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JACOB ALEXANDER
Lecturer in Chemistry
Director of the General Chemistry Laboratory
Jacob Alexander ("Dr. J"), Lecturer in Chemistry, joined the faculty of Barnard in 2005 as Director of the General Chemistry Laboratory. His doctoral research focus centered on the development and characterization of organometallic complexes of the heavy alkaline earth metals. As a postdoctoral researcher at The Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Israel, he investigated oxygen and nitrogen ligated organotitanium compounds and their role as potential antitumor agents. His primary teaching responsibilities in the Department of Chemistry center on the BC2001x-2002y general chemistry sequence as well as the introductory chem course BC1002y and the advanced quantitative lab BC3338. In addition, he enjoys responsibilities as a first-year student adviser, and is active in a variety of committees and collaborations with the Columbia University Nanocenter (NSEC).
Selected Publications
"Alkali Metal Diphenylmethanides: Synthetic, Computational and Structural Studies" (with D. G. Allis, W. Teng and K. Ruhlandt-Senge), Chemistry--A European Journal 13 (2007)
"Active Cytotoxic Reagents Based on Non-metallocene Non-diketonato Well-Defined C2-Symmetrical Titanium Complexes of Tetradentate Bis(phenolato) Ligands" (with M. Shavit, D. Peri, C. M. Manna, and E. Y. Tshuva), Journal of the American Chemical Society 129 (2007)
"Distinctive Structural Features of Hydroxyamino-1,3,5-triazine Ligands Leading to Enhanced Hydrolytic Stability of Their Titanium Complexes" (with D. Peri, E. Y. Tshuva and A. Melman),
Dalton Transactions 34 (2006)
"More Arrows in the Quiver: New Pathways and Old Problems with Heavy Alkaline Earth Metal Diphenylmethanides" (with K. Ruhlandt-Senge), Chemistry--A European Journal 10 (2004)
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EDUCATION:
M.S., Ph.D., Syracuse University
B.S., Tennessee Technological University
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SPECIALIZATIONS:
Organometallic chemistry
Inorganic chemistry
X-ray crystallography
Chemical education