Chemistry

Faculty & Staff

Education:

• PhD in Chemistry, the University of Kansas (09/2006)

            Concentration areas: Synthetic Inorganic / Organometallic Chemistry

             Dissertation Title: Low-Valent Coordination Chemistry of Nonbenzeniod Isocyanides, a New Class of Aromatic Isocyanide Ligands

• B.S. in Chemistry with minor Mathematics, Niagara University (2001)

Research Interest:

   I have been trained as a synthetic organometallic chemist and this is where my research interests are focused.  I have worked on synthetic coordination and physical inorganic chemistry of air sensitive electron-rich organometallic systems containing nonbenzenoid aromatic ligands.  My interests include the design of novel organometallic scaffolds and chiral catalytic reagents.

Teaching Interest:

• General Chemistry I (CHEM 121a)

• General Chemistry II (CHEM 121b)

• Inorganic Chemistry I (CHEM 411)

• Engineering Chemistry (CHEM 131)

• General, Organic and Biochemistry I (CHEM 120a)