Our ARM student from Glastonbury High School, Khushi, successfully completed her research study and presented her work at the Annual STEMposium held at her school.
Congratulations to Jose Matute!
Congratulations to Jose Matute on receiving the award for best short talk at the 2025 Connecticut Valley/Central Massachusetts ACS undergraduate research symposium
Undergraduate Research presentations
Our undergraduates (Michael Vrionides, Neveah Hutchins, and Arjun Ahuja) presented an impressive array of posters at the 2025 Undergraduate Frontiers Exhibition.
Poster presentations at the 2025 R.T. Major Chemistry symposium
Great presentations from the Kienzler Lab at the 2025 R.T. Major Chemistry Symposium! It was a pleasure engaging with our guest speakers, Dr. E.W. “Bert” Meijer (Eindhoven University of Technology) and Dr. Brett A. Helms (Berkeley laboratory)
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Welcome Swagata, Nevaeh, Razil and Rowan!
The Kienzler lab welcomes a new graduate researcher; Swagata and three undergraduate researchers; Rowan, Nevaeh and Razil. We’re excited to have you on board and look forward to exploring new discoveries together!
Prof. Raz Palty UConn visit
Prof. Raz Palty from the Ruth & Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine at the Israel Institute of Technology visited the Kienzler Lab. Pictured: Theo sharing his research during an engaging discussion with Prof. Palty.
Claire, Emmanuel, and Theo presented their research
Most of the Kienzler lab attended this year’s ACS-CVS Symposium on Frontiers in Organic Synthesis : Synthetic Chemistry of Value to Industry. Claire, Emmanuel, and Theo presented posters about their research to a spirited crowd of academic and professional chemists.
Another Successful MELD (Chemistry Outreach)

Today was another successful day of chemistry with over 100 students from 8 different Connecticut schools, through UConn’s ECE program.
Please read more about it here: https://today.uconn.edu/2024/05/high-school-students-get-hands-on-experience-at-uconn-chemistry-early-college-experience-day/
Welcome Anna and Jose!
The Kienzler lab warmly welcomes two new undergraduate researchers, Anna Coulter and Jose Matute into the lab!
Group outing to Boston to see Historical Scientific Instruments
The Kienzler lab went to Boston today to visit the Harvard Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments, enjoy the weather by the Charles River, and have a group meal.