THE READ LAB
READ LAB NEWS
Summer 2026
We traveled to Dallas to attend TexSyn, a meeting of synthetic organic chemists from across Texas, and learned about amazing chemistry happening all over the state.
January 2026
We are excited to have published our lab's first paper, a News & Views in Nature Synthesis highlighting some exciting new halogenation methodology.
Holidays 2025
Read Lab got together for a Holiday potluck to ring in the holidays! Wishing you and yours a happy holiday as well!
Fall 2025
Starting up a new lab comes with a lot of boxes to unpack! Here is our postdoc, Nirmala, unwrapping one of our shiny new balances 👀 ✨
August 2025
We are thrilled to announce that Dr. Read won the prestigious 2025 Outstanding Publication of the Year Award from the Journal of Organic Chemistry for her article "Computational Library Enables Pattern Recognition of Noncovalent Interactions and Application as a Modern Linear Free Energy Relationship." Pictured below is Editor-in-Chief Scott Miller presenting her with the award!
July 2025
The Read Lab cooled off over the Texas summer with liquid nitrogen ice cream!
July 2025
The Read Lab had a summer pickleball tournament to celebrate the end of summer!
June 2025
The Read Lab welcomed our first undergraduate researchers to the lab during our inaugural summer here at UT - San Antonio!
January 2025
We celebrated our move to UTSA with a lunch welcoming the first two Ph.D. students to join our lab, Cody and Sandhya!
Fall 2024
The Read Lab commemorated the end of our time at Dartmouth with an Indian feast cooked by none other than our fantastic postdoc, Nirmala!
Fall 2023
The Read Lab welcomes its first Postdoc—Dr. Nirmala Mohanta! She is not only talented in chemistry, but also helped us win the Chem Dept. pumpkin contest along with the help of Dr. Kim Wasick, who we borrowed from the Sandford Lab to help perfect our "Cat-alyst"
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Spring 2023
Seniors Lewis MacMillan and Joana Lame defend their research theses and will soon graduate—thank you for all of your hard work, we will miss you!
Fall 2022
Zoe Duvalsaint and Drew Barry joined the Read Lab as leave term students this Fall!
August 2022
Enjoying our beautiful surroundings this summer while discgolfing and hiking with our summer students!
May 2022
The Read Lab celebrates Memorial Day with a lab picnic 🥖🍇
March 2022
We celebrate the end of our first term at Lou's for lunch!
January 2022
Experimental work begins as the students start Winter term ❄️
November 2021
First Read Lab group meeting!
Our first group meeting!
September 2021
The Read Lab opens its doors at Dartmouth!