Doctoral Defense
May 2nd, 2023
Congratulations to Dr. Sanghyun Lim on successfully defending his thesis! Great Job Dr. Lim! We wish you all the best in the next chapter of your life!
Publication
April 5th, 2023
“Expanding Reaction Profile of Allyl Carboxylates via 1,2-Radical Migration (RaM): Visible-Light-Induced Phosphine-Catalyzed 1,3-Carbobromination of Allyl Carboxylates” has been published in J. Am. Chem. Soc.
Congratulations to Gaoyuan Zhao, Sanghyun Lim, and Ming-Yu Ngai.
Doctoral Defense
Jan 10th, 2023
Congratulations to Dr. Wang Yao on successfully defending his thesis! We wish you all the best @PrimeMedicine in Boston!
Publication
Dec 10th, 2022
A Book Chapter: “(Hetero)Aryl C-H Amination via Organic Electrochemistry” has been published in the Handbook of CH-Functionalization
Congratulations to Jagrut A. Shah and Ming-Yu Ngai.
Publication
Nov 3rd, 2022
“Excited-State Copper-Catalyzed [4 + 1] Annulation Reaction Enables Modular Synthesis of α,β-Unsaturated-γ-Lactams” has been published in J. Am. Chem. Soc.
Congratulations to Satavisha Sarkar, Arghya Banerjee, Jagrut A. Shah, Upasana Mukherjee, and Ming-Yu Ngai.
Publication
Oct 10th, 2022
“Excited-State Palladium-Catalyzed α-Selective C1-Ketonylation” has been published in CCS Chem.
Congratulations to Gaoyuan Zhao, Upasana Mukherjee, Jaclyn N. Mauro, and Ming-Yu Ngai.
Publication
May 11th, 2022
“C2-ketonylation of carbohydrates via excited-state palladium-catalyzed 1,2-spin-center shift” has been published in Chem. Sci.
Congratulations to Gaoyuan Zhao, Upasana Mukherjee, Wang Yao, Jaclyn N. Mauro, and Ming-Yu Ngai.
Chemistry Award for Advanced Graduate Student Teaching Assistant
April 12th, 2022
Congratulations to Jaclyn Mauro for being awarded the Chemistry Award for Advanced Graduate Student Teaching Assistant!
2022 Dr. Kenneth M. Nicholas Undergraduate Fellowship
March 22nd, 2022
Congratulations to Nicholas Wodzenski for being awarded the 2022 Dr. Kenneth M. Nicholas Undergraduate Fellowship!
2022 Frances Velay Women and Science Research Fellowship
March 19th, 2022
Congratulations to Saba Gulzar for being awarded the 2022 Frances Velay Women and Science Research Fellowship!
Publication
February 21st, 2022
“Excited-State Palladium-Catalyzed Radical Migratory Mizoroki–Heck Reaction Enables C2-Alkenylation of Carbohydrates” has been published in J. Am. Chem. Soc.
Congratulations to Wang Yao, Gaoyuan Zhao, Upasana Mukherjee, and Ming-Yu Ngai.
Sei Sujishi Award
February 19th, 2022
Congratulations to Saba Gulzar for being awarded the Sei Sujishi award!
Publication
November 16th, 2021
“Excited-State Copper Catalysis for the Synthesis of Heterocycles” has been published in Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.
Congratulations to Arghya Banerjee, Satavisha Sarkar, Jagrut A. Shah, Emmanuel Bazan-Bergamino, and Ming-Yu Ngai.
Chemistry Research Day Poster Award
October 29th, 2021
Congratulations to Wang Yao for being awarded the Best Poster Award in organic chemistry!
Publication
October 22nd, 2021
“Asymmetric Photocatalysis Enabled by Chiral Organocatalysts” has been published in ChemCatChem
Congratulations to Wang Yao, Emmanuel Bazan-Bergamino, and Ming-Yu Ngai.
Master Defense
July 29th, 2021
Congratulations Emmanuel Bazan-Bergamino for successfully defended his master thesis via Zoom!
Publication
June 4th, 2021
“Nickel-Catalyzed Radical Migratory Coupling Enables C-2 Arylation of Carbohydrates” has been published in J. Am. Chem. Soc.
Congratulations to Gaoyuan Zhao, Wang Yao, Jaclyn N. Mauro, and Ming-Yu Ngai.
Graduate Research Award
May 17th, 2021
Congratulations Sanghyun Lim for being awarded Graduate Research Award for Summer 2021!
Member of National Academy of Inventors
May 14th, 2021
Congratulations Prof. Ming-Yu Ngai for being inducted as a member of the National Academy of Inventors!
Chemistry Research Day Poster Award
February 19th, 2021
Congratulations to Gaoyuan Zhao, Wang Yao, and Jaclyn N. Mauro for being awarded the Best Poster Award!
Welcome to New Graduate Students
January 27th, 2021
The Ngai group is pleased to welcome new graduate students Miguel Gomez and Daniil Spektor to join our group.
Publication
January 19th, 2021
“Excited-State Palladium-Catalyzed 1,2-Spin-Center Shift Enables Selective C-2 Reduction, Deuteration, and Iodination of Carbohydrates” has been published in J. Am. Chem. Soc.
Congratulations to Gaoyuan Zhao, Wang Yao, Jaclyn N. Mauro, and Ming-Yu Ngai.
Qualifying Exam
December 8th, 2020
Congratulations to Manny for passing his qualifying exam and for advancing to Ph.D. candidacy.
Qualifying Exam
December 4th, 2020
Congratulations to Jagrut for passing his qualifying exam and for advancing to Ph.D. candidacy.
Qualifying Exam
December 3rd, 2020
Congratulations to Jackie for passing her qualifying exam and for advancing to Ph.D. candidacy.
Qualifying Exam
December 2nd, 2020
Congratulations to Upasana for passing her qualifying exam and for advancing to Ph.D. candidacy.
Publication
August 24th, 2020
“Redox-Neutral TEMPO Catalysis Toward Direct Radical (Hetero)Aryl C-H Di- and Trifluoromethoxylation” has been published in Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.
Congratulations to Johnny W. Lee, Sanghyun Lim and Ming-Yu Ngai.
Doctoral Defense
April 28th, 2020
Congratulations Zhen Lei for successfully defended his doctoral dissertation via Zoom!
Doctoral Defense
April 21st, 2020
Congratulations Johnny Lee for successfully defended his doctoral dissertation via Zoom!
Lee Myers Award for Outstanding Doctoral Student
April 8th, 2020
Congratulations Johnny W. Lee for being awarded Lee Myers Award for Outstanding Doctoral Student!
Chemistry Award for First-Year Graduate Student Teaching Assistant
April 8th, 2020
Congratulations Emmanuel Bazan-Bergamino for being awarded Chemistry Award for First-Year Graduate Student Teaching Assistant!
Publication
April 3rd, 2020
A Book Chapter: “Direct Trifluoromethoxylation of Aromatics and Heteroaromatics” has been published in Emerging Fluorinated Motifs, Properties, Synthesis and Applications.
Congratulations to Johnny W. Lee, Katarzyna N. Lee, and Ming-Yu Ngai.
CAS Future Leaders Award
March 30th, 2020
Congratulations Johnny W. Lee for being selected as one of the 2020 CAS Future Leaders! Featured in SBU News!
Welcome to New Graduate Students
January 27th, 2020
The Ngai group is pleased to welcome new graduate students Chaudhary Harris, Upasana Mukherjee, Jaclyn Mauro, Emmanuel Bazan-Bergamino and Jagrut Atul Shah to join our group.
Publication
October 17th, 2019
“Photocatalytic Radical Aroylation of Uactivated Alkenes: Pathway to β-Functionalized 1,4-, 1,6-, and 1,7-Diketones” has been published in ACS Cat.
Congratulations to Mimi, Arghya, and Wang for their paper be accepted for publication in ACS Catalysis.
Stony Brook's Chemical Biology Training Program Fellowship
July 10th, 2019
Congratulations to Daniela for receiving Stony Brook's Chemical Biology Training Program Fellowship!
Best Safety Demo Award
June 14th, 2019
Congratulations to Ngai group for being awarded the Best Safety Demo!
-Thanks for the contribution of Johnny W. Lee, Arghya Banerjee, Gaoyuan Zhao, Wang Yao, and Zipan Cao.
Doctoral Defense
May 28th, 2019
Congratulations to Weijia Zheng for successfully defended his doctoral dissertation!
ACS Undergraduate Award in Organic Chemistry
May 21st, 2019
Congratulations to Eric Rizzo for being awarded the ACS Undergraduate Award in Organic Chemistry!
Publication
April 17th, 2019
“β‐Selective Aroylation of Activated Alkenes by Photoredox Catalysis” has been published in Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.
Congratulations to Zhen Lei, Arghya Banerjee, Eric Rizzo and Ming‐Yu Ngai.
NSF CAREER Award
April 17th, 2019
Congratulations to Prof. Ming-Yu Ngai for receiving the 2019 NSF CAREER Award. We thank NSF for supporting our research programs! For more information see: Stony Brook Press Release and NSF Career Award.
Award for Excellence in Doctoral Research
April 13th, 2019
Congratulations to Weijia Zheng for receiving the Chemistry Award for Excellence in Doctoral Research!
Publication
April 3rd, 2019
“Synthesis of Tri‐ and Difluoromethoxylated Compounds via Visible Light Photoredox Catalysis” has been published in Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.
Congratulations to Johnny W. Lee, Katarzyna N. Lee, and Ming-Yu Ngai.
Publication
February 11th, 2019
“Catalytic Radical Difluoromethoxylation of Arenes and Heteroarenes” has been published in Chem. Sci.
Congratulations to Johnny W. Lee, Weijia Zheng, and Ming-Yu Ngai.
Welcome to New Post-Doc Fellow
February 1st, 2019
The Ngai group is pleased to welcome post-doc fellow Gaoyuan Zhao join our group!
Welcome to New Graduate Students
January 25th, 2019
The Ngai group is pleased to welcome new graduate students Daniela Pla-Jauregui and Zipan Cao to join our group.
Publication
December 12th, 2018
“Acyl Radical Chemistry via Visible-Light Photoredox Catalysis” has been published in Synthesis.
Congratulations to Arghya Banerjee, Zhen Lei, and Ming-Yu Ngai.
Publication
November 5th, 2018
“Recent Development of Catalytic Trifluoromethoxylation Reactions” has been published in Tetrahedron.
Congratulations to Katarzyna N. Lee, Johnny W. Lee and Ming-Yu Ngai.
Publication
September 20th, 2018
“Redox‐Active Reagents for Photocatalytic Generation of the OCF3 Radical and (Hetero)Aryl C−H Trifluoromethoxylation” has been published in Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.
Congratulations to Weijia Zheng, Johnny W. Lee and Ming-Yu Ngai.
Publication
May 31st, 2018
“Transition-Metal-Free C–H Amidation and Chlorination: Synthesis of N/N′-Mono-Substituted Imidazopyridin-2-ones from N-Pyridyl-N-Hydroxylamine Intermediates” has been published in Chem. Commun.
Congratulations to Katarzyna N. Lee, Dominique N. Spiegowski, Johnny W. Lee, Sanghyun Lim, Fuhua Zhao, and Ming-Yu Ngai.
2018 Young Academic Inventor's Award
April 16th, 2018
Congratulations to Ming-Yu Ngai for being awarded the 2018 Young Academic Inventor's Award from National Academy of Inventors-SBU Chapter.
Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Award
April 11th, 2018
Congratulations to Eric Rizzo for being awarded the SURF award!
Award for Outstanding Doctoral Student
April 10th, 2018
Congratulations to Dr. Katarzyna Lee for being awarded the Maria Tzamarioudaki Memorial Award for Outstanding Doctoral Student!
Stony Brook URECA Summer Research Program
April 7th, 2018
Congratulations to Eric Rizzo for being awarded the Stony Brook URECA Summer Research Program!
Undergraduate Recognition Award in Academic Excellence
March 14th, 2018
Congratulations to Dominique Spiegowski for being awarded the Undergraduate Recognition Award in Academic Excellence (2018).
Publication
March 13th, 2018
“Catalytic C−H Trifluoromethoxylation of Arenes and Heteroarenes” has been published in Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. as a VIP paper.
Congratulations to Weijia Zheng, Johnny W. Lee and Ming-Yu Ngai.
Welcome to New Graduate Students
January 24th, 2018
The Ngai group is pleased to welcome new graduate students Sanghyun Lim and Wang Yao!
Congratulations to Dr. Katarzyna N. Lee
December 18th, 2017
Congratulations Dr. Katarzyna N. Lee on successfully defending her Ph.D. and starting her career at Estée Lauder!
Publication
November 10th, 2017
“Recent Developments in Transition-Metal Photoredox-Catalysed Reactions of Carbonyl Derivatives” has been published in Chem. Commun.
Congratulations to Katarzyna N. Lee and Ming-Yu Ngai.
URECA Researcher of the Month: Dominique Spiegowski
July 5th, 2017
Congratulations to Dominique N. Spiegowski for being named URECA Researcher of the Month Dominique Spiegowski (July 2017). For the full interview/feature, click here.
Publication
May 22nd, 2017
“Selective C–O bond formation via a photocatalytic radical coupling strategy: access to perfluoroalkoxylated (ORF) arenes and heteroarenes” has been published in Chem. Sci.
Congratulations to Johnny W. Lee, Dominique N. Spiegowski, and Ming-Yu Ngai.
Stony Brook URECA Summer Research Program
April 18th, 2017
Congratulations to Dominique N. Spiegowski for being awarded the Stony Brook URECA Summer Research Program!
Publication
March 30th, 2017
“β-Selective Reductive Coupling of Alkenylpyridines with Aldehydes and Imines via Synergistic Lewis Acid/Photoredox Catalysis” has been published in J. Am. Chem. Soc.
Congratulations to Katarzyna N. Lee, Zhen Lei, and Ming-Yu Ngai
Stony Brook's Chemistry Graduate Research Fellowship
January 30th, 2017
Congratulations to Johnny W. Lee for being awarded the Stony Brook's Chemistry Graduate Research Fellowship!
Publication
January 27th, 2017
“Development of [18F]Maleimide-Based Glycogen Synthase Kinase-3β Ligands for Positron Emission Tomography Imaging” has been published in ACS Med. Chem. Lett.
Congratulations to Kongzhen Hu, Katarzyna N. Lee, and Ming-Yu Ngai
Welcome to a New Postdoctoral Fellow
January 17th, 2017
Welcome Dr. Arghya Banerjee to join our group as a post-doc associate.
Welcome to a New Undergraduate
October 15th, 2016
Welcome Taranvir Singh to join our group as an undergraduate research assistant!
Grant
August 1st, 2016
Ngai group has been awarded an NIGMS R35 grant (Maximizing Investigator Research Awards) for our work on Fluorination Chemistry! Great Job Everyone!
Welcome to a REU Summer Student
June 1st, 2016
Welcome James Herbort to join our group as a REU summer student!
Welcome to a New Undergraduate
April 1st, 2016
Welcome Bike Ozkan to join our group as an undergraduate research assistant.
Welcome to a New Undergraduate
February 19th, 2016
Welcome Dominique Spieogowski to join our group as an undergraduate research assistant.
Publication
March 23rd, 2016
"Mechanistic Studies on Intramolecular C-H Trifluoromethoxylation of (Hetero)arenes via OCF3-Migration” featured in Org. Biomol. Chem.
Congratulations to Katarzyna N. Lee, Zhen Lei, and Ming-Yu Ngai.
Publication
January 22nd, 2016
"Protocol for the Synthesis of Ortho-trifluoromethoxylated Aniline Derivatives” featured in J. Vis. Exp.
Congratulations to Pengju Feng and Ming-Yu Ngai.
Thieme Chemistry Journal Award 2016
January 21st, 2016
Congratulations to Ming-Yu Ngai for being awarded the Thieme Chemistry Journal Award 2016 (one of the 70 awardees).
Publication
November 11th, 2015
"Synthesis of Trifluoromethoxylated (Hetero)Arenes via OCF3 Migration” featured in Synlett.
Congratulations to Katarzyna N. Lee, Johnny W. Lee, and Ming-Yu Ngai.
Publication
October 7th, 2015
"Access to a New Class of Synthetic Building Blocks via Trifluoromethoxylation of Pyridines and Pyrimidines” featured in Chem. Sci.!
Congratulations to Pengju Feng, Katarzyna N. Lee, Johnny W. Lee, Chengbo Zhan and Ming-Yu Ngai.
Publication
August 27th, 2015
"A Highly Convergent Total Synthesis of Leustroducsin B" featured in J. Am. Chem. Soc!
Congratulations to Ming-Yu Ngai.
Welcome to New Graduate Students
August 24th, 2015
Johnny Lee and Zhen Lei has joined the Ngai group. Welcome Johnny and Zhen!
Stony Brook’s Chemical Biology Training Program (CBTP) Fellowship
March 24th, 2015
Congratulations to Katarzyna Lee for being awarded the Stony Brook’s Chemical Biology Training Program (CBTP) Fellowship!
Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Award
March 24th, 2015
Congratulations to Fuhua Zhao for being awarded the SURF award sponsored by Merck!
Stony Brook's Chemistry Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research
May 24th, 2015
Congratulations to Johnny Lee for being awarded the Chemistry Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research!
Welcome to a New Postdoctoral Fellow
December 21st, 2014
Kongzhen Hu has joined the group from the First Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University. Welcome Kongzhen!
Undergrad and Master Student Join the Lab
December 20th, 2014
New students have joined the Ngai group. Welcome Fuhua, Rodrigo, and Han!
Stony Brook's Chemistry Graduate Research Fellowship
November 14th, 2014
Congratulations to Katarzyna Lee for being awarded the Stony Brook's Chemistry Graduate Research Fellowship!
Ngai Group First Publication
October 30th, 2014
"Trifluoromethoxylation of Arenes: Synthesis of ortho-Trifluoromethoxylated Aniline Derivatives by OCF3 Migration" featured in Angewandte Chemie Communication.
New Students Join the Lab!
January 1st, 2014
New students have joined the Ngai group. Welcome Johnny, Chengbo and Weija!
Welcome to a New Postdoctoral Fellow
November 1st, 2013
Pengju Feng has joined the group from the Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Welcome Pengju!
Undergrad Students Join the Lab
September 13th, 2013
Three undergraduate students have joined the Ngai lab. Welcome Alexa, Arthur, and Oliver.
The Ngai group started!
August 1st, 2013
Ming-Yu Ngai has been appointed as Assistant Professor at Department of Chemistry at Stony Brook.
May 2nd, 2023
Congratulations to Dr. Sanghyun Lim on successfully defending his thesis! Great Job Dr. Lim! We wish you all the best in the next chapter of your life!
Publication
April 5th, 2023
“Expanding Reaction Profile of Allyl Carboxylates via 1,2-Radical Migration (RaM): Visible-Light-Induced Phosphine-Catalyzed 1,3-Carbobromination of Allyl Carboxylates” has been published in J. Am. Chem. Soc.
Congratulations to Gaoyuan Zhao, Sanghyun Lim, and Ming-Yu Ngai.
Doctoral Defense
Jan 10th, 2023
Congratulations to Dr. Wang Yao on successfully defending his thesis! We wish you all the best @PrimeMedicine in Boston!
Publication
Dec 10th, 2022
A Book Chapter: “(Hetero)Aryl C-H Amination via Organic Electrochemistry” has been published in the Handbook of CH-Functionalization
Congratulations to Jagrut A. Shah and Ming-Yu Ngai.
Publication
Nov 3rd, 2022
“Excited-State Copper-Catalyzed [4 + 1] Annulation Reaction Enables Modular Synthesis of α,β-Unsaturated-γ-Lactams” has been published in J. Am. Chem. Soc.
Congratulations to Satavisha Sarkar, Arghya Banerjee, Jagrut A. Shah, Upasana Mukherjee, and Ming-Yu Ngai.
Publication
Oct 10th, 2022
“Excited-State Palladium-Catalyzed α-Selective C1-Ketonylation” has been published in CCS Chem.
Congratulations to Gaoyuan Zhao, Upasana Mukherjee, Jaclyn N. Mauro, and Ming-Yu Ngai.
Publication
May 11th, 2022
“C2-ketonylation of carbohydrates via excited-state palladium-catalyzed 1,2-spin-center shift” has been published in Chem. Sci.
Congratulations to Gaoyuan Zhao, Upasana Mukherjee, Wang Yao, Jaclyn N. Mauro, and Ming-Yu Ngai.
Chemistry Award for Advanced Graduate Student Teaching Assistant
April 12th, 2022
Congratulations to Jaclyn Mauro for being awarded the Chemistry Award for Advanced Graduate Student Teaching Assistant!
2022 Dr. Kenneth M. Nicholas Undergraduate Fellowship
March 22nd, 2022
Congratulations to Nicholas Wodzenski for being awarded the 2022 Dr. Kenneth M. Nicholas Undergraduate Fellowship!
2022 Frances Velay Women and Science Research Fellowship
March 19th, 2022
Congratulations to Saba Gulzar for being awarded the 2022 Frances Velay Women and Science Research Fellowship!
Publication
February 21st, 2022
“Excited-State Palladium-Catalyzed Radical Migratory Mizoroki–Heck Reaction Enables C2-Alkenylation of Carbohydrates” has been published in J. Am. Chem. Soc.
Congratulations to Wang Yao, Gaoyuan Zhao, Upasana Mukherjee, and Ming-Yu Ngai.
Sei Sujishi Award
February 19th, 2022
Congratulations to Saba Gulzar for being awarded the Sei Sujishi award!
Publication
November 16th, 2021
“Excited-State Copper Catalysis for the Synthesis of Heterocycles” has been published in Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.
Congratulations to Arghya Banerjee, Satavisha Sarkar, Jagrut A. Shah, Emmanuel Bazan-Bergamino, and Ming-Yu Ngai.
Chemistry Research Day Poster Award
October 29th, 2021
Congratulations to Wang Yao for being awarded the Best Poster Award in organic chemistry!
Publication
October 22nd, 2021
“Asymmetric Photocatalysis Enabled by Chiral Organocatalysts” has been published in ChemCatChem
Congratulations to Wang Yao, Emmanuel Bazan-Bergamino, and Ming-Yu Ngai.
Master Defense
July 29th, 2021
Congratulations Emmanuel Bazan-Bergamino for successfully defended his master thesis via Zoom!
Publication
June 4th, 2021
“Nickel-Catalyzed Radical Migratory Coupling Enables C-2 Arylation of Carbohydrates” has been published in J. Am. Chem. Soc.
Congratulations to Gaoyuan Zhao, Wang Yao, Jaclyn N. Mauro, and Ming-Yu Ngai.
Graduate Research Award
May 17th, 2021
Congratulations Sanghyun Lim for being awarded Graduate Research Award for Summer 2021!
Member of National Academy of Inventors
May 14th, 2021
Congratulations Prof. Ming-Yu Ngai for being inducted as a member of the National Academy of Inventors!
Chemistry Research Day Poster Award
February 19th, 2021
Congratulations to Gaoyuan Zhao, Wang Yao, and Jaclyn N. Mauro for being awarded the Best Poster Award!
Welcome to New Graduate Students
January 27th, 2021
The Ngai group is pleased to welcome new graduate students Miguel Gomez and Daniil Spektor to join our group.
Publication
January 19th, 2021
“Excited-State Palladium-Catalyzed 1,2-Spin-Center Shift Enables Selective C-2 Reduction, Deuteration, and Iodination of Carbohydrates” has been published in J. Am. Chem. Soc.
Congratulations to Gaoyuan Zhao, Wang Yao, Jaclyn N. Mauro, and Ming-Yu Ngai.
Qualifying Exam
December 8th, 2020
Congratulations to Manny for passing his qualifying exam and for advancing to Ph.D. candidacy.
Qualifying Exam
December 4th, 2020
Congratulations to Jagrut for passing his qualifying exam and for advancing to Ph.D. candidacy.
Qualifying Exam
December 3rd, 2020
Congratulations to Jackie for passing her qualifying exam and for advancing to Ph.D. candidacy.
Qualifying Exam
December 2nd, 2020
Congratulations to Upasana for passing her qualifying exam and for advancing to Ph.D. candidacy.
Publication
August 24th, 2020
“Redox-Neutral TEMPO Catalysis Toward Direct Radical (Hetero)Aryl C-H Di- and Trifluoromethoxylation” has been published in Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.
Congratulations to Johnny W. Lee, Sanghyun Lim and Ming-Yu Ngai.
Doctoral Defense
April 28th, 2020
Congratulations Zhen Lei for successfully defended his doctoral dissertation via Zoom!
Doctoral Defense
April 21st, 2020
Congratulations Johnny Lee for successfully defended his doctoral dissertation via Zoom!
Lee Myers Award for Outstanding Doctoral Student
April 8th, 2020
Congratulations Johnny W. Lee for being awarded Lee Myers Award for Outstanding Doctoral Student!
Chemistry Award for First-Year Graduate Student Teaching Assistant
April 8th, 2020
Congratulations Emmanuel Bazan-Bergamino for being awarded Chemistry Award for First-Year Graduate Student Teaching Assistant!
Publication
April 3rd, 2020
A Book Chapter: “Direct Trifluoromethoxylation of Aromatics and Heteroaromatics” has been published in Emerging Fluorinated Motifs, Properties, Synthesis and Applications.
Congratulations to Johnny W. Lee, Katarzyna N. Lee, and Ming-Yu Ngai.
CAS Future Leaders Award
March 30th, 2020
Congratulations Johnny W. Lee for being selected as one of the 2020 CAS Future Leaders! Featured in SBU News!
Welcome to New Graduate Students
January 27th, 2020
The Ngai group is pleased to welcome new graduate students Chaudhary Harris, Upasana Mukherjee, Jaclyn Mauro, Emmanuel Bazan-Bergamino and Jagrut Atul Shah to join our group.
Publication
October 17th, 2019
“Photocatalytic Radical Aroylation of Uactivated Alkenes: Pathway to β-Functionalized 1,4-, 1,6-, and 1,7-Diketones” has been published in ACS Cat.
Congratulations to Mimi, Arghya, and Wang for their paper be accepted for publication in ACS Catalysis.
Stony Brook's Chemical Biology Training Program Fellowship
July 10th, 2019
Congratulations to Daniela for receiving Stony Brook's Chemical Biology Training Program Fellowship!
Best Safety Demo Award
June 14th, 2019
Congratulations to Ngai group for being awarded the Best Safety Demo!
-Thanks for the contribution of Johnny W. Lee, Arghya Banerjee, Gaoyuan Zhao, Wang Yao, and Zipan Cao.
Doctoral Defense
May 28th, 2019
Congratulations to Weijia Zheng for successfully defended his doctoral dissertation!
May 21st, 2019
Congratulations to Eric Rizzo for being awarded the ACS Undergraduate Award in Organic Chemistry!
Publication
April 17th, 2019
“β‐Selective Aroylation of Activated Alkenes by Photoredox Catalysis” has been published in Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.
Congratulations to Zhen Lei, Arghya Banerjee, Eric Rizzo and Ming‐Yu Ngai.
NSF CAREER Award
April 17th, 2019
Congratulations to Prof. Ming-Yu Ngai for receiving the 2019 NSF CAREER Award. We thank NSF for supporting our research programs! For more information see: Stony Brook Press Release and NSF Career Award.
Award for Excellence in Doctoral Research
April 13th, 2019
Congratulations to Weijia Zheng for receiving the Chemistry Award for Excellence in Doctoral Research!
Publication
April 3rd, 2019
“Synthesis of Tri‐ and Difluoromethoxylated Compounds via Visible Light Photoredox Catalysis” has been published in Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.
Congratulations to Johnny W. Lee, Katarzyna N. Lee, and Ming-Yu Ngai.
February 11th, 2019
“Catalytic Radical Difluoromethoxylation of Arenes and Heteroarenes” has been published in Chem. Sci.
Congratulations to Johnny W. Lee, Weijia Zheng, and Ming-Yu Ngai.
Welcome to New Post-Doc Fellow
February 1st, 2019
The Ngai group is pleased to welcome post-doc fellow Gaoyuan Zhao join our group!
Welcome to New Graduate Students
January 25th, 2019
The Ngai group is pleased to welcome new graduate students Daniela Pla-Jauregui and Zipan Cao to join our group.
Publication
December 12th, 2018
“Acyl Radical Chemistry via Visible-Light Photoredox Catalysis” has been published in Synthesis.
Congratulations to Arghya Banerjee, Zhen Lei, and Ming-Yu Ngai.
Publication
November 5th, 2018
“Recent Development of Catalytic Trifluoromethoxylation Reactions” has been published in Tetrahedron.
Congratulations to Katarzyna N. Lee, Johnny W. Lee and Ming-Yu Ngai.
Publication
September 20th, 2018
“Redox‐Active Reagents for Photocatalytic Generation of the OCF3 Radical and (Hetero)Aryl C−H Trifluoromethoxylation” has been published in Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.
Congratulations to Weijia Zheng, Johnny W. Lee and Ming-Yu Ngai.
Publication
May 31st, 2018
“Transition-Metal-Free C–H Amidation and Chlorination: Synthesis of N/N′-Mono-Substituted Imidazopyridin-2-ones from N-Pyridyl-N-Hydroxylamine Intermediates” has been published in Chem. Commun.
Congratulations to Katarzyna N. Lee, Dominique N. Spiegowski, Johnny W. Lee, Sanghyun Lim, Fuhua Zhao, and Ming-Yu Ngai.
2018 Young Academic Inventor's Award
April 16th, 2018
Congratulations to Ming-Yu Ngai for being awarded the 2018 Young Academic Inventor's Award from National Academy of Inventors-SBU Chapter.
April 11th, 2018
Congratulations to Eric Rizzo for being awarded the SURF award!
Award for Outstanding Doctoral Student
April 10th, 2018
Congratulations to Dr. Katarzyna Lee for being awarded the Maria Tzamarioudaki Memorial Award for Outstanding Doctoral Student!
Stony Brook URECA Summer Research Program
April 7th, 2018
Congratulations to Eric Rizzo for being awarded the Stony Brook URECA Summer Research Program!
Undergraduate Recognition Award in Academic Excellence
March 14th, 2018
Congratulations to Dominique Spiegowski for being awarded the Undergraduate Recognition Award in Academic Excellence (2018).
Publication
March 13th, 2018
“Catalytic C−H Trifluoromethoxylation of Arenes and Heteroarenes” has been published in Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. as a VIP paper.
Congratulations to Weijia Zheng, Johnny W. Lee and Ming-Yu Ngai.
Welcome to New Graduate Students
January 24th, 2018
The Ngai group is pleased to welcome new graduate students Sanghyun Lim and Wang Yao!
Congratulations to Dr. Katarzyna N. Lee
December 18th, 2017
Congratulations Dr. Katarzyna N. Lee on successfully defending her Ph.D. and starting her career at Estée Lauder!
Publication
November 10th, 2017
“Recent Developments in Transition-Metal Photoredox-Catalysed Reactions of Carbonyl Derivatives” has been published in Chem. Commun.
Congratulations to Katarzyna N. Lee and Ming-Yu Ngai.
URECA Researcher of the Month: Dominique Spiegowski
July 5th, 2017
Congratulations to Dominique N. Spiegowski for being named URECA Researcher of the Month Dominique Spiegowski (July 2017). For the full interview/feature, click here.
Publication
May 22nd, 2017
“Selective C–O bond formation via a photocatalytic radical coupling strategy: access to perfluoroalkoxylated (ORF) arenes and heteroarenes” has been published in Chem. Sci.
Congratulations to Johnny W. Lee, Dominique N. Spiegowski, and Ming-Yu Ngai.
Stony Brook URECA Summer Research Program
April 18th, 2017
Congratulations to Dominique N. Spiegowski for being awarded the Stony Brook URECA Summer Research Program!
Publication
March 30th, 2017
“β-Selective Reductive Coupling of Alkenylpyridines with Aldehydes and Imines via Synergistic Lewis Acid/Photoredox Catalysis” has been published in J. Am. Chem. Soc.
Congratulations to Katarzyna N. Lee, Zhen Lei, and Ming-Yu Ngai
Stony Brook's Chemistry Graduate Research Fellowship
January 30th, 2017
Congratulations to Johnny W. Lee for being awarded the Stony Brook's Chemistry Graduate Research Fellowship!
Publication
January 27th, 2017
“Development of [18F]Maleimide-Based Glycogen Synthase Kinase-3β Ligands for Positron Emission Tomography Imaging” has been published in ACS Med. Chem. Lett.
Congratulations to Kongzhen Hu, Katarzyna N. Lee, and Ming-Yu Ngai
Welcome to a New Postdoctoral Fellow
January 17th, 2017
Welcome Dr. Arghya Banerjee to join our group as a post-doc associate.
Welcome to a New Undergraduate
October 15th, 2016
Welcome Taranvir Singh to join our group as an undergraduate research assistant!
Grant
August 1st, 2016
Ngai group has been awarded an NIGMS R35 grant (Maximizing Investigator Research Awards) for our work on Fluorination Chemistry! Great Job Everyone!
Welcome to a REU Summer Student
June 1st, 2016
Welcome James Herbort to join our group as a REU summer student!
Welcome to a New Undergraduate
April 1st, 2016
Welcome Bike Ozkan to join our group as an undergraduate research assistant.
Welcome to a New Undergraduate
February 19th, 2016
Welcome Dominique Spieogowski to join our group as an undergraduate research assistant.
Publication
March 23rd, 2016
"Mechanistic Studies on Intramolecular C-H Trifluoromethoxylation of (Hetero)arenes via OCF3-Migration” featured in Org. Biomol. Chem.
Congratulations to Katarzyna N. Lee, Zhen Lei, and Ming-Yu Ngai.
Publication
January 22nd, 2016
"Protocol for the Synthesis of Ortho-trifluoromethoxylated Aniline Derivatives” featured in J. Vis. Exp.
Congratulations to Pengju Feng and Ming-Yu Ngai.
Thieme Chemistry Journal Award 2016
January 21st, 2016
Congratulations to Ming-Yu Ngai for being awarded the Thieme Chemistry Journal Award 2016 (one of the 70 awardees).
Publication
November 11th, 2015
"Synthesis of Trifluoromethoxylated (Hetero)Arenes via OCF3 Migration” featured in Synlett.
Congratulations to Katarzyna N. Lee, Johnny W. Lee, and Ming-Yu Ngai.
Publication
October 7th, 2015
"Access to a New Class of Synthetic Building Blocks via Trifluoromethoxylation of Pyridines and Pyrimidines” featured in Chem. Sci.!
Congratulations to Pengju Feng, Katarzyna N. Lee, Johnny W. Lee, Chengbo Zhan and Ming-Yu Ngai.
Publication
August 27th, 2015
"A Highly Convergent Total Synthesis of Leustroducsin B" featured in J. Am. Chem. Soc!
Congratulations to Ming-Yu Ngai.
Welcome to New Graduate Students
August 24th, 2015
Johnny Lee and Zhen Lei has joined the Ngai group. Welcome Johnny and Zhen!
Stony Brook’s Chemical Biology Training Program (CBTP) Fellowship
March 24th, 2015
Congratulations to Katarzyna Lee for being awarded the Stony Brook’s Chemical Biology Training Program (CBTP) Fellowship!
Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Award
March 24th, 2015
Congratulations to Fuhua Zhao for being awarded the SURF award sponsored by Merck!
Stony Brook's Chemistry Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research
May 24th, 2015
Congratulations to Johnny Lee for being awarded the Chemistry Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research!
Welcome to a New Postdoctoral Fellow
December 21st, 2014
Kongzhen Hu has joined the group from the First Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University. Welcome Kongzhen!
Undergrad and Master Student Join the Lab
December 20th, 2014
New students have joined the Ngai group. Welcome Fuhua, Rodrigo, and Han!
Stony Brook's Chemistry Graduate Research Fellowship
November 14th, 2014
Congratulations to Katarzyna Lee for being awarded the Stony Brook's Chemistry Graduate Research Fellowship!
Ngai Group First Publication
October 30th, 2014
"Trifluoromethoxylation of Arenes: Synthesis of ortho-Trifluoromethoxylated Aniline Derivatives by OCF3 Migration" featured in Angewandte Chemie Communication.
New Students Join the Lab!
January 1st, 2014
New students have joined the Ngai group. Welcome Johnny, Chengbo and Weija!
Welcome to a New Postdoctoral Fellow
November 1st, 2013
Pengju Feng has joined the group from the Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Welcome Pengju!
Undergrad Students Join the Lab
September 13th, 2013
Three undergraduate students have joined the Ngai lab. Welcome Alexa, Arthur, and Oliver.
The Ngai group started!
August 1st, 2013
Ming-Yu Ngai has been appointed as Assistant Professor at Department of Chemistry at Stony Brook.