Nicolas A. Leed, PhD
- Assistant Teaching Professor
Affiliated Programs
Education
- PhD, Inorganic Chemistry (2013)
The Ohio State University (OH)
About Me
I'm an Inorganic Chemist with experience teaching a wide range of students from the high school level through graduate students. My previous positions involved education, manufacturing, biological, and experimental applications as well as troubleshooting various instruments. I am proficient in standard software for modeling, simulation, optimization, and analysis. I am also skilled and experienced in maintaining and repairing GC-MS, GC-FID, HPLC, ICP-MS, ESI-MS, TCSPC, NMR and UV-VIS and IR spectrometers.
Publications
- “Excited State Dynamics of Two New Ru(II) Cyclometallated Dyes: Relation to Cells for Solar Energy Conversion and Comparison to Conventional Systems” J. Phys. Chem. C, 2012, 116 (42), pp 22186–22195
- “Directional Charge Transfer and Highly Reducing and Oxidizing Active Excited States of New Dirhodium(II,II) Complexes: Potential Applications in Solar Energy Conversion” Chem. Sci., 2014, 5, 727-737
- “Marked Improvement in Photoinduced Cell Death by a New Tris-Heteroleptic Complex with Dual Action: Singlet Oxygen Sensitization and Ligand Dissociation” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2014, 136, 17095-17101