THE HUTCHINS GROUP
Organic Materials, Supramolecular, and Solid-State Chemistry
NEWS
August 21, 2026
Jane's first paper is published
Our manuscript is published in Crystal Growth & Design and improves the solubility of the drug famotidine by 6-20x using salification. Congrats on your first paper Jane!
August 13, 2026
Liulei and Gary's paper is published
Our paper (in collaboration with Steven Lopez's group at Northeastern) on designing a material that responds to light and heat through distinct chemical reaction pathways and undergoes a pericyclic cascade is published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition! Congratulations to the team!
July 1, 2026
Aloka joins the group
Dr. Aloka Marasinghe joins the group as a postdoctoral research associate! Aloka conducted her PhD work with Dr. Christer Aakeröy at Kansas State University. Welcome Aloka!
May 18, 2026
Mehedi joins the group
Mehedi joins the group as our newest graduate student! Welcome Mehedi!
March 16, 2026
Dinindu joins the group
Dr. Dinindu Mendis joins the group as a postdoctoral research associate! Dinindu conducted his PhD work with Dr. Anna Gudmundsdottir at the University of Cincinnati. Welcome Dinindu!
March 2, 2026
Bowyn's first paper is published
Our manuscript is published in the Journal of Materials Chemistry B and uses mechanochemistry to control the form of a pharmaceutical ionic cocrystal. Congrats on your first paper Bowyn!
February 6, 2026
Lydia joins the group
Lydia joins the group as our newest undergraduate research assistant. Welcome Lydia!
January 13, 2026
Liulei's paper is published
Our manuscript is published in ACS Materials Au and discusses controlling hydrogen-bond dimensionality and thermal expansion properties in solids constructed from the same building blocks.
November 26, 2025
Gary's paper is published
Our manuscript in collaboration with Ryan Groeneman is published in CrystEngComm and discusses improving photoreaction yields via heating, which enables dynamic motion.
November 10, 2025
Bowyn passes his CE
Bowyn passed his comprehensive exam and officially becomes a PhD candidate. Congratulations Bowyn!
October 1, 2025
Hunter joins the group
Hunter joins the group as our newest undergraduate research assistant. Welcome Hunter!
August 25, 2025
Thomas joins as a visiting research scholar
Thomas (from Heriot-Watt University) joins our group as a visiting research scholar through next May. Welcome Thomas!
August 3, 2025
NIH R35 (MIRA) grant
Kristin has received a five-year grant from the NIH to study pharmaceutical solids and mechanochemistry! We are thrilled for this support and excited for the research to come under this award!
July 10, 2025
Cream joins as a visiting research scholar
Cream (from Chulalongkorn University) joins our group as a visiting research scholar through November. Welcome Cream!
July 3, 2025
Gary's paper is published
Our manuscript discussing a detailed structural investigation into the thermosalient behavior of a cocrystal is published in JACS!
June 20, 2025
Liulei wins department award
Liulei was selected for a graduate student achievement award from the Department of Chemistry at Mizzou! Congratulations Liulei!!
June 2, 2025
Payton Seo joins as a Summer Scholar
Payton (from Simpson College) joins our group as a summer scholar through July. Welcome Payton!
May 19, 2025
Liulei's paper is published
Our manuscript showing programmable functionalization of dienes through polymorph and wavelength control is accepted in JACS! A special congratulations to the team on the first JACS paper for our group!