UT Chem/Biochem Dept

The 2005-2006 Beckman Scholars: Jonathan D. Rice

Faculty Mentor: Professor C. Grant Willson Length of term: Summer 04, Fall 04, Spring 05, Summer 05 Honors & Awards: University Honors (Spring 04, Fall 04, Fall 05, Spring 06); Undergraduate Research Fellowship (2005) Publications: Boydston, A. J.; Rice, J. D.; Sanderson, M. D.; Bielawski, C. W. "Mild and Efficient Syntheses of Main-Chain Organometallic Polymers Containing Bis(bidentate) Benzobis(imidazolylidene)s and a Related Bis(benzimidazolylidene)Ni(II) Complex" Organometallics 2006, in press.; Boydston, A. J.; Rice, J. D.; Sanderson, M. D.; Dykno, O. L.; Bielawski, C. W. "Synthesis and Study of Bidentate-Benzimidazolylidene-Group 10 Metal Complexes and Related Main-Chain Organometallic Polymers" Organometallics 2006, 25, 6087. Where is he now?Graduated with Bachelor of Science in Chemistry with Honors, May 2007. Jonathan is currently in medical school at UT Galveston. How can I contact him?ricejd2 at gmail.com

Beckman research project in the Willson Group:

Polyolefin destabilization: New approaches to tertiary recycling

Download a copy of Jonathan's Research report.