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Publications

The faculty of the Trinity College Chemistry Department are active scholars, undertaking laboratory investigations with undergraduate student collaborators. Often, the results of this research will be published in peer-reviewed journals. See the peer-reviewed publications below; undergraduate student co-authors are italicized.

Publications—2020s

Fan, J. M.; Mehra, M.; Yang, K.; Chadha, R. S.; Anber, S.; Kovarik, M. L.  2024.  Cross-Species Applications of Peptide Substrate Reporters to Quantitative Measurements of Kinase Activity.  ACS Measurement Science Au, 4, 546-555.  DOI: 10.1021/acsmeasuresciau.4c00030

Hupp, A. M.; Kovarik, M. L.; McCurry, D. A.  2024. Emerging a\Areas in the Undergraduate Analytical Chemistry Curriculum.  Annual Review of Analytical Chemistry, 17,  DOI:   10.1146/annurev-anchem-061622-041922.

Duan, H.; Yang, T.; Sklyar, W.; Chen, B.; Chen, Y.; Hanson, L. A.; Sun, S.; Lin, Y.;  He, J. 2024. Phenylacetylene-Terminated Poly(Ethylene Glycol) as Ligands for Colloidal Noble Metal Nanoparticles: a New Tool for “Grafting to” Approach. Nano Letters, 10. 5847-54. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.3c07842

Sanabria, S. S.; Hanson, L. A. 2024.  Pressure and Composition Effects on a Common Nanoparticle Ligand-Solvent Pair. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 128, 3, 841-848. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.3c07842

Zygadlo, Z.; Liu, C.-H.; Bernardo, E. R.; Ai, H.; Nieh, M.-P.; Hanson, L. A.  2024. Correlating structural changes in thermoresponsive hydrogels to the optical response of embedded plasmonic nanoparticles. Nanoscale Advances, 2024, 6, 146-154. DOI: 10.1039/D3NA00758H

Salzmann, H.; Knapp, A. S.; Ashmore, Q. P.; Heston, W. B.; Rundell, L. J.; Cunningham, T. M.; Jahncke, C. L.; Hill, A. D. 2024.  Time-Resolved Silica Luminescence Probes Photoinduced Electron Transfer from Heterobinuclear Units to 2,2′-Bipyridine and O2. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C  128, 3844-56. DOI:  10.1021/acs.jpcc.3c07842

Kirsch, Z. J.; Ashby, J.; Vachet, R.W. 2024. Investigating Protein-Nucleic Acid Binding Interactions with Diethylpyrocarbonate Covalent Labeling-Mass Spectrometry. Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry, 35, 2272-2275. DOI: 10.1021/jasms.4c00285

Puljung, M. C. 2023. KATP Channels and the Regulation of Insulin Secretion. In Textbook of Ion Channels Volume III; CRC Press, 2023.  DOI: 10.1201/9781003310310-12

Allcroft, T. J.; Duong, J. T.; Skardal, P. S.; Kovarik, M. L.  2023. Microfluidic Single Cell Measurements of Oxidative Stress as a Function of Cell Cycle Position.  Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, 415, 6481-6490.  DOI: 10.1007/s00216-023-04924-z

Bazilio, A. A.; Kovarik, M. L.; Morrison, J. F.  2022. New Software Application and Case Study that Simplify Teaching Complex Chemical Solubility and Equilibria.   J. Chem. Educ. 99, 526-530.  DOI: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.1c00887.

Curran, T. P. 2022.  Cyclic and Non-Cyclic Pi Complexes of Tungsten in Comprehensive Organometallic Chemistry IV DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-820206-7.00108-6.

Curran, T. P.; Marrone, A.; Davidson, L. M.; Pokharel, N.; Frempong, J. F.; Tolbatov, I.; Phillip, M. L.; Gober, C. B.; Yang, H.; Stewart, J. 2022.  Parallel Arrangement of Peptides Appended to a Rigid, Bimetallic, Constrained Ring System.  Peptide Sci. 114, e24286.

Puljung M.C.; Haythorne E.; Rohm M.; Vedovato N.  2022.  Editorial: Ion channels and
transporters in diabetes and metabolic diseases.  Front Pharmacol. 13:975812. doi:
10.3389/fphar.2022.975812.

Kovarik, M.L.; Robinson, J.K.; Wenzel, T.J. 2022.  A new resource to help instructors incorporate active learning into analytical chemistry courses. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, 414, 4013-4017. DOI: 10.1007/s00216-022-04077-5

Wenzel, T.J.; Kovarik, M.L.; Robinson, J.K. 2022. Looking to the future of analytical chemistry education: A new resource to help instructors, ACS Measurement Science Au,  2, 76-77.  DOI: 10.1021/acsmeasuresciau.2c00014

Kovarik, M.L.; Robinson, J.K.; Wenzel, T.J. 2022.  Chapter 1: “Why use active learning?” p. 1 12. Active Learning in the Analytical Chemistry Curriculum; ACS Symposium Series; ACS Publications: eBook,  vol. 1409. DOI: 10.1021/bk-2022-1409.ch001

Kovarik, M.L.; Ott, L.S.; Robinson, J.K.; Wenzel, T.J. 2022. Chapter 2: “Getting started on active learning,” p. 13-35. Active Learning in the Analytical Chemistry Curriculum; ACS Symposium Series; ACS Publications: eBook; vol. 1409. DOI: 10.1021/bk-2022-1409.ch002

Díaz-Vázquez, L.M.; Ortiz-Andrade, B.M.; Kovarik, M.L.; Morris, M.L. 2022. Chapter 11: “Active learning exercises involving building and design,” p. 181-204. Active Learning in the Analytical Chemistry Curriculum; ACS Symposium Series; ACS Publications: eBook; vol. 1409. DOI: 10.1021/bk-2022-1409.ch011

Wenzel, T.J.; Kovarik, M.L.; Robinson, J.K., eds. 2022. Active Learning in the Analytical Chemistry Curriculum; ACS Symposium Series; ACS Publications: eBook; vol. 1409. DOI: 10.1021/bk-2022-1409

Kovarik, M.L.; Galarreta, B.C.; Mahon, P.J.; McCurry, D.A.; Gerdon, A.E.; Collier, S.M.; Squires, M.E. 2022.  Survey of the undergraduate analytical chemistry curriculum, J. Chem. Educ.,  6, 2317–2326. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.2c00090

Hunter, R.A.; Kovarik, M.L. 2022. Leveraging the analytical chemistry primary literature for authentic, integrated content knowledge and process skill development, J. Chem. Educ., 99, 1238-1245. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.1c00920

Clapis, J.R.; Fan, M.J.; Kovarik, M.L. Supported Bilayer Membranes for Reducing Cell Adhesion in Microfluidic Devices. 2021.  Analytical Methods, 13, 1535-1540.  DOI: 10.1039/D0AY01992E.

Puljung, M.C. ANAP: A Versatile, Fluorescent Probe of Ion Channel Gating and Regulation. 2021. Methods Enzymol. 654, 49-84.  DOI: 0.1016/bs.mie.2021.01.048.

Usher, S.G.; Ashcroft, F.M.; Puljung, M.C. Measuring Nucleotide Binding to Intact, Functional Membrane Proteins in Real Time. 2021.  J. Vis. Exp. 169, Mar. 11.  DOI: 0.3791/61401.

Patterson, W. J.; Lucas, K.; Jones, V. A.; Chen, Z.; Bardelski, K.; Guarino-Hotz, M.; Brindle, C. S. 2021. Triarylmethyl Cation-Catalyzed Three-Component Coupling for the Synthesis of Unsymmetrical Bisindolylmethanes.  Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2021, 6737-6742.  DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.202100946

Harkins, K.A.; Boettner, J.; Hanson, L.A. Limits of Pseudoelasticity in Gold Nanocrystals. 2021. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C  125, 27747-27752 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.1c07723

Rojas Huerta, C.; Parr, M. Contextualizing Chemistry in Art and Archaeology: Inspiration for Instructors. ACS Symposium Series, Ch. 3, p. 51-70. https://doi.org/10.1021/bk-2021-1386.ch003.

Parakh, A.; Lee, S.; Harkins, K. A.; Kiani, Mehrdad; Doan, D.; Kunz, M.; Doran, A.; Hanson, L. A.; Ryu, S.; Gu, X. W. 2020.  Nucleation of Dislocations in 3.9 nm Nanocrystals at High Pressure.  Phys. Rev. Lett. 124: 106104. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.124.106104.

Kovarik, M. L.; Clapis, J. R.; Romano-Pringle, K.A. 2020.  A Review of Student-Built Spectroscopy Instrumentation Projects.  J. Chem. Educ. 97, 2185-2195.  DOI: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.0c00404.

Publications—2010s

Kovarik, M. L.; Robinson, J. K. 2019.  Collaborative learning exercises for teaching protein mass spectrometry. J. Chem. Educ. 96: 905-911. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.8b00734

Curran, T. P.; 2019. Controlling Peptide Conformation Using Tungsten Alkyne Coordination. In Advances in Bioorganometallic Chemistry (eds. T. Hirao and T. Moriuchi), 95-112. DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-814197-7.00005-4

Furigay, M. H.; Boucher, M. M.; Mizgier, N. A.; Brindle, C. S. 2018. Separation of Aldehydes and Reactive Ketones from Mixtures using a Bisulfite Extraction Protocol.  J. Vis. Exp. 134: e57639. DOI:10.3791/57639

Gu, X. W.; Hanson, L.; Eisler, C. N.; Koc, M.; Alivisatos, A. P. 2018. Pseudoelasticity at Large Strains in Au Nanocrystals. Physical Review Letters, 121: 056102. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.121.056102

Rodogiannis, K.; Duong, J. T.; Kovarik, M. L. 2018. Microfluidic Single-Cell Analysis of Oxidative Stress in Dictyostelium discoideum.  Analyst, 143: 3643-3650. DOI: 10.1039/C8AN00752G

Kovarik, M. L.; Harrison, C. R.; Wenzel, T. J. 2018. Successfully navigating the early years of a faculty position.  Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, 410: 1855-1861. DOI: 10.1007/s00216-017-0817-5

Chadha, R.; Kalminskii, G.; Tierney, A. J.; Knopf, J. D.; Lazo de la Vega, L.; McElrath, B.; Kovarik, M. L. 2018. Effect of loading methods on peptide substrate reporter in intact cells. Analytical Chemistry, 90: 11344-11350. DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.8b02111

Boekell, N. G.; Cerone, D. J.; Boucher, M. M.; Quach, P. K.; Nganyak Tentchou, W. B.; Reavis, C. G.; Okoh, I. I.; Reid, J. O. A.; Berg, H. E.; Chang, B. A.; Brindle, C. S. 2017. Triarylmethyl Cation Catalysis: A Tunable Lewis Acid Organocatalyst for the Synthesis of Bisindolylmethanes. SynOpen. 1: 97–102. DOI: 10.1055/s-0036-1588559

Boucher, M. M.; Furigay, M. H.; Quach, P. K.; Brindle, C. S. 2017. Liquid-Liquid Extraction Protocol for the Removal of Aldehydes and Highly Reactive Ketones from Mixtures.  Org. Process Res. Dev. 21: 1394–1403. DOI: 10.1021/acs.oprd.7b00231

Tierney, A. J.; Pham, N.; Yang, K.; Emerick, B. K.; Kovarik, M. L. 2017. Interspecies Comparison of Peptide Substrate Reporter Metabolism Using Compartment-Based Modeling. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, 409: 1173-1183. DOI: 10.1007/s00216-016-0085-9

Curran, T. P.; Lawrence, A. P.; Murtaugh, T. S.; Ji, W.; Pokharel, N.; Gober, C. G.; Suitor, J. 2017. Conformationally Rigid Cyclic Tungsten Bis-Alkyne Complexes Derived from 1,1′-Dialkynylferrocenes. J. Organometallic Chem., 846: 24-32. DOI:10.1016/j.jorganchem.2017.05.048

Trost, B. M.; Knopf, J. D.; Brindle, C. S. 2016. Synthetic Strategies Employed for the Construction of Fostriecin and Related Natural Products. Chem. Rev. 116: 15035–15088. DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.6b00488.

Kovarik, M. L. 2016. Use of primary literature in the undergraduate analytical class.  Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, 408: 3045-3049. DOI: 10.1007/s00216-016-9467-2

Curran, T. P.; McTeague, T. A.; Nguyen, V. D.; Yennie, C. J.; Handali, P. R.; Sanderson-Brown, J. P.; Dworsky, Z. D. 2016. Synthesis and Conformational Behavior of Metallacyclicdipeptides Derived from Coordination of Side Chain Alkynylamino Acids to Tungsten.  J. Organometallic Chem., 806, 12-21. DOI: 10.1016/j.jorganchem.2016.01.023

Curran, T. P.; Mostovoy, A. J.; Curran, M. E.; Berger, C. 2016. Introducing Aliphatic Substitution with a Discovery Experiment Using Competing Nucleophiles. J. Chem. Educ., 93: 757-761. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.5b00394

Curran, T. P.; Boynton, A. N.; Berk, S. M.; Pedro, E-M. C. 2015. Alkynyl Beta-sheet Peptidomimetics Retain Their Anti-Parallel Sheet Conformation When Coordinated to Tungsten. J. Organometallic Chem. 782: 31-36. DOI: 10.1016/j.jorganchem.2014.08.004

Kovarik, M. L. 2015. Analytical Chemistry Research at Primarily Undergraduate Institutions: Training Tomorrow’s Investigators.  Anal. Methods, 7, 6960.  DOI: 10.1039/C5AY00510H

Trost, B. M.; Biannic, B.; Brindle, C. S.; O’Keefe, B. M.; Hunter, T.; Ngai, M.-Y.  2015. A Highly Convergent Total Synthesis of Leustroducsin B. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 137, 11594.  DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5b07438

Pruyne, J. G.; Lee, M-T.; Fabri, C.; Redondo, A. B.; Kleibert, A.; Ammann, M.;  Brown, M. A.; Krisch, M. J. 2014. The liquid-vapor interface of formic acid solutions in saltwater: A comparison of macroscopic surface tension and microscopic in situ x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy measurements. J. Phys. Chem. C. 118: 29350-29360.  DOI: 10.1021/jp5056039.

Church, W.H.; Adams, R.E.; Wyss, L.S. 2014. Ketogenic Diet Alters Dopaminergic Activity in the Mouse Cortex.  Neurosci. Lett. 571: 1-4.  DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2014.04.016

Prigodich, R. V. 2014. A Stopped-Flow Kinetics Experiment for the Physical Chemistry Laboratory Using Noncorrosive Reagents.  J. Chem. Educ. 91: 2200-2202. DOI: 10.1021/ed500206k

Blakemore, J. D.; Mara, M. W.; Kushner, Lenho, M. N.; Schley, N. D.; Konezny, S. J.; Rivalta, I.; Negre, C. F. A.; Snoeberger, R. C.; Kokhan, O.; Huang, J.; Stickrath, A.; Tran, L. A.; Parr, M. L.; Chen, L. X.; Tiede, D. M.; Batista, V. S.; Crabtree, R. H.; Brudvig, G. W.  2013. Characterization of an Amorphous Iridium Water-Oxidation Catalyst Electrodeposited from Organometallic Precursors. Inorg. Chem. 52: 1860-1871.  DOI: 10.1021/ic301968j

Zaharescu, T.; Jipa, S.; Mantsch, A.; Henderson, D.  2013.  Stabilization effects of naringenin and caffeic acid on γ-irradiated EPDM.  Radiat. Phys. Chem. 84: 35-38.  DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2012.06.050

Parr, M.L.; Lehman, A.; Bellantoni, N.F. 2013. The Application of SEM-EDS in the Analysis of Archaeological Materials: An Examination of Morphological Characteristics and Elemental Composition of Artifacts Excavated in Connecticut.  Bull. Archeol. Soc.  Connecticut 75: 5-17.

Barsan, M. M.; Butler, I. S.; Gilson, D. F. R.; Moyer, R. O. Jr.; Zhou, W.; Wu, H.; Udovic, T. J. 2012.  Raman, FTIR, Photoacoustic-Infrared, and Inelastic Neutron Scattering Spectra of Ternary Metal Hydride Salts A2MH5, (A=Ca, Sr, Eu; M=Ir, Rh) and Their Derivatives.  J. Phys. Chem. A. 116: 2490-2496.  DOI: 10.1021/jp212194z.

Gilson, D. F. R.; Moyer, R. O. Jr. 2012.  Counterion Influence on the Vibrational Wavenumbers in Ternary and Quaternary Metal Hydride Salts, A2MH6 (A = Alkali Metal, Alkaline Earth, and Lanthanides; M = Ir, Fe, Ru, Os, Pt, Mn). Inorg. Chem. 51: 1231-1232. DOI: 10.1021/ic202534p

Cheng, M. H.; Callahan, K. M.; Margarella, A. M.; Tobias, D. J.; Hemminger, J. C.; Bluhm, H.; Krisch, M. J.  2012.  Ambient Pressure X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy and Molecular Dynamics Simulation Studies of Liquid/Vapor Interfaces of Aqueous NaCl, RbCl, and RbBr Solutions.  J. Phys. Chem. C 116: 4545-4555.  DOI: 10.1021/jp205500h

Curran, T. P.; Smith, W. E.; Hendrickson, P. C. 2012.  Conformational Behavior of Symmetrical and Unsymmetrical Mono(alkynylpeptide)-Tungsten Complexes.  J. Organometallic Chem. 711: 15-24.  DOI:  10.1016/jorganchem.2012.03.021

Zaharescu, T.; Jipa, S.; Henderson, D.  2012.  Improvement in Radiation Stability of EPDM by Efficient Antioxidants.  Macromol. Symp. 315:212-217.  DOI: 10.1002/masy.201250526

Henderson, D. E. 2011. Control and Application of Temperature in Analytical High Performance Liquid Chromatography, Handbook of HPLC, 2nd Edition (D. Corradini, Ed.), p. 257-275, CRC Press, Boca Raton.  DOI: 10.1201/EBK1574445541-c9.

Moyer, R. O., Jr.; Gilson, D. F. R.; Toby, B. H.  2011.  Neutron Powder Diffraction, and Solid-State Deuterium NMR Analyses of Yb2RuD6 and Spectroscopic Vibrational Analysis of Yb2RuD6 and Yb2RuH6,  J. of Solid State Chem. 184: 1895-1898.  DOI: 10.1016/j.jssc.2011.04.012

Henderson, D. H. 2010.  A Chemical Instrumentation Game for Teaching Critical Thinking and Information Literacy in Instrumental Analysis Courses,  David E. Henderson, J. Chem. Ed. 87: 412-415. DOI: 10.1021/ed800110f.

Zaharescu, T.; Jipa, S.; Henderson, D.; Kappela, W.; Maris, D. A.; Maris, M. 2010.  Thermal and Radiation Resistance of Stabilized LDPE, Radiat. Phys. Chem. 79: 375-378.  DOI:  10.1016/j.radphyschem.2009.08.024.

Publications—2000s

Antunes, N.; Chin, J.A.; Gifford, J.C.; Parr, M.L.; Perez-Acosta, C. 2009. Rhenium(VII) Polyhydrides Supported by Chelating Diphosphines Ligands: DPEphos, Xantphos and Biphep, Journal of Coordination Chemistry, 62: 1051-1057. DOI: 10.1080/00958970802483616.

Frimpong, K.; Wzorek, J.; Lawlor, C.; Spencer, K.; Mitzel, T. 2009.  Use of N-Methylformamide as a Solvent in Indium-Promoted Barbier Reactions en Route to Enediyne and Epoxydiyne Formation: Comparison of Rate and Stereoselectivity in C-C Bond-Forming Reactions with Water, J. Org. Chem. 74: 5861-5870.  DOI: 10.1021/jo900763u.

Curran, T. P.; Handy, E. L. 2009. A 310-Helix Single Turn Enforced by Crosslinking of Lysines with 1, 1′-Ferrocenedicarboxylic Acid, J. Organometallic Chem., 694, 902-907. DOI: 10.1016/j.jorganchem.2008.11.055.

Barsan, M., I. Butler, I.; Gilson, D. F. R.; Moyer, R. O., Jr.; Zhou, W.; Wu, H.; Udovic, T. J. 2008.  Raman, FTIR, Photoacoustic-FTIR and Inelastic Neutron Scattering Spectra of Alkaline Earth and Lanathanide Salts of Hexahydridoruthenate(II), A2RuH6 (A=Ca,Sr,Eu) and Their Deuterides, J. Phys.Chem.A.,112: 6936-6938. DOI: 10.1021/jp803013h.

Moyer, R. O., Jr.; Antao, S. M.; Toby, B. H.; Morin, F. G.; Gilson, D. F. R. 2007. Neutron Powder Diffraction and Solid State Deuterium NMR Studies of Ca2RuD6 and the Stability of Transition Metal Hexahydride Salts,  J. of Alloys and Compounds, 460: 138-141. DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2007.05.078.

Buckley, M.; Walker, A.; Ho, S. Y. W.;  Yang, Y.; Smith, C.; Ashton, P.; Oates, J. T.; Cappellini, E.; Koon, H.; Penkman, K.; Elsworth, B.; Ashford, D.; Solazzo, C.; Andrews, P.; Strahler, J.; Shapiro, B.; Ostrom, P.; Gandhi, H.; Miller, W.; Raney, B.; Zylber, M. I.; Gilbert, M. T. P.; Prigodich, R. V.; Ryan, M.; Rijsdijk, K. F.; Janoo, A.; Collins, M. J. 2008. Comment on ‘Protein Sequences from Mastodon and Tyrannosaurus rex Revealed by Mass Spectrometry’, Science 319: 33c. DOI: 10.1126/science.1147046.

Henderson, D. E.; Henderson, S. K. 2008. Acidity of machine made snow and its effect on pH and aluminum speciation in New England streams during spring thaw.  Chemistry and Ecology 24: 305-313. DOI: 10.1080/02757540802334173.

Conlogue, G.; Beckett, R.; Bailey, Y.; Posh, J.; Henderson, D.; Double, G.; King, T.  2008. Paleoimaging: The Use of Radiography, Magnetic Resonance, and Endoscopy to Examine Mummified Remains, Journal Of Radiology Nursing 27: 5-13.  DOI: 10.1016/j.jradnu.2007.09.003.

Herrick, R. S.; Mills, K. V.; Nestor, L. P.  2008.  Data Pooling in a Chemical Kinetics Experiment: The Aquation of a Series of Cobalt(III) Complexes: A Discovery Chemistry Experiment.  J. Chem. Educ. 85:1120-1122.  DOI: 10.1021/ed085p1120.

Mills, K. V.; Herrick, R. S.; Guilmette, L. W.; Nestor, L. P.; Shafer, H.; Ditzler, M. A.  2008.  Introducing Undergraduate Students to Electrochemistry: A Two-Week Discovery Chemistry Experiment.  J. Chem. Educ. 85:1116-1119.  DOI: 10.1021/ed085p1116.

Garritt, J.L. and Church W.H. 2007. Monomeric and Polymer ß-cyclodextrins Impart Unique Separation Effects When Used As Buffer Modifiers in Capillary Zone Electrophoresis, J. Undergrad. Chem. Res.1: 41- 46.

Hill, A.; Lehman, A.; Parr, M.L. 2007. Using Scanning Electron Microscopy with Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy to Analyze Archaeological Materials: Introducing Scientific Concepts and Scientific Literacy to Students from All Disciplines, J. Chem. Educ. 84: 810. DOI: 10.1021/ed084p810.

Mitzel, T.; Wzorek, J.; Troutman, A.; Allegue, K. 2007.  Control of Skeletal Connectivity in Indium Promoted Reactions: 1,2-Additions and Cope Rearrangements En Route to Lactol Formation, J. Org. Chem. 72: 3042-3052.  DOI: 10.1021/jo070020k.

Curran, T. P.,  Lesser, A. B.: Yoon, R. S. H. 2007.  Turn Conformations in a Metallacyclictripeptide and a Metallacyclictetrapeptide Induced by Tungsten-Alkyne Coordination.” J. Organometallic Chem., 692: 1243-1254. DOI: 10.1016/j.jorganchem.2006.08.093.

Gilson, D. F. R.; Morin, F. G.; Moyer, R. O. Jr. 2006. Deuterium NMR and Differential Scanning Calorimetric Studies of the Calcium  Salts of Rhodium and Iridium Pentadeuterides, Ca2RhD5 & Ca2IrD5,  J. Phys. Chem. B, 8: 16487-16490. DOI: 10.1021/jp062463i.

Barsan, M. M.; Moyer, R. O. Jr.; Butler, I. S.; Gilson, D. F. R. 2006.  Pressure Dependence of the Raman Spectra of Salts of Hexahydridoruthenate(II), M2RuH6 (M=Ca,Sr,Eu) and Their Deuteride Analogues,  J. of Alloys and Compds., 424: 73-77. DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2005.12.059.

Brown, M. J.; Henderson, D. E.; Hunt, C.; Turnbull, M. M.  2006. Comparison of Antioxidant Properties of Supercritical Fluid Extracts of Herbs and the Confirmation of Pinocembrin as a Principle Antioxidant in Mexican Oregano (Lippa Gravolens), Electron. J. Environ. Agric. Food Chem., 5: 1265-1277.  URL: http://ejeafche.uvigo.es/5(2)2006/003522006.pdf.

Church, W.H.  2005.  Column Chromatography Analysis of Brain Tissue: An Advanced Laboratory Exercise for Neuroscience Majors.  Journal of Undergraduate Neuroscience Education (JUNE) 3: A36-A41.

Faller, J.W.; Parr,  M.L.; Perez-Acosta. C. 2005. Synthesis, Characterization and Structural Investigation of New Rhenium-Oxo Complexes Containing Bidentate Phosphine Ligands: An Exploration of Chirality and Conformation in Chelate Rings of Small and Large Bite Angle Ligands,  New Journal of Chemistry, 29: 613-619. DOI: 10.1039/B412818D.

Smith, C. I.; Craig, O. E.; Prigodich, R. V.; Nielsen-Marsh, C. M.;  Jans, M. M. E.;  Vermeer, C.; Collins, M. J. 2005. Diagenesis and survival of osteocalcin in archaeological bone, Journal of Archaeological Science 32: 105-113. DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2004.07.003.

Parr, M.L. 2005. Carbonylation Processes by Homogeneous Catalysis, in Encyclopedia of Inorganic Chemistry, 2nd Edition, R.H. Crabtree, Ed., Chichester, U.K.: John Wiley & Sons, 2: 781-814. DOI: 10.1002/9781119951438.eibc0036.

Curran,T. P.; Marques, K. A; Silva, M. V. 2005. Bis(Amino Acid) Derivatives of 1,4-Diamino-2-butyne that Adopt a C2-Symmetric Turn Conformation. Org. Biomol. Chem. 3: 4134-4138. DOI: 10.1039/B508608F.

Curran, T. P.; Marques, K. A.; Bilimoria, S. I. 2005. A Simple, High Yield Route to cis-4-(N-Alkylamino)-L-Prolines.  Lett. Org. Chem. 2: 15-17. URL: www.benthanscience.com/loc/sample/loc2-1/004AN.pdf.

Keenan, B. G.; Leungsakul, T.; Smets, B. F.; Mori, M.; Henderson, D. E.; Wood, T. K. 2005.  Protein Engineering of the Archetypal Nitroarene Dioxygenase of Ralstonia sp. Strain U2 for Activity on Aminonitrotoluenes and Dinitrotoluenes through Alpha-Subunit Residues Leucine 225, Phenylalanine 350, and Glycine 407,  Journal of Bacteriology, 187: 3302-3310.  DOI:  10.1128/​JB.187.10.3302-3310.2005.

Moyer, R. O. Jr.; Toby, B. 2004. Ca2IrD5: An Order-Disorder Transition,  J. of Alloys and Compds, 363: 102-106.  DOI: 10.1016/S0925-8388(03)00457-2.

O’Connell, S.; Ortiz, J.; Morrison, J. F. 2004. Connecting Urban Students with their Rivers Generates Interest and Skills in the Geosciences, Journal of Geoscience Education 52: 462-471. URL: http://www.nagt.org/nagt/jge/abstracts/nov04.html#v52p462.

Collins, M. J.; Nielsen-Marsh, C.; Hiller, J.; Smith, C. I.; Roberts, J. P.; Prigodich, R. V.; Wess, T. J.; Csapo, J.; Millard, A. R.; Turner-Walker, G.  2004.  Bone Diagenesis; implications for heritage management, in The Future from the Past: Archaeolozoology in Wildlife Conservation and Heritage Management (R. C. G. M. Lauwerier and I. Plug, Eds.), Chapter 12: 124-132.

Curran, T. P.; Yoon, R. S. H.; Volk, B. R. 2004. N-Terminus to C-Terminus  Metallacyclicpeptides Employing Tungsten-Alkyne Coordination.  J. Organometallic Chem. 689: 4837-4847. DOI: 10.1016/j.jorganchem.2004.09.062.

Church, W.H. and Hewett, S. H. 2003. The Relationship Between NMDA Receptor Expression and MPP+ Toxicity in Cultured Dopaminergic Cells. J. Neurosci. Res. 73: 811-817. DOI: 10.1002/jnr.10732.

Kohlmann, H.; Moyer, R. O. Jr.; Hansen, T.; Yvon, Y. 2003. X-ray and Neutron Powder Diffraction Study of the Order-Disorder Transition in Eu2IrD5 and the Mixed Crystal Compounds Eu2-x AxIrH5 (A=Ca, Sr; x=1.0,1.5), J. of Solid State Chem., 174: 35-43. DOI: 10.1016/S0022-4596(03)00171-3.

O’Connell, S.; Ortiz, J.; Morrison, J. F. 2003. Connecting with the River, Geotimes 48: 14-17. URL: http://www.geotimes.org/sept03/feature_river.html.

Hagemann, H.; Moyer, R. O. Jr. 2002. Raman Spectroscopy Studies on M2RuH6 where M=Ca, Sr, and Eu, J. of Alloys and Compds., 330-332: 296-300. DOI: 10.1016/S0925-8388(01)01540-7.

Collins, M. J.; Nielsen-Marsh, C.; Hiller, J.; Smith, C.; Roberts, J.; Prigodich, R. V.; Wess, T.; Csapo, J.; Millard, A.; Turner-Walker, G. 2002. The Survival of Organic Matter in Bone: A Review, Archaeometry 44: 383-394. DOI: 10.1111/1475-4754.t01-1-00071.

Mitzel, T. M.; Palomo, C.; Jendza, K. 2002. The Versatility of α-Chloropropargyl Phenyl Sulfide Affords High Stereo- and Regioselectivities in Indium-Promoted Coupling Reactions Under Mild Conditions, J. Org. Chem. 67: 136-145. DOI: 10.1021/jo015992l

Curran, T. P.; Grant, A. L.; Lucht, R. L.; Carter, J. C.; Affonso, J. 2002. pi–Ligands for Generating Transition Metal-Peptide Complexes: Coordination of Amino Acid Derivatives to Tungsten Utilizing Alkyne Ligands.” Org. Lett. 4: 2917-2920. DOI: 10.1021/ol026298a.

Publications—1990s

Mitzel, T.M.; Engstrom, G.; Morelli, M.; Palomo, C. 1999. Use of α-Chlorosulfides in Indium Promoted C-C Couplings: Easy Entry into the Formation of Chiral Propargyl Epoxides, Tetrahedron Lett., 40: 5967-5970. DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4039(99)01152-1.

Henderson, D. E.; Slickman, A. M.; and Susan K. Henderson, S. K. 1999. Quantitative HPLC Determination of Antioxidant Activity of Capsaicin on the Formation of Lipid Hydroperoxides of Linoleic Acid.  A Comparative Study against BHT and Melatonin,  J. Ag. Food Chem., 47: 2563-2570. DOI: 10.1021/jf980949t.