Credentials
Education
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2016-2021 Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry
University of Ottawa -
2014-2015 M.Sc. in Physical Chemistry
University of Ottawa - 2012-2013 B. Sc. with Honours in Biopharmaceutical Sciences (Medicinal Chemistry), University of Ottawa
- 2007-2011 B. Sc. with Honours in Biochemistry (Microbiology and Immunology Option), University of Ottawa
Professional Appointments
- 2019-2021 Visiting Researcher, Metrology, National Research Council Canada
- 2021-2023 Postdoctoral Research Associate, Ames National Laboratory
Areas of Expertise
- Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (NMR)
- Tetrel Bonds
- Density Functional Theory
- Dynamic Nuclear Polarization
Research
Research Interests
- Understanding the Dynamics of Single-Site Heterogeneous Catalysts
Patents
- Supported rare earth catalysts and catalytic CH borylation of hydrocarbons (US Patent 20240238771A1 pending)
Publications
Size Matters: Altering the Metal-Surface Coordination in Micropores via Structural Confinement Effects
Inorg. Chem. Front.,
2024
Comparison of methods for the NMR measurement of motionally averaged dipolar couplings
J. Magn. Reson.,
2024
Enhanced Activity from Coordinatively Unsaturated and Dynamic Zeolite-Bound Organoscandium Species
ACS Catal.,
2024
Erratum: “Mechanistic origins of methyl-driven Overhauser DNP”
J. Chem. Phys.,
2023
The Structure of Boron Monoxide
J. Am. Chem. Soc.,
2023
Rapid Access to Encapsulated Molecular Rotors via Coordination-Driven Macrocycle Formation (Cover Article)
Chem. Eur. J.,
2023
Mechanistic Origins of Methyl-driven Overhauser DNP
J. Chem. Phys.,
2023
Double-Resonance 17O NMR Experiments Reveal Unique Configurational Information for Surface Organometallic Complexes
Chem. Commun.,
2023
1H Chemical Shift Anisotropy: A High Sensitivity Solid-State NMR Dynamics Probe for Surface Studies? (Cover Article)
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys.,
2023
Methyl-Driven Overhauser Dynamic Nuclear Polarization
J. Phys. Chem. Lett.,
2022
To what extent do bond length and angle govern the 13C and 1H NMR response to weak CH⋯O hydrogen bonds? A case study of caffeine and theophylline cocrystals
Solid State Nucl. Magn. Reson.,
2022
NMR Response of the Tetrel Bond Donor (Cover Article)
J. Phys. Chem. C,
2022
NMR Crystallographic Investigations of Group 14 σ-Hole Interactions: Tetrel Bonds
Ph.D. Thesis - University of Ottawa,
2021
Recent advances in NMR crystallography and polymorphism
Annu. Rep. Nucl. Magn. Reson. Spectrosc.,
2021
Experimental 13C and 1H Solid-State NMR Response in Weakly Tetrel-Bonded Methyl Groups
J. Phys. Chem. C,
2021
Prospects for 207Pb solid-state NMR studies of lead tetrel bonds
Faraday Discuss.,
2017
Beyond the halogen bond: general discussion
Faraday Discuss.,
2017
Multinuclear solid-state magnetic resonance study of oxo-bridged diniobium and quadruply-bonded dimolybdenum carboxylate clusters
Solid State Nucl. Magnet. Reson.,
2017
Understanding the structural origin of crystalline phase transformations in nepheline (NaAlSiO4)‐based glass‐ceramics
J. Am. Ceram. Soc.,
2017
From discrete molecule, to polymer, to MOF: mapping the coordination chemistry of CdII using 113Cd solid-state NMR
Chem. Commun.,
2016
The role of solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance in crystal engineering
CrystEngComm,
2016
New Experimental Insight into the Nature of Metal−Metal Bonds in Digallium Compounds: J Coupling between Quadrupolar Nuclei (Cover article. 'Hot Paper')
Chem. -Eur. J.,
2016
NMR Investigations of Noncovalent Carbon Tetrel Bonds. Computational Assessment and Initial Experimental Observation
J. Phys. Chem. A,
2015