Kurt
Birdwhistell, Professor of Inorganic/Green Chemistry
Loyola University-New Orleans
Chemistry Dept.
Professional Preparation
B.S.
Chemistry, Univ. of West Florida, June 1980, Magna Cum
Laude.
Ph.D.
Inorganic Chemistry, University of North Carolina Chapel
Hill, 1985
Postdoctoral research associate, Colorado State Univ.
1985-86
Appointments
2004-2007 Earl and Gertrude Vicknair Distinguished
Professor of Chemistry
2004-2007 Chair of Chemistry Dept., Loyola University, New
Orleans, LA
2003-present Professor of Chemistry, Loyola University, New
Orleans,LA
1996-2002
Chair of Chemistry department, Loyola Univ. , New Orleans,
LA
1992-2003
Assoc. Professor, Loyola Univ., New Orleans, LA
1988-92 Asst. Professor, Loyola Univ., New Orleans, LA
1986-88
Senior Research Development Chemist, Waterborne Polymers
BASF
Selected
Publications
(#=
undergraduate coauthor)
1. Birdwhistell, Kurt R.*; Nguyen, Andy#; Ramos, Eric#;
Kobelja, Robert#; Acylation of Ferrocene: A Greener
Approach” J. Chem. Educ. 2008,
85,
261.
2. Brandy A. Harper#, J. Chance Rainwater#, Kurt
Birdwhistell*, D. Andrew Knight* , Aqueous Phase Palladium
Catalyzed Coupling: A Green Chemistry Laboratory Experiment
, J. Chem. Educ. 2002,
79
(6), 729-731.
3. Birdwhistell, K.R.; Lanza, J.# Pasos, J.#, Carbodiimide
Metathesis Catalyzed by Vanadium Oxo and Imido Complexes
via Imido Transfer, J. Organomet. Chem. 1999,
584,
200-205.
4. Birdwhistell, K.R.; Boucher,T.#, Ensminger, M.#; Harris,
S.#; Johnson, M.#; Toporek, S.#; Catalysis of Phenyl
Isocyanate Condensation to N,N-Diphenylcarbodiimide via
Vanadium Oxo and Imido Complexes,
Organometallics,
1993,
12,
1023-1025.
5. Birdwhistell, K. R.; Lanza, J.# ; Simple Synthesis and
Use of a Nickel Isomerization Catalyst: An Advanced Lab in
Inorganic/Organometallic Chemistry, J. Chem. Educ.
1997,
74,
579-581.
6. Matthew A. Tarr, Kurt R. Birdwhistell, Teresa T.
Birdwhistell and Russell Schmehl,
Hurricane Katrina: Impacts at four university chemistry
departments in New Orleans , Journal of Chemical Health and
Safety,
14
(5) September-October 2007, 15-24.