Professor Gregory Ferrence
Professor of Chemistry, Crystal Engineering
Office
SLB Science Laboratory Building 305
Office Hours
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Office Phone
Email
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- About
- Education
- Awards & Honors
- Selected Research
Current Courses
CHE 110.001 Fundamentals Of Chemistry
CHE 299.005 Independent Honor Study In Chemistry
CHE 499.005 Independent Research For The Master's Thesis
CHE 290.005 Research in Chemistry
CHE 490.005 Research In Chemistry
CHE 350.001 Advanced Inorganic Chemistry
CHE 351.001 Advanced Inorganic Chemistry Lab
CHE 141.001 General Chemistry II
CHE 299.006 Independent Honor Study In Chemistry
CHE 499.006 Independent Research For The Master's Thesis
CHE 290.006 Research in Chemistry
CHE 490.006 Research In Chemistry
Research Interests & Areas
X-ray crystallography, metal-organic chemistry, chemical education, f-element chemistry.
Other organoactinide chemistry
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Los Alamos, NM
Other organolanthanide chemistry
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alta., Canada
Ph D Inorganic Chemistry
Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN
BS Chemistry
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Indiana, PA
Distinguished Service Award
Illinois Heartland Local Section of the American Chemical Society
2017
ACS Fellow (for outstanding achievements in and contributions to science, the profession, and the Society)
American Chemical Society
2016
Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC)
Royal Society of Chemistry
2014
FY 2014 Outstanding College Service Award
College of Arts and Sciences
2013
Impact Award
ISU University College
2013
2009 Chemist of the Year
Illinois Heartland Local Section of the American Chemical Society
2010
John A. Dossey Award for Outstanding Teaching by a Tenured Faculty Member
Illinois State University College of Arts and Sciences
2010
One Million Dollar Club
Illinois State University
2009
Outstanding University Teacher
Illinois State University
2008
College of Arts and Sciences Outstanding College Teacher
Illinois State University
2007
Research Initiative Award
Illinois State University
2003
Grants and Contracts
Equipment: MRI: Track 1 Acquisition of a Cu micro-source and High-Performance Area Detector Equipped Single Crystal X-ray Diffractometer for Research and Teaching
Gregory Ferrence, Christopher Hamaker
National Science Foundation. August 15 2024 - July 31 2027
MRI: Acquisition of a Single Crystal CCD X-ray Diffractometer for Research and Teaching
Gregory Ferrence, Christopher Hamaker, Craig C McLauchlan
National Science Foundation. August 2010 - September 2013
MRI: Acquisition of 400 MHz NMRs for Research and Education
Gregory Ferrence, Cheryl Stevenson, Steven Peters, Lisa F Szczepura
National Science Foundation. August 2007 - July 2010
Exploring New Models for Authentic Undergraduate Research with Two-Year College Students
Gregory Ferrence, Thomas Higgins, Roger House, Thomas Dowd, Yvonne Harris
National Science Foundation. 2006 - 2013
Exploring New Models for Authentic Undergraduate Research with Two-Year College Students:
William J Hunter, T Higgins, Y Harris, T Dowd, R House, Gregory Ferrence
National Science Foundation. July 2006
CAREER: Crystallography And Rare-Earth Educational and Research activities
Gregory Ferrence
Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program, National Science Foundation, Division of Chemistry, Inorganic: Organometallic/Bioinorganic subdivision. March 2004 - September 2010
Journal Article
CSD Communications of the Cambridge Structural Database
Gregory M Ferrence, Clare A Tovee, Stephen J.W. Holgate, Natalie T. Johnson, Matthew P. Lightfoot, Kamila L. Nowakowska-Orzechowska, & Suzanna C. Ward
IUCrJ, 10, 6-15, (2023), 10.1107/S2052252522010545
A Dual-Pronged Approach: A Ruthenium(III) Complex That Modulates Amyloid-β Aggregation and Disrupts Its Formed Aggregates
Michael I Webb, Gideon K Yawson, Mark F Will, Samantha E Huffman, Evan T Strandquist, Paige J Bothwell, Ethan B Oliver, David C Platt, Christopher Apuzzo, Christopher S Weitzel, Marjorie A Jones, Gregory M Ferrence, & Christopher G Hamaker
Inorganic Chemistry, (2022)
Cooperative non-covalent interactions and synthetic feed as driving forces to structural diversity within organic co-crystals containing isosteric perhalobenzenes
Eric Bosch, Gregory M Ferrence, Conrad J. Powell, Daniel K. Unruh, Herman R. Jr. Krueger, & Ryan H. Groeneman
CrystEngComm, 24, 3841-3845, (2022), 10.1039/D2CE00360K
Diastereoselective and enantioselective synthesis of α-p-methoxyphenoxy-β-lactones: Dependence on the stereoelectronic properties of the β-hydroxy-α-p-methoxyphenoxycarboxylic acid precursors
Jordan M. Witte, Jasmine Service, Marian Aba Addo, Bader Semakieh, Erin Collins, Christopher Sams, Timothy R. Dorsey, Elizabeth Garrelts, Cassidy A. Blumenshine, Trace Cooper, Moses Martinez, Christopher G. Hamaker, Gregory M Ferrence, & Hitchcock R. Shawn
Journal of Organic Chemistry, 87 (15), 9619-9634, (2022), 10.1021/acs.joc.2c00608
Engineering solid-state photoreactivity within silver(I) organosulfonate complexes containing an ester-functionalized reactant molecule
Conrad J. Powell, Gregory M Ferrence, Eric Bosch, & Ryan H. Groeneman
Journal of Coordination Chemistry, 75 (11-14), 1596-1605, (2022), 10.1080/00958972.2022.2111260
Synthesis and reactivity of ampy-based ruthenium(II) catalysts for transfer hydrogenation of ketones
Edith K. Amason, Khashayar Rajabimoghadam, Notashia N. Baughman, Christopher R. Ghareeb, Samantha K. Bourgeois, Keuk Channita, Gayle Manacsa, Brian V. Popp, Isaac Garcia-Bosch, Gregory M Ferrence, & Evan E. Joslin
Organometallics, 41 (6), 686-697, (2022), 10.1021/acs.organomet.1c00444
Ruthenium(III) Complexes With Imidazole Ligands That Modulate the Aggregation of the Amyloid-β Peptide Via Hydrophobic Interactions
Gideon K Yawson, Samantha E Huffman, Samuel S Fisher, Paige J Bothwell, David C Platt, Marjorie A Jones, Gregory M Ferrence, Christopher G Hamaker, & Michael I Webb
Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry, 214 (111303), 1-10, (2021), 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2020.111303
Synthesis and Reactivity of Potential Ampy-based Ruthenium(II) Catalysts for Amide Formation
Edith K Amason, Meredith H Jones, Channita Keuk, Gregory M. Ferrence, Robert E. Bachman, & Evan E Joslin
Polyhedron, 201 (115188), 1-7, (2021), 10.1016/j.poly.2021.115188
Synthesis and characterization of the complete series of chlorine substituted cobalt acetylacetonate complexes – [Co(acac)<sub>x</sub>(acac-Cl)<sub>3-x</sub>], x = 0-3
Edith K. Amason, Meredith H. Jones, Keuk Channita, Gregory M Ferrence, Robert E. Bachman, & Evan E. Joslin
Polyhedron, 201 (115188), 1-7, (2021)
Synthesis, metalation and antiaromatic properties of 22-hydroxybenziporphyrins
Timothy D. Lash, Sun T. Chaney, Amy L. Johnson, Jack T. Weisbond, & Gregory M Ferrence
Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines, 25, 1095–1103, (2021)
Telluracarbaporphyrins and a related palladium(II) complex: Evidence for hypervalent interactions
Timothy D. Lash, Deyaa I. AbuSalim, & Gregory M Ferrence
Inorganic Chemistry, 60 (13), 9833-9847, (2021)
The Importance of Hydrogen Bonding: Structure-Activity Relationships of Ruthenium(III) Complexes for Alzheimer’s Disease Therapy with Pyridine-based Ligands
Brendan J Wall, Mark F Will, Gideon Yawson, Paige J Bothwell, David C Platt, Christopher Fiore Apuzzo, Marjorie A Jones, Gregory M Ferrence, & Michael I Webb
Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 64, 10124-10138, (2021)
Efforts toward the total synthesis of (±)-toxicodenane A utilizing an oxidopyrylium-based [5 + 2] cycloaddition of a silicon-tethered BOC-pyranone
Jake P Grabowski, Gregory M Ferrence, & T. A Mitchell
Tetrahedron Letters, 61, 152324, (2020)
Intramolecular asymmetric oxidopyrylium-based [5 + 2] cycloadditions
Samantha N Rokey, Justin A. Simanis, Chunyin M. Law, Shilpa Pohani, Samantha Willens Behrends, Jacob J. Bulandr, Gregory M Ferrence, John R. Goodell, & T. A Mitchell
Tetrahedron Letters, 61 (41), 152377, (2020), 10.1016/j.tetlet.2020.152377
Metalation and methyl group migration in 21-, 22- and 23-methylcarbaporphyrins: Synthesis and characterization of palladium(II), rhodium(I) and rhodium(III) derivatives
Alissa N. Latham, Gregory M. Ferrence, & Timothy D. Lash
Organometallics, 38 (2), 575-585, (2019), 10.1021/acs.organomet.8b00863
Rhodium complexes of carbaporphyrins, carbachlorins, adj-dicarbaporphyrins, and an adj-dicarbachlorin
Timothy D. Lash, William T. Darrow, Alissa N. Latham, Navneet Sahota, & Gregory M. Ferrence
Inorganic Chemistry, 58 (11), 7511-7526, (2019), 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.9b00721
has over 100 Peer Reviewed Publications; not all citations are available in Digital Measures
Gregory Ferrence
(2018)
Metalation and selective oxidation of diphenyl-23-oxa-, -thia-, and -selena-21-carbaporphyrins
Komal Pokharel, Gregory M. Ferrence, & Timothy D. Lash
Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines, 21 (7-8), 493-501, (2017), 10.1142/S1088424617500535
Metalation and selective oxidation of diphenyl-23-oxa-, -thia-, and -selena-21-carbaporphyrins
Timothy D. Lash & Gregory M. Ferrence
Inorganic Chemistry, 56 (18), 11426-11434, (2017), 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.7b01946
Synthesis and properties of carbaporphyrin and carbachlorin dimethyl esters derived from cyclopentanedialdehydes
Navneet Sahota, Gregory M. Ferrence, & Timothy D. Lash
Journal of Organic Chemistry, 82 (18), 9715-9730, (2017), 10.1021/acs.joc.7b01831
A one-pot synthesis of 1,6,9,13-tetraoxadispiro(4.2.4.2)tetradecane by hydrodeoxygenation of xylose using a palladium catalyst
Michael A. Jackson, Gregory M. Ferrence, Judith A. Blackburn, Neil P.J. Price, Karl E. Vermillion, & Stephen C. Price
Carbohydrate Research, 432, 9-16, (2016), 10.1016/j.carres.2016.06.003
Regioselective Oxidation and Metalation of <i>meso</i>-unsubstituted Azuliporphyrins
Venkata A.K. Adiraju, Gregory M. Ferrence, & Timothy D. Lash
Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, 14 (44), 10523-10533, (2016), 10.1039/C6OB02052F
Rhodium(I), rhodium(III) and iridium(III) carbaporphyrins
Venkata A.K. Adiraju, Gregory M. Ferrence, & Timothy D. Lash
Dalton Transactions, 45 (35), 13691-13694, (2016), 10.1039.C6DT03093A
"Scorpionate-like" complexes that are held together by hydrogen bonds: Crystallographic and spectroscopic studies of (3-NH(t-butyl)-5-methyl-pyrazole)<sub>n</sub>MX<sub>2</sub> (M = Zn, Ni, Co, Mn; n = 3, 4; X = Cl, Br)
Lee Serpas, Robert R Baum, Alyssa McGhee, Ismael Nieto, Katherine L Jernigan, Matthias Zeller, Gregory M Ferrence, David L Tierney, & Elizabeth T Papish
Polyhedron, 114, 62-71, (2016), 10.1016/j.poly.2015.10.003
Magazine/Trade Publication
Illumination of the deposition process
Gregory Ferrence
Crystalline, (May), 2-3, (2014)
Exploring ethics in the laboratory
Gregory Ferrence
inChemistry, (Nov/Dec), 3, (2013)
Other
CCDC 2168930: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination
Gregory M Ferrence & Claire Fuhlhage
CSD Communication, FAGGIE02, (2022)
CCDC 2168931: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination
Gregory M Ferrence & Claire Fuhlhage
CSD Communication, FAGGIE01, (2022)
CCDC 2057240: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination
Edith K. Amason, Meredith H. Jones, Channita Keuk, Gregory M Ferrence, Robert E. Bachman, & Evan E. Joslin
CSD Communication, PAMGOD, (2021)
CCDC 2057241: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination
Edith K. Amason, Meredith H. Jones, Channita Keuk, Gregory M Ferrence, Robert E. Bachman, & Evan E. Joslin
CSD Communication, PAMJEW, (2021)
CCDC 2057242: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination
Edith K. Amason, Meredith H. Jones, Channita Keuk, Gregory M Ferrence, Robert E. Bachman, & Evan E. Joslin
CSD Communication, PAMJIA, (2021)
CCDC 2057243: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination
Edith K. Amason, Meredith H. Jones, Channita Keuk, Gregory M Ferrence, Robert E. Bachman, & Evan E. Joslin
CSD Communication, PAMJOG, (2021)
CCDC 2116861: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination
Gregory M Ferrence, Boro J. Boro, & Hansen F. Hansen
CSD Communication, RAQCEV, (2021)
CCDC 2018439: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination
Gregory M Ferrence, Michael I Webb, & Gideon K Yawson
CSD Communication, TUVQUZ, (2020), 10.5517/ccdc.csd.cc25rby7
CCDC 2018440: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination
Gregory M Ferrence, Michael I Webb, & Gideon K Yawson
CSD Communication, TUVRAG, (2020), 10.5517/ccdc.csd.cc25rbz8
CCDC 2040927: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination
Gregory M Ferrence & Michael I Webb
CSD Communication, XACTEE, (2020), 10.5517/ccdc.csd.cc26hrcv
CCDC 2040928: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination
Gregory M Ferrence & Michael I Webb
CSD Communication, XACTII, (2020), 10.5517/ccdc.csd.cc26hrdw
CCDC 2041162: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination
Gregory M Ferrence
CSD Communication, XACTAA, (2020), 10.5517/ccdc.csd.cc26hzyn
CCDC 2041913: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination
Gregory M Ferrence, Austin B Steward, & David L Cedeño
CSD Communication, TAGVOQ, (2020), 10.5517/ccdc.csd.cc26js5q
CSD Educators: Gregory Ferrence Professor of Chemistry at Illinois State University
Gregory M Ferrence
(2020)
Presentations
Evaluation of crystal packing motifs observed in structures of 5-methyl-6-phenyl-4-methyl-1,3,4-oxadiazinane-2-thione
Kaylee Pauline Kuzelka, Shawn R. Hitchcock, Gregory M. Ferrence
257th American Chemical Society National Meeting & Exposition, Orlando, FL, April, 2019
Steroids, alkaloids, The Beatles, Taoism and butterflies: An exploration of symmetry and pseudosymmetry
Gregory M. Ferrence
Department of Chemistry, Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, Edwardsville, IL, November 13, 2018
"Leveraging academic safety culture as a value-added tool for maximizing the undergraduate research experience” in “Safety in the Academic Research Laboratory” symposium
Gregory M Ferrence, Nora K Fredstrom
International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies (Pacifichem), Honolulu, HI, December, 2015
"Teaching Ethics and professionalism through active learning and engagement” in “Active and Inquiry Learning in the Chemistry Classroom and Laboratory” symposium
Susan M Schelble, Michael C Loui, Gregory M Ferrence
International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies (Pacifichem), Honolulu, HI, December, 2015
“Introducing general chemistry students to academic safety culture through participatory case study development” in “Safety in the Academic Research Laboratory” symposium
Gregory M Ferrence, Susan M Schelble
International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies (Pacifichem), Honolulu, HI, December, 2015
Permeating the Cambridge Structural Database into chemical education
Greg Ferrence
CSD50: 50 years of the Cambridge Structural Database: Origins, Influences & Directions, , Downing College, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom, July 03, 2015
A Century of Small Molecule Crystal Structures
Suzanna Ward, Colin R. Groom, Gregory M. Ferrence, Gregory M. Ferrence
American Crystallographic Association Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, NM, May 25, 2014
Steroids, alkaloids, The Beatles, Taoism and butterflies - an introduction to chemical symmetry
Gregory M. Ferrence
Department of Chemistry, Rhodes College, Memphis, TN, April 15, 2014
Generating enthusiasm for dialog (information flow) about ethical conduct and integrity in the community of chemistry and related disciplines
Gregory M. Ferrence, Gregory Ferrence
Wabash Local Section of the American Chemical Society, Terra Haute, IN, April 7, 2014
Transitioning from ALEKS use in Fundamentals of Chemistry, a one semester introduction to chemistry for applied science majors, to ALEKS use in first semester General Chemistry for science majors
Gregory Ferrence
HE Chemistry User Conference, Irvine, CA, July 12, 2013
Generating enthusiasm for ethics dialog (information flow) amongst American Chemical Society members
Gregory Ferrence
Fall 2012 Seminar Series, Normal, IL, August 31, 2012
Enhancing student learning through ALEKS incorporation into Fundamentals of Chemistry, a one semester introduction to chemistry for applied science majors
Gregory Ferrence
HE Chemistry User Conference, Irvine, CA, July 21, 2012
Once a nickel chemist, always a nickel chemist?
Donieka M. Burris, Gregory Ferrence, Tsige Gebreslasse
Undergraduate Research Symposium, Normal, IL, April 20, 2012
Steroids, alkaloids, The Beatles, Taoism and butterflies
Gregory Ferrence
Annual Banquet and Initiation Ceremony, Normal, IL, April 19, 2012
Once a nickel chemist, always a nickel chemist?
Gregory Ferrence, Donieka M. Burris, Tsige Gebreslasse
243rd American Chemical Society National Meeting, San Diego, CA, March 25, 2012
How pseudo is to too pseudo to be a pseudoracemate: Pseudo-symmetry in isopropyl- and cyclohexyl- substituted oxadiazinanone cocrystals
Gregory Ferrence
Joint Pittsburgh Diffraction Conference/Ohio Valley Crystallography Meeting, Cleveland, OH, November 2, 2011
Incorporation of crystallographic data use into undergraduate chemistry education
Gregory Ferrence
XXII Congress and General Assembly of the International Union of Crystallography, Madrid, Spain, August 22, 2011
3-dimensional molecular visualization on an iPod
Gregory Ferrence
Informal Physics Seminar Series, Normal, IL, January 28, 2011
STEM ENGINES Summer 2010 Research Opportunities at Illinois State University
Gregory Ferrence
STEM ENGINES cohort meeting, Chicago, IL, October 2, 2010
Applications of the Cambridge Structural Database in Undergraduate Education and Research
Gary Battle, Gregory Ferrence, Lauren Thomas
21st Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, Denton, Texas, July 1, 2010
Applications of the Cambridge Structural Database in Undergraduate Education and Research
Gary Battle, Gregory Ferrence, Lauren Thomas
21st Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, Denton, TX, July 1, 2010
Applications of the Cambridge Structural Database in Undergraduate Education and Research
Gary Battle, Gregory Ferrence, Lauren Thomas
21st Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, Denton, TX, July 1, 2010
Applications of the Cambridge Structural Database in Undergraduate Education and Research
Gary Battle, Gregory Ferrence, Lauren Thomas
21st Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, Denton, Texas, July 1, 2010
About the STEM ENGINES ten-week residential immersion style summer chemistry research program at ISU
Donieka M. Burris, Monika A. Makurath, Eftalda Becka, Marjorie Jones, Gregory Ferrence
239th ACS National Meeting, San Francisco, CA, March 21, 2010