Presidential Faculty Fellow: Characterization of Novel Main Group and Transition Metal Complexes

哥伦比亚大学化学系的Gerard Parkin博士是1992年总统学院院士奖的30位获奖者之一。这个著名的奖项授予年轻的教师，以表彰他们在科学研究和教学方面的卓越表现和前景。帕金因在无机化学和生物无机化学方面的工作而获奖。他通过细致的方法证明了键拉伸异构体是晶体杂质的产物。他对（吡唑基）氢硼酸盐的主基团和过渡金属配合物的研究取得了新的成果。首先，分离并表征了锌的首个单体三坐标烷基衍生物和锌、铍的单体末端氢化物配合物。此外，他还开发了一种单体锌羟基衍生物，作为碳酸酐酶活性位点的结构和化学模型。最近，他分离出了带有末端碲键的化合物。他也是一位热心的老师和导师，并参与了课程修订和一个针对高中生的特殊项目。

Dr. Gerard Parkin of the Chemistry Department, Columbia University, is one of thirty recipients of the 1992 Presidential Faculty Fellow Award. This prestigious award for young faculty members is given in recognition of excellence and promise in scientific research and teaching. Parkin was honored for work in inorganic and bioinorganic chemistry. He has shown through meticulous methods that bond-stretch isomerism is an artifact of crystallographic impurities. His work with main group and transition metal complexes of (pyrazolyl)hydroborate have led to novel results. First, he isolated and characterized the first monomeric three-coordinate zinc alkyl derivative and the monomeric terminal hydride complexes of zinc and beryllium. In addition, he has developed a monomeric zinc hydroxy derivative which serves as a structural and chemical model for active site of the enzyme carbonic anhydrase. Recently, he has isolated compounds with terminal tellurium bonds. He is also known as an enthusiastic teacher and mentor and has been involved in curriculum revision and a special program with high school students.