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Elaine Chao has joined the group as a first year graduate student.

Sean was awarded the Guthikonda, Katz, Turro and Danishefsky (KTD) Fellowship in Organic Chemistry

Jimmy was awarded the Guthikonda, Walling, Nakanishi, and Breslow (WNB) Fellowship in Organic Chemistry

Juan was awarded the S&V Fourman Fellowship

Dr. Aldhous joins us as our first postdoctoral fellow! Tim recently completed his PhD with Prof. John Bower at the University of Liverpool.

Gulnihal joins as an incoming graduate student. She recently completed her BA at Rice University.

Makeda gave a talk on her career journey during Columbia Chemistry's 'PhD for a Day!' event.

Congratulations Erik on receiving the Guthikonda fellowship for summer research.

Get to know Makeda a bit more in her Synform Young Career Focus Interview.

Check out our JACS perspective on nucleophilic C(sp3)–(radio)fluorination.

Congratulations Jocelyn on being selected for a Barnard summer undergraduate research award.

Erik joins as an undergraduate student from Columbia College

Jocelyn joins us an undergraduate from Barnard College.

Makeda has been selected as a 2023 Thieme Chemistry Journals Awardee!

Our first class of graduate students have joined the group.

Croix joins us as an undergraduate at Columbia University.

The Tekle-Smith Lab is a new research group starting in the Columbia Chemistry Department in July 2022.