Nicolas A. Leed, PhD
- Visiting 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