March 2024
Dr. Melinda Serrato has received a Marie Curie Fellowship. Congratulations on this wonderful achievement!
December 2023
Marco Passia has returned to Aachen. Best wishes as you prepare for your dissertation!
Dr. Melinda Serrato has moved to Strasbourg, where she will be working as a postdoctoral scholar in the Hoveyda group. Once again, congratulations and best of luck in this next chapter of your career!
September 2023
Jakub Talcik has returned to Rennes. Best of luck as you conclude your research and write your dissertation!
Melinda Serrato has successfully defended her PhD thesis. Congratulations, Dr. Serrato! We are glad you will be staying with us for a few more months as a postdoctoral researcher before joining the lab of Hoveyda in Strasbourg.
Kai Oppel has returned to Würzburg, where he will continue on to his Masters. Best of luck!
August 2023
Victor Wang has successfully defended his PhD thesis. Congratulations, Dr. Wang! Wishing you all the best as you begin the next chapter of your journey - you will be missed!
Bethany Sawyer has joined the lab as a new undergraduate researcher. Welcome aboard!
Marco Passia has joined us as a visiting scholar from the Bolm group at RWTH Aachen. We look forward to working with you!
June 2023
Ying Kai Loh has completed his postdoctoral appointment and will be returning to Singapore. Best of luck in your future endeavours, you will be missed!
Hao Wei has graduated and will be attending UC Berkeley for his PhD studies. Once again, congratulations!
May 2023
Jakub Talcik has joined us as a visiting scholar from the Université de Rennes 1. Glad to have you aboard!
March 2023
Kai Oppel has joined us as a visiting scholar from Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg. We are excited to have you here!
January 2023
Happy New Year! Several new members have joined the lab.
Mehdi Abdellaoui has joined us as a new postdoctoral scholar from Sorbonne University in Paris. Working with him will be Zishang Wu, a new undergraduate researcher. Finally, Levan Gojiashvili has chosen to join our lab for his graduate studies. Welcome aboard & good luck!
Hao Wei has received the 2022-2023 UC San Diego Physcial Sciences Dean's Undergaduate Award for Excellence! This is outstanding news, and we are very proud of you, Hao.
September 2022
Ershuang Lu has joined the lab as a new undergraduate researcher. Welcome!
Jan Lorkowski, an alumnus of our lab, has returned as a post-doctoral scholar. Glad to have you back!
August 2022
Adam has successfully defended his thesis. Congratulations, Dr. Vianna!
Wenyi Dong has joined the lab as a new undergraduate researcher. Welcome!
Sonia Bajo has returned home to Spain after her stay at UC San Diego. It was a pleasure working with you! All the best as you begin your habilitation at the Universidad de Sevilla.
June 2022
Francois has successfully defended his thesis. Congratulations, Dr. Vermersch! Best of luck with your new start-up position, glad to know you'll still be in San Diego!
May 2022
Hao has received the 2022 Undergraduate Summer Research Award. Congratulations!
March 2022
Our three visiting scholars, André Faria-Vieira (Germany), Vojtěch Dočekal (Czech Republic), and Armand Taussat (France), have returned to their home countries to continue their studies. Best of luck in your future endeavours!
February 2022
Victor and Joseph have both received the Teaching Excellence Award for Fall 2021. Congratulations!
Florian Mulks finishes his stay at UC San Diego and has returned to Germany. Best of luck as you begin your research program at RWTH Aachen!
November 2021
Sonia Bajo and Florian Mulks have both arrived in San Diego. We look forward to working with you!
October 2021
Vojtěch Dočekal and Armand Taussat have arrived in San Diego. Welcome!
Melinda receives the Teaching Excellence Award for Spring 2021, great job!
September 2021
Andre Faria-Vieira has joined us in San Diego, from Free University Berlin! He will be with us for at least the next six months. Good luck!
Dr. Glen Junor has received the postdoctoral MIT Climate & Sustainability Consortium (MCSC) Impact Fellowship. As an inaugural fellow, he is working to make a real impact on global warming by helping the transition of chemical manufacturing to renewable processes. We are proud!
August 2021
Dr. Ying Kai Loh has finally joined us in San Diego! We look forward to working with you in the lab.
July 2021
Sima Yazdani successfully defends her PhD! Congratulations, Dr. Yazdani!
June 2021
Glen Junor successfully defends his PhD! As a post-doc, he will be working with Karthish Manthiram's group at MIT. Congratulations and best of luck, Dr. Junor!
May 2021
Dr. Jesse Peltier receives the 2021 Chancellor's Dissertation Medal! Congratulations on your outstanding achievement!
April 2021
Patrick gets the Teaching Excellence Award for Winter 2021, great job!
February 2021
Melinda gets the Teaching Excellence Award for Fall 2020, great job!
October 2020
Guy was awarded the 2020 Grand Prize from the Fondation de la Maison de la Chimie for his work on the stabilization of highly reactive species, in particular carbenes! He shares the prize with Krzysztof Matyjaszewski. Congratulations!!
August 2020
Jesse Peltier successfully defends his PhD. Congratulations Dr. Peltier!!
July 2020
Victor gets the Spring 2020 Teaching Assistant Excellence Award, great job!
June 2020
Joseph gets the ACS Undergraduate Award in Inorganic Chemistry, amazing news!
Francois gets the Teaching Excellence Award, great job!
We also want to welcome our incoming Postdocs Dr. Florian Mulks and Dr. Ying Kai Loh and incoming visiting scholar Chloe Stoll. Though you cannot be at the lab in-person yet, due to coron virus travel and work restrictions, we still want to welcome you. Looking forward to working with you all soon!
May 2020
Jan Lorkowski returns to Poland to finish his PhD. Good luck!!
April 2020
Jesse was awarded the UC Presidents Postdoctoral Fellowship! He will start working with Professor Long at UC Berkeley in the Fall. Congratulations!
December 2019
Yolanda Navarro Garcia returns to Spain and Shrikant Nilewar returns to Canada to finish their PhDs. Good luck!!!
November 2019
Joseph Hunter is awarded the 2019-2020 UC San Diego Physical Sciences Dean’s Undergraduate Award for Excellence! Congratulations!!!
October 2019
Rebecca Samuels joins us as an undergraduate student researcher. Enjoy your new research!
September 2019
Yolanda Navarro Garcia from University of Almería, Spain and Shrikant Nilewar from University of Regina, Canada join our group for 3 months. I hope you enjoy your stay!
Georgiana finishes her stay at UC San Diego. Good luck to your future!
August 2019
Daniel Tolentino succesfully defends his PhD! Congratulations Dr. Dan, enjoy Intel!
Nahal finishes her stay at UC San Diego. Good luck on your future endeavors!
July 2019
Jan Lorkowski joins our group from Adam Mickiewicz University in Poland. He will be with us for 1 year. Good luck on your research!
June 2019
Alexis Day joins our group from Xavier University of Louisiana, as part of the STARS program. She will be with us for 2 months. Good luck!
Georgiana Dragomir Maties joins our group as a visiting scholar from Universidad de Alcalá, Spain. She will be with us for 3 months. Good luck!
May 2019
Dr. Erik Romero receives the Chancellor's Dissertation Medal! Congratulations!!
April 2019
Xi Chen graduates from UCSD with her B.S. in Chemistry. Next, she will pursue a M.S. in Chemical Engineering at UCLA. Good luck on your studies!
February 2019
Nahal Soltani joins our group as a visiting scholar from Paris, France. She worked in Grec Nocton's group at École Polytechnique (X), Palaiseau, Île-de-France, France. She will be with us for 1 year. Good luck!
December 2018
Delphine Pichon returns home to the Mauduit lab, in France. Best of luck on your research!
October 2018
Erik A. Romero successfully defended his dissertation! He will now go to John Hartwig’s group at UC Berkeley for more training. Best of luck for your future!
Xi Chen was awarded the Physical Sciences Dean's Undergraduate Award for Excellence. Congrats Xi! Keep up the good work.
August 2018
Delphine Pichon comes to the Bertrand group as a visiting scholar from Rennes, France. She hails from the group of Dr. Marc Mauduit and will stay for a few months. Best of luck on your research!!
June 2018
Dr. Ryo Nakano leaves the lab to head back to Japan to continue his amazing research career. Keep up the amazing work!!!
April 2018
Glen Junor has been awarded an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship (GRFP). Congratulations Glen, keep up the excellent work!
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February 2018
Cory Weinstein successfully defends his thesis! Congratulations Dr. Cory Weinstein! He will now take his skills to Portland, Oregon where he will make our electronics better at Intel Corp.
January 2018
Today (January 31, 2018), over the La Jolla skyline, we saw a rare celestial event called the super blue blood moon and have gotten photographic proof of said event. Enjoy!
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Happy New Year from all of us at the Bertrand Group!!!
Shengmei Guo leaves the group after staying for 1 year! Best of luck for your future!
Eder Tomás González de Mendivil leaves the group after 2 years. During his time, he graced us with the BICAAC, which will allow for some great chemistry in the future. We wish you the best of luck for your future!
Melinda and Victor officially join the Bertrand group as Ph.D students. Best of luck for your next 5 years. Go discover something great!
December 25, 2017
Merry Christmas from the Bertrand Group!!!
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October 31, 2017
HAPPY HALLOWEEN from the Bertrand Group!!! Here’s a THF pumpkin. Enjoy!!
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September 2017
Vianney Regnier and Lilja Kristinsdottir both leave the group after their respective 3 month stays in the Bertrand group. We wish you both the best of luck in your futures!
Max Hansmann leaves the group after staying for 2 years and finishing some exciting chemistry! Best of luck for your future!
August 2017
Our work on the spectroscopic characterization of monomeric LCu(I)-H and the isolation of a neutral LAg(I)-H monomer has been highlighted in chemistryviews.org. Check it out!
July 2017
Francois Vermersch leaves the group for his last summer vacation before returning in September as a graduate student at UCSD. Have a great summer and send us photos of Lyon, France.
June 2017
Two undergraduate students join the Bertrand research group. Have fun and go discover something amazing.
May 2017
Francois Vermersch joins the group as a visiting scholar from France. Enjoy your time here my friend.
January 2017
Dr. Shengmei Guo joins the group as a visiting scholar from China’s Nanchang University. Best of luck during your time with us.
Congratulations to Dr. Janell Mahoney for successfully defending her dissertation.
December 2016
Cory Weinstein is awarded the 2017 Distinguished Graduate Student Fellowship. Congratulations and keep up the fantastic work!
Glen Junor and Adam Vianna join the group. Good luck on your PhDs.
August 2016
Erik A. Romero is awarded a GAANN fellowship. Congratuations! Keep up the outstanding work.
July 2016
Pauline Olsen leaves the group. Best of luck for your future!
May 2016
Dr. Dominik Munz leaves the lab and returns to Germany. Best of luck for your future!
Dr. Max M. Hansmann from Germany joins the lab as a post-doctoral scholar
March 2016
Dr. Eder Tomás González de Mendivil from Spain joins the group as a visiting scholar.
Dr. Jiaxiang Chu leaves the lab for a post-doc position at UC Santa Barbara. Best wishes for your future.
Jesse Peltier is awarded the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship. Congratulations! Keep up the outstanding work.
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November 2015
Congratulations to Dr. David Ruiz for successfully defending his dissertation.
October 2015
After his two year visit, Liu Liu has returned to China to finish the rest of his PhD. Good luck!
August 2015
Domenik S. and Glen have ended their stay with the lab. Best wishes to your futures.
June 2015
Our publication in Science Advances was highlighted in Chemistry World.
Desiree and Fatme have ended their stay with the lab. Best wishes to your futures.
Undergraduate student Glen Junor from UC Irvine is joining the lab for two months with the UC LEADS program.
April 2015
Two new visiting students arrived and will spend several months with us. Desireé Carrasco from Spain and Domenik Schleier from Germany. Good luck in the lab!
March 2015
Our collaborative project with Prof. Cazin’s group is showcased in Chem. Commun.
Erik A. Romero was awarded an American Chemical Society Undergraduate Award for 2014 at UC Riverside. Congratulations! Keep up the great work.
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February 2015
Dr. Liqun Jin and Dr. Xingbang Hu head back to China after their two year stint in the lab. Best wishes to both!
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Dr. Mael Poizat heads back to France after his time with the lab. Best wishes on your future.
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January 2015
Our joint publication with Prof. Grubbs was highlighted in Science.
Pauline M. Olsen from UC Riverside and Jesse Peltier from Dartmouth College have joined as new graduate students.
Dr. Fatme Dahcheh has joined the team. She recently completed her PhD with Prof. D. Stephan. Happy to have you.
December 2014
Learn about the history, applications, and bright future of the carbene we developed, highlighted in Acc. Chem. Res.
November 2014
Erik A. Romero, from UC Riverside, joins as a new graduate student. Have an outstanding time during your PhD.
Former post-doc Dr. Rodolphe Jazzar returns as a CNRS research associate. Happy to have you.
October 2014
After spending several months with us, visiting graduate student Conor Pranckevicius returns to the University of Toronto to finish his PhD with Prof. D. Stephan. Best wishes on your future.
Former post-doc Dr. Bastien Chatelet begins his new career as a Temporary Attaché for teaching and research at the CNRS Institut des Sciences Moléculaires de Marseille (France). Best wishes on your future.
Recent graduate Dr. Martin Ellinger starts his new career as a Scientific Analyst at Morrison & Foster LLP. Best wishes on your future.
Former graduate Dr. Matt Asay begins his new career as a Researcher at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM). Best wishes on your future.
Former CNRS staff Dr. David Martin begins his new career as a Researcher at the Département de Chimie Moléculaire, Université Joseph Fourier, Grenoble-Alpes (France). Best wishes on your future.
June 2014
Dr. David Weinberger successfully defended his dissertation. He joined the Schelter group at the University of Pennsylvania as a Post-Doctoral Scholar. Best wishes on your future.
Dr. Martin Ellinger successfully defended his dissertation.
August 2013
Our publication on gold zero complexes was highlighted in Nature Chemistry.