Short CV for
John D. Protasiewicz

Department of Chemistry
Case Western Reserve University
10900 Euclid Ave
Cleveland, OH 44106-7078

(i) Professional Preparation

Michigan Technological University B.S. Chemistry 1985

Undergraduate Research with Prof. G. D. Mendenhall

Studied free radical chemistry of di-tert-butylhyponitrite

Cornell University Ph.D. Inorganic-Organometallic Chemistry 1990

PhD Studies with Professor Klaus H. Theopold (currently at U. of Delaware)

PhD Title "A Direct Comparison of the Rates of Electron, Proton, and Hydrogen Atom Transfer Between Inorganic Complexes"

Massachusetts Institute of Technology Postdoctoral Assoc. Organometallic Chemistry 1990-1993

Postdoctoral Studies with Professor Stephen J. Lippard

Study of low valent organometallic complexes for reductive coupling of unsaturated organic molecules

(ii) Appointments

• Case Western Reserve University Professor of Chemistry 7-04 to present
• Case Western Reserve University Associate Professor of Chemistry 7-99 to 7-04
• Case Western Reserve University Assistant Professor of Chemistry 7-93 to 7-99

(iii) Some Awards and Honors

1. NSF 2 year award for Creativity Extension
2. Glennan Fellow (developed web based learning methods)
3. NSF CAREER Award

(iv) Professional Activities

1. With Professor M. C. Simspon (co-PI) funding was obtained from the Department of Education (Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need: GAANN) to provide fellowships for graduate students having interests in possible teaching careers. The GAANN program has allowed Simpson and Protasiewicz to direct supplemental activities of 7 GAANN fellows.
2. The past (elected) ACS Cleveland Section Treasurer 2000-2002
3. An advisor to ACS Chemistry Fraternity
4. Glennan Fellow (developed web based learning methods)
5. Developed two new courses (Computers in Chemistry & Wild World of Chemistry)
6. College of Arts & Sciences Committee on Educational Programs 2001-3 (Chair 2002-3)
7. College of Arts & Sciences Executive Committee 2003-5

(v) Collaborators

• Professor Professor M. Geoffroy (Université de Genève) Collaborations with Professor M. Geoffroy (area of expertise DFT theory and EPR spectroscopy) are ongoing to probe the physical properties of the reduced forms of diphosphenes and phosphaalkenes.
• Professor David A. Modarelli (University of Akron) Collaborations with Professor have been established to examine ArP=PR₃ by nanosecond laser flash photolysis to experimentally determine lifetimes and absolute rate constants for inter- and intramolecular reactions involving free phosphinidenes.
• Professor Arnold L. Rheingold (University of Delaware) X-ray Crystallography
• Professor Cather M. Simpson (Case Western Reserve University) Simpson is investigating the question of vibrational influences upon branching ratios in photoinitiated reactions, such as photoisomerization, using ultrafast laser equipment (100's fs to ~25 ps) and time-resolved spectroscopic methods. In collaboration with the Protasiewicz, she is examining compounds having P=P (diphosphenes) and P=C (phosphaalkenes).
• Professor Lawrence Sayre (CWRU) X-ray Crystallography
• Professor Malcolm Kenney (CWRU) X-ray Crystallography
• Professor Tong Ren (Purdue University) X-ray Crystallography