Professor Gregory Ferrence Ph.D.
Professor of Chemistry
Chemistry
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Science Laboratory Building - SLB 305
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Current Courses
350Advanced Inorganic Chemistry
351Advanced Inorganic Chemistry Lab
351Advanced Inorganic Chemistry Lab
299Independent Honor Study In Chemistry
499Independent Research For The Master'S Thesis
290Research in Chemistry
490Research 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
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
Journal Article, Academic Journal
Adiraju, V., Ferrence, G., & Lash, T. Regioselective Oxidation and Metalation of <i>meso</i>-unsubstituted Azuliporphyrins. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry 14.44 (2016): 10523-10533.
Adiraju, V., Ferrence, G., & Lash, T. Rhodium(I), rhodium(III) and iridium(III) carbaporphyrins. Dalton Transactions 45.35 (2016): 13691-13694.
Jackson, M., Ferrence, G., Blackburn, J., Price, N., Vermillion, K., & Price, S. A one-pot synthesis of 1,6,9,13-tetraoxadispiro(4.2.4.2)tetradecane by hydrodeoxygenation of xylose using a palladium catalyst. Carbohydrate Research 432 (2016): 9-16.
Serpas, L., Baum, R., McGhee, A., Nieto, I., Jernigan, K., Zeller, M., Ferrence, G., Tierney, D., & Papish, E. "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). Polyhedron 114 (2016): 62-71.
Interactive X-ray link: YUTPAG and YUTPEK | D. L. Gerlach, I. Nieto, C. J. Herbst-Gervasoni, G. M. Ferrence, M. Zeller and E. T. Papish "Crystal structures of bis- and hexakis[(6,6'-di-hydroxybipyridine)copper(II)] nitrate coordination complexes," Acta Crystallographica Section E: Crystallographic Communications 2015, E71, 1447-1443, DOI: 10.1107/S205698901502037X link.
Journal Article, Professional Journal
Ferrence, G. has over 100 Peer Reviewed Publications; not all citations are available in Digital Measures (2017)
Gary M. Battle, Frank H. Allen, Gregory M. Ferrence, "Teaching three-dimensional structural chemistry using crystal structure databases. 3. The Cambridge Structural Database System: Information content and access software in educational applications," Journal of Chemical Education, 2011, 88, 891, DOI: 10.1021/ed1011019 link.
Gary M. Battle, Frank H. Allen, Gregory M. Ferrence, "Teaching three-dimensional structural chemistry using crystal structure databases. 4. Examples of discovery-based learning using the complete Cambridge Structural Database," Journal of Chemical Education, 2011, 88, 886, DOI: 10.1021/ed1011025 link.
Gary M. Battle, Frank H. Allen, Gregory M. Ferrence, "Teaching three-dimensional structural chemistry using crystal structure databases. 1. An interactive web-accessible teaching subset of the Cambridge Structural Database," Journal of Chemical Education, 2010, 87, 809, DOI: 10.1021/ed100256k link.
Gary M. Battle, Frank H. Allen, Gregory M. Ferrence, "Teaching three-dimensional structural chemistry using crystal structure databases. 2. Teaching units that utilize an interactive web-accessible subset of the Cambridge Structural Database," Journal of Chemical Education, 2010, 87, 813, DOI: 10.1021/ed100257t link.
Journal Article, Public or Trade Journal
Ferrence, G. ACS Committee on Ethics: An overview. Chemical Information Bulletin 66.2 (2014): 25-26.
Hooker, J., Ferrence, G., Jones, M., & Schelble, S. A new approach to teaching ethics in General Chemistry. Council on Undergraduate Research Quarterly 30(2) (2010): 1-7.
Magazine/Trade Publication
Ferrence, G. Illumination of the deposition process. Crystalline (2014): 2-3.
Gregory Ferrence, "Exploring ethics in the laboratory," inChemistry, 2013, Nov/Dec, 3, digital reprint: free reprint link.
Presentations
“Introducing general chemistry students to academic safety culture through participatory case study development” in “Safety in the Academic Research Laboratory” symposium. International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies (Pacifichem). American Chemical Society. (2015)
"Leveraging academic safety culture as a value-added tool for maximizing the undergraduate research experience” in “Safety in the Academic Research Laboratory” symposium. International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies (Pacifichem). American Chemical Society. (2015)
Permeating the Cambridge Structural Database into chemical education. CSD50: 50 years of the Cambridge Structural Database: Origins, Influences & Directions. Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre. (2015)
"Teaching Ethics and professionalism through active learning and engagement” in “Active and Inquiry Learning in the Chemistry Classroom and Laboratory” symposium. International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies (Pacifichem). American Chemical Society. (2015)
Generating enthusiasm for dialog (information flow) about ethical conduct and integrity in the community of chemistry and related disciplines. Wabash Local Section of the American Chemical Society. ACS. (2014)
Steroids, alkaloids, The Beatles, Taoism and butterflies - an introduction to chemical symmetry. Department of Chemistry, Rhodes College. Rhodes College. (2014)
"A Century of Small Molecule Crystal Structures," ACA 2015.
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. HE Chemistry User Conference. ALEKS Corporation. (2013)
Enhancing student learning through ALEKS incorporation into Fundamentals of Chemistry, a one semester introduction to chemistry for applied science majors. HE Chemistry User Conference. ALEKS Corporation. (2012)
Grants & Contracts
MRI: Acquisition of a Single Crystal CCD X-ray Diffractometer for Research and Teaching. National Science Foundation. Federal. (2010)
MRI: Acquisition of 400 MHz NMRs for Research and Education. National Science Foundation. Federal. (2007)
Exploring New Models for Authentic Undergraduate Research with Two-Year College Students. National Science Foundation. Federal. (2006)
Exploring New Models for Authentic Undergraduate Research with Two-Year College Students:. National Science Foundation. Illinois State University. (2006)
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