Congrats Samy 🥳

🥇Outstanding Master's Student Award🥇

New addition to our lab!😁

Buchi Pure Excellence Chromatography System. Streamlining Purification! What's not to love!

Congrats Clément!

Z-selective metathesis isn’t luck—it’s ligand design. N-adamantyl CAAC–Ru proves it! In ollaboration with the Mauduit group (@ENSCR) and UMICORE.

Congrats Fanny!

Chiral CAACs (#ChiCAACs) meet Rh/Ir: a new generation of well-defined catalysts driving asymmetric hydrogenation. Transnational collaboration: #Mauduit group (@ENSCR) #Wencel-Delord group (@Universität Würzburg).

Holiday Party 🎄

Joint celebration with the Romero Group

Welcome Noelle!

We warmly welcome Noelle Barroll as an undergraduate student in the group. Her motivation, enthusiasm and positive energy make her a real asset to the team.

Welcome Orion!

We are delighted to welcome Orion Moore to SDSU’s Master’s Program. Joining us from UC Santa Cruz, Orion will investigate the reactivity of transition metal hydrides. Exciting work lies ahead!

Welcome Sourav!

We are thrilled to welcome a new collaborator Dr. Sourav Roy as an SDSU Postdoctoral Fellow. A specialist in photocatalysis, Sourav joins us from Rouen University (Besset group) and IIT Ropar (PhD: Chatterjee group). We look forward to the exciting chemistry ahead!

JACSAu🥳 Congrats Meng🏅!

Axial chirality meets CAAC design: a decisive lever for enantio- and diastereocontrol in Ru-catalyzed metathesis. In collaboration with Mauduit (@ENSCR), Falivene (@Università di SalernoCavallo) and Cavallo (@KAUST).

Tentacles Unleashed

The wait is over!

After months in the deep...🪼

The Kraken 🦑

(our 4×4 MBraun glovebox)

has finally

risen!!! 😱

Front page!

From Toulouse to San Diego, in recognition of the Bertrand team’s enduring and seminal contributions to the field, Bethany's paper was featured on the front cover of Chem. Eur. J.

Congrats Clément!

N-Hydrazine cyclic(amino)(alkyl)carbene. A fresh addition to ruthenium oletin metathesis. A great collaboration with the Mauduit group (@ENSCR) and UMICORE.

DOC GRS 2025

What a fantastic week at SDSU as we hosted the Division of Organic Chemistry Graduate Research Symposium! Inspiring presentations, vibrant discussions, and incredible networking opportunities! A true celebration of organic chemistry and emerging talents.

Congrats Bethany!

Our “Genuine Carbene Conundrum” is finally out! A pleasure to work with Prof. Peltier (@NWU) on this concept article invitation.

Welcome Eva!

Eva a graduate student from the ENSC Rennes in France has joined the team for a summer intership

Welcome Alban!

Alban a graduate student from the ENSC Rennes in France has joined the team for a summer intership

Got more xtals!

....Too bad for the NMR tube! 😭

Out in JACS!

Check our recent publication on stereoinductive main group ambiphiles in collaboration with the Mauduit Group (ENSCR) and the Bertrand group (UCSD).

Out in JACS!

The first stable crystalline pyridinylidene derivative is finally out in JACS. Another great collaboration with the Mauduit Group (ENSCR) and the Bertrand group (UCSD).

Got xtals!

Metals hydrides are so sharp! Who knew?!

ACS Spring 2025

ACS San Diego delivered! Great science, great vibes! From brainstorming with the Romero group to catching up with the French crew from Orléans and Rouen. Vive la chimie!

Glovebox N°1

Our junior glovebox is finally up and running

Stills!

Took a while to organise but our stills are finally up and running.

2025! A fresh start for the team

New space, new challenges, and a new lab mascot #DrPeelymer! Grateful for the warm welcome from everyone at @ChemBioChem#SDSU!