Group news

2025

Fall

Congratulations to Guangshou & Maria - their work Copper-Catalyzed Three-Component Selective 1,4-Amino Oxygenation of 1,3-Dienes now published at Angew. Chem.

Congratulations to Sam on passing the Prop Exam!

Farewell and best wishes to Noah on starting his new position at Blueprint Medicines, a Sanofi company at Cambridge, MA!

Congratulations to Melanie on receiving the URS award Fall 2025!

The group received R35 and R21 grants! We thank NIH for supporting our group's research!

Summer

DOD/KCRP Award - We receive an Idea Development Award grant with partnering PI Dr. Park together on developing novel imaging strategies and biomarkers for RCC.

NSF grant! We thank NSF Chemistry for continuous support to our group's research!

Congratulations to Guangshou & Andrew - their work copper-catalyzed amino etherification of alkenes published at ACS Catalysis! 

Congratulations to Dr. Noah Waktins, the newest PhD of the Wang Group!

Sam, EJ & Eni awarded the fellowships from the department and Graduate School - Congratulations!

Welcome Guorong Hong visiting PhD student from NUS. We are excited to have Guorong join the team and explore new base-metal catalysis and amination chemistry.

We are pleased to host Duke freshman Jonathan Garnica for summer research as a Duke CHEM-SURF fellow!

Welcome Jakob Narrow rising junior from Hamilton College and one of 2025 Duke's Amgen Scholars. We are pleased to host Jakob to conduct summer research in the Wang Lab!

Spring

Congratulations to EJ, Guangshou, and Noah - their work copper-catalyzed oxidative allylic amination published at ACS Catalysis! 

Congratulations to Mayah on delivering a great poster presentation about her research at 2025 Undergraduate Research Symposium!

The group is excited about Chuck's (our Dr. Hendrick) return visit! Thanks to Chuck for delivering a fantastic talk and making a great day at Duke Chemistry!

The Wang group's mini-reunion at the ACS meeting with Dr. Chuck Hendrick and Dr. Brett Hemric, as well as our extended group members from UTampa.

Congratulations to Connor, Mayah, and Melanie on receiving URS awards Spring 2025!

Archive Group News

Positions Available in the Wang Group at Duke Chemistry

Postdoctoral positions

The application should include your curriculum vitae, research summary, a short description of your future research interests, and contact information for three references. Please send your application to Dr. Qiu Wang by email in one PDF file. Strong candidates will be contacted for recommendation letters.

Graduate students

Prospective graduate students interested in joining our group are encouraged to contact Dr. Qiu Wang directly.

If you are interested in applying to graduate school in the Department of Chemistry at Duke University, you can find more information through the department web site: http://www.chem.duke.edu/graduate.

Undergraduate students

Motivated undergraduates who are interested in organic synthesis and chemical biology are welcome to work with our group. Please contact Dr. Qiu Wang for available research opportunities.

Those interested in working in the Wang group for independent study should also review the specific departmental requirements at http://www.chem.duke.edu/undergraduate.