Peter T. Wolczanski | |
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Born | August 28, 1954 | (age 69)
Alma mater |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology California Institute of Technology |
Known for | Low-valent three-coordinate transition metal complexes Small molecule activation (most notably complete CO scission) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Inorganic and Organometallic Chemistry |
Institutions | Cornell University |
Thesis | The reactivity and syntheses of mono and bis permethylcyclopentadienyl zirconium hydrides (1981) |
Doctoral advisor | John E. Bercaw |
Other academic advisors | Mark Wrighton |
Notable students | Christopher C. Cummins |
Website |
wolczanski |
Peter Thomas Wolczanski is the George W. and Grace L. Todd professor of Chemistry at Cornell University.
Wolczanski obtained his B.S. in Chemistry at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1976 while doing research under the direction of Mark Wrighton. He entered graduate school at the California Institute of Technology, working under John Bercaw on various chemistries of permethylzirconocene hydrides and was awarded a doctorate degree in 1981. [1]
Peter T. Wolczanski | |
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Born | August 28, 1954 | (age 69)
Alma mater |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology California Institute of Technology |
Known for | Low-valent three-coordinate transition metal complexes Small molecule activation (most notably complete CO scission) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Inorganic and Organometallic Chemistry |
Institutions | Cornell University |
Thesis | The reactivity and syntheses of mono and bis permethylcyclopentadienyl zirconium hydrides (1981) |
Doctoral advisor | John E. Bercaw |
Other academic advisors | Mark Wrighton |
Notable students | Christopher C. Cummins |
Website |
wolczanski |
Peter Thomas Wolczanski is the George W. and Grace L. Todd professor of Chemistry at Cornell University.
Wolczanski obtained his B.S. in Chemistry at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1976 while doing research under the direction of Mark Wrighton. He entered graduate school at the California Institute of Technology, working under John Bercaw on various chemistries of permethylzirconocene hydrides and was awarded a doctorate degree in 1981. [1]