CURRENT RESEARCH GROUP

Mieock Kim- Postdoc mkim@mail.chem.tamu.edu
B.S./M.S./Ph.D./Chemistry, Sogang University, Seoul, Korea
Samsung General Chemicals, Daejeon, Korea
Mieock's research focuses on the interaction between mercury/gold compounds and other organometallic derivatives.

Chammi Palehepitiya Gamage - Postdoc cgamage@mail.chem.tamu.edu
B.S./Chemistry, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka
Ph.D./Chemistry, University of Texas @ Arlington, Arlington, Texas
Chammi is working on the supramolecular chemistry of fluorinated organometallic compounds. She is also involved in the computational studies of compounds containing heavy main group elements.

Takeshi Matsumoto- Postdoc tmatsumoto@mail.chem.tamu.edu
B.S/M.S./Chemistry, Tsukuba University, Tsukuba, Japan
Ph.D./Chemsitry, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
Takeshi's research focuses on the synthesis of cationic Lewis acids.

Youngmin Kim- Graduate Student ymkim@mail.chem.tamu.edu
B.S./Chemistry, Sogang University, Seoul, Korea
M.S./Chemsitry, Sogang University, Seoul, Korea
Youngmin is currently studying cationic boranes as well as novel carbocationic systems.

Ching-Wen Chiu- Graduate Student cchiu@mail.chem.tamu.edu
B.S./Applied Chemistry, National Chiao-Tung Universitry, Hsinchu, Taiwan
M.S./Applied Chemistry, National Chiao-Tung Universitry, Hsinchu, Taiwan
Ching-Wen is investigating the electrochemistry and anion binding properties of cationic boranes.

Christopher Dorsey- Graduate Student cdorsey@mail.chem.tamu.edu
B.S./Chemistry, May 2004, Texas Lutheran University, Seguin, TX 
Chris's research focuses on the synthesis and characterization of unsymmetrical carbocationic/Lewis acidic compounds.

Todd Hudnall- Graduate Student thudnall@mail.chem.tamu.edu
B.S./Chemistry, May 2004, Texas State University-San Marcos, San Marcos, TX
Todd's research focus is the design and synthesis of hybrid Lewis acid / hydrogen bond donor receptors for fluoride.  He is currently researching hybrid borane / amide receptors.

Casey Wade- Graduate Student cwade@mail.chem.tamu.edu
B.S./Chemistry, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska

Haiyan Zhao- Graduate Student zhao@mail.chem.tamu.edu
B.S./Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, P.R. China

Tzu-Pin Lin- Graduate Student tplin@mail.chem.tamu.edu
B.S./Chemistry, National Chiao-Tung Universitry, Hsinchu, Taiwan

Bryan Carroll- Undergraduate Student

Sirinan Kulchat- Visiting Undergraduate Junior Science Talent Project Scholar aj_chemistry@yahoo.com
Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

PAST RESEARCH GROUP

Former Graduate Students

Dr. Thomas Taylor-Postdoctoral Research Associate, Bristol University
ThesisTitle (2007):: "Synthesis and Material Properties of Supramolecules Containing Fluorinated Organomercurials"

Dr. Charlotte Burress
Thesis Title (2006): "Heavy Atom Induced Phosphorescence of Organic Materials Using mono- and Trifunctional Organomercury Derivatives"
Haliburton, Houston, Texas

Dr. Martin Tschinkl
Infineon Technologies, Dresden, Germany

Dr. James D. Hoefelmeyer- Assistant Professor at the University of South Dakota
Thesis Title (2002): "Naphthalene derivatives peri-substituted by group 13 elements as polyfunctional Lewis acids", http://www.usd.edu/~jhoefelm/

Dr. Julie Beckwith King- Washington University Medical School
Thesis Title (2002) : "Bifunctional Lewis acids for the activation of organic carbonyls"

Dr. Mason Haneline- UC Irvine
Thesis Title (2004): "Trimeric perfluoro-ortho-phenylene mercury as a building block for supramolecular materials"

Dr. Alexandre Picot- Postdoctoral Research Associate, ENS Lyon
Thesis Title (2004): "Catalysts for the hydrolysis of thiophosphate triesters"

Dr. Huadong Wang- Alexander von Humboldt, Postdocoral Researcher, Munster, Germany
Thesis Title: "Synthesis, Stuctures and Reactivities of Bis(Triarylmethylium) Dications and Relates Diboranes"

Former Postdocs and Visiting Scholars

Dr. James Gardinier- Assistant Professor at Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Associate (1999-2000), http://www.marquette.edu/chem/faculty/Gardinier.shtml

Dr. Marcus Schulte- Alexander von Humboldt Fellow (2000-2001)
Procter & Gamble, Darmstadt

Dr. Stéphane Solé
Toulouse

Dr. Qiancai Liu- Assistant Professor at East China Normal University, Shangai

Dr. Ganesan Mani-Postdoctoral Research Assistant, University of Western Michigan

Dr. Mingxing Qian- UT Southwestern

Dr. Mohand Melaimi- Research Associate, UC Riverside
http://research.chem.ucr.edu/groups/bertrand/guybertrandwebpage/pages(groupmembers)/mohandframeset.html

Dr. Min Hyung Lee- Research Professor, Korea Advanced Institute of Technology (KAIST)

Professor Mitsukimi Tsunoda- (Visiting Professor) University of Sao Carlos, Brazil