Professor Dr. Gregory Girolami

Biography

Professor Girolami received B.S. degrees in Chemistry and Physics from the University of Texas at Austin and his Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley. He was a NATO postdoctoral fellow under Sir Geoffrey Wilkinson at Imperial College of Science and Technology before joining the faculty at the University of Illinois in 1983. His research interests include the synthesis of transition metal complexes, the use of catalysts, and the development of precursors for chemical vapor deposition of thin films, contributing to the creation of novel magnetic materials. He explores organometallic chemistry and catalysis and is particularly focused on the synthesis of new molecular magnets. Additionally, he conducts mechanistic studies of organometallic reactions, including the activation of alkanes, and the design of artificial photosynthetic centers.

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