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Rounding out our class of 2nd year graduate students is Giulianna, who recently gave a phenomenal department-wide literature talk on repurposing poly(vinyl chloride) as a chlorinating reagent! Well done! UCLA Chem & Biochem

Shout out Garg Lab jog squad members Dani, Allison H., Georgia, Sarah, and Allison C., who all completed the LA half marathon on behalf of North Valley Caring Services! Special recognition goes to Georgia and Sarah, who placed 2nd and 3rd out of 516 in the women’s division!

For those up bright and early Sunday morning, come hear from Georgia about some of the latest strained intermediate chemistry in the group! #ACSSpring2025 UCLA Chem & Biochem

For those attending ACS in SD, we would love to see you on Monday afternoon at the Evans Symposium.  Congrats to Neil and all garg lab members past & present for this awesome recognition! #ACSSpring2025 ACS Organic Division UCLA Chem & Biochem UCLA

Be sure to check out Jordan’s talk later today to hear about a cyclic allene approach for an ongoing total synthesis! #ACSSpring2025 UCLA Chem & Biochem

ACS Spring 2025 was a blast!  A huge shoutout to lab members Georgia and Jordan for crushing their talks. And thanks to the organizers, speakers, and our guest of honor, Sally Evans, for the Evans Symposium! It was great to have many Garg lab members, past and present, together.

Our second years are doing amazing things! All four received NSF recognition: Allison C. was awarded the 2025 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship and Christina, Giulianna, and Ben received Honorable Mention. Well done! #NSFGRP UCLA Chem & Biochem U.S. National Science Foundation UCLA

Now online: Review by Luca McDermott, Zach Walters, Allison Clark & Neil Garg @garglab UCLA Chem & Biochem UCLA Chem & Biochem Geometric distortion as an enabling tool for organic synthesis nature.com/articles/s4416… ($)

Check out our review on the use of geometric distortion as an enabling tool for organic synthesis, just published in Nature Synthesis! Congrats to Luca, @zachwalterschem, and Allison! Read it here: nature.com/articles/s4416… UCLA Chem & Biochem

We are thrilled to share our latest study, just published in Nature Synthesis, on azacyclic 1,2,3-trienes. Congrats to Dominick, Dani, and Ana! nature.com/articles/s4416… @ucla UCLA Chem & Biochem Ken Houk

Now online: Article by Dominick C. Witkowski, Daniel W. Turner, Ana S. Bulger, Ken Houk & Neil K. Garg @garglab UCLA Chem & Biochem @ucla Synthesis and reactivity of nitrogen-containing strained cyclic 1,2,3-trienes nature.com/articles/s4416… ($)

Congrats to all, including our very own soon-to-be Dr. Luca McDermott!

Congratulations to Garg Lab alum Tejas, who was recently named one of C&EN’s Talented Twelve for 2025! UCLA Chem & Biochem

Congratulations to our newest Ph.D. Candidate Allison, who passed her candidacy exam with flying colors! Allison Clark UCLA Chem & Biochem

As the end of the quarter quickly approaches, we will be preparing for a bittersweet goodbye with our newest doctors, Ari, Dom, and Luca. Stay tuned to see what these three are up to next! 🥲🥂

Another candidate! Congrats to Ben (Ben Janda), who crushed his candidacy exam! UCLA Chem & Biochem

The celebrations continue! Congratulations to Christina for passing her candidacy exam! UCLA Chem & Biochem

We are 4 for 4 with new Ph.D. candidates! Congrats to Giulianna, and to all of our now 3rd year students for crushing candidacy! UCLA Chem & Biochem