Professional Positions
Assistant Professor of Chemistry.
since August 2006
University of Missouri St. Louis, Chemistry Department.
Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry.
July 2005 to June 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)
Sigma Xi (sigma)