2022
Jonah Stiel - B.S with Honors in Chemistry
The End of the Rhodium: Synthesis, Characterization, and Redox Chemistry of Manganese and Rhodium Complexes Supported by Unorthodox Diimine Ligands
Committee members: J. Blakemore, M. Barybin, and J. Tunge
Emma Cosner - B.S with Honors in Chemistry
Three Elements Walk Into a Glovebox: Promoting Uncommon Redox Chemistry with Heterobimetallic Rhodium, Samarium, and Europium Complexes
Committee members: J. Blakemore, M. Barybin, and C. Berrie
Wade Henke - Ph.D. in Chemistry (Honors)
Mapping Intermediates in Hydrogen Evolution with [Cp*Rh] Catalysts and Carbon Monoxide Release from [Mn(CO)3] Complexes
Thesis defended 12 April 2022
Committee members: J. Blakemore, M. Barybin, C. Elles, W. Thompson, and Z. Boskovic
Julie Hopkins Leseberg - Ph.D. in Chemistry (Honors)
Redox Chemistry, Bimetallic Effects, and Ligand Design for Rhodium, Chromium, and Cerium Complexes
Thesis defended 29 March 2022
Committee members: J. Blakemore, M. Barybin, C. Berrie, A. Teator, and A. Allgeier
2021
Chelsea Comadoll - Ph.D. in Chemistry (Honors)
[Cp*Rh] Monohydrides Supported by Diphosphine Ligands: Synthesis, Characterization, and Multifrequency Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Studies
Thesis defended 6 December 2021
Committee members: J. Blakemore, M. Barybin, H. Malinakova, A. Teator, and Z. Boskovic
Amit Kumar - Ph.D. in Chemistry (Honors)
On the Redox Tuning of 3d and 5f Metal Complexes with Lewis Acids
Thesis defended 2 June 2021
Committee members: J. Blakemore, M. Barybin, T. Jackson, J. Tunge, and A. Allgeier
2020
Yun Peng - Ph.D. in Chemistry
On the Nature of Hydrogen Evolution by Half-Sandwich Rhodium Complexes
Thesis defended 10 July 2020
Committee members: J. Blakemore, M. Barybin, T. Jackson, W. Thompson, and J. Bravo-Suarez
David Sconyers - Ph.D. in Chemistry (Honors)
I. Piezoelectric Gravimetry as a Probe of Interfacial Phenomena Impacting Molecular Electrocatalysis. II. Intensification of Electrocatalytic CO2 Reduction in Pressure-Tunable CO2-eXpanded Electrolytes.
Thesis defended 15 April 2020
Committee members: J. Blakemore, M. Barybin, T. Jackson, K. Leonard, and P. Dhar
2019
Shaun Kelsey - B.S. with Honors in Chemistry
An Adventure in Space (Group) and (Reaction) Time: Divergent Synthesis of Heterobimetallic Complexes of Zinc with Lewis Acids
Committee members: J. Blakemore, M. Barybin, D. Benson, and J. Slusky
Emily Boyd - B.S. with Honors in Chemistry
If It’s Not Broke, Break It, and Then Break It Again: Understanding [Cp*Rh] Catalysts for Hydrogen Evolution by Investigation of Remarkably Inert Analogues
Will Moore - B.S. with Honors in Chemistry
The Rhodium Less Traveled: Understanding the Influence of Bipyridyl Ligand Substituents on [Cp*Rh] Catalysts for Hydrogen Evolution
Committee members: J. Blakemore, M. Barybin, and C. Elles
Katie Johnson - M.S. in Chemistry (Honors)
Surface Immobilization and Electrochemical Studies of Molecular Lanthanide and Actinide Complexes
Thesis defended 27 March 2019 - http://hdl.handle.net/1808/30211
Committee members: J. Blakemore, M. Barybin, and K. Bowman-James
2017
Wade Henke - B.S. with Honors in Chemistry
Opposites Attract: Synthesis and Electrochemical Studies of Electron-Rich and Electron-Poor Rhodium Complexes for Hydrogen Evolution Catalysis
Thesis defended 12 May 2017 - http://hdl.handle.net/1808/26441
Committee members: J. Blakemore, D. Benson, C. Elles, and T. Jackson
2012
James Blakemore - Ph.D. in Chemistry (Yale University)
Chemical and Electrochemical Studies of Water-Oxidation Catalysis
Committee members: G. Brudvig, R. Crabtree, and A. Valentine