Rao Lab
News
Papers, prizes, new arrivals and life in the lab.
Our iron catalyst is on the cover of Nature Chemistry
Priya’s iron complexes rival precious-metal catalysts. Congratulations to everyone involved!
Welcome, Jonah and Ana!
Two new members join the lab this semester: Jonah Brooks (PhD) and Ana Souza (MSc).
Ananya Rao receives the Swarnajayanti Fellowship
The fellowship supports five years of work on catalysis with earth-abundant metals.
A new single-crystal diffractometer arrives
Daniel and Mei can now solve a crystal structure in an afternoon.
Ana wins Best Poster at the International Conference on Organometallic Chemistry
Her poster on copper photocatalysts was chosen from more than 300 entries.
We released 400 crystal structures as open data
Every structure, with its spectra, is free on Zenodo and GitHub.
Dr. Aisha Bello defends her thesis
Aisha’s thesis on cobalt C–H activation was passed without corrections.
Lab retreat in the Western Ghats
Three days of talks, hikes and monsoon rain.