8 May, 2024 – Matt closed out a busy spring with a fantastic department-wide seminar as part of the Inorganic Third Year talks. Congratulations on passing this thesis milestone!
Both Dylan and Claire commemorated their success with Gateway Plushies (and Mr. Worldwide… da le)!
7 May, 2024 – Dylan excelled in his Research Gateway Exam, talking about silica-surface model chemistry with bona fide materials scientists. Awesome job, Dylan!
2 May, 2024 – Ellis made history as the Buss Group’s first graduate (undergraduate). We are so proud of all he has accomplished and learned and wish him the best of luck as he continues his journey at Berkeley in the fall.
25 April, 2024 – Hayley completed the fourth-year sweep with a successful data meeting. Congratulations, Hayley!
24 April, 2024 – The UM Chemistry Department celebrated the excellence of its undergraduate population with the annual award ceremony.
Ellis garnered distinction with the ACS Huron Valley Section Outstanding Student Leadership Award. Awesome work Ellis!
23 April, 2024 – Andrew completed his data meeting. Congratulations!
15 April, 2024 – Congratulations to Michela for completing her data meeting!
27 March, 2024 – Sarah Reed officially became the Buss Group’s newest member. Welcome back Sarah, we couldn’t be happier to have you returning to the team!
29 April, 2024 – Claire crushed her second year Research Gateway Exam, impressing her committee with the extent, rigor, and thoughtfulness of her work. Way to go!
5 March, 2024 – Josh headed west to South Bend to share some Buss group science with the inorganic folks at Notre Dame. Awesome to both catch up with old friends and meet new ones!
26 February, 2024 – A trip to the Big Easy for a student-invited research seminar at Tulane University. A big thanks to Addie Fraker and Prof. Alex McSkimming.
4-9 February, 2024 – Josh attended his first ever Atomically Precise Nanochemistry Gordon Research Conference. Really cool to see chemistry blurring the lines between molecules and materials!
9 January, 2024 – The University of Michigan completed a perfect (14 -0!!!) NCAA football season to secure the national championship. Celebrations ensued in Ann Arbor! Meanwhile, the Buss Group adopted findensers to offset the carbon footprint of this Michigan-themed big rig.
The Buss group starts off strong in 2024 with Graden Snyder (Left) officially becoming the newest member! Additionally, we have Shae Hagler (Middle) and Marek Vavrovic (Right) rotating for the Winter semester. It is great to have all three of them on the team!
We all got together for an evening of fun, food, and friendship (and espresso!) at the Buss house. There was even a special appearance from a pair from Mount Crumpit!
“Well done, Max!”
An awesome showing from the lab down in Bowling Green–posters from the whole team and a fantastic talk by Hayley!
Ellis' poster earned recognition as the top undergraduate poster presentation; great job Ellis!
9 November, 2023 – Better late than never. A warm Buss-group welcome to the three awesome rotation students who matched for the Fall ’23 semester. We are excited for you all to learn what we are about, get integrated into the lab, and we are keen to see how your different flavors of metal cluster chemistry evolve.
13 October, 2023 – Michela just published her metal-metal salt metathesis chemistry in an awesome ACIE communication. Check out the first example of using arene-supported metallates to construct heteromultimetallic clusters here. Great work Michela!
27-28 July, 2023 – Posters galore. Hayley, Matt, Claire, Dylan, and Graden proudly represented the Buss Group at the annual Karle Symposium. Ellis presented the day prior at the URANIUM poster event. Awesome job all! (Special thanks to the official Buss group photographer Colin Tichvon)
9-14 July, 2023 – A successful trip to Salve Regina via UConn Chemistry (thanks Gaël!) for a fruitful Organometallics GRC. It was awesome seeing close friends and reconnecting with the CENTC crowd.
12 June, 2023 – The Buss Group welcomes Graden Snyder for a summer rotation! We were anticipating some excellent multimetallic chemistry and Graden did not disappoint!
5 June, 2023 – Andrew publishes his tricopper hydride chemistry as the Buss Group’s inaugural publication. Check some awesome synthesis, XRD, and CO2 reactivity studies here.
Andrew's chemistry was selected for a highlight in Nature Reviews Chemistry; you can check it out here.
8 May, 2023 – Matt successfully completes his Research Gateway Exam! Way to go, Matt.
1 May, 2023 – A new undergraduate researcher joins the team. Welcome Mason, very excited to have you in the lab.
19 April, 2023 – The Buss Group welcomes its newest graduate students: Claire Patterson and Dylan Bodner. Super excited to have both of you joining the team and can’t wait to see the great science that lies ahead.
7 April, 2023 – Ellis presents his work at the UM Undergraduate Research Symposium. Check out those proud parents!
26-30 March, 2023 – Josh gave two talks at the ACS Conference in Indianapolis; he was beyond grateful to have an opportunity to participate in the ACS Organometallics Award Symposium honoring his postdoc advisor, Professor Shannon Stahl.
22 March, 2023 – Josh headed east to Oakland University to interface with chemistry colleagues in nearby Rochester Hills. Thanks for the speaker invite, Zach!
3 March, 2023 – Hayley closed out the Buss Group’s Inorganic Departmental Third-Year Seminars with a great presentation. She was joined by Michael Lengel from the Lehnert Lab. A big congratulations to Hayley on completing this milestone.
17 February, 2023 – The Buss Group was well-represented in the first installment of Inorganic Departmental Third-Year Seminars. A big congratulations to both Michela and Andrew for giving great talks.
Michela was selected as a Third-Year Seminar Prize Winner for both her excellent science and exceptional delivery.
19-20 January, 2023 – Josh visited nearby Calvin University and Hope College to share some Buss group chemistry with fellow Michiganders. PS: Lake Michigan is beautiful, even when icy.
9 January, 2023 – Three new rotation students will be calling the Buss Group home for the Winter semester. We are very excited to have Christian Andre, Dylan Bodner, and Claire Patterson joining the team. Welcome!
7 January, 2023 – UM Chemistry kicked off the new year with a holiday celebration on ice!
5 November, 2022 – Josh and Yaneli get married! After a COVID postponement, they were finally able to celebrate their union with friends and family. Louie was dressed to the nines.
Buss group third years, (L to R) Michela, Andrew, and Hayley along with postdoc, Dolores, each gave presentations at the Fall ACS 2022 National Meeting in Chicago, Illinois last week.
This week, Dale and Hayley presented their research at the URAN|UM and the Karle Symposiums, respectively. The group had a great time hearing about cutting-edge science happening throughout LSA and at neighboring universities! Great work!
Hayley was recognized with an award for best poster; great job!
The Buss group grows! Two new undergraduate researchers, Dale and Ellis, as well as returning first year graduate student, Matt, have officially joined the team. We welcome you and are excited to see the cool chemistry you will conduct in the lab!
![Party Face Emoji [Free Download All Emojis] | Emoji Island](http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1061/1924/products/4_grande.png?v=1571606116)
