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Marion Heidi Emmert Worcester Polytechnic Institute Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry 100 Institute Road Worcester, MA 01609-2280 Phone: (508) 831 4115 Fax: (508) 831 4116 [email protected]
Research Experience Worcester Polytechnic Institute Associate Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Mar 2017 - current Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Environmental Studies
Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies Jan 2017 - Feb 2017 Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering Mar 2014 - Feb 2017 Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering Jan 2013- Feb 2017 Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry Aug 2011 - Feb 2017
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor May 2009 - Aug 2011 Advisor: Professor Melanie S. Sanford . Demonstrated reactivity of Pd(OAc)2/pyridine catalyst systems for a variety of C-H functionalization reactions: Acetoxylation, arylether formation, Fujiwara-Moritani reaction . Elucidated ligand and oxidant effects on selectivity of non-directed C-H acetoxylation and arene and alkyl H/D exchange reactions with Pd and Pt catalysts
Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster Oct 2005 - Apr 2009 Advisor: Professor Gerhard Erker . Developed synthetic methodology for the preparation of Cp-substituted Cp3ZrX compounds. . Demonstrated novel reactivity in the ligand sphere of Cp3ZrX complexes: Hydroboration, cyclometallation, aminoborane elimination, functional group (alkene, amine)-Cp3Zr+ interactions
Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg Advisor: Professor Bernhard Breit Aug 2003 - May 2004 . Investigated directed Pd-catalyzed allylic substitution.
Advisor: Professor Reinhard Brückner Summer 2001 . Synthesized building blocks for butenolide natural products.
Education Dr. rer nat. (Ph.D.) Chemistry March 2009 Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Germany Thesis: Synthesis and Reactivity of Substituted Cp3ZrR Systems
Diploma (Masters Degree equivalent) Chemistry June 2004 Certificate Grade: sehr gut (outstanding) Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Germany Thesis: Investigation of Directed Pd-catalyzed Allylic Substitution Reactions
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Honors and Awards ACS Young Investigator (ORGN) 2016
Diversity Faculty Fellow, NSF Center for Selective C-H 2016 Functionalization
Gordon Research Conference Travel Award 2015, 2016, 2017
NIH (NIGMS) Grant Workshop Travel Award 2013
ACS PRF Doctoral New Investigator Award 2012
DFG (German Research Council) Postdoctoral Fellowship 2010 - 2011
CENTC Summer School Travel Award "Emerging 2010 Perspectives in Catalysis"
Undergraduate Fellowship of the Bavarian Program for the 1999 - 2004 Promotion of Young Talent in Higher Education
Book Prize of the Fonds der Chemischen Industrie (Fund 1999 of the German Chemical Industry)
Independent Research Publications
(20) Dong, J.; Wang, A.; Deskins, N. A.; Grimm, R. L.; MacDonald, J. C.; Emmert, M. H., Mechanistic Studies of C-N Bond Formation in the Reaction between PdII-Aryl Complexes and Hydroxylamine Reagents. 2018, in preparation.
(19) Legacy, C. J.; Emmert, M. H., Mechanistic Insights into Fe Catalyzed α-C-H Oxidations of Tertiary Amines: Non-Radical Pathways For Base-Metal Catalyst. 2018, submitted.
(18) Narayanan, R. P. N.; Kazantzis, N. K.; Emmert, M. H., Scandium Recovery from Bauxite Residue (Red Mud): Cost Analysis as a Tool for Process Development. 2018, in revision.
(17) Tyufekchiev, M.; Duan, P.; Schmidt-Rohr, K.; Granados Focil, S.; Timko, M. T.; Emmert, M. H., Cellulase-Inspired Solid Acids for Cellulose Hydrolysis: Structural Explanations for High Catalytic Activity. ACS Catalysis 2018, 8, 1464-1468.
(16) Narayanan, R. P.; Kazantzis, N. K.; Emmert, M. H., Selective Process Steps for the Recovery of Scandium from Jamaican Bauxite Residue (Red Mud). ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 2018, 6, 1478
(15) Wang, A.; Venditto, N. J.; Darcy, J. W.; Emmert, M. H., Non-Directed, Cu Catalyzed sp3 C-H Aminations with Hydroxylamine-Based Amination Reagents: Catalytic and Mechanistic Studies. Organometallics 2017, 36, 1259-1268.
(14) Horsley, C.; Emmert, M. H.; Sakulich, A., Influence of alternative fuels on trace element content of ordinary portland cement. Fuel 2016, 184, 481-489.
(13) Legacy, C. J.; Emmert, M. H., Cα-H Oxidations of Amines to Amides: Expanding Mechanistic Understanding and Amine Scope through Catalyst Development. Synlett 2016, 27, 1893-1897 (Invited Contribution as Synpacts article).
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(12) Zhang, X.; Desrochers, S. J.; Carl, A. D.; Geagea, N.; Zielinski, K.; Emmert, M. H., Low Temperature Dehydrations of Non-Activated Alcohols via Halide Catalysis. Org. Chem. Frontiers 2016, 3, 701-708.
(11) Bandara, H. M. D.; Jin, D.; Mantell, M. A.; Field, K. D.; Wang, A.; Narayanan, R. P.; Deskins, N. A.; Emmert, M. H., Non-Directed Aromatic C-H Aminations: Catalytic and Mechanistic Studies Enabled by Pd Catalyst and Reagent Design. Catal. Sci. Techn. 2016, 6, 5304-5310.
(10) Kerr, M. E.; Ahmend, I.; Gunay, A.; Venditto, N. J.; Zhu, F.; Ison, E. A.; Emmert, M. H., Non-Directed, Carbonate-Mediated C-H Activation and Aerobic C-H Oxygenation with Cp*Ir Catalysts. Dalton Trans. 2016, 45, 9942-9947.
(9) Bandara, H. M. D.; Field, K. D.; Emmert, M. H., Rare Earth Recovery from End-of- Life Motors employing Green Chemistry Design Principles. Green Chem. 2016, 18, 753-759. Highlighted by BBC World News/Horizons (May 2016) http://www.bbc.com/specialfeatures/horizonsbusiness/seriessix/circular- economy/?vid=p03w0tp4&video_diary=true http://www.bbc.com/specialfeatures/horizonsbusiness/seriessix/circular- economy/?vid=p03vs4k9
(8) Legacy, C. J.; Wang, A.; O’Day, B. J.; Emmert, M. H., Iron Catalyzed Cα-H Oxidation of Tertiary, Aliphatic Amines to Amides under Mild Conditions. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 49, 14907-14910.
(7) Bandara, H. M. D; Mantell, M.; Darcy, J. W.; Emmert, M. H., Rare Earth Recycling: Forecast of Recoverable Nd from Shredder Scrap and Influence of Recycling Rates on Price Volatility. J. Sust. Met. 2015, 1, 179-188.
(6) Bandara, H. M. D.; Mantell, M. A.; Darcy, J. W.; Emmert, M. H., Closing the Lifecycle of NdFeB Magnets: Discovery of Neodymium in Slag from Steel Mills. Energy Techn. 2015, 3, 118-120. Highlighted in C&En News http://cen.acs.org/articles/93/i6/Recovering-Neodymium- Steel-Mill-Slag.html
(5) Gunay, A.; Mantell, M. A.; Field, K. D.; Wu, W.; Chin, M.; Emmert, M. H., Oxidation Catalysis in Air with Cp*Ir: Influence of Added Ligands and Reaction Conditions on Catalytic Activity and Stability. Catal. Sci. Techn. 2015, 5, 1198-1205.
(4) Bandara, H. M. D.; Darcy, J. W.; Apelian, D.; Emmert, M. H., Value Analysis of the Neodymium Content in Shredder Feed: Evaluating the Feasibility of Rare Earth Magnet Recycling. Environ. Sci. Techn. 2014, 48, 6553-6560.
(3) Darcy, J. W.; Bandara, H. M. D.; Mishra, B.; Blanplain, B.; Apelian, D.; Emmert, M. H., Challenges in Recycling End-of-Life Rare Earth Magnets. JOM 2013, 65, 1381- 1382.
(2) Bandara, H. M. D.; Sosin, M. H.; McKeogh, B. J.; Emmert, M. H., Non-directed, Pd- catalyzed C-H amination of simple arenes. GSTF J. Chem. 2013, 1, 18-31.
(1) John, L. C.; Gunay, A.; Wood, A. J.; Emmert, M. H., Catalysts for convenient aerobic alcohol oxidations in air: systematic ligand studies in Pd/pyridine systems. Tetrahedron 2013, 69, 5758-5764.
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Book Chapters (3) Field, K. F.; Narayanan, R. P.; Emmert, M. H. “Designing a Process fo RE Recycling from Motors through Green Chemistry” in Critical Rare Earth Elements in Secondary Resources, Abilash, D., Akcil, A. (ed.s), CRC Press, 2018, in print.
(2) Emmert, M. H. “Introduction,” in C-H Bond Activation In Organic Synthesis, Li, J. J. (ed.), Taylor & Francis, 2015, pp. 1-20.
(1) Emmert, M. H.; Legacy, C. L. “Chelate-Assisted Arene C-H Bond Functionalizations,” in Arene Chemistry: Reaction Mechanisms and Methods for Aromatic Compounds, Mortier, J. (ed.), Wiley-VCH, 2015, pp. 647-674.
Patents Separation of Recycled Rare Earths, Marion H. Emmert, H. M. Dhammika Bandara. US Patent Application No. 14/996,538, filing date Jan. 15, 2016.
Method of Recovery of Scandium from Bauxite Residue, Marion H. Emmert, Remya P. Narayanan. US Preliminary Patent Application No. 62/504,703, filing date May 11, 2017.
Publications from PhD/Postdoctoral Work (6) Cook, A. K.; Emmert, M. H.; Sanford, M. S., Steric Control of Site Selectivity in the Pd-Catalyzed C-H Acetoxylation of Simple Arenes. Org. Lett. 2013, 15, 5428-5431.
(5) Kubota, A.; Emmert, M. H.; Sanford, M. S., Pyridine Ligands as Promoters in PdII/0- Catalyzed C-H Olefination Reactions. Org. Lett. 2012, 14, 1760-1763.
(4) Emmert, M. H.; Cook, A. K.; Xie, Y. J.; Sanford, M. S., Remarkably High Reactivity of Pd(OAc)2/Pyridine Catalysts: Nondirected C-H Oxygenation of Arenes. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2011, 50, 9409-9412. Highlighted on the back cover of issue 40.
(3) Emmert, M. H.; Gary, J. B.; Villalobos, J. M.; Sanford, M. S., Platinum and Palladium Complexes Containing Cationic Ligands as Catalysts for Arene H/D Exchange and Oxidation. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2010, 49, 5884-5886.
(2) Emmert, M.; Kehr, G.; Fröhlich, R.; Erker, G., Facile Cyclometalation Reactions of Cp-Zirconium Complexes with Weakly Lewis Acidic Pendent Boron Functionalities. Chem. Eur. J. 2009, 15, 8124-8127.
(1) Emmert, Marion, "Synthese und Reaktivität von Zr-Komplexen mit Cp3- Ligandgerüst", Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Germany, Dissertation, (March 2009).
Board Membership & Consulting Greene Lyon Group, 2015 - present.
Invited Talks at International Meetings (9) Environmental Applications of Liquid Phase Catalysis for Green Chemical Processes of Renewable Materials Symposium, ACS National Meeting Washington, DC, ENVR/CATL/ENFL August 2017. (8) CENTC Symposium, ACS National Meeting Washington, DC, INOR August 2017. (7) Young Academic Investigators Symposium, ACS National Meeting Philadelphia, PA, ORGN, August 2016. (6) Magnetics 2016, Jacksonville, FL, January 21, 2016. (5) 2nd International Conference on Past and Present Research Systems of Green
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Chemistry, Orlando, FA, September 14, 2015. (4) Anatolian Conference on Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Antalya, Turkey, March 16, 2015. (3) Advances in C-H Functionalization Symposium, ACS National Meeting Dallas, TX, ORGN, March 16-20, 2014. (2) Undergraduate Research at the Frontiers of Inorganic Chemistry Symposium, ACS National Meeting Dallas, TX, INOR, March 16-20, 2014. (1) Ipatieff Prize Symposium, ACS National Meeting New Orleans, LA, INOR, April 9, 2013.
Invited Talks at Universities, Companies, and Small Meetings (61) Mid-Atlantic Regional ACS Meeting, Hershey, PA, June 4, 2017. (60) Pfizer, Groton, CT, May 17, 2017. (59) CCHF Annual Meeting, Emory University, GA, Jan 20, 2017. (58) University of Pittsburgh, PA, Dec 19, 2016 (57) McGill University, Quebec, Canada, Dec 8, 2016 (56) Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, Nov 17, 2016. (55) Tufts University, Medford, MA, Oct 4, 2016. (54) University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, MA, Sept 28, 2016. (53) New York University, New York, NY, Sept 13, 2016. (52) Boston Regional Inorganic Colloquium, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, May 7, 2016. (51) Portland State University, Portland, OR, April 29, 2016. (50) University of Washington, Seattle, WA, April 26, 2016. (49) University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, April 22, 2016. (48) Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, April 21, 2016. (47) Pomona College, Claremont, CA, April 19, 2016. (46) University of California, Irvine, CA, April 18, 2016. (45) University of California, Riverside, CA, April 15, 2016. (44) University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, April 14, 2016. (43) Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, April 11, 2016. (42) University of California, Merced, CA, April 8, 2016. (41) Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, April 4, 2016. (40) St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN, April 1, 2016. (39) University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, March 30, 2016. (38) University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, March 29, 2016. (37) University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, March 25, 2016. (36) University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, March 22, 2016. (35) University of New Haven, West Haven, CT, March 11, 2016. (34) Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, March 10, 2016. (33) Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, March 9, 2016. (32) Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, March 8, 2016. (31) Lafayette College, Easton, PA, March 7, 2016. (30) Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY, March 4, 2016. (29) Williams College, Williamstown, MA, February 26, 2016. (28) Northeastern University, Boston, MA, February 24, 2016. (27) Notre Dame University, Southbend, IN, February 12, 2016. (23) Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, February 10, 2016. (26) Yale University, New Haven, CT, February 1, 2016. (25) University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA, December 9, 2015. (24) Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA, December 7, 2015. (23) Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, December 3, 2015. (22) Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA, December 1, 2015. (21) DuPont Crop Protection, Wilmington, DE, November 20, 2015. (20) University of Delaware, Wilmington, DE, November 19, 2015. (19) The College of New Jersey, Ewing, NJ, November 18, 2015. (18) Rider University, Lawrence, NJ, November 17, 2015.
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(17) Materials Science & Engineering Colloquium, Boston University, Boston, MA, November 13, 2015. (16) University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, November 9, 2015. (15) Brown University, Providence, RI November 6, 2015. (14) Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, October 27, 2015. (13) West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, October 21, 2015. (12) Youngstown State University, Youngstown, OH, October 20, 2015. (11) Process Development and Scale-up Seminar, Iselin, NJ, May 7, 2015. (10) Clark University, Worcester, MA, April 3, 2015. (9) College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA, December 5, 2014. (8) Pfizer Green Chemistry Symposium, WPI, November 15, 2014. (7) Boston Regional Inorganic Colloquium, Boston University, Boston, MA, October 25, 2014. (6) Bridgewater State University, Bridgewater, MA, October 24, 2014. (5) Melanie Sanford Anniversary Symposium, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, May 10, 2014. (4) Connecticut College, CT, November 05, 2013. (3) University of Rhode Island, RI, October 28, 2013. (2) Universität Münster, Germany, August 07, 2013. (1) Worcester State University, Worcester, MA, March 13, 2013.
Teaching Experience Instructor CH 2360 Organic Laboratory, WPI Fall 2013/2015/2017, Spring 2017
Instructor CH 555 Introduction to Green Chemistry, WPI Fall 2012, 2014
Instructor CH 3410 Principles of Inorganic Chemistry, WPI Spring 2012 - 2018
Instructiro CH 2310 Organic Chemistry I, WPI Fall 2017
Supervisor for 8 postdoctoral fellows, 4 graduate students, 2011 - present 20 undergraduate researchers, 5 international exchange students, 3 visiting scholars, WPI
PhD thesis committee member (all WPI): Sarju Patel (CBC), Qina Sa (ME), Maksim Tufekchiev (CHE), Alexander Carl (CBC), Lida Namin (CHE), Azadeh Zaker (CHE), Kenneth Zielinski (CBC)
Professional Service Ad Hoc Reviewer ACS Catalysis Advanced Synthesis and Catalysis ChemCatChem Chemical Communications Chemical Science Chemistry – A European Journal Dalton Transactions Inorganic Chemistry Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers Journal of the American Chemical Society Journal of Organic Chemistry Journal of Sustainable Metallurgy Organic Letters Organometallics Tetrahedron
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Grant Reviewer ACS Petroleum Research Fund Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR, French National Research Agency) Department of Energy, Catalysis Science M. J. Murdock Charitable Trust National Science Foundation, Chemical Catalysis & Chemical Synthesis Research Corporation for Science Advancement
Symposium Organizer - Ipatieff Prize Symposium, ACS National Meeting 2013, New Orleans, LA - Sustainable Chemistry in the Pharmaceutical Industry – A Pfizer Green Chemistry Workshop, Nov 2014, Worcester, MA for students and faculty from WPI, Worcester State University, Clark University, Amherst College - ACS Central Massachusetts Section, Program in a Box – Chemistry and Sports, Feb 2017
Session Chair - New Reactions and Methodology, ORGN, ACS National Meeting 2014, Dallas, TX - Environmental and Energy-Related Inorganic Chemistry, INOR, ACS National Meeting 2015, Denver, CO - New Reactions and Methodology, ORGN, ACS National Meeting 2015, Denver, CO - Environmental and Energy-Related Inorganic Chemistry, ACS National Meeting 2015, Boston, MA
Organizer of Video-Chat Project ORDMOC (Online Research Discussions of Methods in Organometallic Catalysis) with Prof.s M. Findlater (Texas Tech), D. Laviska, A. O’Connor (both The College of New Jersey), K. Grice (Loyola University, Chicago), J. Hoover (WVU), ; 2013 – present
Committee member in faculty searches; AY 12/13, 13/14 & 15/16, CBC department, WPI
Graduate student selection committee, AY 13/14-14/15 & 17/18 - present
Negotiated & organized purchase of 3 elemental analysis instruments (Bruker TXRF Picofox; Perkin Elmer ICP-AES; Perkin-Elmer graphite furnace AAS) for departmental and interdisciplinary research
Host for invited speakers at WPI: Robert Crabtree (Yale); Maurice Brookhart (UNC Chapel Hill); Nilay Hazari (Yale); Dominique Hebrault (Mettler-Toledo); Jessica Hoover (WVU); Amir Hoveyda (Boston College); Eric Jacobsen (Harvard); Leo Letendre (Pfizer); Mindy Levine (U Rhode Island); James Mayer (Yale); Ryan Murelli (Brooklyn College); Kian Tan (Boston College); Melanie Sanford (University of Michigan); Scott McNeill Sieburth (Temple University); John Wong (Pfizer); Peter Zhang (Boston College)
Webmaster for WPI Energy Research Group (energy.wpi.edu), May 2015 - present
Professional Societies American Chemical Society 2010 - present
Outreach and Community Involvement Mattson, A.; Emmert, M. H. "Making Soap", Experimental Demonstration, Oral Presentations, and Instructions to Hands-On Experiments for 2 classes of High School Students, Worcester Technical High School, Worcester, MA, March 2017.
Career panellist, Career Explorations Dinner, Camp Reach, Worcester, MA, July 2015
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Poster judge, Joint meeting of NanoWorcester and AVS New England, Graduate Student Poster Competition, April 2015
Poster judge & panelist on career panel, American Chemical Society, Central Massachussetts Section, Undergraduate Poster Competition, April 2015
Participant in Missing Scientist Project, Fuller Middle School, Framingham, March 2015 (www.missingscientists.weebly.com)
Judge for Mass Academy Science Project Fair, Worcester, February 19, 2015
Emmert, M. H. "Catalysts for Sustainability", Oral Presentation and Q&A session, Mass Academy, High School, Worcester, MA, December 2014.
Emmert, M. H. "Catalysts: Tools for Sustainable Chemistry", Experimental Demonstrations, Oral Presentations, and Instructions to Hands-On Experiments for 5 classes of Middle & High School Students, Science Days, Millbury High School, Millbury, MA, January 2014.
Coach for Mass Academy Science Travel Show Team (high-school students engaged in Middle School Science Outreach), June to August 2013
Science Education for New Civic Engagement and Responsibilities (SENCER) Summer Institute, Santa Clara University, CA, August 2nd to 6th, 2012
Career panel for undergraduates in NSF CCI (CENTC) summer program, July 2012 & 2015
Emmert, M.H. "Chemistry's Rainbow", Presentation and Instruction to Hands-On Experiments for Middle School Aged Girls, Women in Science Summer Program, WPI, July 2012
Judge for High School Engineering Presentation, Mass Academy, Worcester, May 2012 & 2013
Emmert, M.H. "Elephants' Toothpaste - and what chemistry has to do with it", Oral Presentation and Instruction to Hands-On Experiments for Middle School Aged Girls, Tech Girls Meeting, WPI, November 2011.