Congrats to G4 student Van Tran, who has been selected to represent Scripps Research at the 2020 Genentech Graduate Student Symposium in Chemical Research. Van will join seven other graduates students from nationally competitive selection process to visit Genentech for a two-day symposium (April 27-28). In the Engle lab, Van has pursued a diverse range of research topics. Most recently, she developed Ni(COD)(DQ) as a new air-stable Ni(0)–olefin precatalyst, which has attracted widespread attention within the chemical community and was highlighted in Nature Reviews Chemistry.