December 2009
Congratulations to Curtis Coumbe who graduates with a Ph.D.
November 2009
X-ray crystal structure confirmation of our new molecule, Sc4O3@C80, is reported (Chem. Commun., 46, 279-281, 2010).
November 2009
Discovery is reported for our new separation method to purify metallic nitride and oxometallic fullerenes using selective
complexation of metallofullerenes with Lewis Acids (48, 11685-11690, 2009).
May 2009
Stevenson Research Group attends 2009 Electrochemical Society Meeting in San Francisco, CA.
January 2009
2009 Calender Cover Page (Inorganic Chemistry Calendar) of our Gd2ScN@C80 molecule
August 2008
Discovery is reported for a new family of molecules consisting on entrapped metallic oxide clusters entrapped in fullerene cages.
These new compounds include Sc4O2@C80 and Sc4O3@C80 (JACS, 130, 11844-11845, 2008). The X-Ray crystal structure is
obtained by Prof. Alan Balch at UC-Davis.
August 2008
Stevenson graduate student (Mary Mackey) receives a 3-year GRFP fellowship grant from the National Science Foundation.
May 2008
The Stevenson Research Group travels to Phoenix for the ECS conference. (10 presentations)
March 2008
X-Ray Crystal Structure of our Gd2ScN@C80 molecule makes the Cover Page of "Inorganic Chemistry" (March 5 issue, Vol. 47,
2008)
May 2007
The Stevenson Research Group travels to Chicago for the ECS conference. (11 presentations)
May 2007
Stevenson receives "Researcher of the Year" Award for Junior Faculty at the University of Southern Mississippi
February 2007
The Stevenson and Phillips Groups travel to Starkville for the MAS conference. (9 presentations)
Congratulations to Katie Carpenter (Stevenson Group) a who received an award for her presentation.
January 2007
Congratulations to Curtis Coumbe for passing his Ph.D. oral prospectus
December 2006
Prof. Stevenson gives an invited lecture at Oak Grove High School.
November 2006
Prof. Stevenson hosts a science class from Long Beach Middle School who travel to Southern Miss to learn about nanomaterials
and nanotechnology. We enjoyed watching 20+ students make fullerene structures from molecular modeling kits.
October 2006
Prof. Stevenson gives an invited talk at the Mississippi University for Women
September 2006
Student presentation at the INSPIRES conference
Student Presentation at the National ACS Meeting in San Francisco
Student Presentation at the Mississippi Section of the American Chemical Society
Congratulations to Stevenson Research Student Mary Mackey, who receives 2nd prize at above conference.
August 2006
Prof. Stevenson gives an invited talk at the University of Alabama
June 2006
Another Ph.D. student joins the Stevenson Research Group.
Prof. Stevenson gives an invited talk at Ohio State University
May 2006
Congratulations to Hua Yu, who is Prof. Stevenson's first graduate student to graduate. Her thesis is entitled “Investigation of
Fullerene Reactivity with Organic Functionalized Silica Gel and its Application in Isolation of Metallic Nitride Fullerenes (MNFs)."
Prof. Stevenson is a keynote speaker at the ECS meeting in Denver.
February 2006
Stevenson Research Group students travel to the MAS meeting and give oral presentations.
June 2005
A student from the Mississippi University for Women comes to the Stevenson Research Group for summer research on MNFs.
May 2005
Professor Stevenson travels to Quebec, Canada to give a MNF research presentation at the Electrochemical Society Conference.
Congratulations to Hua (Helen) Yu, who passed the Ph.D. written qualifying exams.
November 2004
Professor Stevenson gives an invited seminar at Alcorn State University on his research with MNFs
Professor Stevenson travels to the Mississippi University for Women and gives an invited seminar on his MNF research.
October 2004
Professor Stevenson's two MSMS high school students give MNF research presentations at the INSPIRES conference in
Hattiesburg, MS.
July 2004
Professor Stevenson accepts two Mississippi School for Math and Science high school
students for MNF research in his lab.
March 2004
In late March, Professor Stevenson begins his faculty career at the University of Southern Mississippi.
In early March, Stevenson accepts an offer from the University of Southern Mississippi to become a faculty member. Upon
acceptance of his new faculty position, Stevenson resigns his position from Luna Innovations and moves to Mississippi.
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