October 27, 2020
Congratulations Victor Wambua for successfully defending his PhD - Novel KIE methodology development - 4th Vetticatt lab PhD! Victor secured a Research Scientist position at the West Virginia Department of Agriculture!
July 8, 2020
Congratulations Juliet Macharia for successfully defending her PhD - phenomenal work! Third Vetticatt lab PhD! Juliet secured a Research Chemist position at ICL in West Virginia!
June 16, 2020
Our collaborative work with the Schaus group (Boston University) on enantioselective Petasis Borono Mannich reactions is uploaded on ChemRxiv Preprint 2020 Congratulations Victor!
March 2, 2020
Our paper describing the novel mode of catalysis by selenothiourea catalysts is published in J. Am. Chem. Soc.
Congrats Billy (high school student) and Rachael!
November 22, 2019
Congratulations Rachael Karugu for successfully defending her PhD - amazing job !! Second Vetticatt lab PhD!
March 29, 2019
Our paper describing the transition state of Takemoto tertiary amine thiourea catalyzed Michael addition of malonate to nitrostyrene is published in Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry. Congrats Joe and Yars!
March 27, 2019
Congratulations Victor Wambua for winning the university-wide graduate teaching award!
November 16, 2018
Congratulations Joseph Izzo for successfully defending his PhD! First Vetticatt lab PhD - proceeding to Aarhus, Denmark for post-doc position in the Jørgensen group.
August 20, 2018
Our collaborative work with the Jørgensen group at Aarhus University describing a novel mechanism for 'iminium-ion catalysis' is highlighted in Synfacts !
June 25, 2018
Our collaborative work with the Jørgensen group at Aarhus University describing a novel mechanism for 'iminium-ion catalysis' is accepted for publication in J. Am. Chem. Soc. Congrats Joe and Jeremy!
June 13, 2018
The group wins two poster awards at the Reaction Mechanisms Conference held in Vancouver, Canada. Congratulations Joe and Juliet!
April 14, 2018
Our latest paper on the use of 13C kinetic isotope effects to differentiate between enamine and enol mechanisms in aminocatalysis is published in Chem. Eur. J. Congratulations Vlad, Rachael, Yun, and Jen!
February 27, 2018
Our collaborative work with the Lambert group at Cornell University describing a novel mode of asymmetric induction has been accepted for publication in J. Am. Chem. Soc. Congrats Jen!
December 20, 2017
Congratulations to Joseph Izzo for winning a university-wide Graduate Student Award for Excellence in Research!
December 4, 2017
The group receives its first research grant from the NIH (R01 GM126283). Congratulations everyone!
June 29, 2017
The group's collaborative work with the Wulff group at Michigan State is published in J. Am. Chem. Soc. Congratulations Joe!
June 20, 2017
The group's work in enantiodivergent enamine catalysis is published in Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Congratulations Juliet, Victor, Yun & Jen!
January 27, 2017
The group's collaborative work with the Seidel group at Rutgers University is published in Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Congratulations Jen!
October 19, 2016 – The group's collaborative work with the Waser group at University of Linz is published in Chem. Eur. J. and is selected as a 'Hot Paper'. Congrats Joe (and Happy Birthday)!
October 19, 2016 - Our 2016 J. Am. Chem. Soc. paper on proline catalysis hits 3000 'Article Views'. ARTICLE METRICS
October 10, 2016 - Our 2016 J. Am. Chem. Soc. collaborative paper with Borhan group hits 3000 'Article Views'.
June 10, 2016 – Matt's collaborative work with the Borhan group at Michigan State University is published in J. Am. Chem. Soc.
April 2, 2016 – Congratulations Joseph Izzo for 'Honorable Mention' in the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program 2016!
June 3, 2015 – Collaborative work with the Wulff group at Michigan State University is published in Tetrahedron Letters.
May 15, 2015 – Congratulations to former Vetticatt group members who have secured admission into top graduate programs in Chemistry – Melissa Ashley (Columbia), Sierra Marker (Cornell), Sean White (Indiana Bloomington), and Yaroslaw Myschuk (SUNY Buffalo)
April 23, 2015 – Congratulations to Melissa Ashley for the successful defense of her honors thesis 'Applications of kinetic isotope effects in the L-proline catalyzed α-amination of aldehydes - an experimental and theoretical approach'
April 21, 2015 – Congratulations to Yaroslaw Myschuk for the successful defense of his honors thesis 'Michael Reaction of diethyl malonate to trans-β-nitrostyrene - kinetic isotope effects and elucidation of reaction mechanism'
Congratulations Victor Wambua for successfully defending his PhD - Novel KIE methodology development - 4th Vetticatt lab PhD! Victor secured a Research Scientist position at the West Virginia Department of Agriculture!
July 8, 2020
Congratulations Juliet Macharia for successfully defending her PhD - phenomenal work! Third Vetticatt lab PhD! Juliet secured a Research Chemist position at ICL in West Virginia!
June 16, 2020
Our collaborative work with the Schaus group (Boston University) on enantioselective Petasis Borono Mannich reactions is uploaded on ChemRxiv Preprint 2020 Congratulations Victor!
March 2, 2020
Our paper describing the novel mode of catalysis by selenothiourea catalysts is published in J. Am. Chem. Soc.
Congrats Billy (high school student) and Rachael!
November 22, 2019
Congratulations Rachael Karugu for successfully defending her PhD - amazing job !! Second Vetticatt lab PhD!
March 29, 2019
Our paper describing the transition state of Takemoto tertiary amine thiourea catalyzed Michael addition of malonate to nitrostyrene is published in Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry. Congrats Joe and Yars!
March 27, 2019
Congratulations Victor Wambua for winning the university-wide graduate teaching award!
November 16, 2018
Congratulations Joseph Izzo for successfully defending his PhD! First Vetticatt lab PhD - proceeding to Aarhus, Denmark for post-doc position in the Jørgensen group.
August 20, 2018
Our collaborative work with the Jørgensen group at Aarhus University describing a novel mechanism for 'iminium-ion catalysis' is highlighted in Synfacts !
June 25, 2018
Our collaborative work with the Jørgensen group at Aarhus University describing a novel mechanism for 'iminium-ion catalysis' is accepted for publication in J. Am. Chem. Soc. Congrats Joe and Jeremy!
June 13, 2018
The group wins two poster awards at the Reaction Mechanisms Conference held in Vancouver, Canada. Congratulations Joe and Juliet!
April 14, 2018
Our latest paper on the use of 13C kinetic isotope effects to differentiate between enamine and enol mechanisms in aminocatalysis is published in Chem. Eur. J. Congratulations Vlad, Rachael, Yun, and Jen!
February 27, 2018
Our collaborative work with the Lambert group at Cornell University describing a novel mode of asymmetric induction has been accepted for publication in J. Am. Chem. Soc. Congrats Jen!
December 20, 2017
Congratulations to Joseph Izzo for winning a university-wide Graduate Student Award for Excellence in Research!
December 4, 2017
The group receives its first research grant from the NIH (R01 GM126283). Congratulations everyone!
June 29, 2017
The group's collaborative work with the Wulff group at Michigan State is published in J. Am. Chem. Soc. Congratulations Joe!
June 20, 2017
The group's work in enantiodivergent enamine catalysis is published in Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Congratulations Juliet, Victor, Yun & Jen!
January 27, 2017
The group's collaborative work with the Seidel group at Rutgers University is published in Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Congratulations Jen!
October 19, 2016 – The group's collaborative work with the Waser group at University of Linz is published in Chem. Eur. J. and is selected as a 'Hot Paper'. Congrats Joe (and Happy Birthday)!
October 19, 2016 - Our 2016 J. Am. Chem. Soc. paper on proline catalysis hits 3000 'Article Views'. ARTICLE METRICS
October 10, 2016 - Our 2016 J. Am. Chem. Soc. collaborative paper with Borhan group hits 3000 'Article Views'.
June 10, 2016 – Matt's collaborative work with the Borhan group at Michigan State University is published in J. Am. Chem. Soc.
April 2, 2016 – Congratulations Joseph Izzo for 'Honorable Mention' in the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program 2016!
June 3, 2015 – Collaborative work with the Wulff group at Michigan State University is published in Tetrahedron Letters.
May 15, 2015 – Congratulations to former Vetticatt group members who have secured admission into top graduate programs in Chemistry – Melissa Ashley (Columbia), Sierra Marker (Cornell), Sean White (Indiana Bloomington), and Yaroslaw Myschuk (SUNY Buffalo)
April 23, 2015 – Congratulations to Melissa Ashley for the successful defense of her honors thesis 'Applications of kinetic isotope effects in the L-proline catalyzed α-amination of aldehydes - an experimental and theoretical approach'
April 21, 2015 – Congratulations to Yaroslaw Myschuk for the successful defense of his honors thesis 'Michael Reaction of diethyl malonate to trans-β-nitrostyrene - kinetic isotope effects and elucidation of reaction mechanism'