Taking a break from life at Maranatha Christian High School, Jessica Xu joins the Engle lab for 7 weeks of summer. Having cleaned her hands from helping the lab with many high-vac oil changes, she jumped right into compound purification by Column Chromotagraphy.

Flying into sunny San Diego for a change of scenery, Joshua arrives from King’s College in London to conduct research in the Engle Lab. Even in the face of powerful jetlag, Josh set up his first reaction in the lab and isolated pure product with ease.

The Engle Lab celebrates a successful first year at Scripps by eating way too much, being rolled home, and then realizing there’s a cake to finish too. Thanks, Onami Tora Seafood Buffet!

Traveling down from California State University, Long Beach, Annabelle starts as a summer undergraduate researcher in the Engle lab. Without any hesitation, Annabelle has quickly utilized her lab skills from the group of Prof. Michael P. Schramm to enter the realm of transition metal catalysis.

Making her way from UCSD, Tian “May” Zeng has officially joined the Engle Lab’s ranks to pursue her passion for chemistry. Eager to begin her research in organometallic methods, May was quick to hone her skills in the lab in only a matter of days (and with an energetic positive attitude)!

Keary recently took to the blogosphere with his piece, “The Science of Writing.”

Check it out on the UMich LSA Young Alumni Blog, here.

On Thursday, May 26th, Keary returned to his alma mater, West Ottawa High School, to deliver the commencement address. Congratulations to the WOHS Class of 2016! It was an awesome event to be a part of.

For the Holland Sentinel‘s write-up, click here.

To celebrate all of the recent successes and unwind, the Engle Lab held its first BYOBG (Bring-Your-Own-Board-Game) and BBQ Night. Meats were Grilled, games were played, and we learned who should never be trusted in Werewolf.

Congratulations to Kin on his News & Views piece, “Precision Pruning of Molecules,” which appeared in todays issue of Nature. The article highlights a recent breakthrough by the research group of Prof. Huw M. L. Davies at Emory University, on the C2-selective C–H functionalization of linear aliphatic compounds (e.g., pentane).

To learn more, click here for Kin’s write-up and here for the original paper. To learn more about the NSF Center for Stereoselective C–H Functionalization, which helped sponsor the research, click here.

After scoring high-fives from Hermione, the authors of our recent hydroamination paper celebrated in style at Taegukgi Korean BBQ House. Massive food comas ensued.