Peter T. Wolczanski

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Peter T. Wolczanski
BornAugust 28, 1954 (1954-08-28) (age 70)
Alma mater Massachusetts Institute of Technology
California Institute of Technology
Known forLow-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.chem.cornell.edu/pete/

Peter Thomas Wolczanski is the George W. and Grace L. Todd professor of Chemistry at Cornell University.

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Education

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]

Awards and professional activities

Selected publications

References

  1. Wolczanski, Peter Thomas (1981). The reactivity and syntheses of mono and bis permethylcyclopentadienyl zirconium hydrides (Ph.D.). California Institute of Technology. OCLC   437056692. ProQuest   303102977.