukhovitskiy, Zhukhovitskiy Group, Rachael Ditzler, Ian Tonks and Rachel Rapagnani's groundbreaking work: chem.unc.edu/?p=26403