Credentials
Education
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2015 - 2020, Doctor of Philosophy in Inorganic Chemistry
Advisor: Prof. Matthew P. Conley
University of California, Riverside
Riverside, CA
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2010 - 2015, Bachelors of Science in Chemistry
Adams State University
Alamosa, CO
Professional Appointments
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2023 - present, Scientist II
Ames National Laboratory
Ames, IA -
2020 - 2023, Postdoctoral Research Associate
Advisor: Prof. James Boncella
Washington State University
Pullman, WA
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2020 - 2021, Postdoctoral Research Associate
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (joint appointment)
Pullman, WA
Honors & Awards
- 2024, Completed the Ames National Laboratory Scientist Development Leadership Program
Areas of Expertise
- Catalysis (heterogeneous and homogeneous)
- Coordination chemistry
- Organometallic chemistry
- Surface Organometallic Chemistry (SOMC)
- Molecular synthesis and surface functionalization
Research
Patents
- Organosilicon on solid oxides, and related complexes, compositions, methods and systems
Publications
Well-defined Pt(0) heterogeneous hydrosilylation catalysts supported by a surface bound phosphenium
Dalton Transactions,
2025
Preferred Orientation of a Physisorbed Molecular Catalyst and Implications for Selectivity
ACS Physical Chemistry Au,
2025
Removal of Homogeneous Broadening from 1H-Detected Multidimensional Solid-State NMR Spectra
Analytical Chemistry,
2025
Catalysis activity and chemoselectivity control with the trans ligand in Ru–H pincer complexes
Dalton Transactions,
2025
On the Use of NMR Distance Measurements for Assessing Surface Site Homogeneity
Dalton Transactions,
2023
Double Intramolecular 1,2 C–H Addition of o-Methyl Groups To Form Ruthenium Pincer Double Tuck-In Complexes
Inorganic Chemistry,
2023
Intramolecular 1,2 C−H Addition of o-Methyl Groups to Form Unique Ruthenium Pincer Tuck-in Complexes
ChemCatChem,
2023
Reactions of Triisobutylaluminum with Unbridged or Bridged Group IV Metallocene Dichlorides
Organometallics,
2022
Active Sites in a Heterogeneous Organometallic Catalyst for the Polymerization of Ethylene
ACS Central Science,
2021
Solid-State 45Sc NMR Studies of Cp*2Sc–OR (R= CMe2CF3, CMe(CF3)2, C(CF3)3,SiPh3) and Relationship to the Structure of Cp*2Sc-Sites Supported on Partially Dehydroxylated Silica
Organometallics,
2020
Al(ORF)3 (RF= C(CF3)3) activated silica: a well-defined weakly coordinating surface anion
Chemical Science,
2020
Generation of phosphonium sites on sulfated zirconium oxide: relationship to Brønsted acid strength of surface− OH sites
Journal of the American Chemical Society,
2019
π-Bond Character in Metal–Alkyl Compounds for C–H Activation: How, When, and Why?
Journal of the American Chemical Society,
2018
Activation of C− F Bonds by Electrophilic Organosilicon Sites Supported on Sulfated Zirconia
Angewandte Chemie International Edition,
2018
Abundant vanadium diboride with graphene-like boron layers for hydrogen evolution
ACS Applied Energy Materials,
2018
The β‐Agostic Structure in (C5Me5)2Sc(CH2CH3): Solid‐State NMR Studies of (C5Me5)2Sc−R (R=Me, Ph, Et)
Angewandte Chemie International Edition,
2018
Solid-state 45 Sc NMR studies of Cp*2Sc–X and Cp*2ScX(THF)
Dalton Transactions,
2018
A bulky Pd (II) α-diimine catalyst supported on sulfated zirconia for the polymerization of ethylene and copolymerization of ethylene and methyl acrylate
Organometallics,
2018
A well-defined Ni (II) α-diimine catalyst supported on sulfated zirconia for polymerization catalysis
Organometallics,
2017