ANOTHER MANUSCRIPT ACCEPTED IN JACS!

March 7, 2013 - The Kovacs group's manuscript entitled "Characterization of Metastable Intermediates Formed in the Reaction Between a Mn(II) Complex and Dioxygen, Including a Crystallographic Structure of a Binuclear Mn(III)-Peroxo Species" appeared online today! 

Paper Accepted!

February 22, 2013 - Congratulations to Dr. Michael Coggins, whose paper Correlation Between Structural, Spectroscopic, and Reactivity Properties Within a Series of Structurally Analagous Metastable Manganese(III)-Alkylperoxo Complexes appeared online in JACS today!

Another Second-Year Exam

February 21, 2013 - Congratulations to Helen Ferreira, who also passed her Second-Year exam.  Our group is two for two for the second year in a row!

Second-Year Exam

February 14, 2013 - Julian Rees passed his departmental Second-Year qulifying exam today. Congratulations!

Another Thesis Defense!

December 12, 2012 - Congratulations to Dr. Michael Coggins, who defended his dissertation "Small Molecule Activation Studies Involving Thiolate-Ligated Manganese(II) Complexes and Biologically-Relevant Oxidants" this morning.  Michael will remain with the group as a post-doc through June, when he begins post-doctoral work with Prof. Thomas J. Meyer at the University of North Carolina. 

Undergrad Research Scholarship

December 5, 2012 - Congratulations to undergrad research student Nico Aldredge, who was awarded a 2012-2013 Mary Gates Research Scholarship.  Way to go!!

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