Vyvyan Research Group
Current Group Members
Undergraduates
- Aimee Long
- David Henry
- Logan Wallace
- Kendra Hoogendoorn
- Emily Kessler
Graduate Students
Group Photos 1998-2000
It is never too early to start reading the literature.
James Robert Vyvyan, III
spring 1999
Ryan Looper (BS 1998, MS 1999) hard at work.
Vyvyan Research Group 1999-2000
Back row, from left: Chris Holst, Jim Vyvyan, Allison Johnson, Joe Deverich and Brandon Sherman.
Front row, from left: Bevin Parks, Justin Orr, Brady Stillwell, Jenny Oaksmith and Emily Peterson.
Not pictured: Courtney Rubens and Cheryl Schwenk.
Vyvyan group graduates spring 2000
Back row, from left: Brady Stillwell, Prof. Vyvyan, Emily Peterson
Front row, from left: Joe Deverich, Allison Johnson, Jennifer Oaksmith
Group Photos 2001-2005
Vyvyan Research Group 2000-2002
Back row, from left: Ellen Barholet, Amy Fromherz, Steven Staben, Jennifer Drew, Prof. Vyvyan.
Front row, from left: Korin Meyer, Trisha Duffey, Elaine Peterson, Austen Thomas.
Not pictured: Bevin Parks, Jessica Blevins, Jennifer Meyer.
![Group of students sitting on lawn](/sites/chemistryprod9x1001.wwu.edu/files/2020-09/200102005%201.jpg)
Vyvyan Group summer 2003
Back row, from left: Korin Meyer, Elaine Peterson, Danielle Moore.
Front row, from left: Celeste Loitz, Jennifer Meyer, Prof. Vyvyan, Chad Merkel, Jimmy Coats.
![group of students standing in front of trees outside chem building ](/sites/chemistryprod9x1001.wwu.edu/files/2020-09/jvrese8%20%281%29.jpg)
Vyvyan Group summer 2003
in front of the new 500 MHz NMR
Back row, from left: Prof. Vyvyan, Celeste Loitz, Chad Merkel, Jimmy Coats.
Front row, from left: Korin Meyer, Jennifer Meyer, Elaine Peterson, Danielle Moore.
![group of students standing by cylinder](/sites/chemistryprod9x1001.wwu.edu/files/2020-09/jvrese9%20%281%29.jpg)
Vyvyan Group Summer 2004
Back row, from left: Amanda Henry, Chad Merkel, Jimmy Coats.
Front row, from left: Prof. Vyvyan, Korin Meyer, Jacqui Hawkins, Celeste Loitz, Jennifer Meyer.
![Group of students sitting on rock outside chemistry building](/sites/chemistryprod9x1001.wwu.edu/files/2020-09/jvrese10%20%281%29.jpg)
Vyvyan Group Summer 2005
L to R: Erik Werner, Brian Michel
![Student with protective eye gear in research lab](/sites/chemistryprod9x1001.wwu.edu/files/2020-09/jvrese11%20%281%29.jpg)
![Student with protective eye gear in research lab](/sites/chemistryprod9x1001.wwu.edu/files/2020-09/jvrese12%20%281%29.jpg)
Vyvyan Group Summer 2005
L to R: Jacqui Hawkins, Jimmy Coats, Jennifer Johnson
not pictured: Jessica Pogachar
Group Photos 2006 -
Vyvyan Group summer 2006
Back row, from left: Brian Woods, Erik Werner, Prof. Vyvyan.
Front row, from left: Brian Michel, Jimmy Coats, Jennifer Johnson.
![Group of students sit in front of greenery](/sites/chemistryprod9x1001.wwu.edu/files/2020-09/jvrese15%20%281%29.jpg)
Vyvyan Group summer 2007
Back row, from left: Scott Bray, Rebecca Swanson, Prof. Vyvyan, Toby Ligon, Erik Werner, Travis McMahon.
Front row, from left: Brian Woods, Rebecca Brown, Laura Steffens, Haley Wall, Kyle Breakey, Jennifer Johnson.
![Group of students on wooden structure](/sites/chemistryprod9x1001.wwu.edu/files/2020-09/jvrese16%20%281%29.jpg)
Vyvyan Group summer 2007
Back row, from left: Erik Werner, Toby Ligon, Travis McMahon, Jennifer Johnson, Kyle Breakey, Prof. Vyvyan, Scott Bray, Brian Woods.
Front row, from left: Rebecca Swanson, Laura Steffens, Rebecca Brown, Haley Wall.
![Students standing in front of greenery](/sites/chemistryprod9x1001.wwu.edu/files/2020-09/jvrese17%20%281%29.jpg)
ACS Meetings
ACS Meeting Orlando, 2002
Trisha Duffey, Steven Staben.
![Two students standing beside a poster](/sites/chemistryprod9x1001.wwu.edu/files/2020-09/jvrese1%20%281%29.jpg)
ACS Meeting, Orlando, 2002
Trisha Duffey
![a single student poses beside a poster](/sites/chemistryprod9x1001.wwu.edu/files/2020-09/jvrese3%20%281%29.jpg)
ACS Meeting, New Orleans, April 2008
Fun on Bourbon St.!
Rebecca Brown, Hayley Wall, Laura Steffens and Rebecca Swanson
![four women pose in front of a colorful wall depicting musical instruments and notes](/sites/chemistryprod9x1001.wwu.edu/files/2020-09/vyvyan16%20%281%29.jpg)
ACS New Orleans, April 2008
Research Corporation Reception
(L to R) Scott Bray, Toby Ligon, Travis McMahon, Kyle Breakey, Brian Woods, Dr. Vyvyan
![a group of men pose beside a cocktail table](/sites/chemistryprod9x1001.wwu.edu/files/2020-09/vyvyan18%20%281%29.jpg)
ACS New Orleans, 2008
Scott Bray at his poster
![a student points to a line on a poster](/sites/chemistryprod9x1001.wwu.edu/files/2020-09/vyvyan10%20%281%29.jpg)
ACS New Orleans, 2008
Hayley Wall and Toby Ligon's poster
![two students pose beside a poster](/sites/chemistryprod9x1001.wwu.edu/files/2020-09/vyvyan13%20%281%29.jpg)
ACS New Orleans, 2008
Brian Woods and Rebecca Brown's poster
![two students pose beside a poster](/sites/chemistryprod9x1001.wwu.edu/files/2020-09/vyvyan12%20%281%29.jpg)
ACS New Orleans, 2008
Laura Steffens at her poster
![a student poses beside a poster](/sites/chemistryprod9x1001.wwu.edu/files/2020-09/vyvyan14%20%281%29.jpg)
ACS New Orleans, 2008
A fun trip to the Emergency Room.....don't ask!
![two students pose beside a door](/sites/chemistryprod9x1001.wwu.edu/files/2020-09/vyvyan17.jpg)
Other Photos
Where it all began...an epoxide and a dream...
![a man stands beside a whiteboard with molecular diagrams written in colorful ink](/sites/chemistryprod9x1001.wwu.edu/files/2020-09/vyvyan5.jpg)
Allison Johnson (BS 2000) with her Sigma Xi poster.
![a woman poses beside a poster](/sites/chemistryprod9x1001.wwu.edu/files/2020-09/jvgirl.jpg)
Scholars Day 2001
Jessica Blevins
![a student poses beside a poster](/sites/chemistryprod9x1001.wwu.edu/files/2020-09/vyvyan6.jpg)
Even the boss used to do the dishes sometimes!
![a man mixes materials using a stirring rod](/sites/chemistryprod9x1001.wwu.edu/files/2020-09/jvrese6.jpg)
Scholars Day 2002
Trisha Duffey, Jennifer Loyer-Drew, Elaine Peterson, Ellen Bartholet.
![four women stand in a classroom, smiling at the camera](/sites/chemistryprod9x1001.wwu.edu/files/2020-09/jvrese7.jpg)
Reaction rainbow!
(Jennifer Loyer-Drew and Korin Meyer)
![materials in beakers connected to tubing and resting on blue stands](/sites/chemistryprod9x1001.wwu.edu/files/2020-09/vyvyan3.jpg)
500 MHz NMR install
How soon will this thing be up and running??
![a man poses beside a metal cylindrical object](/sites/chemistryprod9x1001.wwu.edu/files/2020-09/vyvyan7.jpg)
Fun at the NMR console
Celeste Loitz
![a man looks on as a women works on the computer](/sites/chemistryprod9x1001.wwu.edu/files/2020-09/vyvyan4.jpg)
Dissolving metal reduction
Sodium in liquid ammonia
![blue residue at the bottom of a beaker](/sites/chemistryprod9x1001.wwu.edu/files/2020-09/vyvyan8.jpg)
![black reside in a beaker](/sites/chemistryprod9x1001.wwu.edu/files/2020-09/vyvyan9.jpg)