Page 8 • Lehigh University Shreiber, S. T.; Amin, F.; Schäfer, S. A.; Cramer, R. E.; Klein, A.; Vicic, D. A. Dalton Trans. 2022, 51, 5515- 5523. This work was selected for Dalton Transactions' Spotlight Collection on Fluorinated Ligands and their Effects on Physical Properties and Chemical Reactivity. “Access to Perfluorometallacyclopentane Complexes of Cobalt through the [(MeCN) 4 Co(C 4 F 8 )][PF 6 ] Precursor” Xue, T.; Cramer, R. E.; Vicic, D. A. Organometallics 2021, 40, 3585-3590. Submitted works include: “Synthesis and electrochemical properties of tetramethyl ammonium salts of [(PhO)Ni(CF 3 ) 3 ] 2- and [(7- azaindole)Ni(CF 3 ) 3 ] 2- ” Shreiber, S. T., Cramer, R. E.; Vicic, D. A. 2022, submitted. “Trapping of a Late Metal Terminal Sulfido Intermediate with Phenyl Isothiocyanate” Shanahan, J.; Vicic, D. A.; Jones, W. D. 2022, submitted. “Scrutinizing Formally Ni IV Centers through the Lenses of Core Spectroscopy, Molecular Orbital Theory, and Valence Bond Theory” DiMucci, I. M.; Titus, C. J.; Nordlund, D.; Bour, J. R.; Chong, E.; Kosobokov, M. D.; Martin, C. D.; Nebra, N.; Vicic, D. A.; Yruegas, S.; MacMillan, S. N.; Shearer, J.; Lancaster, K. M. 2022, submitted. In 2022, the Wittenberg lab produced its first two Ph.D. graduates: Dr. Jennie Cawley and Dr. Ashley Baxter. Ashley defended her dissertation, “Bioanalytical Techniques to Investigate the Consequences of Photosensitized Lipid Oxidation on Lipid Bilayer Formation and Structure” in April, while Jennie’s defense was in July. Jennie’s dissertation was titled, “Analysis of Biomolecular Interactions and New Imaging Approaches for Identifying Membrane Heterogeneities.” Jennie has moved on to an industry position with Johnson & Johnson in New Jersey, and Ashley is a Lecturer at the University of Maryland in the Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry. In collaboration with Profs. Jebrell Glover and Wonpil Im from the Lehigh Chemistry Department, the Wittenberg lab was awarded an NSF grant for a project titled, “Biophysical Studies of Lipid Droplets and their Associate Proteins.” This grant will fund our collaborative research on the structure and function of the protein oleosin, especially with regard to how it stabilizes lipid droplets found in plant cells. Additionally, we are investigating ways that synthetic lipid droplets can be used in water remediation. In the last year, Nate gave invited seminars at a number of universities, including Brigham Young University, the University of Washington, Florida State University, and Virginia Commonwealth University. The Wittenberg lab has published the following recent papers and preprints: J.L. Cawley, A.I. McDarby, A.R. Honerkamp-Smith, N.J. Wittenberg. A Luminescent Complex of Europium and Tetracycline Labels Liquid Disordered Membrane Domains and Causes GM1 Redistribution. bioRxiv 2022.07.01.498133. G. Ongwae, M. Chordia, J.L. Cawley, B.E. Dalesandro, N.J. Wittenberg, M.M. Pires. Targeting of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Cell Surface via GP12, an Escherichia coli Specific Bacteriophage Protein. Scientific Reports 2022, 12, 721. J.A. Julien, S.G, Mutchek, N.J. Wittenberg, K.J. Glover. Biophysical Characterization of Full-Length Oleosin
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