~ M. Y. DARENSBOURG ~
RESEARCH LABORATORIES
Fall 2023 Graduation - Congratulations to Drs. Trung Le, Paulina Guerrero, and Manuel Quiroz!
2019 Annual Visit to Yankee's Tavern
2018 SEC Professor of the Year
2018 National Academy of Sciences Induction
The ACS Award in Organometallic Chemistry was presented at the ACS National Meeting in San Francisco on April 4, 2017.
Left: ACS President Allison A. Campbell, Award Recipient Marcetta Y. Darensbourg, and Dr. Jerzy Klosin of Dow Chemical Company.
Right: Kristin Bowman-James, Marilyn Mackiewicz, Marcetta Y. Darensbourg klosin
2017 Annual Visit to Yankee's Tavern
Fall 2017 Graduation - Congratulations to Drs. Rachel Chupik, Shengda Ding, and Pokhraj Ghosh!
Dr. Rachel Chupik, Dr. Marcetta Y. Darensbourg, Dr. Shengda Ding, and Dr. Pokhraj Ghosh
Happy Halloween from Dr. Nick!
Congratulations to our hardworking researchers on their graduation.
Left: Undergraduate Researchers Magy Mekhail, Yicheng Tong, Zachary Martinez, and Manuel Quiroz.
Right: Chemistry Department Faculty Members including Professors Marcetta Y. Darensbourg, Joe Zhou, Francois Gabbai, Tim Hughbanks, and Simon North.
Congratulations to Allen Lunsford for earning his Ph.D.! Allen has taken a new position with Intel in Portland, Oregon. Best of luck, Allen!
Left:
Allen Lunsford presented with his doctoral diploma by College of Science Assoctiate Dean Timothy Scott in December 2016.
Right: Allen Lunsford during his hooding ceremoy with his undergraduate as well as graduate advisor, Distinguished Professor Marcetta Y. Darensbourg.
2016 Undergraduate Research Mentoring Awards
Distinguished Professors Marcetta and Donald Darensbourg along with Allen Lunsford were presented with the
2016 Undergraduate Research Mentoring Awards by
Dean Meigan Aronson of the Texas A&M University College of Science.
Yankee's Tavern Fall 2016 - The MYD and DJD Groups and friends
Back: Dr. Hamid Soumei, Dr. Debangsu Sil, Prof. Donald J. Darensbourg, Allen Lunsford, Chris Delaney, Marcetta Y. Darensbourg, Shengda Ding, Xuemei Yang, Chase Pectol, Yanyan Wang
Front: Dr. Tiankun Zhao, Pokhraj Ghosh, Didjay Bruggeman, Abbey Kunkle
Spring 2016
Back: Xuemei Yang, Yicheng Tong, Shengda Ding, Dr. Xu-Feng Liu, Dr. Tiankun Zhao, Allen Lunsford, Pokhraj Ghosh, Prof. Marcetta Y. Darensbourg
Front: Chase Pectol, Dr. Xianggao Meng, Rachel Chupik
Spring 2015
Back: Shengda Ding, Allyson Morgan, Jason Denny, Allen Lunsford, Rachel Chupik, Magy Maurice, Prof. Marcetta Y. Darensbourg
Front: Pokhraj Ghosh, Randara Pulukkody, Danielle Crouthers, Ethel Mejia
Back: Andrew Yeung, Ning Wang, Ming Luo, Sam Kyran, Jason Denny, Magy Maurice, Hamid Samouei, Danielle Crouthers, Wan-Chun Chung
Middle: Allison Morgan, Shengda Ding, Yanyan Wang, Ethel Mejia, Randara Pulukkody, Rachel Chupik
Front: Prof. Donald J. Darensbourg, Rongjiao Zhu, Prof. Marcetta Y. Darensbourg
Mbeaux's 2014 - The MYD and DJD Groups and friends!
Back: Andrew Yeung, Wan-Chun Chung, Shengda Ding, Chris Arp, Fu-Te Tsai, Isaac Blythe, Ning Wang, Prof. Donald J. Darensbourg, Prof. Marcetta Y. Darensbourg, Kristina Goldstein, Ryan Bethel, Sergio Sanchez, Jason Denny
Front: Hamid Samouei, Rongjiao Zhu, Ethel Mejia, Yanyan Wang, Rachel Chupik, Randara Pulukkody, Magy Maurice, Danielle Crouthers, Pokhraj Ghosh
MYD Undergrad Mentoring
Allen Lunsford and Kristina Goldstein (2014)
Yankee's Tavern 2013 - The MYD and DJD Groups and friends!
Back: Shengda Ding, Fu-Te Tsai, Pokhraj Ghosh, Nolan Rush, Justin Fair, Jason Denny, Ryan Bethel, Chris Beto, Michael Drummond, Scott Harman
Middle: Joanna Chung, Yanyan Wang, Danielle Crouthers, Tiffany Pinder, Stephanie Wilson, Allen Lunsford, Prof. Donald J. Darensbourg, Rachel Chupik, Melissa Lee, Andrew Yeung, Samuel Kyran, Julio Cedeno, Seth Cochran
Front: Ethel Mejia, Mark Hsieh, Prof. Marcetta Y. Darensbourg, Randara Pulukkody
MYD/DJD Summer Undergrad Research (REU) 2013
Back: Michael Drummond, Nolan Rush, Andrew Yeung, Scott Harman, Chris Beto, Sam Kyran
Front: Prof. Don Darensbourg, Prof. Marcetta Darensbourg, Randara Pulukkody, Julio Cedeno-Alicea
Spring 2013
Back: Chung-Hung (Mark) Hsieh, Jason Denny, Ryan Bethel, Allen Lunsford, Scott Harman
Front: Pokhraj Ghosh, Tiffany Pinder, Shengda Ding, Prof. Marcetta Y. Darensbourg, Rachel Chupik, Danielle Crouthers, Steven Montalvo, Randara Pulukkody, Ethel Mejia
Spring 2013 - It's the MYD Group! Gig 'em!
Back: Steven Montalvo, Randara Pulukkody, Ethel Mejia, Rachel Chupik, Tiffany Pinder, Danielle Crouthers, Shengda Ding
Front: Pokhraj Ghosh, Scott Harman, Prof. Marcetta Y. Darensbourg, Ryan Bethel, Allen Lunsford, Chung-Hung (Mark) Hsieh, Jason Denny
Fall 2012
Back: Chung-Hung (Mark) Hsieh, Pokhraj Ghosh, Prof. Marcetta Y. Darensbourg, Ryan Bethel, Jason Denny, Allen Lunsford
Front: Tiffany Pinder, Danielle Crouthers, Rachel Chupik, Randara Pulukkody-Gunaratna, Ethel Mejia
MYD Summer Undergrad Research (REU) 2012
Left to Right: Nicholas Zaibaq, Pokhraj Ghosh, David Munoz, Danielle Crouthers, Prof. Marcetta Y. Darensbourg, Tiffany Pinder, Steven Montalvo
Summer 2012
End of Summer @ Yankee's Tavern!
Tree: Rachel Chupik, Stephanie Wilson, Ryan Bethel, Scott Harman, Sam Kyran
Back: Pokhraj Ghosh, Sheng-Hsuan Wei, Allen Lunsford, Scott Brothers, Steven Montalvo, Jason Denny
Front: Guangpeng Wu, Prof. Don Darensbourg, Chung-Hung Hsieh, Nick Zaibaq,
Floor: Bo Li, Ethel Mejia, Prof. Marcetta Darensbourg, Danielle Crouthers
Summer 2011
End of Summer @ Yankee's Tavern!
Back: Andrew Yeung, Sam Kyran, Yuraima Fonseca, Erica Schepp, Joanna Chung, Ross Poland, Matt Knestrick, Scott Brothers, Sunshine Wei, Jason Denny, Ryan Bethel, Jen Hess
Front: Scott Harman, Randara Pulukkody, Danielle Crouthers, Susan Butch, "Biker Frank", Mark Hsieh, Tiffany Pinder, Prof. Don J. Darensbourg, Prof. Marcetta Y. Darensbourg
Floor: Stephanie Wilson, Ethel Mejia
Spring 2011
Back: Danielle Crouthers, Jen Hess, Jason Denny, Ryan Bethel, Scott Brothers
Front: Prof. Marcetta Y. Darensbourg, Ethel Mejia, Chung-Hung (Mark) Hsieh, Tiffany Pinder, Allen Lunsford, Randara Pulukkody, Rachel Chupik
Spring 2011 - WHOOP!
Back: Danielle Crouthers, Jen Hess, Jason Denny, Ryan Bethel, Scott Brothers
Front: Prof. Marcetta Y. Darensbourg, Ethel Mejia, Chung-Hung (Mark) Hsieh, Tiffany Pinder, Allen Lunsford, Randara Pulukkody, Rachel Chupik
Fall 2010
The MYD and DJD Groups
Scott Brothers, Jason Denny, Prof. Don Darensbourg, Stephanie Wilson, Ross Poland, Michael Singleton, Sheng-Hsuan Wei, Ryan Bethel,
Chung-Hung Hsieh, Prof. Marcetta Darensbourg, Danielle Crouthers, Jennifer Hess, Wan-Chun Chung, Andrew Yeung,
Tiffany Pinder, Ethel Mejia, Osit Karroonnirun
Spring 2010
Chung-Hung Hsieh, Philip Duttweiler, Tiffany Pinder, Jason Denny, Jen Hess, Prof. Marcetta Darensbourg,
Scott Brothers, Danielle Crouthers, Roxanne Jenkins, Mike Singleton, Ryan Bethel
Spring 2009
Tianbiao Liu, Mike Singleton, BIn Li, Tiffany Pinder, Prof. Marcetta Darensbourg, Elky Almaraz, Jason Denny,
Roxanne Jenkins, Scott Brothers, Jen Hess, William Foley, Ryan Bethel
Summer 2008
236th ACS National Meeting, Philadelphia, PA
Dr. Jesse Tye, Roxanne Jenkins,Michael Singleton,
Elky Almaraz, Professor Marcetta Y. Darensbourg, Bin Li
Summer 2007