个人简介

2007 – 2010 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA National Institutes of Health Postdoctoral Fellow. Supervisor: Professor Stephen J. Lippard. 2002 – 2007 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry 2007. Thesis advisor: Professor Richard R. Schrock. Dissertation entitled "Early Transition Metal Alkyl, Alkylidene, and Alkylidyne Chemistry". 1998 – 2002 University of Rochester, Rochester, NY BS summa cum laude in Chemistry Supervisor: Professor Richard Eisenberg. Academic Appointments 2010 – Present The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX Assistant Professor Department of Chemistry Awards and Honors 2013 UTSA President’s Distinguished Achievement Award for Research (tenure-track category) 2012 UTSA Tenure-Track Research Award Competition recipient 2007 Alan Davison prize for best thesis in inorganic chemistry (MIT) 2005 Morse Travel Grant 2003 MIT Department of Chemistry Award for excellence in teaching by a graduate student 2002 John McCreary Memorial Prize for outstanding accomplishments as a senior chemistry major; Carl Whiteman Teaching Award for distinguished achievement as an undergraduate teaching assistant 2001 Merck Scholar Award for outstanding accomplishments as junior chemistry major; ACS Division of Inorganic Chemistry Travel Award 2000 Merck Index Award for Organic Chemistry

研究领域

Bioinorganichemistr ;Catalysi ;Kineticanmechanisoinorganireaction ;Odd-electroorganometallic ;Synthetiinorganianorganometallichemistry

Research activities in my laboratory are concerned with the synthesis, characterization and reactivity of new transition-metal containing molecules relevant to catalysis and biomimetic chemistry. We are particularly interested in the chemistry of alkyl complexes of Mn, Fe, and Co, as these compounds occupy a unique place at the interface of traditional organometallic molecules that obey the 18-electron rule, and classical coordination complexes that tend to display various spin states. Such species have the potential to serve as more sustainable and environmentally benign catalysts than their heavy metal counterparts. Research in the laboratory is also focused on the chemistry of transition-metal compounds containing biologically relevant small molecules such as NO, CO, and H2S. We seek to model the active sites of various metalloenzymes for which these molecules serve as metabolites, signaling agents, or pathogens. Members of my laboratory are exposed to different aspects of inorganic and organometallic chemistry with a focus on the synthesis of new molecules and a mechanistic evaluation of their reactivity. We employ a variety of synthetic and spectroscopic techniques, many of which involve the manipulation of air-sensitive materials.

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Fillman, K. L.; Przyojski, J. A.; Al-Afyouni, M. H.; Tonzetich, Z. J.; Neidig, M. L. A Combined Magnetic Circular Dichroism and Density Functional Theory Approach for the Elucidation of Electronic Structure and Bonding in Three- and Four-Coordinate Iron(II)-N-Heterocyclic Carbene Complexes. Chem. Sci. 2015, 6, 1178-1188. Shupp, J. P.; Kinne, A. S.; Arman, H. D.; Tonzetich, Z. J. Synthesis and Characterization of Molybdenum(0) and Tungsten(0) Complexes of Tetramethylthiourea: Single-Source Precursors for MoS2 and WS2. Organometallics 2014, 33, 5238–5245. Venkanna, G. T.; Arman, H. D.; Tonzetich, Z. J. Catalytic C-S Cross-Coupling Reactions Employing Ni Complexes of Pyrrole-Based Pincer Ligands ACS Catal. 2014, 4, 2941-2950. Meininger, D. J.; Muzquiz, N.; Arman, H. D.; Tonzetich, Z. J. A Convenient Procedure for the Synthesis of Fluoro-Iron(III) Complexes of Common Synthetic Porphyrinates J. Porphyrins Phthalocyanines 2014, 18, 416–423. Meininger, D. J.; Caranto, J. D.; Arman, H. D.; Tonzetich, Z. J. Studies of Iron(III) Porphyrinates Containing Silanethiolate Ligands Inorg. Chem. 2013, 52, 12468–12476. Tonzetich, Z. J. Nucleophilic Carbenes of the Chromium Triad. in Contemporary Carbene Chemistry Doyle, M. and Moss, R. Eds. Wiley, 2013. Venkanna, G. T.; Tammineni, S.; Arman, H. D.; Tonzetich, Z. J. Synthesis, Characterization, and Catalytic Activity of Ni(II) Alkyl Complexes Supported by Pyrrole- Diphosphine Ligands Organometallics 2013, 32, 4656–4663. Przyojski, J. A.; Arman, H. D.; Tonzetich, Z. J. NHC Complexes of Co(II) Relevant to Catalytic C-C Coupling Reactions Organometallics 2013, 32, 723–732. Venkanna, G. T.; Ramos, T. V. M.; Arman, H. D.; Tonzetich, Z. J. Nickel(II) Complexes Containing a Pyrrole–Diphosphine Pincer Ligand Inorg. Chem. 2012, 51, 12789–12795. Przyojski, J. A.; Arman, H. D.; Tonzetich, Z. J. Complexes of Iron(II) and Iron(III) Containing Aryl-Substituted N-Heterocyclic Carbene Ligands Organometallics 2012, 31, 3264–3271.