Welcome back readers, for this newsletter covering April to June 2025 ! The end of the semester is as always marked by graduations and theses defenses.
This summer, we welcomed 3 interns, 3 french girls, Emma, Océane and Elise. They are respectively coming from Chimie ParisTech, university of Poitier and the ESCOM. While Emma will perform some experiments with triangulenes, Océane will work with iridium complexes photocatalysis and Elise will work with DAOF derivatives. We wish them good luck for their stay the whole summer !
This year, our 3 bachelor students, Hannah, Vladimir and Oleksandr successfuly defended their theses the 16th of June, congrats to them and we wish them the best for the future! In the same time, Océane has also defended her internship report to finalize her 1st year of Master !
Before that, Michal and Valentino went to Paris to perform experiments at the Synchrotron SOLEIL with acylhydrazones. They enjoyed the Sun and croissants.
Harry finalized his work and submitted a manuscript, accepted and published ! You can learn more about imine exchange photochemical control here.
The summer is also the season of the traditional barbecue. The whole group enjoyed some grilled meat, fish and vegetables for the first informal group meeting of the summer.
June was concluded by the visit of Jean-Marie Lehn, Nobel Prize co-laurate in 1987. An opportunity to organize a workshop at the UCT and chaired by Petr.
This is closing the newsletter of the spring and while the students enjoy the summer break, the lab is still going, but the people will alternate between research, holidays and conferences! See you at the end of September, enjoy the break and drink water !
