Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Department of Chemistry
Ripon College
300 Seward Street
Ripon, WI 54971
(920) 748-8124

E-mail: ScanlonJ@ripon.edu

Education

• B.A. cum laude, Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Ind., chemistry
• Ph. D. University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, Minneapolis, Minn., physical chemistry

Professional Activities

• American Chemical Society member
• MACTLAC (Midwestern Association of Chemistry Teachers at Liberal Arts Colleges)
• MCU3 (Midwestern Undergraduate Computational Chemistry Consortium)

Awards and Honors

• Wrestling Academic All-American (2002 and 2003), Wabash College
• Football Academic All-American Fifth District (2002), Wabash College
• Dean’s List, (spring 2000, fall 2002, spring 2003), Wabash College
• Teaching Assistant of the Year Nominee, (2003-2004, 2004-2005), University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
• Minnesota Supercomputing Institute Travel Award (2007)

Areas of Interest

• Computational characterization of C-H bond amination by disilver catalysts
• Determining mechanisms of reactions by biomimetic or inorganic catalysts

Recent Publications

• Kunishita, A.; Teraoka, J.; Scanlon, J. D.; Matsumoto, T.; Suzuki, M.; Cramer, C. J.; Itoh, S.; “Aromatic Hydroxylation Reactivity of a Mononuclear Cu(II)-Alkylperoxo Complex.” "Journal of the American Chemical Society," 2007, 129(23), 7248-7249.

• Follett, A. D.; McNabb, K. A.; Peterson, A. A.; Scanlon, J. D.; Cramer, C. J.; McNeill, K.; “Characterization of Co-C Bonding in Dichlorovinylcobaloxime Complexes.” "Inorganic Chemistry," 2007, 46(5), 1645-1654.

• Kunishita, A.; Scanlon, J. D.; Honda, K.; Ogura, T.; Suzuki, M.; Cramer, C. J.; Itoh, S.; “Copper(II)–H2O2 Reactivity in Bis(2-pyridylmethyl)amine Tridentate Ligand System.”  (accepted "Inorganic Chemistry").

Current Courses Taught

• CHM 100 - Global Chemistry
• CHM 111 - Organic Chemistry Laboratory
• CHM 333 - Physical Chemistry: Quantum Mechanics
• CHM 334 - Physical Chemistry: Chemical Thermodynamics and Kinetics
• CHM 521 - Dept. Studies: Current Topics in Chemistry Research