Associate Professor of Chemistry
Rooke Chemistry 307
(570) 577-3265, etillman@bucknell.edu
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, B.S. (Biochemistry) 1996
University of Southern California Ph.D.
(Chemistry) 2001 Mentor: Thieo Hogen-Esch
California Institute of Technology Postdoctoral Scholar2001-2002 Mentor: Nate Lewis
Jolinda McNeil, Eric Tillman, Ian Monk, Josh Leasure, Chrissy Herforth, Nicole Marotta, Chelsea Brinkman, Nate Contrella
Current Research Students
Josh Leasure
M.S. '09
End-functionalization of N-methyleneamine-initiated Cationic Polymerizations
Nate Contrella
B.S. '09
Anionic and Nitroxide Mediated Polymerization Initiated From a Single Carbon / Fluorene-labeling by Nitroxide Mediated Polymerization
Chrissy Herforth
B.S. '09
Synthesis of Cyclic Alkoxyamines as Initiators in Nitroxide Mediated Polymerization: New Methods to Produce Macrocyclic Polystyrene
Nicole Marotta
B.S. '09
Silane Radical Atom Abstraction Coupled with Nitroxide Mediated Polymerization as a Means to Produce Chromophore-labeled Polymers
Chelsea Brinkman
B.S. '10
New Sources of N-Methyleneamines
Ian Monk
B.S. '11
New Sources of N-Methyleneamines
Jolinda McNeil
B.S.'11
Synthesis of Cyclic Alkoxyamines
Recent Group News
NSF award for $135,000 from 2008 - 2011. Title: "Synthesis of Amine-Terminated Polymers Using Lewis Acid-Induced N-methlyeneamines as Cationic Initiators"
Nate Contrella's proposal was funded by Pfizer for $5000 for summer 2008.
