Welcome to the Matson Research Group!!!

We are a team of chemists interested in synthetic inorganic chemistry, specifically the application of first-row transition metal complexes in an effort to solve a variety of industrial, environmental and biological problems. Want to learn more about the Matson Group?? Interested in joining our research team? All are welcome to come to join us for our group meetings. Contact Ellen for more information or come by and visit us in B50 of Hutchison Hall!!

1. 9th

   Dec
   Leyla's paper describing a luminescent U(V)O2 complex is published in Chemistry Europe! Grateful for the opportunity to collaborate with the Autschbach and Milsman laboratories!
2. 9th

   Dec
   Celebrating the holiday season at the Department Lunch!! Matson lab wins trivia!!!
3. 6th

   Dec
   Zhou, Shannon, and Hania have their work on mechanisms of PCET in vanadium-substituted polyoxotungstates published in Angew. Chem. Int. Ed!!! Congrats to the whole team on this fantastic article!
4. 2nd

   Dec
   The group welcomes Annika Kreeger and Vivienne Mathais to the team!!
5. 21st

   Nov
   The Matson Lab is recognized at the Fall Award Ceremony! Congratulations to graduate students, Chari Peter (Outstanding Graduate Student, 2025) and Hania Guirguis (Walters Teaching Award) on their recognitions!!! We are so proud of you!
6. 13th

   Nov
   Leyla, Kamaless, and Dom publish work on molybdenum oxides as redox active metalloligands for uranium in Chemical Communications! Congrats!!