CAREER: Fluorinated Phenoxides and Transition Metals

琳达博士H. Doerrer，化学系，巴纳德学院，是由化学部，国家科学基金会的无机，生物无机和有机化学计划的支持下，她的工作下的职业奖调查过渡金属氟芳氧阴离子，这是相关的工业聚合过程中需要弱配位阴离子和氟化学的一般领域。 研究的第二个领域涉及促进缺电子配位环境和小分子结合的大体积膦配体。 Doerrer教授的研究和教育工作的整合受益于巴纳德学院以女性为主的环境，以及牛津大学正在进行的国际合作，这使两个机构的本科生有机会在国际环境中从事研究。 Doerrer教授将为9-12年级的学生和他们的老师组织和管理一个外展计划，以了解哥伦比亚大学国家科学与工程中心新兴的纳米科学领域。 PI还将修订巴纳德大学的高级本科实验室课程，以纳入无机合成，并开发一门新的普通化学课程，专为高中背景普遍较强但化学准备相对较弱的学生设计。

Dr. Linda H. Doerrer, Department of Chemistry, Barnard College, is supported by the Inorganic, Bioinorganic and Organometallic Chemistry program of the Division of Chemistry, National Science Foundation, for her work under a CAREER Award to investigate transition metal fluoraryloxide anions, which are relevant to industrial polymerization processes requiring weakly coordinating anions and the general field of fluorous chemistry. A second area of study involves bulky phosphine ligands that faciliate electron deficient coordination environments and the binding of small molecules. Integration of Professor Doerrer's research and education endeavors benefits from the predominantly female environment at Barnard College and an ongoing international collaboration at Oxford University that gives undergraduates at both institutions an opportunity to engage in research in an international setting. Professor Doerrer will organize and administer an outreach program for students in grades 9-12 and their teachers to learn about the emerging area of nanoscience at the Columbia University National Science and Engineering Center. The PI will also revise advanced undergraduate laboratory courses at Barnard to incorporate inorganic synthesis, and develop a new general chemistry course designed for students with generally strong high school backgrounds, but relatively weak chemistry preparation.