Macdonald Research Group
  • People
  • Research
  • Gallery
  • Publications
  • Contact
  • Resources
cork rings

Gallery

Noah and Kathleen rocking the end of summer 2024 Undergrad poster presentation

On the Harpeth

On the Harpeth

REU Canoe trip 2024! Squirt gun wars, taking trash off the river and learning to change tires

On the Harpeth

Squirt gun Wars

Taking trash off the Harpeth

Changing a tire

Learning to change a tire

Tony and Pete are Rockstars and win Highest Honors for their Projects 2023

Emma,Tony, Pete, Jeremy and Janet

This is a honor only given to one or two chemistry graduates a year. Left to right: Emma, Tony, Pete, Jeremy and Janet.

New Lab Mascots 2023

Fish La Mer, Ostwald and Sujimoto

Left to right: La Mer, Ostwald and Sujimoto (who is getting healthier every day).

Pancake Tuesday 2023

The Group at the Panckake Pantry

Left to right: Lexie Koziel, Courtney Regale, Tony Peng, Emma Endres, Maddy Fort, Pete Edwards, Andrey Shults, Jeremy Espano.

Group 2022

Macdonald group in a golf cart

Left to right: Chris Sharp, Nathan Spear, Danielle Penk, Sarah Siman, Emma Endres, Lexie Koziel, Janet Maconald, Andrey Shults, Maddy Fort. Missing: Tony Peng, Pete Edwards, and Jeremy Espano 

 Chemistry Curling Bonspiel May, 2022  

Chemistry Bonspiel Wook Shin

Wook Shin of the Yang group "Mutants" showing off his technique 

Chemistry Bonspiel Schley Group

The Schley Group "Bosphines" show off their mascots  

Chemistry Bonspiel Rock Paper Scissors

Emma from the Macdonald " Pop Rocks" goes head to head for a heated rock- paper- scisors with Sabrina from the "'Steven'son Sliders" (Townsend group) to decide who goes first.  

Chemistry Bonspiel Buchannan vs Macdonald

The Buchannan "Quantum Coherences" take on the Macdonald "Team Rocket" on the 8th floor rink 

Chemistry Bonspiel on the Button

The "Curling Stones" (The Stone group) with a perfect throw!  

 Ralston and Tony fixing the pump on their first day in the lab, 2021 

Tony and Ralston

 

On the Buffalo River 2021- photoshopped for modesty

Macdonald Group Canoeing 2021

L to R: Janet Macdonald, Nathan Spear, Chris Sharp, Jeremy Espano, Andrey Shults, Ralston Goldfarb, Lexie Koziel, Tony Peng, Maddy Fort, Dahielle Penk, Neon the dog (front). They guys didn't want to be on the internet shirless, so I added some shirts!    

Chris and Danielle clean up the Buffalo

Chris and Danielle show off the Garbage they took off the river: two rafts, an outdoor rug, and a few new-looking beer cans

Janet Portages

Janet shows off her skills

 

Group meeting Via Zoom in the 2020 pandemic

Macdonald Group 2020

 

Group Spring 2018

Macdonald Group 2018

L to R: John Cliburn, Evan Robinson, Emil Hernendez, Jordan Rhodes, Janet Macdonald, Chris Sharp, Cpt. Andrew La Croix, Nathan Spear, Yilun Zhao

Aww, Shucks! 2017

Escape Game 2016

Escape! 2016

Escape Game 2016

Autumn 2015

Group Photo 2015

L to R: Creepy Banana, Shane Finn, Suresh Sarkar, Jordan Rhodes, Evan Robinson, Mike Turo, Alyce the Monkey, Alice Leach, Andrew LaCroix, Summer Arrowood, Nicole Jenkinson, Janet Macdonald

Summer 2014

Group Photo 2014

Back: Stephanie Castillo, Nazharie Brandon, Laura Mast, Alice Leach, Shane Finn, Front: Suresh Sarkar, Mike Turo, Andrew LaCroix, Summer Arrowood, Amadou Fall, Janet Macdonald

Summer 2013: Canoe down the Duck River

Canoe Trip 2013

Shane Finn, Janet Macdonald, Andrew LaCroix, Mike Turo, Summer Arrowood, Bryson, Laura Mast

Spring 2013: Chem 304: The Chemistry of Nanoparticles

Nano Course 2013

Kevin Winter(Cliffel Group), Maria Sarmiento (Graduated, BSc), Ryan WIllson (Stone Group), Wes Bauer(Wright Group), Bryson Howard (Macdonald Group), Aaron Danlel (Cliffel Group), Amy Poynter (Pintaro Group), Andrew LaCroix (Macdonald Group), Janet Macdonald, Nicholas Wright (Wright Group), Summer Arrowood (Macdonald Group) and Nicholas Boyde (Hanusa Group).

Summer 2012

Group photo 2012

Back: Erik Jewell, Shane Finn, Bryson Howard, Janet Macdonald, Samantha Monk; Front: Mike Turo, Emil Hernandez, Aaron Daniel

Group Photo Jumping with Vanderbilt

Hamming it up with Mr. Vanderbilt

Fall 2011: Early Days in the Macdonald Lab

instrument lab

The Instrument Lab (yet to be filled)

fumehoods

The labs have fumehoods galore! 8 of them!

spectrofluorimeter

JASCO FP-8300 Fluorimeter

firstreaction

The lab's inaugural reaction with Mike and Shane, fall rotation students. Oct 4, 2011. Break out the champagne!

Synthesis Lab

The Synthesis Lab getting set up

glovebox

The new glove box on arrival day, Oct 13, 2011.

UV-VIS_NIR

JASCO V-670 UV-VIS-NIR

view

The view from the 9th floor of Stevenson Center.