Cassie Ward

Cassie Ward

Research interest(s)/area of expertise

 I am a multidisciplinary researcher with experience in X-ray diffraction, optical spectroscopy, and physical/analytical chemistry. I am the Associated Director, manager, and crystallographer of the X-ray Laboratory and Optical Spectroscopy Laboratory in the Lumigen Instrument Center.

Small molecule x-ray crystallography
• Powder/thin-film x-ray diffraction
• Single-crystal x-ray diffraction

Atomic and molecular spectroscopy
• UV-vis-NIR spectroscopy
• IR spectroscopy
• X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy
• ICP-MS

Education

• B.S. Chemistry, University of Nebraska at Omaha, 2008
• Ph.D. Chemistry, University of Kansas, 2014
• Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, 2014-2016
• Postdoctoral Research Associate, Wayne State University, 2016-2018

Selected publications

• Bokouende, S. S.; Ward, C. L.; Allen, M. J. Understanding the Coordination Chemistry and Structural and Photophysical Properties of EuII- and SmII-Containing Complexes of Hexamethylhexacyclen and Noncyclic Tetradentate Amines. Inorganic Chemistry, 63, 16991 (2024).
• Kulathungage, L. W.; Kurup, S. S.; Browneed, X. X.; Spalink, G. X.; Ward, C. L.; Lord, R. L.; Groysman, S. “Efficient Carbene Transfer Reactivity Mediated by Fe(ii) Complexes Supported by Bulky Alkoxides” Chemical Communications, 60, 7033 (2024).
• Kulasekara, D. N.; Bailey, M. D.; Ward, C. L.; Allen, M. J. “Comparison of the structural, electrochemical, and spectroscopic properties of two cryptates of trivalent uranium” Dalton Transactions, 53, 8657 (2024).
• Bokouende, S. S.; Kulasekara, D. N.; Worku, S. A.; Ward, C. L.; Kajjam, A. B.; Lutter, J. C.; Allen, M. J. “Expanding the Coordination of f-block metals with tris[2-(2-methoxy-ethoxy)ethyl]amine: from Molecular Complexes to Cage-Like Structures” Inorganic Chemistry, 63, 9434 (2023).
• Don, U. I. K.; Palmer, Z.; Ward, C. L.; Lord, R. L.; Groysman, S. “Combining [MoVIO3] and [M0(CO)3] (M = Mo, Cr) Fragments Within the Same Complex: Synthesis and Reactivity of the Single Oxo-bridged Heterobimetallics Supported by Xanthene-Based Heterodinucleating Ligands” Inorganic Chemistry, 62, 15063 (2023).
• Jayakodiarachchi, N.; Liu, R.; Dharmadasa, C.; Hu, X.; Savage, D. E.; Ward, C. L.; Evans, P. G.; Winter, C. H. “Thermal Atomic Layer Deposition of Er2O3 Films from a Volatile, Thermally Stable Enaminolate Precursor” Dalton Transactions 52, 11096 (2023).
• Ward, C. L.*; Cornejo, M. A.; Thanthri, S. H. P.; Linz, T. H.; “A Review to Electrophoretic Separations in Temperature-Responsive Pluronic Thermal Gels” Analytica Chimica Acta. 1276, 341613 (2023).
• Wannipurage, D.; D’Aniello, S.; Pappalardo, D.; Kulathungage, L. W.; Ward, C. L.; Anderson, D. P.; Groysman, S.; Mazzeo, M. “Simple Magnesiu Alkoxides: synthesis, Molecular Structure, and Catalytic Behaviour in the Ring-opening polymerization of Lactide and Macrolactones and in the Copolymerization of Maleic Anhydride and Propylene Oxide” Dalton Transactions, 52, 8077 (2023).
• Don, U. I. K.; Almaat, A. S.; Ward, C. L.; Groysman, S. “Studies Relevant to the Functional Model of Mo-Cu CODH: In Situ Reactions of Cu(I)-L Complexes with Mo(VI) and Synthesis of Stable Structurally Characterized Heterotetranuclear MoVI2CuI2 Complex” Molecules, 28 3644 (2023).
• Dissanayake, A. I.; Hollingsworth, T. S.; Madarang, E.; Hamilton, P. N.; Ward C. L.; Groysman, S. “Catch-Store-Release Strategy for the Stabilization of 4,4’-Methylene Diphenyl Diisocyanate (4,4’-MDI)” Chemistry-A European Journal, 29, e202300924 (2023).
• Subasinghe, S. A. A. S.; Ortiz, C. J.; Romero, J.; Ward, C. L.; Sertage, A. G.; Yustein, J. T.; Pautler, R. G.; Allen, M. J. “Toward Quantification of Hypoxia using Fluorinated EuII/III-containing Ratiometric Probes” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 120, e2220891120 (2023).

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