College of Arts and Sciences — Chemistry — MS in Chemistry

Jeff C. Curtis

Professor

Dr. Curtis' areas of interest and research in inorganic chemistry include: optical and thermal electron-transfer processes, redox kinetics and electrolyte effects thereon, solvent-solute interactions and second coordination sphere interactions.

Dr. Curtis has received the University Distinguished Research Award at USF.

On sabbatical Spring 2012.

Education

Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Publications

(Recent Publications)

- Noey, E.; Curtis, J.; Tam, S.; Pham, D.M.; Jones, E.F.  "Synthesis and Ligand Exchange Reactions of a Tri-Tungsten Cluster with Applications in Biomedical Imaging." J.Chem.Ed., 2011, 88,793-797.

- Curtis, J.C.; Inagaki, M.; Chun S.J.; Eshkandari, V.; Luo, X.; Pan, Z.N.; Sankararaman, U.; Pengra, G.; Zhou, J.; Hailey, P.; Laurent, J.; Utalan, D. "Non-Innocent Electrolyte Effects on Bimolecular Pseudo-Self-Exchange Reactions of Ruthenium Ammine Complexes: Evidence for Electron-Transfer Catalysis in H-Bonded Ternary Assemblies." Chem.Phys., 2006, 326, 43-53.