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| Education |
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| 1976 |
B.S. |
Chemistry |
John
Carroll University, University Heights, OH |
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| 1979 |
M.S. |
Chemistry |
St.
Louis University, St. Louis, MO |
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Advisor: |
Professor
Harold A. Dieck |
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Thesis Title: |
"A
New Palladium-Catalyzed Addition Reaction |
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of
Conjugated Dienes" |
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| 1984 |
Ph.D. |
Chemistry |
University
of Wisconsin, Madison, WI |
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Advisor: |
Professor
Charles P. Casey |
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Thesis Title: |
"Trimethylphosphine-Induced
Cyclopentadienyl |
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Ligand
Transformations" |
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| Appointments |
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| 1998
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Full Professor |
University of California, San Diego |
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| 1992 - 1998 |
Associate Professor |
University of California, San Diego |
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| 1991 - 1993 |
Associate Professor |
University of Nevada, Reno |
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| 1985 - 1992 |
Assistant Professor |
University of California, San Diego |
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| 1984 - 1985 |
Postdoctoral Studies |
University of California, Berkeley |
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Advisor: |
Professor K. P. C. Vollhardt |
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Research
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Mechanistic
and synthetic organometallic chemistry with an emphasis on:
small-molecule activation by metal complexes; carbon-sulfur bond-activation;
metal-mediated bond-activation and functionalization; metal-catalysis;
metallacyle chemistry; metal-vinylidene chemistry; metal-arene chemistry;
metal-alkyne chemistry; biradical chemistry; synthetic methodology |
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