Drake Johnson

Principal Scientist, Luna Labs USA | Ph.D. @UNC @ZhukoGroup 🐏 | B.S. @NCState, Go Pack! 🐺🐺🐺

[Drake Johnson @DrakeChem]

Need some more nitrogen in your life? Check out my latest paper on some fascinating nitrogen-rich iridacycles! Many thanks to co-authors @kingak333 @FuShengWang0138, and ofcourse @Alex_Zhuko!

[Aleksandr Zhukhovitskiy @Alex_Zhuko]

Excited to share this discovery by @DrakeChem and team in the @ZhukoGroup of "IrN5" rings! https://t.co/m4bOmHnmwH Also, my personal first @Orgmet_ACS paper! Crucial help from @kingak333 and @FuShengWang0318! @uncchemistry

[Drake Johnson @DrakeChem]

Metathesis doesn't stop with olefins - get our mechanism-focused perspective of some fascinating chemistry here!

[Zhukhovitskiy Group @ZhukoGroup]

Want to learn more about hetero-ene metathesis? Check out our perspective in ACS Catalysis here: https://t.co/cYJdVqOtAH @DrakeChem @Alex_Zhuko

[Aleksandr Zhukhovitskiy @Alex_Zhuko]

Congrats to @kingak333 and thanks to our amazing collaborators @TomsonLab!!

[Drake Johnson @DrakeChem]

My man Andy!

[Zhukhovitskiy Group @ZhukoGroup]

Congrats to Andrew (@kingak333) for being selected for the Excellence in Graduate Polymer Research Symposium!

[Drake Johnson @DrakeChem]

A good day! Check it out for quite a unique metathesis mechanism and some versatile polycarbodiimides - thanks to everyone who helped us out along the way!

[Aleksandr Zhukhovitskiy @Alex_Zhuko]

Big congrats to @DrakeChem, team @ZhukoGroup, and Sheiko group collaborators @uncchemistry on the publication of our @ACSCentSci paper on carbodiimide ring-opening metathesis polymerization to access nitrogen-rich polymer backbones! https://t.co/Djkh95oPD0

[Drake Johnson @DrakeChem]

To anyone who's still around at #ACSSpring2023, I'd be thrilled to see you at my talk tomorrow! 8:40am in Regency Ballroom A.

[Drake Johnson @DrakeChem]

Let's go! Thrilled to have our work out there - if you like metathesis, check it out! Thanks to everyone who helped out both in lab and around the department!

[Aleksandr Zhukhovitskiy @Alex_Zhuko]

Our development of carbodiimide ring-opening metathesis polymerization (CDI ROMP) is out now on ChemRxiv! https://t.co/6HAjzcK6tZ
@DrakeChem @ZhukoGroup @uncchemistry

[Aleksandr Zhukhovitskiy @Alex_Zhuko]

Hi everyone, @organomimetic, @AthinaAnastasa1 and I started a non-profit called Care4Ukr to help connect those affected by the war in Ukraine with psychologists/therapists. Please help to spread the word! @Care4Ukr

[Drake Johnson @DrakeChem]

My man Andrew!

[Zhukhovitskiy Group @ZhukoGroup]

Hot off the press! Check out our newest publication by @kingak333 on conjugated polymer synthesis

[Drake Johnson @DrakeChem]

Really looking forward to this, thanks for the invite!

[NC State Chemistry @NCStateChem]

(1/3) This week, the following seminars will be held within the Department:

Chemistry Undergraduate Alumni Seminar: Research Seminar and Q&A on Friday 10/29/21 from 3:00-4:15pm presented on Zoom and in Cox214 by Kathy Nguyen and @DrakeChem, Recent NCSU Chemistry BS Graduates

[Drake Johnson @DrakeChem]

Let's gooooo Maxim!!

[Zhukhovitskiy Group @ZhukoGroup]

We're thrilled to present our group's first paper, made possible by the work of our awesome post-doc Maxim Ratushnyy! Keep these skeletal (re)arrangements in mind when decorating this Halloween! @Alex_Zhuko https://t.co/aHKnvf45dw

[Jillian Dempsey @jillianldempsey]

UNC Chem lost a legend. Fred Young, who supported our department through facilities and maintenance, passed away Monday. Fred was a problem solver, a kind soul, and a friend to all. His contributions to our dept. are far and wide; it's hard to think about the future w/o him.

[NC State Chemistry @NCStateChem]

Please help us in wishing a warm welcome to Dr. Travis Varner (@trixfortrex) who recently joined the Department of Chemistry @NCState as a Teaching Assistant Professor! Check out the link to learn more about him. Welcome to the Pack, Travis! #ncstatechem
https://t.co/6o1dJ9x5hv

[Drake Johnson @DrakeChem]

@trixfortrex @NCStateChem Thrilled to hear this, glad the Pack has another great teacher in their ranks!! Go Pack!

[Drake Johnson @DrakeChem]

Heyooo! Glad to be here, and thanks to everyone who helped me out in my first two years at UNC!

[Zhukhovitskiy Group @ZhukoGroup]

Drake Johnson (@DrakeChem) has became Zhuko Group PhD candidate #3 by passing his oral exam yesterday! He's warmed up to UNC!

[Drake Johnson @DrakeChem]

Chris was an awesome mentor to me! You rock, excited to see what you do in the future!

[Zhukhovitskiy Group @ZhukoGroup]

We're all looking forward to meeting the students virtually visiting UNC this weekend at the upcoming poster session - we've got https://t.co/LVKI31KDTr rooms in the polymer, organic, and inorganic divisions, so check us out!

[ARCHIVED - NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover @NASAPersevere]

Safe on Mars. https://t.co/heoYjkwfty

[Drake Johnson @DrakeChem]

@meredith_barbee Awesome, way to go!!

[Drake Johnson @DrakeChem]

I'm in good company!

[Zhukhovitskiy Group @ZhukoGroup]

There are some new faces in the Zhukhovitskiy group! We are happy to welcome three stellar students, nearly doubling our lab size. We'll be introducing them 1-by-1, starting today.