The La Pierre Group
Group News
Way to go Haruko, Andrew, & Kaitlyn on your latest work making Ce alkyl and benzyl compounds in JACS.
April, 2024
Congrats Andrew, Max, & Ningxin on your latest work on Ln binding patterns in IC.
March, 2024
Check out Michael & Thaige's great work showing IVCT in molecular Yb in JACS.
February, 2024
Welcome to the group, Tyler-Rayne!
November, 2023
Go read Andrew's awesome work on Ce³⁺ structural distortion in Chem. Sci.
September, 2023
Congrats to Julie on becoming the group's first research scientist!
August, 2023
Welcome to our new postdoc, Max!
August, 2023
Arun has been busy, go read more awesome science from him in JACS.
August, 2023
Nice collaboration Ningxin and Arun on sulfur K-edge XAS in Chem. Commun.
July, 2023
Welcome to the group, Ben!
July, 2023
Go take a peak at the group's first transuranic paper in Angew. Chem.
June, 2023
Welcome to our newest group member, Florian!
June, 2023
Check out Arun's cool Pr paper in Nat. Commun.
May, 2023
Congrats to Kaitlyn on advancing to candidacy!
April, 2023
Congrats to our newest Dr. Arun Ramanathan! Good luck at Columbia.
April, 2023
Go check out Ningxin's newest paper on exchange-coupled lanthanide ions in Chem. Sci.
Congrats to Grant on advancing to candidacy!
March, 2023
Go check out Julie's valiant battle against crystallographic disorder in Inorg. Chem.
Check out Arun's preprint showing Pr4+ better resembles high-valent actinides than lanthanides on arXiv.
Congrats to Ningxin on his latest paper on titanium Kagome-lattice in JACS.
December, 2022
Check out our latest publication on dioxygen cleavage by U4+ in Chem. Commun.
November, 2022
Tiffany advances to candidacy!
July, 2022
Congrats to our undergrad Ryan on completing his B.S.! Good luck at Stanford.
May, 2022
Haruko advances to candidacy!
April, 2022
Check out our latest publication on Pr4+ in Dalton Trans.
April, 2022
Henry is promoted to Associate Professor with tenure! Congrats!
March, 2022
Michael joins the group as a postdoctoral researcher. Welcome!
January, 2022
Ningxin successfully defended his thesis! Congrats Ningxin!
December, 2021
Thaige successfully defended his thesis, congratulations!
October, 2021
Kate & Grant join the group as first year graduate students, welcome!
September, 2021
Luis successfully defended his thesis! Congratulations!
August, 2021
Check out our most recent work in Inorganic Chemistry and Chemical Communication. Congratulations, Thaige and Luis!
June 14th, 2021
Natalie successfully defended her thesis today and became the 1st Ph.D. from the La Pierre group! Congratulations, Dr. Rice!
April 16th, 2021
Congratulations to Arun for his works on Na2LnO3! Check them out in Inorganic Chemistry and Physical Review B!
March 13, 2021
Haruko and Tiffany join the group. Welcome!
December 1, 2020
Check out our preprint on Na2PrO3 on arXiv! Congratulations, Arun!
October 13, 2020
Luis's paper has been accepted Dalton Transaction. Congratulations!
October 13, 2020
Ningxin's work on (CH3NH3)2NaV3F12 is online now. Congratulations!
October 1, 2020
Our work on a d1 kagome lattice antiferromagnet is published in Nature Chemistry!
June 29, 2020
Julie joins the group as a post-doctoral associate! Welcome!
June 1, 2020
Check out our latest review article on tetravalent lanthanide in Dalton Transaction!
May 20, 2020
Natalie's paper was accepted by Chemical Science. Congratulations!
May 16, 2020
Check out our new paper in JACS. Congratulations, Natalie!
April 4, 2020
Luis's paper has been accepted by Dalton Transaction. Congratulations!
March 31, 2020
Thaige's paper is online now. Congrats! Check it here!
November 13, 2019
Check out our preprint on a d1 kagome lattice antiferromagnet on ChemRxiv. Read it here.
September 5, 2019
Ningxin's paper is accepted in Inorganic Chemistry! Check it out here!
August 28, 2019
Andrew joins the group. Welcome!
August 15, 2019
Our fourth paper has been accepted by JACS! Good job, Natalie! Read it here!
July 29, 2019
Congratulations to Luis, who has been awarded Conacyt scholarship!
July 28, 2019
The third paper this year is online now! Congratulations, Ningxin! Check it here!
July 15, 2019
Our second paper is online now! Congratulations, Thaige! Read it here!
April 29, 2019
Arun advances to candidacy!
April 26, 2019
Pete, Thaige, Natalie, and Ningxin present their work at the 2019 ACS National Meeting! Good job!
April 4, 2019
The first paper in La Pierre group was just accepted! Congratulations, Natalie! Read it here!
April 3, 2019
Kai joins the group as a post-doctoral associate!
October 1, 2018
Natalie, Thaige, and Ningxin present their work at the annual department retreat. Good work!
October 29-30, 2018
It is official now: the DOE Heavy Element Chemistry Program will support the La Pierre Group for our "Molecular Approaches to the Electronic Structure of Actinide Materials" research program!
September 13, 2018
Brandon advances to candidacy!
September 1, 2018
Dominic and Mike leave for grad school - good luck!
August 15, 2018
Luis advances to candidacy!
August 1, 2018
May is quite a busy month - Pete was also awarded an ORAU: Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award!
May 31, 2018
Pete is named a Beckman Young Investigator!
See also: https://www.cos.gatech.edu/hg/item/606520
May 29, 2018
Pete was awarded an ACS-PRF DNI Award! Thank you ACS-PRF.
May 23, 2018
Ningxin passes his candidacy exam!
April 19, 2018
Natalie advances to candidacy! Congratulations!
April 2, 2018
Check out the La Pierre group at ACS! Pete will be giving a talk on Weds., March 21 at 2:10 pm at the Ernest N. Memorial Convention Center, Room 352 (INORG 1142) on weak field ligands in f-element chemistry.
February 20, 2018
Arun, Mike, and Tilak join the group!
January 8, 2018
Kirsten graduates! Congratulations!
December 15, 2017
Thaige advances to candidacy!
September 14, 2017
Ningxin joins the group!
July 1, 2017
Mike has been awarded an ACS/DoE fellowship for the 2017 Summer School in Nuclear and Radiochemistry at Brookhaven National Lab. Congrats Mike!
March 14, 2017
Kirsten has been awarded an ACS/DoE fellowship for the 2017 Summer School in Nuclear and Radiochemistry at San Jose State University. Congrats Kirsten!
March 14, 2017
Lab renovations are completed!
January 26, 2017
Dominic joins the group!
January 9, 2017
Brandon, Kirsten, Luis, Natalie, and Thaige join the group!
October 1, 2016
The La Pierre Research Group starts at Georgia Tech today!
August 1, 2016
The lab design is completed!
May 19, 2016