Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Ripon College
300 Seward Street
Ripon, WI 54971
(920) 748-8756

E-mail: IimuraM@ripon.edu

Education

• B.S.  Chemistry (with Departmental Honors) Summa Cum Laude, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, 1995.
• Ph.D.  Chemistry (emphasis: Organometallic/Organic), University of Southern California, Los Angeles, 2000.

Professional Experience

• Post-doctoral Research Associate, Northwestern University Department of Chemistry, Mentor: Professor Michael R. Wasielewski 2004 - 2005
• Post-doctoral Research Associate, Columbia University Department of Chemistry, Mentor: Professor Jack R. Norton, 2001 - 2004

Awards and Honors

• Arthur Adamson Fellowship (1999)
• Harold and Lillian Moulton Chemistry Fellowship (1999)
• Department Graduate Research Award, University of Southern California, Los Angeles (1999)
• Departmental Teaching Assistant Award, University of Southern California, Los Angeles (1997
• Undergraduate Research Award in the School of Letters, Arts, and Science, University of Southern California, Los Angeles (1995)
• American Chemical Society Undergraduate Award in Analytical Chemistry (1994)

Professional Organizations:

• American Chemical Society
• Golden Key National Honor Society
• Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society

Areas of Interest

• Organic/Organometallic Chemistry
  • Synthesis and mechanistic investigation
  • Catalysis by soluble organometallic compleses
  • Use of transition metal complexes in novel organic transformation

Recent Publications

• Cummings, S.A.; Iimura, M.; Harlan, C.J.; Kwaan, R.J.; Vu Trieu, I.; Norton, J.R.; Bridgewater, B.M.; Jäkle, F.; Sundaraman, A.; Tilset, M. "An Estimate of the Reduction Potential of B(C6F5)3 from Electrochemical Measurements on Related Mesityl Boranes." Organometallics 2006, 25. 1565.
• Guan, H.; Iimura, M.; Magee, M.P.; Norton, J.R.; Zhu, G. "Asymmetric Hydrogenation of Iminium Cations by an Ionic Mechanism. Chemoselectivity and Enantioselectivity." J. Am. Chem. Soc.: 2005, 127, 7805.
• Iimura, M.; Evans, D.R.; Flood, T.C. "Synthesis and Characterization of Triazacyclononane-Ligated Iridium Dihydride Complexes." Organometallics, 2003, 22, 5370.

Current Courses Taught

• Chemistry 100 - Global Chemistry
• Chemistry 111 - Organic Chemistry I
• Chemistry 214 - Organic Chemistry II
• Chemistry 342 - Advanced Laboratory Techniques
• Chemistry 413 - Advanced Organic Chemistry
• Chemistry 201, 501 - Departmental Seminar
• Chemistry 521, 522 - Departmental Studies