Our group is interested in the computational exploration of the chemical space of molecular metal oxides towards the identification of key structure-function relationships relevant to their speciation, nucleation roadmaps, and overall physicochemical properties. Our scientific interests build and expands our collaborators experimental findings.
News
George Donkor-Gyami gave his division seminar
George presented his division seminar on the speciation of An(IV) ions in aqueous media. Great job!
Genevieve Duggan got her Inorganic Chemistry paper accepted, yay!
Read the ChemRxiv article here. ASAP paper in Inorganic Chemistry coming out soon. 5th paper of Genevieve in 2025!!!
Origin of the spectroscopic differences in Uranium(IV)-Chloro species explained in our recent Inorganic Chemistry paper
We collaborated with the Knope group at Georgetown University to demonstrate that variations in the counterion environment in the solid state are responsible for the experimentally observed spectroscopic differences among uranium(IV)-chloro species. Read the details here.
Our paper accepted in the European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry
Our paper in collaboration with the Knope group (Georgetown University) was accepted in the European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry. Read it here.
George Donkor-Gyami was selected as the laboratory TA rookie of the year
Our Inorganic Chemistry paper on the nucleation of reduced polyoxovanadate-alkoxide clusters just got accepted!
The 2nd paper of Genevieve Duggan, and her 1st author one, yay! Read it here.
Dr. Tri Nghia Le presented his research at the Chicago Regional Inorganic Colloquium
Nghia presented his most recent results on structure-driven redox topology modulation at the 2025 Chicago Regional Inorganic Colloquium held at the University of Minnesota.
ACS National Meeting in Washington DC
Prof. Miro gave two talks at the ACS National Meeting in Washington DC and attended the councilor's meeting as the Iowa ACS local section councilor. It was also great to have lunch with ex-group members (Dr. Rameswar Bhattacharjee and Dr. SM Gulam Rabbani).
Our JACS Au paper has been accepted, groovy!
Nb-dopant changes the regioselectivity of proton-coupled electron transfer in a polyoxovanadate-alkoxide cluster. Read it here.
Genevieve Duggan was awarded the Kathryn K. & James D. Steele Scholarship
This scholarship provides summer support to graduate research assistants who demonstrate exceptional merit and a strong commitment to research in electrochemistry.
Our most recent paper in Dalton Transactions is out
Molybdenum chalcogenide clusters as supports for low-valent actinides. Read it here.
Chemical Science paper in collaboration with the Matson group as been accepted
Engineering mechanisms of proton-coupled electron transfer to a titanium-substituted polyoxovanadate–alkoxide. Read more here.
Kyle Delaney presented his research at the Undergraduate Research Symposium and at the Chicago Regional Inorganic Colloquium
Kyle presented his summer research on engineering hydrogen atom transfer mechanisms in pristine and doped polyoxovanadate–alkoxides at two events: the Undergraduate Research Symposium organized by the Iowa and Iowa-Illinois ACS local sections at the University of Iowa and the Chicago Regional Inorganic Colloquium held at the University of Minnesota.
Our polyoxopalladate paper is out!
Our group help explain the formation of cube-shaped vs. star-shaped polyoxopalladates with a lanthanide center at their core. 1st paper of Dhruba. Read the whole story here.
Genevieve Duggan presented her science at the Rare Earth Research Conference
Congrats to Dhruba Paudel and Genevieve Duggan for passing their candidacy exams
Dhruba Paudel gave his division seminar
