Current Graduate Students
Kyle Seabourn
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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. AwardsACS-Hach Land Grant Scholarship , 2023-2024 , American Chemical Society Cooley-Juve Oustanding Teaching Assistant , 2023 , Department of Chemistry, College of Science, University of Idaho Larry Nash Prize in Chemistry , 2021, Department of Chemistry, College of Science, University of Idaho Oustanding Research Poster , 2021 , CoS RES, College of Science, University of Idaho Research and Scholarly PresentationsPolynuclear Metal Clusters Supported by a Redox Active Hydroxylimine Ligand, 2021, UI CoS Students Research Exposition, Poster Presentation (recognized as an Outstanding Research Poster ) Crystallography and Molecular Structure, 2021, Graduate Seminar, Department of Chemistry, University of Idaho A Synthetic and Spectroscopic Investigation of Polynuclear, oxo-Bridged Iron Clusters, 2022, 2022 Molecular Magnetism in North America (MAGNA), Poster Presentation, Gainesville, FL Publications |
Muhammad Zaeem Idrees
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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. AwardsCoS Travel Grant, 2024, College of Science, University of Idaho Research and Scholarly Presentations PublicationsAnderson 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 |
Adam Valaydon-Pillay, PhD2019-2023 
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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. AwardsCooley-Juve Oustanding Teaching Assistant, 2018 , Department of Chemistry, College of Science, University of Idaho Oustanding Research Poster , 2019 , CoS RES, College of Science, University of Idaho Research and Scholarly PresentationsSpectroscopic 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 Photo-induced cis- to trans- CO Isomerism of Iron Dithiocarbamate CO-RMs , 2020, Metals in Biology , Gordon Research Seminar, Poster Presentation, Ventura, CA [Fe]- Hydrogenase: An Organometallic Black Box , Graduate Seminar, Department of Chemistry, University of Idaho 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 ) PublicationsToubiana 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 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, MS2018-2019 
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Last Known Position
Graduate student, Department of Chemistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL Biographical NoteMahsa 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. AwardsDonald & Velsie Snyder Chemistry Scholarship , 2018 , Department of Chemistry, College of Science, University of Idaho Research and Scholarly PresentationsTheoretical 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 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 PublicationsStoian 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 |
