Prof. Wang Group News



June 2023

More Pictures at Courtney Graduation Celebration



June 2023

Courtney Graduation Celebration



Jan 2023

More Pictures at Jose Denfense Celebration.




Jan 2023

Jose Defense Celebration.




July 2022

More Pictures at JCPP 12






July 2022

Hong at JCPP 12




August 2022

More Pictures at ACS Fall 2022 National Meeting.




August 2022

Courtney, Jose and Spenser presented their research at ACS Fall 2022 National Meeting in Chicago.




August 2022

Spenser Washburn is selected as invitee for Sci-Mix event at ACS Fall 2022 National Meeting

August 2022

Courtney Cooper won an ACS travel award for ACS Fall 2022 National Meeting

July 2022

Congratulations to Dr. Jacqkis Davis! We wish you the best at Laticrete.
The group was celebrating Dr. Davis successful defense at Barley and Board.


July 2022

Jose Cortes Vazquez presented his research on “Divergent reactivity of α-enaminones, unique α-enaminone reactivity and novel method to access carbazoles by Scandium-catalyzed oxidative cross coupling” at Organic Reactions and Processes Conference GRC, Bryant University, Smithfield, RI.


jose presentation

July 2022

The first group party in almost three years since COVID-19 started.

We are happy that things are resuming normal.




Dr. Hong Wang Group Party

July 2022

More Group Party Pictures


Dr. Hong Wang Group Party

April 2022

Spenser Washburn won a 2nd Place Graduate Research Presenter in organic division at ACS Miniature, Dallas, TX. Congratulations, Spenser!

March 2022

Jacqkis Davis, Ting Han, Jacob Arvidson, Jose Cortes Vazquez won COS travel Award to support them to attend SWARM.

October 2021

Austen Moss successfully defended his PhD dissertation. Congratulations, Dr. Moss!
The group is celebrating Dr. Moss’s successful defense at Windmills restaurant. This is also the first time for whole group to reunite after a year of social distancing.


Dr. Moss PhD dissertation defense

April 2021

Congratulations to Jacob Arvidson on winning a 2st Place Graduate Research Presenter at UNT Department of Chemistry Graduate Student Seminar.

April 2021

Congratulations to Spenser Washburn on winning 1st Place Graduate Research Presenter at UNT Department of Chemistry Graduate Student Seminar.

March 2021

Austen Moss and Ting Han received UNT Ed & Julia Hodge Award. Congratulations Austen and Ting!

March 2021

Jose Cortez Vazquez received UNT Escue ChemEd Award! Congratulations Jose!

April 2020

Congratulations to Austen Moss on winning 1st Place Graduate Research Presenter at UNT Department of Chemistry Graduate Student Seminar!

April 2020

Congratulations to Nisala Fernando on wining a 1st Place Graduate Research Presenter at UNT Department of Chemistry Graduate Student Seminar!

April 2020

Congratulations to Jacqkis Davis on winning a 2nd Place Graduate Research Presenter at UNT Department of Chemistry Graduate Student Seminar!

November 2019

Yi Hu successfully defended her dissertation. Congratulations, Dr. Hu! We wish you the best as a lab manager at Covestro!

May 2019

We received DOE BES award to support our research on PAH-fused porphyrins! Big thanks to DOE!

May 2019

Courtney Steward won Best Poster Award in Nanocarbon Division at the 235th ECS Meeting. Congratulations, Courtney!

May 2019

We received NSF award to support our research on cooperative enamine-metal Lewis acid catalysis! Thanks to NSF!

April 2019

Yi Hu received Robert UNT Wade Brown Award

April 2019

Jose Cortes Vazquez received UNT Best Teaching Award. Congratulations Jose!

November 2018

Siddhartha Kumar successfully defended his dissertation. Congratulations, Dr. Kumar!

August 2018

Yi Hu won 2nd Place Poster Award at Sherwin-Williams Breen Technology Center Summer Program!

April 27, 2018

Yi Hu won 1st Place Graduate Research Presenter at UNT Department of Chemistry Graduate Student Seminar!

January 2018

Yi Hu received ACS Organic Division Travel Award for ACS Spring 2018 National Meeting!

April 2017

Yi Hu won 2nd Place Graduate Oral Presentation in Organic/Analytical Chemistry at the 50th ACS Meeting in Miniature Dallas-Fort Worth Local Section!

May 2017

Yi Hu won Best Poster Award in Nanocarbon Division at the 231st ECS Meeting!

April 2017

Yi Hu won 2nd Place Graduate Oral Presentation in Organic/Analytical Chemistry at the 50th ACS Meeting in Dallas-Fort Worth

May 2016

We received DOE BES Award to support projects on pi-extended porphyrins. Thanks to DOE!

March 2016

Frank Wang received HMI summer research award! Max Shulman received USS summer research award! Congratulations, Frank and Max!

March 2015

Benjamin Schmitz received USS summer research award!

May 2014

Yongming Deng was selected to participate DOC Graduate Research Symposium by ACS!

May 2014

Erika Castary was selected as Best Student of the Year by ACS Organic Division!

March 2014

Ethan Miller received USS Summer Research Award!

July 2013

Philias successfully defended his dissertation. Congratulations, Dr. Daka!

July 2013

Lin successfully defended her dissertation. Congratulations, Dr. Jiang!

May 2013

We received DOE-BES Award to support our Dye-Sensitized Solar-Cell project. Thanks to DOE!

August 2012

Philias Daka was awarded GSK fellowship. He will be working at GlaxoSmithKline plc August 2012-August 2013. Congratulations, Philias!

June 2012

Lin Jiang received Dissertation Award! Congratulations!

May 2012

Erika received HMI summer research award! Ryan received USS summer research award! Congratulations, Erika and Ryan!

April 2012

Erika Castary received GSK summer research fellowship. Congratulations, Erika!

March 2012

Ryan Sarkisian and Ross Zaenglein received USS summer research award! Congratulations!

Mar 2011

Nate Carmen received HMI summer research award! Congratulations Nate!

January 2011

We received NSF career award to support projects on bifunctional enamine-metal Lewis acid catalysis. Big thanks to NSF!

February 2009

Lara Silk received USS summer research award. Congratulations, Lara!

February 2008

Aaron Nash received HMI summer research award. Congratulations Aaron!

February 2008

Congratulations to Ilya Budik on being selected as Dean’s Scholar