Patrick John Desrochers UCA Chemistry

Patrick John Desrochers
Department of Chemistry
University of Central Arkansas
Conway, Arkansas 72035
Phone: (501) 450-5939
FAX: (501) 450-3623
patrickd@uca.edu Desrochers main UCA web page: http://chemistry.uca.edu/faculty/desrochers/mainpage.htm

Education	University of Arizona California State University, Sacramento Ph.D., Inorganic Chemistry, 1992 B.S., Chemistry, 1987 “A Re-evaluation of Distortional Isomerism”
Professional Experience	University of Central Arkansas, Department of Chemistry Professor, 2008 - present Associate Professor, 2001 - 2008 Assistant Professor, 1992 - 2001 (tenured 1998, sabbatical leave Spring 2006) University of Arizona, Department of Chemistry Graduate research assistant, 1987 - 1992 Technical expertise includes: manipulation and syntheses of air and moisture sensitive compounds; visible, infrared, NMR, EPR, fluorescence, X-ray photoelectron, atomic absorption spectroscopies; X-ray crystallography; magnetic susceptibility, cyclic voltammetry, coulometry.
Refereed Publications Denotes UCA undergraduate coauthor.	“Nickel-Cysteine Binding Supported by Phosphine Chelates” Desrochers, P. J.; Duong, D.; Marshall, A. S.; Lelievre, S. A.; Hong, B.; Brown, J. R.; Tarkka, R. M. Manion; J. M.; Holman, G.; Merkert, J. W.; Vicic, D. A. Inorganic Chemistry 2007, 46, 9221-9233. “Electronic Structure of Four-coordinate, C3v Nickel(II) “Scorpionate” Complexes: Investigation by High-Frequency and -Field Electron Paramagnetic Resonance and Electronic Absorption Spectroscopies “ Desrochers, P. J.; Telser, J.; Zvyagin, S. A.;Ozarowski, A.; Krzystek, J.; Vicic, D. A. Inorganic Chemistry 2006, 45, 8930-8941. “Ligand Redox Effects in the Synthesis, Electronic Structure, and Reactivity of an Alkyl-Alkyl Cross-Coupling Catalyst” Jones, G. D.; McFarland, C.; Allen, O. R.; Martin, J. L.; Hall, R. E.; Haley, A. D.; Brandon, R. J.; Kanovalova, T.; Desrochers, P. J.; Pulay, P.; Vicic, D. A. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2006, 128, 13175-13183. “Bis[hydrotris(4-chloro-3,5-dimethylpyrazolyl)borato]nickel(II)” Desrochers, P. J.; Brown, J. R.; Arvin, M. E.; Jones, G. D.; Vicic, D. A. Acta Cryst. 2005, E61, m1455–m1458. “A Stable Monomeric Nickel Borohydride” Desrochers, P.J.; LeLievre, S. A.; Johnson, R.J.; Lamb, B. T.; Phelps, A. L.; Cordes, A. W.; Gu, W.; Cramer, S. P. Inorganic Chemistry 2003, 42, 7945. “Characteristics of Five-Coordinate Nickel--Cysteine Centers” Desrochers, P. J.; Cutts, R. W.; Rice, P. K.; Golden, M. L.; Graham, J. B.; Barclay, T. M.; Cordes, A. W. Inorganic Chemistry 1999, vol. 38, pages 5690-5694. “Studies of Distortional Isomers. 2. Evidence that Green [LWOCl₂]PF₆ is a Ternary Mixture.” Desrochers, P. J.; Nebesny, K. W.; LaBarre, M. J.; Bruck, M. A.; Neilson, G. F.; Sperline, R. P.; Enemark, J. H.; Backes, G.; Wieghardt, K. Inorganic Chemistry 1994, vol. 33, pages 15-24. “Studies of Distortional Isomers: Spectroscopic Evidence that Green cis,mer-Dichlorotris(dimethylphenylphosphine)molybdenum(IV) Is a Mixture” Desrochers, P. J.; Nebesny, K. W.; LaBarre, M. J.; Lincoln, S. E.; Loehr, T. M.; Enemark, J. H. Journal of the American Chemical Society 1991, vol. 113, pages 9193-9200.
Awards	Council for Advancement and Support of Education Professor of the Year, UCA Nominee, 2003 UCA University-wide Teaching Excellence: 2002 winner, 1997 finalist UCA University-wide Scholarly and Creative Activity: 2004 winner, 2002 and 2003 finalist Outstanding Teaching Award, G B F Honor Society, UCA 1997 finalist
Professional Memberships	American Chemical Society Council on Undergraduate Research, UCA Liaison Mid-south Inorganic Chemists Association (founding member)
Funded Extramural Proposals	“Reactivity, Spectroscopic, and Sensing Properties of Nickel Complexes on Solid Organic Supports,” Co-PI with R. M. Tarkka Total requested budget = $ 252,041, National Science Foundation RUI, Aug 2007 – Aug 2010. “Characterization of the Valence Electron Spin Density in Nickel-borohydride Compounds Using HFEPR,” National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Tallahassee, FL, February 2005 and December 2003. Each session included 40 hours of magnet time on the Keck magnet. “Bonding and Reactivity of Borohydride and Sulfur Amino Acids on Nickel” Total budget = $ 81,000 American Chemical Soc. Petroleum Research Fund, July 2003 Also a Supplement for Underrepresented Minority Research Fellowship for Ariel Marshall. March 2006 “Electronic Influence on the Oxidation and Alkylation of a Nickel--Cysteine Center” Total budget = $ 46,210 American Chemical Soc. Petroleum Research Fund, 2000 “Electron Spin: An Important Experimental Concept” Total budget = $ 68,286 National Science Foundation, 1997 “Reactivity of a Monomeric Nickel-Borohydride, the Hydride Bullet” Total Budget = $3,900 Arkansas Science Information Liaison Office, 2001 “Electronic Influence on the Alkylation of a Nickel-Cysteine Center” Total Budget = $3,900 Arkansas Science Information Liaison Office, 2000 “Reactivity of Five Coordinate Nickel Cysteine Centers” Total Budget = $3,670 Arkansas Science Information Liaison Office, 1999 “Synthesis and Reactivity of Discrete Nickel-Cysteine Centers” Total Budget = $3,900 Arkansas Science Information Liaison Office, 1998
Presentations	“Ligated Nickel as a Potential Bio-Sensor and Chemotherapeutic” University of Arkansas, Little Rock, September 2007 “Reversible Ammonia Binding at Nickel: Potential for Sensor Applications” University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, March 2007 “Ammonia Controls Facile Solid-Phase Halide Exchange at Nickel(II)” Sutton, C. A.; Abrams, M. L.; Desrochers, P. J. 233rd American Chemical Society National Meeting, Chicago, IL March 2007: CHED 1178. “How a five cent investment could catalyze energy independence” Hendrix College, Conway, AR, October 2006 “Reversible surface storage of ammonia” 3rd Annual Ammonia in Fuels Meeting, Golden, CO, October 2006 (Sponsors: National Renewable Energy Lab. & Iowa Energy Center). “Reversible ammonia uptake and potential for methane activation at tripodal nickel-nitrogen centers” Desrochers, P. J.; Sutton, C. A. 232nd American Chemical Society National Meeting, San Francisco, CA, September 2006: INOR 15. “Protonation and reduction of nickel-cysteine centers” Desrochers, P. J.; Marshall, A. S.; Duong, D. 232nd American Chemical Society National Meeting, San Francisco, CA, September 2006: INOR 942. “Five Cents Worth of Hydrogen and Sulfur Chemistry” University of Mississippi, Oxford, April 2006 “Controlling the Reactivity of Cysteine and Borohydride at Nickel” University of North Carolina, Charlotte, September 2005. “Selective nickel-cysteine binding on a heterogeneous support” Desrochers, P. J.; Winkler, S. A.; Hong, B.; Brown, J. R.; Tarkka, R. M.; Holman, G.; Richardson, C. B. 229th American Chemical Society National Meeting, San Diego, CA March 2005. “The Many Faces of Metals” Desrochers, P. J. Public Lecture Series, College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, University of Central Arkansas, April 2004. “Nitro Cobalt(III) Tetra(methyl(2)pyridinium)porphyrin Immobilized on Nafion Films and its Oxo-transfer Reactivity” Coor, J.; Goodwin, J.; Parmley, D.; Desrochers, P. J. 55^th S. East Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Atlanta GA, November 2003. “Chalcogen Selectivity by Nickel Controls Coordination Geometries in Model Biochemical Systems” Desrochers, P. J.; Abrams, M.; Nutt, D.; Arvin, M. E.; Phelps, A. L. 20^th International Conference on the Organic Chemistry of Sulfur, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff AZ, July 2002. “A Successful Program of Informal Undergraduate Research 'Chalk-talk' Seminars” Desrochers. P. J. 223rd American Chemical Society National Meeting, Orlando FL, April 2002: CHED 1140. “You Lost Me at 'Atoms...' Effective Less-technical Writing by Upper Division Chemistry Majors” Desrochers. P. J. 223rd American Chemical Society National Meeting, Orlando FL, April 2002: CHED 1096. “Reactivity of Discrete Nickel Borohydride Complexes” Desrochers, P. J.; Galloway, R. J.; Abrams, M. L. 221st American Chemical Society National Meeting, San Diego CA, April 2001: INOR 664. “The Reactivity of a Monomeric Nickel-borohydride, the Hydride Bullet” Galloway, R. J.; Phelps, A. L.; Desrochers, P. J. S.East/S.West Regional ACS Meeting, New Orleans LA, Dec 2000. “Electron Spin: An Important Experimental Concept” Desrochers, P. J. 219th American Chemical Society National Meeting, San Francisco CA, April 2000: CHED 988. “Interdisciplinary Experiments in Materials Science” Desrochers, P. J.; Ramseyer, T. 219th ACS National Meeting, San Francisco CA, April 2000: CHED 989. “Overcoming the Kinetic Stability of a Nickel Cysteine Center by Alkylation” Phelps, A. L. and Desrochers, P. J. 219th ACS National Meeting, San Francisco CA, March 2000. “Application of Nickel-Cysteine Complexes to Hydrogenase Active Sites” Snodgrass, M. L.; Cutts, R. W.; Desrochers, P. J. 53rd S.West Reg. ACS Meeting, Tulsa OK , Oct. 1997: paper 212. “Facial N₃- and Cysteinyl Thiolate-donor Complexes of Nickel” Desrochers, P. J.; Cutts, R. W.; Rice, P. K. 213th ACS National Meeting, San Francisco CA, April 1997: INOR 820. “Sulfur-bound Cysteine (ethyl ester) Adducts of Nickel with a Single Trispyrazolylborate Ligand” Cutts, R. W.; Rimmer, D.; Ellis, M. P.; Desrochers, P. J. 210th ACS National Meeting, Chicago IL, August 1995, INOR 488 “Nickel(III) Stabilized by Trispyrazolylborate Ligands” Desrochers, P. J.; Sharp, C. 210th ACS National Meeting, Chicago IL, August 1995, INOR 610.
Manuscript/ Proposal Reviews	Inorganic Chemistry National Science Foundation Journal of Chemical Education Research Corporation Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry Polyhedron
Undergraduate Research Highlights	25 different undergraduates mentored in original nationally competitive research program 5 different students earned cash awards for outstanding presentations at regional meetings Created and organize monthly science and math student research seminar (since 1996) see http://chemistry.uca.edu/faculty/desrochers/chalktalks/signup.htm
Professional Community Outreach	Chemical demonstrations at 4 different elementary schools, middle school, and county library, since 1993 UCA Junior University chemistry session for 5^th grade students (a program for future first generation college students) 2002 - 2006 Statewide and local science fair judge, since 1994