Latest News and Events
May 7, 2025
We are delighted to announce that our student-initiated research on Developing Synthetic Methodologies for Substituted Indoles has been funded by the WKU Faculty Undergraduate Student Engagement Grant (FUSE)!
April 29, 2025
We are delighted to announce that our research on developing stimuli-responsive and self-healing artificial molecular muscles has been funded by the WKU Research & Creative Activities Program (RCAP)!
April 27, 2025
Our student researcher, Simon, won the ACS Undergraduate Award in Organic Chemistry and the WKU Outstanding Chemistry Major Award in the 2025 OCSE Student Award Ceremony. Congratulations, Simon!
March 6, 2025
Our student researcher, Varshith, gave a presentation at the Kentucky Poster-at-the-Capitol in Frankford, KY. Interesting stories about his research were shared with the Kentucky State Legislators.
February 12-15, 2025
Our student researcher, Varshith, gave a presentation at the 2025 American Junior Academy of Science (AJAS) conference. Interesting stories about his research were shared with the peers and fellows.
January 29, 2025
Dr. Li won the WKU ORCA First-Time Awardee Recognition from the 2025 WKU Celebration of Research & Sponsored Activities.
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January 22, 2025
We would like to welcome Sam Dudley to join the group! Cool projects will be done with fruitful and enjoyable results.
December 16-17, 2024
Our student researcher, Varshith, gave a presentation at the 2024 International Conference on Environmental Organic Chemistry (ICEOC-24). Interesting stories about his research were shared with the fellows.
November 1-2, 2024
Our graduate student Ganiyu gave a presentation with a poster at the Kentucky Academy of Science (KAS) Annual Meeting to show how exciting progress he has made in his research. Well done, Ganiyu!
August 19, 2024
Our student researcher, Brian, gave a wonderful presentation at the 2024 fall ACS National Conference. He shared the exciting progress he has made in his research with the fellows.
April 21, 2024
Our student researcher, Natalie, won the ACS Undergraduate Award in Organic Chemistry in the 2024 OCSE Student Award Ceremony. Congratulations, Natalie!
April 21, 2024
Our student researcher, Brian, won the Nell Skean Outstanding Laboratory Assistant Award in the 2024 OCSE Student Award Ceremony. Congratulations, Brian!
April 6, 2024
Our student researchers, Brian and Varshith, gave two wonderful presentations at the 54th annual WKU Student Scholar Showcase! Interesting stories about their research were shared with peers and professors.
February 8, 2024
We are delighted to announce that our research on developing novel synthetic methodology of Chiral 2-Substituted Indolines has been funded by the Organic Syntheses Int. Undergrad Summer Research Grant (OS-PUI) in the summer of 2024 and 2025!
January 16, 2024
We would like to welcome Ganiyu and Varshith to join the group! Cool projects will be done with fruitful and enjoyable results.
December 1, 2023
We are delighted to announce that our graduate student, Brian, has won a WKU Graduate Student Research & Travel Grant (GSRT) to support his research project on developing novel fluorescent sensors. Congratulations, Brian!
November 3-4, 2023
Our graduate student Brian gave a presentation with a poster at the Kentucky Academy of Science (KAS) Annual Meeting to show how exciting progress he has made in his research. Well done, Brian!
August 22, 2023
We would like to welcome Natalie to join the group! Lots of interesting science to explore in upcoming semesters.
May 8, 2023
We are delighted to announce that our research on designing novel fluorescent sensors has been funded by the WKU Research & Creative Activities Program (RCAP)!
January 17, 2023
We would like to welcome Brian, Eden, and Simon to join the group! Looking forward to working with you on the cool sciences.
August 2022
Glad to meet and talk with the brilliant students at WKU about the research to be carried out in the Li group.
July 2022
Dr. Lei Li has officially joined the WKU Department of Chemistry. Looking forward to working with the chemistry colleagues and talented students!
