Recent Publications (last 5 years):
Smith, S. A.; Collins, S.; Eppley, H. E.; Geselbracht, M. J.; Jamieson, E. R.; Johnson, A. R.; Nataro, C.; Reisner, B. A.; Stewart, J. L. Watson, L. A.; Williams, B. S. “VIPEr: An Online Academic Resource Enhancing Undergraduate Research,” CUR Quarterly, Web Vignette: Winter, 2013. Vol. 34, No. 2. http://www.cur.org/assets/1/23/Winter2013_v34.2_vignettes4.PDF
de Sahb, C.; Watson, L. A.; Nadas, J.; Hay, B. P. "Design Criteria for Polyazine Extractants" Inorg. Chem., 2013, 52, 10632-10642.
Custelcean, R.; Bonnesen, P. V.; Duncan, N. C.; Zhang, X.; Watson, L. A.; Van Berkel, G.; Parson, W.; Hay, B. P. "Urea-Functionalized M4L6 Cage Receptors: Anion-Templated Self-Assembly and Selective Guest Exchange in Aqueous Solutions" J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2012, 134, 8525–8534.
Vukovic, S.; Watson, L. A.; Kang, S. O.; Custelcean, R.; Hay, B. P. "How Amidoximate Binds the Uranyl Cation" Inorg. Chem., 2012, 51, 3855–3859.
Jamieson, E. R.; Eppley, H. E.; Geselbracht, M. J.; Johnson, A. R. Reisner, B. A.; Smith, S. A.; Stewart, J. L. Watson, L. A.; Williams, B. S. Inorganic Chemistry and "IONiC: An Online Community Bringing Cutting-Edge Research into the Classroom", Inorg. Chem., 2011, 50, 5849-5854.
Watson, L. A.; Hay, B. P. "Role of the Uranyl Oxo Group as a Hydrogen Bond Acceptor," Inorg. Chem., 2011, 50, 2599-2605.
Reisner, B. A.; Eppley, H. J.; Geselbracht, M.; Jamieson, E. R.; Johnson, A. J.; Smith, S.R.; Stewart, J. L.; Watson, L. A.; Williams, B. S. "Building an Online Teaching Community: An Evolving Tale of Communication, Collaboration, and Chemistry." ACS Symposium Series: Enhancing Learning with Online Resources, Social Networking, and Digital Libraries, 2010, Belford, R.; Moore, J.; Pence, H. (Eds.). Chapter 16, pp 309-330.
Watson, L. A., Geselbracht, M. J., and Reisner, B. A. "Inorganic Chemistry Learning Objects for Use in the General Chemistry Curriculum: Athletic Periodic Trends." J. Chem. Ed., 2010, 87, 756.
Benatan, E., Dene, J., Eppley, H. J., Geselbracht, M. J., Jamieson, E. R., Johnson, A. R., Reisner, B. A., Stewart, J. L., Watson, L. and Williams, B. S. "JCE VIPEr: An Inorganic Teaching and Learning Community." J. Chem. Ed., 2009, 86, 766.
Benatan, E., Eppley, H. J., Geselbracht, M. J., Johnson, A. R., Reisner, B. A., Stewart, J. L., Watson, L. and Williams, B. S. "IONiC: A Cyber-Enabled Community of Practice for Improving Inorganic Chemical Education." J. Chem. Ed., 2009 , 86, 123.
Benatan, E., Dene, J., Eppley, H., Geselbracht, M., Jamieson, E., Johnson, A., Reisner, B., Stewart, J., Watson, L. and Williams, B. “Come for the Content, Stay for the Community,” in Innovative Practices for Challenging Times, Academic Commons. (http://www.academiccommons.org/2014/09/16/come-for-the-content-stay-for-the-community/, September 2009).
Gerber, L. C. H.; Watson, L. A.; Parkin, S.; Wang, W.; Foxman, B. M.; Ozerov, O. V. "Bis(methylidene) Complex of Tantalum Supported by a PNP Ligand." Organometallics, 2007, 26, 4866.
Ozerov, O.; Watson, L. A.; Pink, M.; Caulton, K. G. "Operationally Unsaturated Pincer/Rhenium Complexes form Metal Carbenes from Cycloalkenes and Metal Carbynes from Alkanes." J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2007, 129, 6003.
Selected Recent External Grants (last 5 years):
Lori Watson (Earlham College, PI), Barbara Reisner (James Madison University, co-PI), Sheila Smith (University of Michigan-Dearborn, co-PI), Melanie S. Sanford (Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, co-PI); Raymond Schaak (Penn State Univ., co-PI); Hilary Eppley (DePauw University), Margret Geselbracht (Reed College), Elizabeth Jamieson (Smith College), Adam Johnson (Harvey Mudd College), Joanne Stewart (Hope College), and Scott Williams (The Claremont Colleges Joint Science Department), National Science Foundation, TUES Phase 2, "IONiC: Transforming education through collaborative development of materials at the frontiers of inorganic chemistry," $437,962, September 2012-August 2016.
Deibel, M. A. (PI), Blair, P. L., Rosenburg, R. L., Seu, K. J., Smith, R. K., Smith, C. R., Stocksdale, M. G., Tori, W. P., Watson, L. A.; “Renovation of a Shared Facility for Research and Research Training at a Science-Rich Liberal Arts Institution”, National Science Foundation: Academic Research Infrastructure, $807,794, September 2010.
Joanne Stewart (Hope College, PI), Hilary Eppley (DePauw University), and Lori Watson (Earlham College) “Come for the content, stay for the community: Building a vibrant community of practice among GLCA chemists,” Great Lakes College Association New Directions Initiative, $15,700, January 2010.
Hilary Eppley (DePauw University, PI), Margret Geselbracht (Reed College), Adam Johnson (Harvey Mudd College), Barbara Reisner (James Madison University), Joanne Stewart (Hope College), Lori Watson (Earlham College) and Scott Williams (the Claremont Colleges Joint Science Department) “IONiC: A Cyber-Enabled Community of Practice for Improving Inorganic Chemical Education,” National Science Foundation: CCLI Phase 1, $149,374, August 2007.
Deibel, M. A. (PI), Deibel, C., Watson, L. A.; Parker, R.; Streepey, M.; Peck, C.; Jackson, M.; Iverson, J.; Matlock, D. “Computational and Multidisciplinary Curriculum and Research Initiative” W. M. Keck Foundation, $360,000, January 2007.