The Kienzler lab took a break from the bench for a day of science, history, and good food in New Haven. We spent the afternoon exploring the recently renovated Yale Peabody Museum, where we took in fascinating exhibits ranging from ancient fossils to Indigenous artifacts and biodiversity displays.

After soaking in the natural history, we made our way to the legendary Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana to share laughs and classic New Haven-style pizza. It was a great day to connect outside the lab and appreciate both the scientific and culinary heritage of the area.

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 on receiving the award for best short talk at the 2025 Connecticut Valley/Central Massachusetts ACS undergraduate research symposium 

Our undergraduates (Michael Vrionides, Neveah Hutchins, and Arjun Ahuja) presented an impressive array of posters at the 2025 Undergraduate Frontiers Exhibition.

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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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 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.

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.

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/

The Kienzler lab warmly welcomes two new undergraduate researchers, Anna Coulter and Jose Matute into the lab!