Research Statement
Our research is concerned with the organic and materials chemistry of molecules that contain silicon and other main group elements. Synthetic goals include novel bonding situations and solid polymers with organic hosts covalently embedded in silicate-like matrices.
Selected Publications
Lambert, J. B., Lin, L., Keinan, S. & Mueller, T. A Free, Tricoordinate Stannylium Cation. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 125, 6022-6023 (2003).
Liu, C., Lambert, J. B. & Fu, L. A Novel Family of Ordered, Mesoporous Inorganic/Organic Hybrid Polymers Containing Covalently and Multiply Bound Microporous Organic Hosts. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 125, 6452-6461 (2003).
Kim, K.-C., Reed, C. A., Elliott, D. W., Mueller, L. J., Tham, F., Lin, L., & Lamber, J. B. Crystallographic Evidence for a Free Silylium Ion. Science 297, 825-827 (2002).
Lambert, J. B., Zhao, Y., Emblidge, R. W., Salvador, L. A., Liu, X., So, J.-H. & Chelius, E. C. The Beta Effect of Silicon and Related Manifestations of Sigma Conjugation. Acc. Chem. Res. 32, 183-190 (1999).
Most Significant Awards
Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence, 1999-2002
Frederic Stanley Kipping Award in Silicon Chemistry (American Chemical Society), 1998
National Catalyst Award (Chemical Manufacturers Association), 1993
Fryxell Award in Scientific Archaeology (Society for American Archaeology), 1989
James Flack Norris Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Teaching of Chemistry (American Chemical Society), 1987
President, Society for Archaeological Sciences, 1986-1987
Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1981
National Fresenius Award (Phi Lambda Upsilon), 1976
Guggenheim Fellow, 1973
Fellow, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, 1968-1970
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