| Addison G. Coen | Ph.D. | 2024 | MSE Supplies, Tucson, AZ “Electrochemical and Mechanistic Characterization of Thiolate Ligand Modifications of [2Fe-2S]-Based Electrocatalysts for Hydrogen Evolution” https://repository.arizona.edu/handle/10150/6725091 |
| Kayla E. Clary | Ph.D. | 2022 | United States Patent Office “Catalyzing the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction with [2Fe-2S] Metallopolymers in Neutral Water” https://repository.arizona.edu/handle/10150/666128 |
| Meghan O. Hamilton | Ph.D. | 2021 | Raytheon Technologies, Tucson, AZ “Electrochemical and Computational Analysis of Aryl-Bridged [2Fe-2S] Complexes for Hydrogen Production” https://repository.arizona.edu/handle/10150/661511 |
| Matthew E. Humphries | Ph.D. | 2019 | Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM “Synthesis and Application of Tunable Mo2 And W2 Tetraguanidinate Paddlewheel Complexes” https://repository.arizona.edu/handle/10150/631943 |
| Susan C. Borowski | Ph.D. | 2014 | Visiting Assistant Professor, Randolph-Macon College, Ashland Virginia “Computational, Photoelectron Spectroscopic, and Electrochemical Studies of the Electronic Structures in Hydrogenase-Inspired Molecules” http://hdl.handle.net/10150/321609 |
| Gabriel B. Hall | Ph.D. | 2014 | Scientist 2, Pacific Northwest National Laboratories (PNNL), Richland, Washington“ Non-Innocence in [2Fe-2S] Clusters for the Purpose of Molecular Hydrogen Production” http://hdl.handle.net/10150/318795 |
| Steven M. Sill | M.S. | 2014 | Chemist I, Sigma Aldrich Fine Chemicals, Madison, Wisconsin “Spectroscopic, Electrochemical, and Computational Studies on an [FeFe]-Hydrogenase Active Site Mimic with a Terthiophene Bridging the 2Fe2S Core” http://hdl.handle.net/10150/321551 |
| Elliott R. Smith | Ph.D. | 2013 | Scientist, Intel Corporation, Arizona “Electrochemical, Spectroscopic, and Theoretical Studies on the Effects of Exchanging Se for S in the 2Fe2E (E= S or Se) Butterfly Core and Modifications to the µ-E to µ-E Linkers in [FeFe]-Hydrogenase Inspired Electrocatalysts for H2 Production” http://hdl.handle.net/10150/312561 |
| Laura M. Stratton | Ph.D. | 2012 | Director of Research and Development, Polymer Chemistry Innovations, Inc., Tucson, Arizona “Preparation and Characterization of [FeFe]-Hydrogenase Active Site Mimics Studied by Gas-Phase Photoelectron Spectroscopy, Electrochemistry, and Computational Models” http://hdl.handle.net/10150/311862 |
| Orrasa In-noi | Ph.D. | 2012 | Ph.D. awarded from the Suranaree University of Technology, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand “Synthesis and Spectroscopic, Electrochemical, and Computational Studies of Organometallic Complexes for Hydrogen Production” download |
| Jason C. Durivage | Ph.D. | 2011 | Teacher, Mision Heights Preparatory High School, Casa Grande, Arizona “Ligand Effects on Metal-Metal Bonding: Photoelectron Spectroscopy and Electronic Structure Calculations of Dimetal Paddlewheel Complexes” http://hdl.handle.net/10150/145427 |
| Nicholas J. Wiebelhaus | Ph.D. | 2011 | Plant Manager, CVI at Greenheck, Charlotte, NC “Investigation of the Energy of the Dithiolene Folding Interaction in Metallocene-Dithiolene Complexes using Spectroscopic and Computational Analysis” http://hdl.handle.net/10150/201509 |
| Ashley L. Rose Head | Ph.D. | 2011 | Staff Scientist, Interface Science and Catalysis, Center for Functional Nanomaterials, Brookhaven National Laboratories (BNL), Upton, NY “Photoelectron Spectroscopy and Computational Studies of Molecules with Delocalized Electronic Structure and Extended Electronic Structure Interactions” http://hdl.handle.net/10150/203484 |
| Takahiro Sakamoto | Ph.D. | 2010 | Staff Scientist, Praxair, Tucson, AZ “Relationships Between Gas-Phase Ionization Energies and Solution-Phase Oxidation Potentials: Applications to the Electrocatalytic Production of Hydrogen from Weak Acids” http://hdl.handle.net/10150/194534 |
| Olga Lobanova Griffith | Ph.D. | 2010 | Process Engineer, SAKTI3, Ann Arbor, Michigan “Insight into the Electronic Properties of Organic Semiconductors: Experimental Measures from the Single Molecule Level to the Solid-State Device Limit” http://hdl.handle.net/10150/195928 |
| Aaron K. Vannucci | Ph.D. | 2009 | Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of South Carolina “Computational, spectroscopic, and electrochemical studies of molybdoenzyme and hydrogenase active site inspired complexes” http://hdl.handle.net/10150/195032 |
| Benjamin J. Petro | Ph.D. | 2009 | “Preparation and Characterization of Hydrogenase Enzyme Active Site-inspired Catalysts: The effects of alkyl bulk and conformer strain as studied by photoelectron spectroscopy, electrochemistry and computational methods” http://hdl.handle.net/10150/194329 |
| L. Tori Lockett | Ph.D. | 2009 | Adjunct Lecturer, The University of Arizona “Gas-phase Photoelectron Spectroscopy and Computational Studies of [FeFe]-Hydrogenase – Inspired Catalysts for Hydrogen Production” http://hdl.handle.net/10150/193874 |
| Matthew A. Cranswick | Ph.D. | 2008 | Assistant Professor, Colorado State University, Pueblo, CO “Gas-phase photoelectron spectroscopy and computational studies of metal-thiolate interactions: Implications to biological electron transfer” http://hdl.handle.net/10150/195569 |
| Jennifer M. Morse | Ph.D. | 2007 | Environmental Protection Specialist, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Air Pollution Control Division, Denver, CO “Electronic Effects of Solvation: A Comparison of Gas-Phase and Condensed-Phase Photoelectron Spectroscopy” http://hdl.handle.net/10150/194130 |
| Asha Rajapakshe | Ph.D. | 2005 | Senior Scientist, Chemistry, Merck, West Point, PA “Electronic structure and bonding factors of transition metal-pentadienyl and (fluoroalkyl)phosphine complexes: Photoelectron spectroscopy and computational methods” http://hdl.handle.net/10150/194404 |
| Laura O. Van Dorn | Ph.D. | 2004 | Adjunct Lecturer, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Arizona “Ligand electronic effects in dimetal complexes: Developments toward low ionization energies and correlations with solution properties” http://hdl.handle.net/10150/290099 |
| Tonja G. Bill | Ph.D. | 2003 | Cardinal Health, NC “Electronic structure and bonding factors of transition metal-phosphine and -carbene molecules” http://hdl.handle.net/10150/280399 |
| Jason B. English | Ph.D. | 2002 | Research Scientist, Exxon Mobil, TX “Electronic structure investigations of multiple bonding between atoms: from metal-nitrogen triple bonds to metal-metal triple and quadruple bonds” http://hdl.handle.net/10150/280021 |
| Julia Padden Metzker | Ph.D. | 2001 | Georgia College and State University “New Methods of Collection and Interpretation in Photoelectron Spectroscopy: Applications to Metallocenes” http://hdl.handle.net/10150/279891 |
| Matthew A. Lynn | Ph.D. | 2000 | Department Chair, Science and Mathematics, National Technical Institute for the Deaf, Rochester Institute of Technology “Metal, ligand, and symmetry influences on metal-metal bonds: Photoelectron spectroscopy and theory” http://hdl.handle.net/10150/284089 |
| Hua-jun Fan | Ph.D. | 1999 | Professor, Prairie View A&M University “Photoelectron spectroscopy and computational studies of electron delocalization in organometallic complexes” http://hdl.handle.net/10150/284012 |
| Andrew B. Uplinger | Ph.D. | 1998 | Director of Research and Development Informatics, Exelixis, San Francisco, CA “The electronic structure of metal acetylides” http://hdl.handle.net/10150/288844 |
| Kristie Winfield Ruddick | M.S. | 1997 | Instructor, University of Memphis “Photoelectron spectroscopy of organometallic alkylthiolate complexes” |
| John R. Pollard | Ph.D. | 1996 | Lecturer and Director of General Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Arizona “Ligand Effects and Periodic Trends in Metal-Metal Multiple Bonds: Theoretical and Experimental Studies of Electronic Structure by Gas-Phase Photoelectron Spectroscopy” http://hdl.handle.net/10150/282196 |
| Nancy Carter Dopke | REU student | 1990s | Assistant Professor, Alma College |
| Lalitha Subramanian | Postdoc | 1994 | Senior Director, Accelrys, San Diego, CA |
| Nadine E. Gruhn | Ph.D. | 1994 | Managing Director , Vagelos Institute for Energy Science and Technology at University of Pennsylvania “Electronic structures of unsaturated silicon compounds and transition metal-silicon interactions” http://hdl.handle.net/10150/187562 |
| Mara E. Rempe | Ph.D. | 1994 | Assistant Dean, Seattle University “Electron donor and acceptor properties of trimethylphosphine, triphenylphosphine, and related ligands with transition metals by photoelectron spectroscopy” http://hdl.handle.net/10150/186698 |
| Charles D. Ray | M.S. | 1992 | Cargill, Otumwa, Iowa “Photoelectron Spectroscopy of Dimolybdenum Tetracarboxylates: Probing the Electronic Nature of the Molybdenum-Molybdenum Quadruple Bond” http://hdl.handle.net/10150/278093 |
| Sharon K. Renshaw | Ph.D. | 1991 | Front Range Community College, CO “Photoelectron spectroscopy and bonding of iron and rhodium organometallic compounds with metal-carbon and metal-hydrogen bonds” http://hdl.handle.net/10150/185692 |
| Garry D. Hinch | Ph.D. | 1990 | Cloudline Technology Solutions LLC “Effect of ligand addition and substitution on metal-metal multiple bonds: direct electronic structure comparisons via gas-phase photoelectron spectroscopy” http://hdl.handle.net/10150/185132 |
| Royston H. Hogan | Ph.D. | 1990 | Charted Semiconductors Mfg. Pte. Ltd., Singapore “Scanning tunneling microscopy and photoelectron spectroscopy of thin film dichromium tetraacetate and dimolybdenum tetraacetate on single crystal graphite and molybdenum disulfide” http://hdl.handle.net/10150/184992 |
| Anjana Rai-Chaudhuri | Ph.D. | 1989 | Founder and Moderator, Asian CML Support Group “Electronic structure and bond energy trends in silicon-hydrogen and germanium-hydrogen bond activation by transition metals” http://hdl.handle.net/10150/184731 |
| Mark E. Jatcko | Ph.D. | 1990 | Senior Principle Staff Process Engineer, Freescale Semiconductor, CHD Fab, Chandler, AZ “Ionization-structure relationships in metal-phosphine interactions” http://hdl.handle.net/10150/184942 |
| Ann S. Copenhaver | Ph.D. | 1989 | Los Alamos, NM Active in several ongoing volunteer organizations dealing with environmental/urban issues of fire and forest health. “Photoelectron spectroscopy of supported metal-metal interactions” http://hdl.handle.net/10150/184742 |
| Edward M. Kober | Postdoc. | 1988 | Research Scientist, Physics and Chemisry of Materials, Los Alamos National Laboratory, NM |
| John G. Kristofzki | Ph.D. | 1988 | Lockheed Martin, Richland, WA “Ionization-Structure Relationships of Thin Film and Gas Phase Group VI Metal-Metal Quadruple-Bonded Complexes http://hdl.handle.net/10150/184384 |
| Martin L. Hoppe | Ph.D. | 1988 | General Atomics, San Diego, CA “Characterization of the electronic structure of complexes containing metal-heteroatom multiple bonds“ http://hdl.handle.net/10150/184616 |
| Gary P. Darsey | Ph.D. | 1988 | AKZO Chemical Inc, Dobbs Ferry, NY “The electronic structure of methyl-substituted ferrocenes and early transition metal bent metallocenes by gas-phase ultraviolet and x-ray photoelectron spectroscopies” http://hdl.handle.net/10150/184473 |
| Michael T. Ashby | Ph.D. | 1986 | Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK “The Nature of Organosulfur Lone Pair Orbital Interactions with Transition Metal d-Orbitals” http://hdl.handle.net/10150/183814 |
| Glen E. Kellogg | Ph.D. | 1985 | Professor, Virginia Commonwealth University – School of Pharmacy, Richmond, VA “Electronic factors of C-H and C:C double bond activation: experimental information from UV and x-ray photoelectron spectroscopies” http://hdl.handle.net/10150/188067 |
| Louis S. K. Pang | Ph.D. | 1985 | Australian Commonwealth Scientific and Research Organization (CSIRO), Australia “The electronic structures of organometallic alkyne and vinylidene complexes as determined by x-ray and ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy” http://hdl.handle.net/10150/188072 |
| Charles H. Blevins II | Ph.D. | 1984 | Sola/Barnes-Hind, Sunnyvale, CA “The ionization/structural relationships in some metal-molecule and quadruply-bonded metal-metal interactions” http://hdl.handle.net/10150/187673 |
| John L. Hubbard | Ph.D. | 1982 | Associate Emeritus Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Utah State University, Logan “The electronic structure of organometallic carbonyl, nitrosyl, thionitrosyl, and cyanide complexes by gas phase x-ray and ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy” http://hdl.handle.net/10150/184525 |
| David Calabro | Ph.D. | 1981 | Research and Engineering, Exxon Mobil, New Jersey “The electronic structure of coordinated olefin, ? -alkylidene, and carbonyl ligands as provided by photoelectron spectroscopy” http://hdl.handle.net/10150/184125 |
| Andrew Campbell | M.S. | 1979 | Deputy Director of the Office of Enforcement, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C. “Photoelectron Spectroscopy of Transition Metal SO2 Complexes” |
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