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08/26/25
Our postdoc Tern’s research work was highlighted by the Office of Postdoctoral Affairs!

08/14/25
Our collaborator Dr. Camden from the University of Notre Dame visited the Jenkins lab at UT!

08/07/25
Congratulations to Tern on his first-author paper in ACS Sensors from the click chemistry NHC project!

07/02/25
Congratulations to Jerred on his first-author paper in Organometallics!

06/12/25
Congratulations to Kevin and Vernon on their paper in Organometallics!

05/15/25
Today, we wish Jerred all the best in his future endeavors in the Bahamas!

05/01/25
Congratulations to Gurkiran for being recognized in the department for her outstanding performance as a graduate student!

04/26/25
Congratulations to our undergrads, Anna and Joe, on their awards at the annual Undergraduate Research Symposium!

04/01/25
Jerred passed his dissertation defense today. Congratulations Dr. Russell!

We’d like to welcome our newest member, Dr. Qiao Liu, who has joined us as a postdoctoral research associate on team MONTs!

03/08/25
Henry’s paper was featured in Dalton Transactions’ International Women’s Day 2025 collection! 

12/17/24
Congratulations to Henry on his first first-author paper in Dalton Transactions!

12/13/24
Congratulations to all of our fall 2024 graduates!

12/09/24
Welcome to the new members Caroline and Sean, joining us as first-year graduate students!

11/06/24
Congratulations to Patrick for passing his master’s thesis defense! 

10/02/24
}Jerred presented on his chiral tetra-carbene iron complexes at NOBCChE this year!

08/15/24
Congratulations to Isabel on her first-author paper in Materials Advances!

08/14/24
Gurkiran and Dr. Jenkins travelled to the University of Norte Dame for an annual collaborative meeting discussing research projects with the Camden group!

07/22/24
Congratulations to Isabel, Kevin, and Vernon for passing their dissertation defenses and graduating! This marks the first time three Jenkins group members have graduated in one semester. All of them did a fantastic job and their contributions to the group over the years are very much appreciated!

06/12/24
Congratulations to Jerred for his first first-author paper!

05/02/24
Congratulations Nathan and Jacob on their MONT morphology paper being published in Inorganic Chemistry!

05/02/24
Jacob just created a wikipedia article on MONTs!

03/17/24
Kevin, Gurkiran, Jacob, Dr. Jenkins and postdoc Tern just presented at the ACS Spring 2024 National Meeting in New Orleans!

03/13/24
Our ACS Applied Materials paper was recently featured in Advances in Engineering!

12/21/23
Congratulations Isabel on another first-author paper! It was featured on the cover of the Dec. 21st issue of Chemical Communications!

11/27/23
Welcome to the new members Lydia and Kyle, joining us as first-year graduate students!

09/26/23
Congratulations to Gurkiran on her first first-author paper!

07/14/23
Congratulations to Isabel on her new joint first-author paper! This marks the 50th paper published by the Jenkins Group!

05/04/23
Congratulations to Gurkiran for being recognized in the department for her outstanding CRP defense!

02/28/23
Congratulations to the SERS team on another joint publication with the Camden group!

01/24/23
Dr. Jenkins and postdoc Tern enjoyed their time in Thailand, touring and giving talks at both PACCON and VISTEC.

01/06/23
We’re starting off the new year right with a publication from the MONT project! Congratulations Jacob!

11/22/22
Welcome to new members Henry and Patrick, joining us as first-year graduate students!

11/01/22
Congratulations to Gurkiran on the publication of her first-author review of NHC-functionalized gold surfaces, written in collaboration with the Camden group. This review is also featured as the inside cover art for the December 11, 2022 issue of Chemical Communications. Check it out here!

10/21/22
This week Connor presented the results of his research at SERMACS in Puerto Rico. 

05/21/22
Congratulations to Rowan, Henry, and Logan for completing their undergraduate degrees!

04/05/22
Kevin’s first-author paper was recently published in Dalton Transactions. Check it out here!

03/01/22
We’d like to welcome our newest member, Dr. Phattananawee Nalaoh, who has joined us as a postdoctoral research associate!

01/06/22
Check out Xian’s new paper in Inorganic Chemistry!

12/21/21
Congratulations to Rowan and Shelby on the ACS Omega paper!

09/28/21
Our recent work with the Camden group has been published in Analytical Chemistry!

05/20/21
We welcome Gurkiran Kaur, our newest graduate student and member of Team SERS!

Congratulations to Shelby on the publication of her Organometallics paper!

05/10/21
Congratulations to Joe and Xian on their recent Chem. Sci. publication!

05/07/21
Today we wish Shelby all the best as she graduates and continues her career as a postdoc with the Crudden group at Queen’s University in Canada!

04/29/29
Congratulations to Shelby and Rowan on getting their collaborative paper published in Langmuir!

03/31/21
Today, Shelby successfully defended her dissertation today. Congratulations Dr. Strausser!

06/24/20
Our research into MONT growth, in collaboration with the Gianneschi group at Northwestern University, was recently published in ACS Nano.

02/04/20
Our collaborative research with the Camden group at the University of Notre Dame was recently published in Angewandte Chemie.

01/08/20
Jacob Barrett and Jerred Russell have joined us as first-year graduate students. Welcome to the group!

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