FORMER GROUP MEMBERS
Graduate Students
Vince Kowalski
M.S. Thesis, Synthesis and Characterization of Dipyrromethene Complexes of Antimony, 2017
Current Position: QC Chemist at iGM Resins, Charlotte, North Carolina
Dr. Chris G. Gianopoulos
Ph.D. Dissertation, Development of Bulky Dipyrromethene Complexes of Aluminum, Zinc, and Rhodium, 2014
Current Position: Postdoctoral Associate with Emeritus Professor Alan Pinkerton, University of Toledo
Dr. Adam Keith
Ph.D. Dissertation, Ion-tagged Phosphines for Catalytic Reactions in Ionic Liquids, 2014
Current Position: Senior Chemist at Chem Trend, Howell, Michigan
Chris Yeisley
M.S. Thesis, Synthesis of Early Transition Metal Complexes Supported by Pyrrolyl and Indolyl Based Ligands, 2013
Current Position:
Dr. Ryan T. Rondo
Ph.D. Dissertation,Development of Constrained Geometry Complexes of Group 4 and 5 Metals, 2010
Current Position: Boulder Scientific, Golden, Colorado
Dr. Nick B. Kingsley
Ph.D. Dissertation,Synthesis and Characterization f Lewis Acidic Aluminum and Gallium Complexes, 2009
Current Position: Associate Professor of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Flint
Dr. Anirban Das
M.S. Thesis, Di(3-methylindolyl)methane Complexes of Aluminum and Gallium Alkyls, 2007
Current Position: CSIR Pool Scientist, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India
Dr. Bassam N. Fneich
Ph.D. Dissertation,Chelating Nitrogen-Donor Complexes of Titanium, Zirconium, Aluminum and Copper, 2006
Current Position:
Bingxu Song
M.S. Thesis, The Synthesis of Group 13 Compounds to Bind and Activate Carbon Monoxide, 2005
Current Position:
Laurence F. Bensaid
M.S. Thesis, Rhodium-Catalyzed Hydroformylation of 1-Hexene Using Pi-Acidic Phosphines and Synthesis of a New Phosphine Ligand for Use in Supercritical Carbon Dioxide, 2002
Current Position:
Mawuto "Franck" Segla
M.S. Thesis, Aluminum and Silicon Complexes Featuring the 3-Methylindole Substituent, 2001
Current Position:
Dr. R. Mark Matthews
Ph.D. Dissertation,Aluminum and Gallium Phosphates, Phosphonates, and Arsonates: Model Compounds and Potential Precursors to Solid-State Materials, 2000
Current Position: Professor of Chemistry, Durham Technical Community College, Durham, North Carolina
FORMER GROUP MEMBERS
Postdoctoral Associates
Dr. Baohan Xie
2000 - 2001
Research Projects: Indole and Bis(3-methylindolyl)methane Complexes of Aluminum; Epoxide Polymerization Catalysis
Current Position: Scientific Information Analyst at Chemical Abstract Services, Dublin, Ohio
Dr. Thomas Barnard
1999 - 2001
Research Projects: Phosphine Derivatives of Indole, Pyrrole, and Tris(3-methylindolyl)methane; Deprotonated Diindolylmethanes as Dianionic Analogues of Scorpionate Bis(pyrazolyl)borate Ligands
Current Position: Professor of Chemistry, Cardinal Stritch University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Dr. Vira Ponomarova
2000 - 2001
Research Projects: Modular Construction of Porous Phosphates and Phosphonates of the Group 13 Elements
Current Position:
Dr. James Fisher
1996 - 1998
Research Projects: Molecular Phosphates and Phosphonates of Aluminum and Gallium; Epoxide Polymerization Catalysis
Current Position: Professor of Chemistry, Imperial Valley College, Imperial, California
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