News and Events:
Thesis Defense:
Jacqueline Bracco – Awarded a GSA Professional Development Grant for travel to attend the 245th American Chemical Society National Meeting & Exposition in New Orleans. The value of the travel award is $400. Advisor – Dr. Steven R. Higgins
Recent Presentations
ACS Local Division, Annual Poster Session and Patterson College Chemistry Awards were held March 12.
Chemistry Awards
Poster Presenters
Recent Chemistry Publications:
Ryan Selhorst and Eric Fossum, Department of Chemistry, Wright State University, 3640 Colonel Glenn Highway, Dayton, OH 45435, USA, Utilization of N,N-diethyl-3,5-difluorobenzene sulfonamide to prepare functionalized poly(arylene ether)s, Polymer, 54 (2013) pp. 530–535.
Man Xua, Katie Sullivana, Garrett VanNessa, Kevin G. Knaussb, and Steven R. Higginsa, aDepartment of Chemistry, Wright State University, 3640 Colonel Glenn Highway, Dayton, Ohio 45435, United States,
bEarth Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States, Dissolution Kinetics and Mechanisms at Dolomite–Water Interfaces: Effects of Electrolyte Specific Ionic Strength, Environ. Sci. Technol., 2013, 47 (1), pp 110–118.
C.B. Anders, J. D. Baker, A. C. Stahler, A. Williams, J. N. Sisco, J. C. Trefry, D. P. Wooley, and I. E. Pavel Sizemore, Tangential Flow Ultrafiltration: A “Green” Method for the Size Selection and Concentration of Colloidal Silver Nanoparticles, Journal of Visualized Experiment, e4167, 2012, 1-9.
Most Recent Master's Graduates:
Thesis are now available for viewing online:
Chemistry Graduate Thesis Page
Jessica Davis
Adam Stahler
Jared Duncan
Joshua Baker
Courtney Sutherland
Kenneth Turnbull, ph.d. - home page
Professional History
2003-2012 Professor of Chemistry, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio
2004-2012 Chair, Department of Chemistry, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio
1986-2003 Associate Professorship, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio
1980-86 Assistant Professorship, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio
1978-80 Assistant Professorship, Grinnell College, Iowa
1976-78 Postdoctoral Fellowship with Professor I.W.J. Still, University of Toronto, investigating sulfoxide deoxygenation and photolysis of cyclic sulfoxides
Academic Background
1976 Ph.D. degree in "Aspects of the Chemistry of Mesoionic Compounds" from Heriot-Watt University
1973 B.Sc. Chemistry (1st Class Honours) from Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland
Research Interests:
Anticancer/antiviral compounds, bioorganic and sydnone synthesis, reagents for amination, and polymer supported reagents
Current Projects:
Routes to fused-ring sydnones as potential antihypertensives.
Dilithiation of Arylsydnones.
Acylation of sydnones.
| Dr. Kenneth Turnbull |
Voice: 937.775.2671 Fax: 937.775.2717 Email: kenneth.turnbull@wright.edu URL: http://www.chm.wright.edu/turnbull/ |
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