@thecoatescrew.bsky.social
Organic, polymer, and catalysis research group working with Geoff Coates at Cornell University
Page is run by current lab members.
coates.chem.cornell.edu
Page is run by current lab members.
coates.chem.cornell.edu
Happy labs-giving! 🦃🍗🍁
November 17, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Happy labs-giving! 🦃🍗🍁
Welcome Kendra Johnson to the Coates Group!
November 16, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Welcome Kendra Johnson to the Coates Group!
Congratulations to @geoffreywcoates.bsky.social , who was announced as a laureate of The Benjamin Franklin Medal in Chemistry! We’re thrilled to celebrate this remarkable achievement 🥳👏🎉 fi.edu/en/awards/fr...
The Franklin Institute Awards Class of 2026
fi.edu
November 11, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Congratulations to @geoffreywcoates.bsky.social , who was announced as a laureate of The Benjamin Franklin Medal in Chemistry! We’re thrilled to celebrate this remarkable achievement 🥳👏🎉 fi.edu/en/awards/fr...
Congratulations to Julia Borowski, our palladium peer, who recently received The POLY General Topics Award for her outstanding presentation at the ACS National Meeting! Read about her presentation here: myemail.constantcontact.com/2025-POLY-Ge...
2025 POLY General Topics Award
Email from Division of Polymer Chemistry Outstanding Presentations POLY General Topics Award Outstanding Presentations The POLY Outstanding General Topics Presentation Award was established to rec
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October 4, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Congratulations to Julia Borowski, our palladium peer, who recently received The POLY General Topics Award for her outstanding presentation at the ACS National Meeting! Read about her presentation here: myemail.constantcontact.com/2025-POLY-Ge...
I scream, you scream, for Coates group ice cream! 🍦
October 3, 2025 at 6:27 PM
I scream, you scream, for Coates group ice cream! 🍦
Check out our latest work in @jacs.acspublications.org 🎉 pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
Main-Chain Ketone Installation in Polyethylene Chains: A Metal-Free Strategy toward Photodegradable Plastics
Polyethylene with in-chain isolated ketones is an attractive target for achieving photodegradability while maintaining polyolefin material properties. This work reports a method to functionalize post-...
pubs.acs.org
October 2, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Check out our latest work in @jacs.acspublications.org 🎉 pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
We had some visitors in lab today! 🐈⬛
September 18, 2025 at 4:48 PM
We had some visitors in lab today! 🐈⬛
Happy birthday Kelly! 🥳🎂🎈The Coates Crew MVP 🏆 We are so grateful for everything you do!
September 12, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Happy birthday Kelly! 🥳🎂🎈The Coates Crew MVP 🏆 We are so grateful for everything you do!
🎉 Congratulations to Geoff on receiving the ACS Award in Polymer Chemistry, sponsored by Procter & Gamble! 🧪👏 This honor recognizes groundbreaking contributions to advancing polymer science and inspiring innovation in the field.
cen.acs.org/people/award...
cen.acs.org/people/award...
ACS announces 2026 national award winners
The winners are being acknowledged for their outstanding achievements in chemistry across various fields in the discipline
cen.acs.org
August 20, 2025 at 6:52 PM
🎉 Congratulations to Geoff on receiving the ACS Award in Polymer Chemistry, sponsored by Procter & Gamble! 🧪👏 This honor recognizes groundbreaking contributions to advancing polymer science and inspiring innovation in the field.
cen.acs.org/people/award...
cen.acs.org/people/award...
Our ama-zinc visiting student Yolanda Rusconi is flying back to Italy this weekend 💔 You were such a joy to have in the lab, we will miss you TONS! 🇮🇹☀️🏖️
August 1, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Our ama-zinc visiting student Yolanda Rusconi is flying back to Italy this weekend 💔 You were such a joy to have in the lab, we will miss you TONS! 🇮🇹☀️🏖️
It’s a bittersweet day because we have to say goodbye to our olefin-tastic Dr. Moritz Kränzlein 💔 good luck Moritz, we will miss you! 🦝🍬
July 29, 2025 at 9:23 PM
It’s a bittersweet day because we have to say goodbye to our olefin-tastic Dr. Moritz Kränzlein 💔 good luck Moritz, we will miss you! 🦝🍬
The crew found our inner zen today at group yoga 🧘♀️ Namaste!
July 26, 2025 at 6:24 PM
The crew found our inner zen today at group yoga 🧘♀️ Namaste!
Check out this compu-tastic work spearheaded by Bai-Hao Ren and Xiao-Bing Lu now in @jacs.acspublications.org ! pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
Efficient Kinetic-Resolution Copolymerization of Epoxides and CO2 Achieved via Computation-Guided Catalyst Design
The enantioselective resolution copolymerization of racemic terminal epoxides and CO2 is a powerful strategy for preparing isotactic polycarbonates. However, no catalytic system to date has enabled bo...
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jacs.5c08366
July 23, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Check out this compu-tastic work spearheaded by Bai-Hao Ren and Xiao-Bing Lu now in @jacs.acspublications.org ! pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
Congratulations to Dr. Sarah Severson, who defended her PhD on Friday! We will miss this PHA-nomenal chemist 🎓 Go Sarah go!
July 20, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Congratulations to Dr. Sarah Severson, who defended her PhD on Friday! We will miss this PHA-nomenal chemist 🎓 Go Sarah go!
Congratulations to Dr. Jackie Lopez Lopez, who just passed her B exam! What would the Coates Group be without our polyethylene expert? 🐢🥒 we will miss you Jackie! ❤️
July 1, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Congratulations to Dr. Jackie Lopez Lopez, who just passed her B exam! What would the Coates Group be without our polyethylene expert? 🐢🥒 we will miss you Jackie! ❤️
Lexi Fresh joined the “PhD candidate” gang today! Congratulations Lexi 🥳 👠🍾 and congratulations to all of our second years!
June 20, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Lexi Fresh joined the “PhD candidate” gang today! Congratulations Lexi 🥳 👠🍾 and congratulations to all of our second years!
Congratulations to Pengfei Zhang, who became a PhD candidate today! He also became a champagne-opening master 🍾🥂 We are so proud of you Pengfei!
June 19, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Congratulations to Pengfei Zhang, who became a PhD candidate today! He also became a champagne-opening master 🍾🥂 We are so proud of you Pengfei!
Happy ANNEiversary to the Coates’ group MVP 🏆 Dr. Anne LaPointe joined the Coates group 15 years ago today! We love you Anne ❤️🐈🐈⬛
June 13, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Happy ANNEiversary to the Coates’ group MVP 🏆 Dr. Anne LaPointe joined the Coates group 15 years ago today! We love you Anne ❤️🐈🐈⬛
Join us in celebrating Alex Macbeth, who successfully defended her thesis today! Our resident conductivity queen👑📣. Congratulations Dr. Macbeth, we will miss you!
June 11, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Join us in celebrating Alex Macbeth, who successfully defended her thesis today! Our resident conductivity queen👑📣. Congratulations Dr. Macbeth, we will miss you!
Congratulations to our newest Ph.D. Candidate Ethan Flanagan! This king of polynorbornene successfully passed his A exam yesterday. Go Ethan!
June 10, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Congratulations to our newest Ph.D. Candidate Ethan Flanagan! This king of polynorbornene successfully passed his A exam yesterday. Go Ethan!