Group News
A summer of conferences for the Jeffries-EL Team!
Summer 2024 has been an eventful one, with the Jeffries-EL group presenting our latest results at multiple conferences - the Electronic Processes in Organic Chemistry GRC in Italy (Shama), ISPF2 in NYC (Shama), ACS Fall in Denver (Shama) ISNA in Toronto (Aidan, Annie, Chris, Dez) and Malika as one of... More
Chemistry Department Poster Mixer 2024
Chris Cunningham presented his latest work on BBO based OLEDs at the annual Dept of Chemistry Poster Mixer.
Jeffries-El group at 50th Annual NOBCChE!
The Jeffries-EL group presented posters at the 2023 NOBCChE conference in fun New Orleans, as part of the 50th annual celebrations. Dez was awarded NOBCChE Technical Sessions Award from Pfizer for Outstanding Poster Presentation in the Graduates Organic Division, GO DEZ!
Another publication on Blue emitting BBO-OLEDs!
Our latest work on blue and deep blue emitting BBO based OLEDs is out in Chemistry of Materials as part of the virtual special issue "In honor of Prof. Elsa Reichmanis". Congratulations to our postdoc, Dr. Tannir, Jeffries-EL group alumnus Dr. Chavez III, Masters student Greg and Profs Aimee &... More
Starting 2024 with a new publication on BBO-OLEDs!
Congrats to Jeffries-EL alumnus Dr. David Wheeler and co-authors for having his work on heterocycle-functionalized BBOs published in Materials Advances! Read about how we used the BBO core to synthesize fluorescent emitters spanning the color gamut from orange to blue, and their clever combination to design white emitting OLEDs here.
Diversity in Action, Fall 2022 features Chris!
Chris is featured in the Fall 2022 issue of Diversity in Action, a digital and print publication dedicated to supporting and promoting diversity in science, technology, engineering, the arts and math. Have a look at the digital edition and read about Chris's work and motivation as a graduate student, along... More
Annie Wins Prestigious Clare Boothe Luce Fellowship!
Annie has been awarded a Clare Boothe Luce Fellowship for 2022-2024! The fellowships are awarded to highly qualified women doctoral candidates in the sciences and engineering. Congratulations!!
Congratulations Professor Malika Jeffries-EL!
Dr. Malika Jeffries-EL has been promoted to Professor. She is excited to continue exploring organic materials and their applications. Join us in congratulating Prof. Jeffries-EL!
Summer REU, Zee, shares her work!
Zenzeale Hudson (Fort Valley State University) joined us via the REU (Research Experiences for Undergraduates) program for a fun and rewarding summer 2021. Zee gained hands on lab experience under her graduate mentor, Nicole Berry, and synthesized molecules for use in organic electronics. Check out her poster!
Nicole wins BU Award!
Nicole Berry was awarded the prestigious Feldman Award for 2020/2021 which recognizes outstanding accomplishments in research, teaching or service. Congratulations!