Associate Professor
Office: 148B Weyandt Hall
Phone: 724-357-2362
Email: Wendy.Elcesser@iup.edu
Office Hours
M 2:30–4:00 p.m.
W 10:30–11:30 a.m.
R 9:00–10:00 a.m.
F 10:30 a.m.–Noon
Education
BS, Allegheny College
MS, The University of Michigan
PhD, University of Vermont
Field
Inorganic Chemistry
Courses
CHEM 100 — Preparatory Chemistry
CHEM 111/112 — General Chemistry I/II
Research Interests
Organometallic synthesis; bonding modes of carbon dioxide in transition metal complexes; development of interactive format demonstrations and synthesis and oxidation of transition metal complexes of Mo and Cr; improvement of teaching/learning in the classroom
and of ethical practices in the sciences.
Select Publications
h-C5R5)Mo(NO)2
-Halide, -Halomethyl, and -Alkyl Complexes. Consecutive Aerobic Methylene and Nitrosyl Ligand Oxidation, W. L. Elcesser, M. Soerlie, and J. L. Hubbard. Organometallics 1996 , 15, 2534.
Invited Book Review, Carbon Dioxide Chemistry: Environmental Issues. Edited by Jan Paul and Claire Marie Pradier (Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm). The Royal Society of Chemistry: Cambridge. 1994. xi + 405 pp. L 62.50. ISBN 0-85186-634-4.
Journal of the
American Chemical Society 1995 , 117, 10166.