WildKet News
Keeping the lab up-to-date on what's going on!
Dr. Dom & the WildKets Profiled in the Daemen Voice
Two back-to-back profiles were published in the Daemen Voice, our university's marketing & communication bulletin, profiling Dr. Dom, the WildKets, and the incredible work showcased by Jill, Carlos, & Aleks at MERCURY this past summer. Check out the articles by using the buttons below!
Dr. Dom Gives Inaugural F'23 Tri-Beta Seminar
Dr. Dom gave the first department seminar of the Fall 2023 semester hosted by Daemen's Theta Upsilon chapter of Tri-Beta, the national biological honors society. Check out his slides here!
First Paper for the Sirianni Lab Published in JACS
Dr. Dom and collaborators from the University of Richmond, Cornell University, and Southern Methodist University (SMU) published their paper, "Variations on the Bergman Cyclization Theme: Electrocyclizations of Ionic Penta-, Hepta, and Octadiynes" in the Journal of the American Chemical Society (JACS), among the most prestigious and impactful journals in all of chemistry worldwide. Read the full, open-access paper here and check out Dr. Dom's blog post about the project for more details on the project and the entire process!
WildKets Attend MERCURY '23
Left to Right: Aleks Selyuzhitskiy, Jill Baltzley, Dr. Dom, & Carlos Vargas III at MERCURY '23 in Greenville, SC
Left to Right: Aleks Selyuzhitskiy, Jill Baltzley, Dr. Dom, & Carlos Vargas III at MERCURY '23 in Greenville, SC
Three WildKets (Aleks Selyuzhitskiy, Jill Baltzley, and Carlos Vargas III) attended the 2023 MERCURY conference along with Dr. Dom at Furman University's campus in Greenville, SC, from 7/19--7/21. Each student presented a one-minute promotional talk to the entire conference (>130 atendees!) and gave a poster during one of two hour-and-15-minute poster sessions.
Dr. Dom Profiled in the Insight
One of Dr. Dom's CHE 110 & 111 students, Mia Schiffmacher, profiled one of the research directions in the Sirianni Lab in the Daemen student newspaper, the Insight. To read more, check out the full article here!
Dr. Dom Talks @ LABSIP '22
Dr. Dom gave a flash talk at the inaugural LABSIP (Lowering Activation Barriers to Success in Physical Chemistry) virtual conference on 17 November, 2022, where he presented on his development of a simulated pressure-volume (P-V) work lab activity for CHE 303L. Check it out below! (Dr. Dom's talk runs from 32:12 - 38:22)
