After a short stint of 2 months, Andrew Yeung left for the US early July to pursue his Ph.D. studies at Texas A&M with Donald J. Darensbourg. Now, there’s no one to treat me dinner at the Guild House. Anyway, we wish Andrew and Mel all the best in their new “home” for the next [...]

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On 30th of June 2010, the degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY has been conferred to Basu as a 2nd member of this group. Dr Ramasamy Jothibasu has published 7 good papers so far and will start his postdoctoral position at KAUST towards the end of 2010, for which I wish him all the best.

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During the last weekend of June (25-27) in 2010, we had our 2nd group retreat on the beautiful island of Tioman, Malaysia. The objective this time was to update our group manual with new additions and improvements and of course to have fun together. Although our group has shrunken compared to last year (Dr Han [...]

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