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Developing Lanthanide-Nitrate Cluster Chemistry toward Rare Earth Separations

Alkali Counterion-Dependent Crystallization of Uranium(IV)–Chloro Structural Units

Lanthanide Differentiation using Acetylacetonate: Insights into the Solution Speciation and Crystallization Behavior of Homo- and Heterometal Complexes

Elucidating trends in synthesis and structural periodicity in a series of tetravalent actinide–oxo hexamers

Isolation of a chloride-capped cerium polyoxo nanocluster built from 52 metal ions

Unlocking Arene Phosphorescence in Bismuth–Organic Materials

Structural chemistry of penta- and hexanitrato thorium(iv) complexes isolated using N–H donors

Back in bismuth: controlling triplet energy transfer, phosphorescence, and radioluminescence via supramolecular interactions

Synthesis and Characterization of Cerium-Oxo Clusters Capped by Acetylacetonate.

Efficient Europium Sensitization via Low-Level Doping in a 2-D Bismuth-Organic Coordination Polymer

Th(IV) Bromide Complexes: A Homoleptic Aqua Ion and a Novel Th(H2O)4Br4 Structural Unit

Reactivity of a Chloride Decorated, Mixed Valent CeIII/IV38–Oxo Cluster

Synthesis, structural characterization, and luminescence properties of heteroleptic bismuth-organic compounds

Former Knope Group undergraduate researcher Dr. Chris Rom (GU ‘16) was selected for the Chemistry of Materials 2025 Lectureship and Best Paper Award. Congratulations, Chris! Read more about this award here.

Sabrina Jackson gave her 7th semester presentation, discussing her work with cerium-oxo clusters. Great job, Sabrina!

Our entire group attended and presented at ACS Fall 2025, located conveniently right here in DC. What a fantastic opportunity to highlight the exciting work coming out of the Knope Group!

Congratulations to Anamar Blanes-Diaz, our newest PhD holder! Amazing work, we will miss you, and best of luck in your future endeavors.

Gunjan Gupta presented at the Graduate Student Literature Seminar. Her topic was on multifunctional lathanide clusters for luminescent applications.

Maddie Shore successfully defended her thesis and earned her doctorate! Congratulations Maddie, we are so proud of you for your achievements and best of luck in your new position at QSA Global.

Our undergrads Sara Auffant and Neah Davis presented their honors theses and won several awards at the chemistry reception. We have such amazing undergrads!

Anamar Blanes-Diaz won the Pope Award in Inorganic Chemistry research! Pictured here with Neely Belai, who was Dr. Pope’s last student and happened to be at the event. How serendipitous!

Meiling Spelic and Alice Lulich passed their candidacy exams and are now PhD candidates. Congratulations!

Alice Lulich was selected as an Honorable Mention in the 2025 NSF-GRFP Competition. Congratulations!

Maddie Shore did a fantastic job presenting the her research in her exit seminar. We are so proud of her!

Sabrina Jackson passed her original research proposal. Nice job, Sabrina!

Tom McCusker gave his 7th semester presentation, discussing his work with lanthanide hexamers in aqueous solutions. Way to go, Tom!