Biographical Sketch: Richard E. Sykora
ADDRESS AND NUMBERS
Department of Chemistry
Chemistry Building, Rm. 223
University of South Alabama
Mobile, AL 36688
Phone: (251) 460-7422
Fax: (251) 460-7359
E-mail address: rsykora@jaguar1.usouthal.edu
PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION
Bachelor of Science, Chemistry, Spring 1999, Troy State University
Doctor of Philosophy, Chemistry, August 2003, Auburn University
Postdoctoral Research Associate, 2003-2005, Oak Ridge National Lab
PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
2005 - present
Associate Professor of Chemistry, University of South Alabama
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
University of South Alabama Inorganic Chemistry (CH 401); Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory (CH 401L); Introductory Analysis Lecture (CH 265); Introductory Analysis Laboratory (CH 265L); Directed Studies (CH 394 and CH 494); General Chemistry I & II Lecture (CH 131 & CH 132); Honors General Chemistry I Laboratory (CH131L).
PUBLICATIONS (2005 - 2010) Undergraduate students are in bold
A. P. Weber, M. Stojanovic, M. R. Pischek, and R. E. Sykora, “Sesquicaesium hemisodiumtetracyanidoplatinate(II) sesquihydrate,” Acta Crystallographica Section E: Structure Reports, 2010, E66, i66.
B. A. Maynard, R. E. Sykora, J. T. Mague, and A. E. V. Gorden, “Actinide tetracyanoplatinates: synthesis and structural characterization with uncharacteristic Th-NC coordination and thorium fluorescence,” Chemical Communications, 2010, 46, 4944-4946. DOI: 10.1039/c0cc00343c
C. N. Lamb, Z. Assefa, and R. E. Sykora, “Ethyl 5-oxo-2,3-diphenylcyclopentane-1-carboxylate,” Acta Crystallographica Section E: Structure Reports, 2010, E66, o1183.
C. Apostolidis, B. Schimmelpfennig, N. Magnani, P. Lindqvist-Reis, O. Walter,
R. Sykora, A. Morgenstern, E. Colineau, R. Caciuffo, R. Klenze, R. G. Haire, J. Rebizant, F. Bruchertseifer, and T. Fanghänel, “[An(H2O)9](CF3SO3)3 (An=U–Cm, Cf): Exploring Their Stability, Structural Chemistry, and Magnetic Behavior by Experiment and Theory,” Angewandte Chemie, International Edition, 2010, 49, 6343-6347. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201001077 Article featured on front cover of journal issue and highlighted by a paper in Nature titled “Cation o’ nine tails” (P. L. Arnold, Nature 2010, 466, 704-705).
M. Stojanovic, N. J. Robinson, X. Chen, P. A. Smith, and R. E. Sykora, “Synthesis, structures, and photoluminescence properties of novel lanthanide tetracyanoplatinates lacking Pt−Pt interactions,” Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 2010, 183, 933-939.
S. M. Murray, R. A. O’Brien, K. M. Mattson, C. Ceccarelli, R. E. Sykora, K. N. West, and J. H. Davis, Jr., “The Fluid-Mosaic Model, Homeoviscous Adaptation, and Ionic Liquids: Dramatic Lowering of the Melting Point by Side-Chain Unsaturation,” Angewandte Chemie, International Edition, 2010, 49, 2755-8.
B. A. Maynard, P. A. Smith, A. Jaleel, L. Ladner, and R. E. Sykora, “Structural modulation in lanthanide tetracyanoplatinates incorporating terpyridine: Synthesis and structures of four distinct one-dimensional variants,” Journal of Chemical Crystallography, 2010, 40, 616-623. DOI: 10.1007/s10870-010-9706-x.
B. A. Maynard, P. A. Smith, and R. E. Sykora, “catena-Poly[[[diaqua(nitrato-κ2O,O’)(2,2’:6’,2”-terpyridine-κ3N,N’,N”)neodymium(III)]-μ-cyanido-κ2N:C-[dicyanidoplatinum(II)]-μ-cyanido-κ2C:N] acetonitrile solvate 2,2’:6’,2”-terpyridine hemisolvate],” Acta Crystallographica Section E: Structure Reports 2009, E65, m1132-3.
B. A. Maynard, P. A. Smith, L. Ladner, A. Jaleel, N. Beedoe, C. Crawford, Z. Assefa, and R. E. Sykora, “Emission Enhancement through Dual Donor Sensitization: Modulation of Structural and Spectroscopic Properties in a Series of Europium Tetracyanoplatinates,” Inorganic Chemistry, 2009, 48, 6425-6435.
R. E. Sykora, L. McDonald, and G. T. Spyridis, “Triphenylmethyl Benzoate,” Acta Crystallographica Section E: Structure Reports, 2009, E65, o2026.
M. Yang, T. Albrecht-Schmitt, V. Cammarata, P. Livant, D. S. Makhanu, R. Sykora, W. Zhu, “Trialkylamines More Planar at Nitrogen than Triisopropylamine in the Solid State,” Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2009, 74(7), 2671-2678.
R. E. Sykora, P. Khalifah, Z. Assefa, T. E. Albrecht-Schmitt, R. G. Haire, “Magnetism and Raman spectroscopy of the dimeric lanthanide iodates Ln(IO3)3 (Ln = Gd, Er) and magnetism of Yb(IO3)3,” Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 2008, 181, 1867-1875.
B. A. Maynard, K. Kalachnikova, K. Whitehead, Z. Assefa, and R. E. Sykora, “Intramolecular Energy Transfer in a One-Dimensional Europium Tetracyanoplatinate,” Inorganic Chemistry, 2008, 47(6), 1895-1897.
B. A. Maynard, R. E. Sykora, “A nearly planar arrangement of ions in 4,4’-bipiperidinium tetracyanidoplatinate(II) monohydrate,” Acta Crystallographica Section E: Structure Reports, 2008, E64(1), m138-9.
T. H. Bray, S. Skanthakumar, L. Soderholm, R. E. Sykora, R. G. Haire, T. E. Albrecht-Schmitt, “Hydrothermal synthesis, structure, and magnetic properties of Pu(SeO3)2,” Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 2008, 181(3), 493-498.
Z. Assefa, R. G. Haire, R. E. Sykora, “Hydrothermal syntheses, structural, Raman, and luminescence studies of Cm[M(CN)2]3·3H2O and Pr[M(CN)2]3·3H2O (M = Ag, Au) 2. Hetero-bimetallic coordination polymers consisting of trans-plutonium and transition metal elements,” Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 2008, 181(2), 382-391.
S. K. McCall, R. E. Sykora, M. J. Fluss, B. W. Chung, G. F. Chapline, R. G. Haire, “Influence of self damage on Pu(Am) observed through magnetization measurements,” Physica B: Condensed Matter, 2008, 403(5-9), 1225-1226.
R. E. Sykora, K. Kalachnikova, G. T. Spyridis, “3-Triphenylmethyl-2,4-Pentanedione,” Acta Crystallographica Section E: Structure Reports, 2007, E63, o4075.
Z. Assefa, K. Kalachnikova, R. G. Haire, and R. E. Sykora, “Hydrothermal synthesis, structural, Raman, and luminescence studies of Am[M(CN)2]3·3H2O and Nd[M(CN)2]3·3H2O (M = Ag, Au): Bimetallic coordination polymers containing both trans-plutonium and transition metal elements,” Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 2007, doi:10.1016/j.jssc.2007.08.032
D. Jenkins, R. E. Sykora, Z. Assefa, “Tri-2-furyl-phosphine oxide: an oxidation product of the weak Lewis base tri-2-furyl-phosphine,” Acta Crystallographica Section E: Structure Reports, 2007, E63, o3510-o3511.
R. E. Sykora, E. Cioffi, “A triphenylmethanol-pyridinium chloride (1/1) adduct containing a one-dimensional ionic substructure,” Acta Crystallographica, Section E: Structure Reports, 2007, E63(7), o3148-o3149.
M. D. Soutullo, C. I. Odom, E. A. Salter, A. C. Stenson, R. E. Sykora, A. Wierzbicki, J. H. Davis, Jr., “Ultra-Easy Access to NH2-Functionalized TSILs, Their Potential as Highly Volume-Efficient Electrophile Scavengers, and Insights into the Electronics of Girard’s Reagent T, A Venerable Chemical Work Horse,” Journal of Combinatorial Chemistry, 2007, 9(4), 571-573.
J. Maher, R. E. Sykora, “Jahn-Teller distorted copper(II) in poly[bis(µ-4,4'-bipyridine)tetra-µ-cyanido-copper(II)disilver(I)],” Acta Crystallographica Section E: Structure Reports, 2007, E63, m2053.
K. Kalachnikova, Z. Assefa, R. E. Sykora, “Poly[triaquahexa-μ-cyanido-terbium(III)-trisilver(I)]: a 4f-4d bimetallic coordination polymer,” Acta Crystallographica Section E: Structure Reports, 2007, E63(7), i162.
M. D. Soutullo, C. I. Odom, A. B. Smith, D. R. McCreary, R. E. Sykora, E. A. Salter, A. Wierzbicki, J. H. Davis, Jr., “Synthesis, spectroscopy, computational evaluation and first X-ray structural characterization of a primary amine containing boronium ion,” Inorganica Chimica Acta, 2007, 360(9), 3099-3102.
T. H. Bray, J. Ling, E.-S. Choi, J. S. Brooks, J. V. Beitz, R. E. Sykora, R. G. Haire, D. M. Stanbury, T. E. Albrecht-Schmitt, “Critical Role of Water Content in the Formation and Reactivity of Uranium, Neptunium, and Plutonium Iodates Under Hydrothermal Conditions: Implications for the Oxidative Dissolution of Spent Nuclear Fuel,” Inorganic Chemistry, 2007, 46, 3663-3668.
T. H. Bray, T. A. Sullens, T. Y. Shvareva, R. E. Sykora, R. G. Haire, T. E. Albrecht-Schmitt, “Product evolution in the Np(IV) fluorophosphate system,” Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 2007, 180, 79-83.
N. Ngo, K. Kalachnikova, Z. Assefa, R. G. Haire, R. E. Sykora, “Synthesis and structure of In(IO3)3 and vibrational spectroscopy of M(IO3)3 (M = Al, Ga, In),” Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 2006, 179, 3824-3830.
Z. Assefa, J. Ling, R. G. Haire, T. E. Albrecht-Schmitt, R. E. Sykora, “Syntheses, structures, and vibrational spectroscopy of the two-dimensional iodates Ln(IO3)3 and Ln(IO3)3(H2O) (Ln = Yb, Lu),” Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 2006, 179, 3653-3663.
R. Jin, H. Sha, P. G. Khalifah, R. E. Sykora, B. C. Sales, D. Mandrus, J. Zhang, “Ba2CoO4: Crystal Growth, Structure Refinement, and Physical Properties,” Physical Review B, 2006, 73, 174404/1-174404/7.
G. R. Stewart, J. S. Kim, R. E. Sykora, R. G. Haire, “Highly Correlated Electron Behavior in NpCu5-x(Pd,Ni)x - A Contrast to UCu5-x(Pd,Ni)x,” Physica B: Condensed Matter, 2006, 378-380, 40-43.
R. E. Sykora, Z. Assefa, R. G. Haire, T. E. Albrecht-Schmitt, “First Structural Determination of a Trivalent Californium Compound with Oxygen Coordination,” Inorganic Chemistry, 2006, 45, 475-477.
B. C. Sales, P. Khalifah, T. P. Enck, E. J. Nagler, R. E. Sykora, R. Jin, D. Mandrus, “Kondo lattice behavior in the ordered dilute magnetic semiconductor Yb14-xLaxMnSb11,” Physical Review B, 2005, 72, 205207/1-205207/5.
R. E. Sykora, Z. Assefa, R. G. Haire, T. E. Albrecht-Schmitt, “Synthesis, Structure, and Spectroscopic Properties of Am(IO3)3 and the Photoluminescence Behavior of Cm(IO3)3,” Inorganic Chemistry, 2005, 44, 5667-5676.
R. E. Sykora, P. Raison, R. G. Haire, “Self-irradiation induced structural changes in the transplutonium pyrochlores An2Zr2O7 (An = Am, Cf),” Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 2005, 178, 578-583.
GRANTS AND RESEARCH SUPPORT
National Science Foundation − Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program, Award # 0846680, “CAREER: Exploring the Structures and Materials Applications of Lanthanide Cyanometallates” (2009). Principal Investigator, $625,000.00
Cottrell College Science Award, Research Corporation (CC6852), “Synthesis and Characterization of f-Block Thiogallates and Selenogallates” (2007). Principal Investigator, $41,148
University of South Alabama Research Council, “Solvothermal Syntheses, Structural Characterizations, and Structure-Property Relationships of f-Block Thiogallates,” (2006-2007) Principal Investigator, $5,000.00
National Science Foundation – Major Research Instrumentation, Award # 0618148, “Acquisition of X-ray Diffraction Instrumentation,” (2006). Senior Person (PI: Edward Valente), $273,418.00
Arts and Sciences’ Support and Development Award, “Structural Determination with Single-Crystal X-ray Diffraction,” (2005-2006) Principal Investigator, $1,819.00
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
ACS Inorganic Chemistry Division,
American Chemical Society (Mobile Section)
University of South Alabama - Mobile, AL, 36688-0002, (251) 460-6181
Date Last Changed: September 22, 2011
rsykora@jaguar1.usouthal.edu
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