David B. Cordes

dcordes@bama.ua.edu

Name:		David B. Cordes

Date and Place of Birth:		April 1, 1980, Dunedin, New Zealand

Education:

	1998-2001	BSc(Hons) in Chemistry
		The University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
		Supervisor: Associate Professor Lyall R. Hanton

	2002-2006	PhD in Chemistry
		The University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
		Supervisor: Associate Professor Lyall R. Hanton
		Thesis topic: Supramolecular Transition Metal Architectures
Experience:

	February 2007-present	Post Doctoral Research Associate
		Department of Chemistry and Center for Green Manufacturing
		The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA

	2001-2006	Undergraduate and PhD Research: synthesis and characterization of coordination polymers
		Department of Chemistry, The University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand

	2001-2006	Chemistry Undergraduate Laboratory Supervisor
		Department of Chemistry, The University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
Awards:
	2002-2005	Division of Sciences PhD Scholarship
		The University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
	2003-2006	Department of Chemistry PhD Scholarship
		Department of Chemistry, The University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand

Membership in Societies:

	Member of New Zealand Institute of Chemistry

Current Projects and Funding:

	Army/AMTEC Research Grant
	“Demilitarization of Ammonium Perchlorate from Solid Rocket Fuels”

	Crystal Engineering from Ionic Liquids

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Statistics:

	A.	Publications: 8
	B.	Presentations before National and International Meetings: 4 given, 2 contributed to

Publications:

	1.	Dolomanov, O. V.; Cordes, D. B.; Champness, N. R.; Blake, A. J.; Hanton, L. R.; Jameson, G. B.; Schröder, M.; Wilson, C. “A design strategy for four-connected coordination frameworks,&rdquo Chem. Commun. 2004, 642-643.
	2.	Cordes, D. B.; Bailey, A. S.; Caradoc-Davies, P. L.; Gregory, D. H.; Hanton, L. R.; Lee, K.; Spicer M. D. “Flexible Ligands and Structural Diversity: Isomerism in Cd(NO₃)₂ Coordination Polymers,” Inorg. Chem. 2005, 44, 2544-2552.
	3.	Cordes, D. B.; Hanton, L. R. “Three-layer π-stacking in a dinuclear Cd(NO₃)₂ complex formed from a new four-armed thiopyridine ligand,” Inorg. Chem. Commun. 2005, 8, 967-970.
	4.	Cordes, D. B.; Hanton, L. R.; Spicer, M. D. “The use of H-bonding to increase the dimensionality of coordination networks of Cu(I) and Cu(II),” J. Mol. Struct. 2006, 796, 146-159.
	5.	Cordes, D. B.; Hanton, L. R.; Spicer, M. D. “Helices versus zigzag chains: one-dimensional coordination polymers of Ag(I) and bis(4-pyridyl)amine,” Inorg. Chem. 2006, 45, 7651-7664.
	6.	Cordes, D. B.; Hanton, L. R.; Spicer, M. D. “Six-coordinated Cd(II) centres as four- or six-connected nodes in coordination polymer networks containing bis(4-pyridyl)amine,” Cryst. Growth Des. 2007, 7, 328-336.
	7.	Cordes, D. B.; Hanton, L. R. “Structural invariance in silver(I) coordination networks formed using flexible four-armed thiopyridine ligands,” Inorg. Chem. 2007, 46, 1634-1644.
	8.	Cordes, D. B.; Sharma, C. V. K.; Rogers, R. D. “Enantiomorphic Helical Coordination Polymers of {[M(pyrimidine)(OH₂)₄][SiF₆]·H₂O}_∞, (M = Co²⁺, Cu²⁺, Zn²⁺),” Cryst. Growth Des. 2007, 7, 1943-1945.

Posters and Presentations before National and International Meetings and Workshops:

	1.	D. B. Cordes, P. L. Caradoc-Davies, L. R. Hanton, K. Lee, and M. D. Spicer, “Coordination Polymers and Isomerism,” Presented by D. B. Cordes before the Royal Australian Chemical Institute, Inorganic Chemistry Division Conference (2003), Melbourne, Australia.
	2.	D. B. Cordes, L. R. Hanton, and M. D. Spicer, “Metal Influence on Coordination Polymers,” Presented by D. B. Cordes before the New Zealand Institute of Chemistry Conference (2003), Nelson, New Zealand.
	3.	D. B. Cordes , O. V. Dolomanov, N. R. Champness, A. J. Blake, L. R. Hanton, G. B. Jameson, M. Schröder, and C. Wilson, “Porous Metal-Organic Frameworks Containing a New Tetradentate Ligand,” Presented by D. B. Cordes before the 36th International Conference on Coordination Chemistry (2004), Mérida, Mexico.
	4.	D. B. Cordes , O. V. Dolomanov, N. R. Champness, A. J. Blake, L. R. Hanton, G. B. Jameson, M. Schröder, and C. Wilson, “Porous Metal-Organic Frameworks,” Presented by D. B. Cordes before the ChemEd Conference (2005), Dunedin, New Zealand.
	5.	D. B. Cordes, L. R. Hanton, and M. D. Spicer, “Helical versus Zigzag Coordination Polymers,” Presented by L. R. Hanton before the 12th Royal Australian Chemical Institute Convention (2005), Sydney, Australia.
	6.	D. B. Cordes, L. R. Hanton, and M. D. Spicer, “Coordination Polymers Formed from Bis(4-pyridyl)amine and Ag(I) and Cd(II) ions,” Presented by L. R. Hanton before the Singapore International Chemical Conference 4 (2005), Singapore.

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