11/04/19
Kristina successfully defended her dissertation today, and is now the group’s third graduate of the year. Congratulations Dr. Vailonis!
08/01/19
Today, Joseph successfully defended his dissertation and celebrated with a cake made by Shelby. Congratulations Dr. DeJesus!
07/19/19
Congratulations to Kristina on her first-author JACS paper being featured in Science!
04/24/19
Congratulations to Dr. Jenkins on being named a fellow of the Institute for Nuclear Security.
04/05/19
The Jenkins Group bids farewell to Dr. Markus Anneser, as he completes his tenure as post doc and returns to Germany. Best of luck in your future endeavors!
01/02/19
Isabel Jensen has joined us as a first year graduate student. Welcome to the group!
10/25/18
Congratulations to Dr. Jenkins for the publication of two papers in ACS Omega!
10/23/18
Congratulations to Shelby Strausser and Dr. Jenkins on the publication of their paper in the Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters!
09/06/18
The Jenkins Group welcomes the addition of Dr. Xian Powers as a post-doctoral researcher. We are excited about the skill she will contribute to our research.
04/02/18
We would like to welcome Dr. Markus Anneser as a post-doctoral researcher. We are looking forward to the expertise he will bring to the group.
1/22/18
Congratulations to Joseph DeJesus and Dr. Jenkins on the publication of their paper in Journal of the American Chemical Society!
01/04/18
Congratulations to Dr. Preeti Chandrachud and Dr. Jenkins on publication of their article in the Encyclopedia of Inorganic and Bioinorganic Chemistry! We also wish to congratulate Luke Keller and Dr. Jenkins on the publication of their paper in Chemical Communications!
1/03/18
The Jenkins Group would like to welcome Vernon Stafford and Kevin Blatchford as first year graduate students. We wish them well in their doctoral endeavors.
01/02/18
The Jenkins Group wishes to congratulate Dr. Jenkins on the completion of his Scottish Sabbatical, and his return to the US.
09/01/2017
Congratulations to Dr. Jenkins on his Scotland Sabbatical! We wish him the best in his work there. He will be returning to the US in October for recruitment.
The Jenkins group is currently gaining new lab space. We are looking forward to moving into the Buehler 214 annex.
04/26/2017
Dr. Jenkins received Research and Creative Achievement – Professional Promise Award at 2017 Chancellor’s Honors Banquet. Read More
01/03/2017
The Jenkins Group welcomes Shelby Ferman as a 1st year graduate student. We wish her all the best in her work.
08/01/2016
Girard Van Trieste has completed his summer REU at UT. We wish him all the best as he finishes his degree at Shippensburg University
07/01/2016
Cover art for the Jenkins Group cover article in the June 13, 2016 edition of Organometallics.
06/01/2016
The Jenkins group would like to welcome Taylor Schmit and Gerard Van Trieste to the Jenkins group. Gerard is an REU summer student and Taylor is an incoming first-year graduate student. We wish them the best in their time here.
05/05/2016
Congratulations to Derek Mull on completion of his MS. He will be missed.
Congratulations to Lucas Wilkins and Matt Stevens on completion of their BS degrees in Chemistry. They have been undergraduate researchers in the group and will be missed.
04/04/2016
Preeti Chandrachud and Dr. Jenkins have published a paper in Organometallics. The article was chosen for the cover of the June 13th edition of Organometallics.
02/08/2016
Dr. Jenkins and Derek Mull have published a paper in Crystal Growth and Design.
10/06/2015
Dr. Brianna Hughes and Dr. David Jenkins publish a paper in Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers.
The Jenkins Group welcomes Dr. Gaya Elpitiya as a post-doctoral researcher. We wish her all the best in her work.
09/01/2015
Congratulations to Dr. Brianna Hughes a on completion of her PhD! Dr. Hughes is the fourth PhD student to graduate from the Jenkins group. She will be missed.”
05/05/2015
Preeti Chandrachud and Dr. David Jenkins publish a review of iron (IV) catalysis in Tetrahedron Letters.
11/07/2014
Dr. Alan Cramer and undergraduate Desirae Brakhage publish a paper in Chem Comm.
07/30/14
Dr. Chris Murdock and Dr. David Jenkins publish a paper in JACS on the synthesis of porous Metal-Organic Nanotubes (MONTs).
07/30/14
Dr. Chi-Linh Do-Thanh, Dr. Alan Cramer, Dr. Chris Murdock and Dr. David Jenkins publish a paper in Inorganica Chemica Acta in collaboration with Karl Bernstein and Dr. Jon Camden of the Camden research group.
07/25/14
Lee Ayscue completes his summer REU in the Jenkins group. He will continue his undergraduate work at Hampden Sydney College this fall.
05/07/2014
Congratulations to Dr. Chris Murdock and Dr. Alan Cramer on completion of their PhD’s! Drs. Murdock and Cramer are the second and third PhD students from the Jenkins group. They will be missed.
04/21/2014
Alan Cramer and Preeti Chandrachud publish a paper in Dalton Transactions.
03/21/2014
Chris Murdock and Alan Cramer attend ACS national meeting in Dallas. Both gave presentations on their research at the conference.
03/11/2014
Chris Murdock and Alan Cramer successfully defend their dissertations.
12/19/2013
Chris Murdock publishes a paper in JACS. Read More
10/28/2013
Brianna Hughes, Zheng Lu, and Dr. David Jenkins published a paper in Chemical Communications
10/14/2013
Christopher Murdock, Brianna Hughes, Zheng Lu, and Dr. David Jenkins publish in Coordination Chemistry Reviews.
08/01/2013
Christopher Murdock and Dr. David Jenkins collaborate with Dr. Dai’s research group for a new publication.
08/01/2013
Dr. David Jenkins receives the Quest Scholar of the Week from the University of Tennessee.
07/26/13
Heather Bass graduates as the first doctoral student from the Jenkins group. Heather is moving to Danville, Kentucky to teach at Centre College as a visiting professor for a year. Good luck to her in all she does!
07/26/2013
Asmita Shrestha finishes her summer as a REU student and continues to her undergrad at the University of the South in the fall.
May 2013
Zheng Lu completes his post-doc and accepts a job position at Halliburton in Houston, Texas.
03/20/2013
Heather Bass publishes second paper in Organometallics
02/12/2013
Professor Jenkins Received NSF CAREER Award Read More
02/05/2013
Christopher Murdock and Zheng Lu publish paper in Inorganic Chemistry
08/02/2012
Zheng Lu and Alan Cramer publish paper in Chemical Science
05/21/2012
Jenkins aziridination Highlighted in Angewandte Chemie
Jenkins aziridination catalysis highlighted in article by Dr. Stefan Bräse.
05/18/2012
New publication in Synlett
Dr. Jenkins published a Synpacts article about catalytic aziridination with aryl azides and alkenes.
04/25/2012
Jenkins Group Aziridination Catalysis Recognized in Organic Chemistry Portal
The Jenkins group’s catalysis research on aziridination was the leading highlight for the 4/23/2012 issue which focuses on C-N ring construction.
03/25/2012
Jenkins Group Members attend ACS National Meeting in San Diego
Christopher Murdock and Alan Cramer attended the 243rd ACS National Meeting in San Diego, California. Both group members gave talks about their research while at the conference.
03/05/2012
New Publication in Dalton Transactions
Christopher Murdock and Zheng Lu co-authored a paper with Dr. Jenkins to publish about MOFs as reagents.
02/11/2012
New Publication in Tetrahedron
Chi-Linh Do-Tanh, Alan Cramer, Zheng Lu, and Dr. Jenkins collaborated with Neelam Khanal and Dr. Michael Best to publish about chloride binding by a polyimidazolium macrocycle.
12/06/2011
Alan Cramer Publishes on JACS
Group member Alan Cramer co-authored a paper with Dr. Jenkins that is published in JACS. Read More
Jenkins Group Receives DOE Funding
Jenkins Group recently received funding from Department of Energy.
08/03/2010
Jenkins group publishes paper on ACS publication Organometallics. Read More