Professional Positions
Assistant Professor of Chemistry.
since 2006
University of Missouri St. Louis, Chemistry Department.
Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry.
2005/2006
Illinois Wesleyan University, Chemistry Department.
Postdoctoral researcher and group coordinator.
January 2004-June 2005
University of California, Riverside.
Mentor: Prof. T. Keith Hollis
Education
Ph.D. - Chemistry. 2003
Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany.
Thesis Title "Alkene and Alkyne Metatheses in Transition-Metal Coordination Spheres: New Methods for the Construction of Architecturally Complex Organometallic Molecules".
Advisor: Prof. John A. Gladysz
Hauptdiplom Chemistry (Thesis M.S. degree), 1999.
University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany.
Final Year research project, Thesis Title "Ring Closure Metathesis in the Coordination Spheres of Transition Metals: Toward a totally encapsulated carbon chain complex".
Advisor: Prof. John A. Gladysz
Vordiplom Chemistry (B.S. degree), 1995.
University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany
Professional Memberships
American Chemical Society (ACS)
German Chemical Society (GdCh)
Sigma Xi (sigma)