Resume

• 2003

  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  University of Washington

  Princeton University

  The College of New Jersey

  Ewing

  NJ

  Chemistry professor

  courses taught include General Chemistry II

  Organic Chemistry II

  Junior Seminar

  and Organometallics and Reaction Mechanisms\nResearch interests are in polymerization reactions and finding new and less expensive ways to hydrogenate alkenes and base free transfer hydrogenation and applying this strategy to convert cheap abundant carbonyls to fuels and chemicals.

  Associate Professor

  The College of New Jersey

  Princeton University

  Chair-elect Trenton local ACS section

  American Chemical Society

  American Chemical Society

  Ewing

  Nj

  Chair Trenton ACS

  Ewing

  NJ

  Chemistry professor

  courses taught include General Chemistry II

  Organic Chemistry II

  Junior Seminar

  and Organometallics and Reaction Mechanisms\nResearch interests are in polymerization reactions and finding new and less expensive ways to hydrogenate alkenes.

  Assistant Professor

  The College of New Jersey

  Postdoctoral researcher with Karen Goldberg in the center for enabling new technologies through catalysis (CENTC) Worked on hydrogenation chemistry and biomass conversion.

  University of Washington

  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  PhD

  Chemistry

• 1999

  Bachelor of Science (B.S.)

  Chemistry

  Lafayette College

• UV/Vis

  IR spectroscopy

  Organometallic Chemistry

  NMR

  FTIR

  IR

  Inorganic Chemistry

  Organic Chemistry

  GC-MS

  Research

  Catalysis

  Chemistry

  Spectroscopy

  Synthesis

  characterization

  and reactivity studies of (cyclohexenyl) nickel(ii) complexes

  Synthesis

  characterization

  and reactivity studies of (cyclohexenyl) nickel(ii) complexes

  Polymerization of 1

  3-dienes and styrene catalyzed by cationic allyl ni(II) complexes

  Synthesis and reactivity of cationic (Allyl)(arene)nickel(II) and (Allyl)(arene)palladium(II) complexes

  Synthesis and reactivity of cationic (Allyl)(arene)nickel(II) and (Allyl)(arene)palladium(II) complexes

  Base-Free Transfer Hydrogenation of Ketones Using Cp*Ir(pyridinesulfonamide)Cl Precatalysts

  Synthesis

  characterization

  and reactivity of arene-stabilized rhodium complexes

  A Three-Year Chemistry Seminar Program Focusing on Career Development Skills

  N-[2-(Pyridin-2-yl)ethyl]-derivatives of methane-

  benzene- and toluenesulfonamide: prospective ligands for metal coordination

  Synthesis and characterization of (π-allyl)palladium(II) complexes containing dialkylbiaryl phosphine ligands

  Synthesis and characterization of iridium(I) and iridium(III) complexes containing dialkylbiphenylphosphines

  The mechanism of polymerization of butadiene by \"ligand-free\" nickel(II) complexes

  O'Connor

  O'Connor

  American Chemical Society