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WeiGroup@Purdue

@wei_group

Materials scientists and organic chemists @Purdue, with a twist of biology. It’s all about function.

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Joined October 2018
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Waiting for commencement to commence
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Excited to host Eric Kool, this years Lilly-Brown Lecturer in Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry!
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Purdue's Dept. of Chemistry has an opening for Director of Infrastructure (PhD level position) Please visit this link for more details: chem.purdue.edu/facultyopeni…
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Dinner with Gurpreet Kaur on her last day with us before returning to India. We loved having you and will miss you!
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Great advice for keeping a research lab happy and safe! “How Can I Help?” How Laboratory Workers and Supervisors Can Promote Laboratory Safety through Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Respect pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jac…
“How Can I Help?” How Laboratory Workers and Supervisors Can Promote Laboratory Safety through...

“How Can I Help?” How Laboratory Workers and Supervisors Can Promote Laboratory Safety through...

Our 2023 Editorial, “Reducing Risk: Strategies to Advance Laboratory Safety through Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Respect”, provided insight into how a

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Wilker group bought me a drink while watching Purdue give NC State a drubbing. Bottoms up and Boiler up!
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Big congrats to Betsy Parkinson (standing next to Purdue Pete) as our exceptional early career awardee! Bet you didn’t see this coming during faculty meeting!
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And Bingyuan!
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Looks like these people had a blast in New Orleans! Congrats to RJ for winning 2nd place in his poster session
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Niu group@niu_group15 Mar 2024
Chemistry makes plastics and Biology makes biopolymers, right? Writing in @J_A_C_S, we showed chemical polymerization makes #polysaccharide, too: Precision Cellulose from Living Cationic Polymerization of Glucose 1,2,4-Orthopivalates @ChemtryBC #glycotime pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jac…
Precision Cellulose from Living Cationic Polymerization of Glucose 1,2,4-Orthopivalates

Precision Cellulose from Living Cationic Polymerization of Glucose 1,2,4-Orthopivalates

Abstract. Cellulose serves as a sustainable biomaterial for a wide range of applications in biotechnology and materials science. While chemical and enzymat

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Enjoyed reading this Team Profiles article in Angew. Chem. on the successful collaboration between experimentalists and theorists (Haley and Wu labs)! It's great when people can converge on topics of mutual interest onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
Two Teams Are Better Than One: Where Theory and Experiment Successfully Interact

Two Teams Are Better Than One: Where Theory and Experiment Successfully Interact

“ ‘You know what, aromaticity is fun, but antiaromaticity is the real fun!'… We realized that while many DFT functionals are benchmarked for getting the correct geometries for aromatic compounds,...

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1️⃣ vs. 3️⃣ Billed as the Game of the Year. It did not disappoint. 🎞️ The cinematic highlights from the win over No. 1 Arizona.
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My colleague Jon Wilker has a practical approach that can address some serious problems with industrial adhesives and the enviroment. Check out the video below! Purdue Expert: Sustainable Glue youtu.be/x-nnIz5g6r4?si=5EIa… via @YouTube
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College of Science and College of Engineering jointly search for candidates to fill positions in Assistant Professor or Associate Professor of Advanced Materials. The review starts on Dec 8th. ⁦⁦@PurdueChemistry⁩ ⁦@PurdueEngineers⁩ careers.purdue.edu/job/West-…
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The Nobel Prize
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BREAKING NEWS The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2023 #NobelPrize in Chemistry to Moungi G. Bawendi, Louis E. Brus and Alexei I. Ekimov “for the discovery and synthesis of quantum dots.”
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Applying to grad school can be expensive, so this year Purdue Chemistry is paying the application fee for qualifying U.S. citizens or permanent residents applying to our PhD program for Fall 2024 admission. Learn more: bit.ly/24CHMAppOffer
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Just came back from giving the Hovey lectures at Wabash College (where I shared the research exploits of Wabash alum Ben Washer) and found THIS slipped under my office door. I’m so honored and grateful to have such wonderful students to work with! #blessed #whocouldaskformore
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Jahan Dawlaty@JahanDawlaty3 Sep 2023
Our department is hiring! We have a faculty opening in the area of physical chemistry. The link to apply is in our main departmental page below. Be our colleague in a great department in the sunny SoCal. Please spread the word by retweeting this. dornsife.usc.edu/chemistry/
Home - Department of Chemistry

Home - Department of Chemistry

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Although I don't follow rankings closely, it's always nice to see Purdue in the top 10 of a global ranking of universities. In this case, it's because we have such an active new press office! americancaldwell.com/guv-ran…
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