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Kimberly Mullane

Education

• A.B., Bryn Mawr College
• Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania

Research Interests

photochemistry and catalysisseparations chemistryelectrochemistry, and reduction and oxidation of transition metalslanthanidesligands

Opportunities

Work Study Positions Available: Yes

Ongoing position for students having completed CRL231. Chemistry/Biochemistry/FTC/Chem-Bio Majors given preference. Contact Dr. Mullane at kmullane@wcupa.edu

Grant Funded Positions Available: Yes

8 week Summer 2024 or 2025 position ($4500 stipend) for students having completed CRL231. Chemistry/Biochemistry/FTC/Chem-Bio Majors given preference. Contact Dr. Mullane at kmullane@wcupa.edu

Course-Credit Research Opportunities Available: Yes

Ongoing position for students having completed CRL231. Chemistry/Biochemistry/FTC/Chem-Bio Majors given preference. Contact Dr. Mullane at kmullane@wcupa.edu

Volunteer Research Positions Available: Yes

Ongoing position for students having completed CRL231. Chemistry/Biochemistry/FTC/Chem-Bio Majors given preference. Contact Dr. Mullane at kmullane@wcupa.edu

Biography

Kimberly completed her undergraduate degree in Chemistry at Bryn Mawr College where she worked in the lab of Profs. Frank and Sally Mallory on the total synthesis of long-chain phenacene derivatives. She went on to complete her PhD in Inorganic Chemistry at the University of Pennsylvania in the lab of Prof. Eric Schelter where she studied the reactivity and electronic structures of uranium complexes with nitrogen and oxygen donors in axial symmetries. During her time at Penn her work was acknowledged by the Department of Energy for Innovations in Fuel Cycle Research. She then went on to become an Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Chestnut Hill College, where as a Clare Boothe Luce Faculty Research Mentor, she worked with ten undergraduate students. Currently, she is an Assistant Professor at West Chester University where she and her students are working on synthesis of Group IV and lanthanide complexes.

Contact Information

Phone: 610-436-2975

List of Publications

• “13C NMR Shifts as an Indicator of U–C Bond Covalency in Uranium(VI) Acetylide Complexes: An Experimental and Computational Study,” K.C. Mullane, P. Hrobárik, P., T. Cheisson, B. C. Manor, P. J. Carroll, E. J. Schelter, Inorg. Chem., 2019, 58, 4152-4163.
• “C–H Bond Addition Across a Transient Uranium Nitrido and Formation of a Parent Uranium Imido Complex,” K. C. Mullane,H. Ryu, T. Cheisson, L. N. Grant, J. Y. Park, B. C. Manor, P. J. Carroll, M. Baik, D. J. Mindiola, E. J. Schelter, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2018, 140, 11335-11340.
• “Reduction of Carbonyl Groups by Uranium(III) and Formation of a Stable Amide Radical Anion,” K. C. Mullane, T. Cheisson, E. Nakamaru-Ogiso, B. C. Manor, P. J. Carroll, E. J. Schelter, Chem. Eur. J., 2017, 24, 826-837.
• “Synthesis and Reduction of Uranium(V) Imido Complexes Containing with Redox Active Substituents,” K. C. Mullane, P. J. Carroll, E. J. Schelter, Chem. Eur. J., 2017, 23, 5748–5757.
• “Anomalous One-Electron Processes in the Chemistry of Uranium Nitrogen Multiple Bonds,” K. C. Mullane, A. J. Lewis, H. Yin, P. J. Carroll, E. J. Schelter, Inorg.Chem., 2014, 53, 9129-9139.

Links

• ResearchGate