Khalil Abboud - Scientist of Chemistry. Ph.D., Louisiana State University. Application of x-ray diffraction techniques to structure determination.

George Christou - Drago Professor. Ph. D, Exeter University, England. Synthesis of transition metal compounds containing multiple metal ions for their relevance to bioinorganic and nanoscale materials chemistry; physical inorganic chemistry with emphasis on magnetic properties; single-molecule magnets. Supramolecular chemistry involving polynuclear transition metal compounds.

Gus J. Palenik - Professor of Chemistry. Ph.D., University of Southern California. Synthesis, characterization, and biological evaluation of metal complexes, particularly those of antimony, bismuth, the lanthanides, and the Group 13 elements. Aqueous organometallic chemistry is also being studied.

David E. Richardson - Professor of Chemistry. Ph.D., Stanford University. Physical inorganic chemistry with particular emphasis on the mechanisms of catalysis by transition elements in biological systems and industrially relevant polymerizations.

Michael J. Scott - Associate Professor of Chemistry. Ph.D., Harvard University. Synthesis and characterization of metal catalysts that mimic metal centers in metalloenzymes. Development of organometallic catalysts with biologically related ligand systems.

Daniel R. Talham - Professor and Chair of Chemistry. Ph.D., The Johns Hopkins University. Solid-state and materials chemistry; properties of surfaces; transport and magnetic properties of low-dimensional solids; electrochemistry; monolayer films.

Adam S. Veige - Assistant Professor. Ph.D. Cornell University. Our research group is primarily interested in the design, synthesis, isolation, and characterization of novel inorganic molecules. Our efforts are concentrated towards building new complexes that either model or affect new small molecule transformations relevant to the industrial sector. We undertake detailed mechanistic studies in order to uncover subtle details of catalytic processes in hopes of building upon or challenging current models of molecular structure, periodic trends, reactivity, and bonding.


Other Faculty members at University of Florida with inorganic/organometallic and catalysis research interests:

Lisa A. McElwee-White - Professor of Chemistry. Ph.D., California Institute of Technology. The chemistry of organometallic complexes with metal-ligand multiple bonds with particular emphasis on reaction mechanisms and photochemistry. Potential applications of these complexes in organic synthesis, materials science, and catalysis are being explored

John R. Reynolds - Professor of Chemistry. Ph.D., University of Massachusetts. Synthesis of organic polymers, electrically-conducting polymers, polyelectrolytes, transition metal complex polymers, electronic and electrochemical properties of polymers.

Kirk S. Schanze - Professor of Chemistry. Ph.D., University of North Carolina. Photochemical reaction mechanisms of organic and organometallic compounds and applications of photochemistry to lithography, biological chemistry, and oxygen analysis.