Current Graduate Students

Kyle Seabourn

Kyle

Biographical Note
Kyle graduated from the University of Montana with a B.S. in Chemistry. Moreover, Kyle served in the Army as a Combat Engineer from 2010 to 2014 in Fort Drum NY.

Awards
2023-2024, ACS-Hach Land Grant Scholarship, American Chemical Society
2023, Cooley-Juve Oustanding Teaching Assistant, Department of Chemistry, College of Science, University of Idaho
2021, Larry Nash Prize in Chemistry , Department of Chemistry, College of Science, University of Idaho
2021, Oustanding Research Poster, CoS Students Research Exposition, College of Science, University of Idaho

Research and Scholarly Presentations
(4) A Structural and spectroscopic investigation of oxo-bridged FeIII and CoIII clusters supported by a tripodal hydroxyl-imine ligand, 78th Northwest Regional Meeting (NORM) 2024, Oral Presentation, Pullman, WA
(3) A Synthetic and Spectroscopic Investigation of Polynuclear, oxo-Bridged Iron Clusters, 2022, 2022 Molecular Magnetism in North America (MAGNA), Poster Presentation, Gainesville, FL
(2) Crystallography and Molecular Structure, 2021, Graduate Seminar, Department of Chemistry, University of Idaho
(1) Polynuclear Metal Clusters Supported by a Redox Active Hydroxylimine Ligand, 2021, UI CoS Students Research Exposition, Poster Presentation (recognized as an Outstanding Research Poster )

Publications

Muhammad Zaeem Idrees

Zaeem 		Biographical Note

Zaeem graduated from the University of Gujrat with a BS and from the Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad with a M. Phil. (Inorganic and Analytical chemistry). He has also taught undergraduate-level classes in coordination and analytical chemistry as a lecturer at the University of Sialkot, Pakistan.

Awards
2024, CoS Travel Grant, College of Science, University of Idaho
2024, National High Magnetic Field Laboratory Summer School , NHMFL and Florida State University (cancelled)

Research and Scholarly Presentations
(1) A Assessing the magnetic anisotropy of a series of Co(II) complexes with N4S2 coordination., 78th Northwest Regional Meeting (NORM) 2024, Oral Presentation, Pullman, WA

Publications
(1) Anderson MG, Trent MK, Idrees MZ, Stoian SA, McCandless GT, Baumbach RE, Chan JY Ironing Out the Transition Metal Contribution to the Magnetism of the n = 3 members of the Homologous Series Prn+1MnGe3n+1 (M = Fe,Co): Pr4Co3Ge10 vs. Pr4Co3Ge10 J. Alloys Compd., 2024, 976, 172974

Former Graduate Students

Adam Valaydon-Pillay, PhD

2019-2023

Adam 		Biographical Note

Adam graduated from the University of Idaho with a B.S. in Chemistry. He began his PhD research with Professor Bitterwolf (Doc). Since Doc's passing in January 2019, Adam has been continuing his doctoral studies in our group.

Awards
2018, Cooley-Juve Oustanding Teaching Assistant, Department of Chemistry, College of Science, University of Idaho
2019, Oustanding Research Poster , CoS Students Research Exposition, College of Science, University of Idaho

Research and Scholarly Presentations

(4) Spectroscopic and theoretical investigation of Fe-Pt lantern complexes and other related four-coordinate iron(II) systems Spring, 2023 , American Chemical Society Meetings and Expo, Oral presentation, Indianapolis, IN
(3) Photo-induced cis- to trans- CO Isomerism of Iron Dithiocarbamate CO-RMs , 2020, Metals in Biology , Gordon Research Seminar, Poster Presentation, Ventura, CA
(2) [Fe]- Hydrogenase: An Organometallic Black Box , Graduate Seminar, Department of Chemistry, University of Idaho
(1) Photo-induced cis- to trans- CO Isomerization of Iron Dithiocarbamate CO-RMs , 2019, UI CoS Students Research Exposition, Poster Presentation (recognized as an Outstanding Research Poster )

Publications

(3) Skipper HE, Valaydon-Pillay A, Hyre AS, Rheingold AL, Stoian SA, Doerrer LH, Assessment of Iron-Based Spin−Orbit Coupling Effects in Pt−Fe Heterobimetallic Lantern Complexes via 57Fe Mössbauer Spectroscopy Inorg. Chem. , 2024, 63, 10143-10159
(2) Toubiana LA, Valaydon-Pillay A, Elinburg J, Bacon J, Ozarowski A, Doerrer L, Stoian SA Spectroscopic and Theoretical Investigation of High-Spin Square-Planar and Trigonal Fe(II) Complexes Supported by Fluorinated Alkoxides Inorg. Chem. , 2024, 63, 2370-2387
(1) Shisler KA, Kincannon WM, Mattice JR, Larson J, Valaydon-Pillay A, Mus F, Flusche T, Nath AK, Stoian SA, Raugei S, Bothner B, DuBois JL, Peters JW, Homologous acetone carboxylases select Fe(II) or Mn(II) as the catalytic cofactor mBio, 2024, 15, e02987-23

Mahsa Moshari, MS

2018-2019

Mahsa 		Last Known Position

Graduate student, Department of Chemistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

Biographical Note

Mahsa graduated from the Kharazmy University (Tarbiat Moallem) with a B.S. in Applied Chemistry and from the Iran University of Science & Technology, where she completed a M.S. degree in Inorganic Chemistry. She joined our group at UI after having spent a semester at University of South Dakota.

Awards

Donald & Velsie Snyder Chemistry Scholarship , 2018 , Department of Chemistry, College of Science, University of Idaho

Research and Scholarly Presentations

(2) Theoretical and Spectroscopic Investigation of a Series of Iron(II)-Selenide Model Complexes and of their Iron(II)-Sulfide Analogue, 2019, 74th Northwest Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Portland, OR
(1) Theoretical and Spectroscopic Investigation of a Series of Iron(II)-Selenide Model Complexes and of their Iron(II)-Sulfide Analogue, 2018, UI CoS Students Research Exposition, Poster Presentation, University of Idaho

Publications

(1) Stoian SA, Moshari M , Ferentinos E, Grigoropoulos A, Krzystek J, Telser J, Kyritsis P Electronic Structure of Tetrahedral, S = 2 [Fe{(EPiPr2)2N}2], E = S, Se Inorg. Chem., 2021, 60, 10990-11005