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The lab congratulates Dr. William Hearne for successfully defending his thesis and getting his Ph.D. Way to go Will!

The lab congratulates Dr. Nathan DeSousa on successfully defending his thesis and getting his Ph.D. Way to go Nathan!

The lab congratulates Sarah for passing her oral exams and becoming a Ph.D. candidate. Way to go Sarah!

Congratulations to Tanner for presenting his third year talk to the department! Excellent work!

Congratulations to undergraduates Pascale, Duncan, and Amil for defending their honors theses! Nice job and best of luck to the three in their future endeavors!

Gagné group member Brad Owen delivered his talk, “Palladium Silyl Cation Catalyzed Ring Opening and Nucleophilic Addition to Cyclic Allylic Ethers” at the 2025 Spring ACS Meeting in San Diego! Way to go Brad!

Congratulations to Brad for winning the Floyd Edmister Award and Tanner for winning the Thomas L. Isenhour and E.A. Booth Chemistry Award! Keep up the good work!

Congratulations to Nathan on his publication in Organometallics on mixed chloro-/fluoroaryl boranes as Lewis Acid catalysts for C-O bond cleavage/reduction! Check it out here.

Group members Will and Nate presented their research at the ACS national meeting in Denver, including two talks and a poster. Bear-y great job to the both of them!

The lab bids farewell to our postdoc Dr. Kevin Basemann as he starts his independent career at the University of Louisville. Best of luck to your future endeavors!