Professor George Lisensky
Department of Chemistry
Beloit College
Beloit, WI 53511 USA

Robert H. Solem Emeritus Professor in the Sciences

(608) 363-2225
EMAIL: lisensky@beloit.edu

Experience

• Chemistry Department, Beloit College, 1980-2024.
  

  General Chemistry 117 Nanochemistry 150 Environmental, Analytical and Geochemistry 220 Solid State Chemistry 250

  Scientific Glassblowing Instrumental Analysis Nanotechnology Lab Seminar Technological Grand Challenges Lab Seminar

  
  
• University of California, Berkeley, Fall 2021
  Collaboration with Omar Yaghi.


• University of Lund, Sweden, Spring 2001, Spring 2008, Summer 2011, Spring 2015, Spring 2022, Spring 2023.
  Collaboration with Ebbe Nordlander.


• University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1997-2023
  Collaboration with the Materials Research Science and Engineering Center.


• University of Glasgow, Scotland, Fall 1992, 1996.
  Director of Beloit College environmental science semester abroad.


• University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1986-1987, 1993-1994.
  Collaboration with Arthur B. Ellis.


• Summer College for Kids chemistry program for students aged 12-13, 1982-2002.
  University of Wisconsin, Rock County Center, Janesville, Wisconsin.


• Ph.D. in Chemistry, California Institute of Technology, 1976-1980.
  Research Advisor: Robert Gagné.
  Reaction of Cu(I) Macrocyclic Ligand Complexes with Dioxygen.


• Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Fall 1974, Summer 1975, Summer 1976.
  Crystallography with H. A. Levy and C. K. Johnson.


• B. A. in Chemistry and in Physics, Earlham College, Richmond, Indiana, 1972-1976.

Chemical Education Activities

I produce browser-based molecular visualization interactive models (Jsmol pages), primarily for introductory and inorganic chemistry.

I wrote Kplot, an equilibrium graphing program that produces logarithmic concentration, distribution, and titration plots for acid-base, solubility, metal-ligand and redox equilibria based on the master variable approach. It runs on OSX, Windows, Linux and Raspberry. This graphical tools approach allows complex systems to be studied while focusing more on chemistry and less on algebra.

I helped develop new ways to use new materials technologies in chemistry education and exploring science and engineering concepts through an association with the NSF-funded Nanostructured Materials Research Science and Engineering Center. Highlights include the Video Lab Manual for Nanoscale Science and Technology and a polyhedral model kit.

As a member of the ChemLinks Coalition producing pedagogy oriented interdisciplinary topical modules for chemistry education, my contributions included software and modules on solid state chemistry and on environmental soil equilibria.

The lab-first General Chemistry course at Beloit College uses active learning and laboratory activities in each class meeting. The course aims to provide a better introduction to what chemists do and includes laboratory projects using modern instrumentation such as IR, NMR, GC, and AA. The course focuses on materials, stressing the relation between atomic/molecular structure and properties and has been recognized by Project Kaleidoscope as one of their Programs that Work.

I was a co-principal investigator of a National Science Foundation grant for "Development of a Materials-Oriented General Chemistry Course." Many introductory chemistry courses focus on small molecules, gases, and liquids, but solids are an important part of our materials-intensive world. Virtually every topic discussed in a general chemistry course can be illustrated with examples and concepts from materials chemistry. The project resulted in resulted in the publication of Teaching General Chemistry: A Materials Science Companion, A. B. Ellis, M. J. Geselbracht, B. J. Johnson, G. C. Lisensky, and W. R. Robinson; ISBN 0-8412-2725-X, ACS Books, Washington, 1993, 550 pages and a a solid-state model kit. See also Chemical and Engineering News, "Chemistry Curriculum Reform Focuses on Content, Technology, and Pedagogy," August 29, 1994, page 35, and "You Do Teach Atoms, Don't You? A Case Study in Breaking Science Curriculum Gridlock," by L. Lyons and S. B. Millar, LEAD Center, Madison, WI 1995.

Other

• American Chemical Society Exam Committee for Inorganic Chemistry 2020
• Renewable Energy workshop director, NSF Center for Workshops in the Chemical Sciences (July 11-16, 2010; June 24-29, 2012; June 22-27, 2014; June 19-24, 2016).
• Materials Science and Nanotechnology for Chemists workshop director, NSF Center for Workshops in the Chemical Sciences (July 25-30, 2004; July 24-29, 2005; July 22-27, 2007; July 12-17, 2009; July 21-26, 2013; July 26-31, 2015).
• Nanoscale Informal Science Education Network content advisor for science museums and technology centers (2006-2013).
• Co-chair Gordon Conference on Visualization in Science and Education, Oxford, England (July 3-8, 2005)
• Janet Anderson Award for research with undergraduates, Midstates Consortium for Science and Mathematics (2011)
• Beloit College Boon Kang Prize for Innovation in Technology Based Instruction (2002 and 2010)
• Recipient of Chemical Manufacturers Association National Catalyst Teaching Award (1996)
• Beloit College Teacher of the Year (1988)

Education Publications

1. George Lisensky, Lauren E. Kueffer, Corbin Livingston, and Laura E. Parmentier, "Intermolecular Forces and the Languages of Chemistry," J. Chem. Educ., 101, (2024) DOI: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.4c00515
2. George Lisensky and Corbin Livingston, "Solubility of Lead Chloride: Common Ion and Complexation Effects in a Greener Laboratory Experiment," J. Chem. Educ., 101, 2857-2861 (2024) DOI: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.4c00336
3. George Lisensky, "A Thousand Manipulatable Inorganic Electron-Counting Problems from Crystallography," (Web Resources and Apps, 2023), www.ionicviper.org/web-resources-and-apps/thousand-manipulatable-inorganic-electron-counting-problems-crystallography
4. George Lisensky, "An Open Inquiry Lab Experiment Preparing Bis(N,N- Diethylethylenediamine) Nickel(II) Complexes," J. Chem. Educ., 99, 4154-4161 (2022) DOI: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.2c00162
5. George Lisensky and Omar M. Yaghi, "Visualizing Pore Packing and Topology in MOFs," J. Chem. Educ., 99, 1998-2004 (2022) DOI: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.2c00120
6. Fabian Dauzvardis, and George Lisensky, "Assembling and Testing a Series of Ion-Selective Electrodes in Analytical Chemistry," J. Chem. Educ., 98, 3312-3318 (2021) DOI: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.1c00586
7. George Lisensky, Fabian Dauzvardis, and Megan M. K. Young, "Periodic Properties Illustrated by CH₃NH₃Pb(I_1-xBr_x)₃ Solid Solution Perovskite Semiconductors," J. Chem. Educ., 98, 2392-2397 (2021) DOI: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.1c00435
8. George Lisensky, Fabian Dauzvardis, and Tess Jacquez, "Inexpensive Alkaline Fuel Cell for Introductory Chemistry Classes," J. Chem. Educ., 98, 2387-2391 (2021) DOI: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.1c00268
9. George Lisensky, Ross McFarland-Porter, Weltha Paquin, and Kangying Liu, "Synthesis and Analysis of Zinc Copper Indium Sulfide Quantum Dot Nanoparticles," J. Chem. Educ., 97, 806-812 (2020) DOI: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.9b00642
10. George Lisensky, Fabian Dauzvardis, Jiaqi Luo, Jacob Horger, and Emma Koenig, "Emulsion Polymerization, Size Determination, and Self-Assembly of Monodispersed Poly (methyl methacrylate) Nanospheres for Photonics," J. Chem. Educ., 97, 813-819 (2020) DOI: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.9b00621
11. Fabian Dauzvardis, Alexander Knapp, Kaung Nan Dar Shein, George Lisensky, "A Quick and Easy Electroless Deposition and Alkanethiol Treatment to Form a Superhydrophobic Surface," J. Chem. Educ., 97, 184-189 (2020). DOI: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.9b00639
12. E. Koenig, A. Jacobs, and G. Lisensky, “Properties of Semiconductors: Synthesis of Oriented ZnO for Photoelectrochemistry and Photoremediation,” J. Chem. Educ., 94, 738-742 (2017). DOI: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.6b00887
13. George Lisensky, Solid State Stoichiometry (In-Class Activity, 2016), www.ionicviper.org/class-activity/solid-state-stoichiometry-activity
14. George Lisensky, Solid State Stoichiometry Online (Web Resources and Apps, 2016) www.ionicviper.org/web-resources-and-apps/solid-state-stoichiometry-online
15. George Lisensky, Close Packing (In-Class Activity, 2016) www.ionicviper.org/class-activity/close-packing-activity
16. George Lisensky, Cyclic voltammetry animations (Web Resources and Apps, 2016) www.ionicviper.org/web-resources-and-apps/cyclic-voltammetry-animations
17. Daniel Kissel, Brandon Quillian, Emily Sylvester, George Lisensky, Jacob Lutter, Melanie Sanford, Roxy Swails, and Shirley Lin, Literature Discussion of “Design, synthesis, and carbon-heteroatom coupling reactions of organometallic nickel (IV) complexes.” (2016), https://www.ionicviper.org/literature-discussion/literature-discussion-"design-synthesis-and-carbon-heteroatom-coupling"
18. George Lisensky, Brandon Quillian, Daniel Kissel, Jacob Lutter, Melanie Sanford, Roxy Swails, and Shirley Lin, Ni(II) Ni(III) Ni(IV) Electron Counting and Geometries (Problem Set, 2016) www.ionicviper.org/problem-set/niii-niiii-niiv-electron-counting-and-geometries
19. C. Chiaverina, G. Lisensky, "A Nickel Curie point engine," Physics Teacher, (April 2014) 52, 250. DOI: 10.1119/1.4868949
20. M. Hemling, J. Crooks, P. Oliver, K. Brenner, J. Gilbertson, G. Lisensky, D. Weibel, “Microfluidics for high school chemistry students,” J. Chem. Educ., 91, 112-115 (2014). DOI: 10.1021/ed4003018
21. K. A. Duncan, C. Johnson, K. McElhinny, S. Ng, K. D. Cadwell, G. M. Zenner Petersen, A. Johnson, D. Horoszewski, K. Gentry, G. Lisensky, and W. C. Crone, “Art as an Avenue to Science Literacy: Teaching Nanotechnology through Stained Glass,” J. Chem. Educ., 87, 1031-1038 (2010). DOI: 10.1021/ed1000922
22. G. C. Lisensky, K. Lux, and W. C. Crone, “A Web-based Video Lab Manual for Nanoscale Science and Technology,” Nanoscale science and engineering education: Issues, trends and future directions, edited by A. E. Sweeney and S. Seal, ISBN: 1-58883-085-3, 2008.
23. G. C. Lisensky, D. Horoszewski, K. L. Gentry, G. M. Zenner, and W. C. Crone, “Fats, Oils, and Colors of a Nanoscale Material,” The Science Teacher, 30-35 (December 2006). ERIC: EJ758674
24. O. M. Castellini, G. C. Lisensky, J. Walz, G. M. Zenner, Wendy C. Crone, “Structure and Properties of Carbon,” The Science Teacher, 36-41 (December 2006). ERIC: EJ758675
25. G. C. Lisensky, A. C. Payne, K. L. Gentry, A. Comins, S. M. Condren, W. C. Crone, and A. B. Ellis, Polyhedral Model Kit, Institute for Chemical Education, Madison, WI (2006).
26. E. M. Boatman, G. C. Lisensky, and K. J. Nordell, “A Safer, Easier, Faster Synthesis for CdSe Quantum Dot Nanocrystals,” J. Chem. Ed., 82, 1697-1699 (2005). DOI:10.1021/ed082p1697
27. G. C. Lisensky and E. M. Boatman, “Colors in Liquid Crystals,” J. Chem. Ed., 82, 1360A (2005). DOI: 10.1021/ed082p1360A
28. A. K. Bentley, M.. Farhoud, G. C. Lisensky, A. M. L. Nickel, A. B. Ellis, and W. C. Crone, “Template Synthesis and Magnetic Manipulation of Nickel Nanowires,” J. Chem. Ed., 82, 765-768 (2005). DOI: 10.1021/ed082p765
29. G. C. Lisensky, A. B. Ellis, H. Beall, D. J. Campbell, and, J. Stewart, Build a Better CD Player: How Can You Get Blue Light from a Solid?, ISBN 0-393-92430-0, W. W. Norton, New York, 2004.
30. G. C. Lisensky, R. Hulet, M. Beug, and S. Anthony, "Soil Equilibria: Where Does Acid Rain Go?", ISBN 0-393-92437-8, W. W. Norton, New York, 2004.
31. G. C. Lisensky, "Chem Connections Media Resources," ISBN 0-393-10552-0, W. W. Norton, New York, 2004.
32. K. J. Nordell, N. D. Stanton, G. C. Lisensky, and A. B. Ellis, Amorphous Metal Kit, Publication 20-002, Institute for Chemical Education, Madison, WI, 2002.
33. S. M. Condren, J. Breitzer, A. C. Payne, A. B. Ellis, C. G. Widstrand, T. F. Kuech, and G. C. Lisensky, "Student-centered, Nanotechnology-enriched Introductory College Chemistry Courses for Engineering Students," Int. J. Engineering Ed., 18, 550 (2002).
34. J. Breitzer, S. M. Condren, G. C. Lisensky, K. J. Nordell, C. G. Widstrand, and A. B. Ellis, LED Color Strip Kit, Publication 02-001, Institute for Chemical Education, Madison, WI, 2002.
35. G. C. Lisensky, K. J. Nordell, S. M. Condren, C. G. Widstrand, D. Malone, and A. B. Ellis, Exploring the Nanoworld Activity Kit, Publication 20-001, Institute for Chemical Education, Madison, WI, 2001. Spanish edition 2005.
36. G. C. Lisensky, S. M. Condren, C. G. Widstrand, J. Breitzer, and A. B. Ellis, "LEDs Are Diodes," J. Chem. Ed., 78, 1664A-1664B (2001). DOI: 10.1021/ed078p1664A
37. S. M. Condren, G. C. Lisensky, A. B. Ellis, K. J. Nordell, T. F. Kuech, and S. A. Stockman, "LEDs: New Lamps for Old: A Paradigm for Ongoing Curriculum Modernization", J. Chem. Ed., 78, 1033 (2001). DOI: 10.1021/ed078p1033
38. J. A. Olsen, M. A. Chesnik, K. J. Nordell, M. S. Rzchowski, S. M. Condren, C. R Landis, G. C. Lisensky, and A. B. Ellis, "Simple and Inexpensive Classroom Demonstrations of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance and Magnetic Resonance Imaging," J. Chem. Ed. 77, 882 (2000). DOI: 10.1021/ed077p882
39. D. J. Campbell, J. A. Olsen, C. E. Calderon, P. W. Doolan, E. A. Mengelt, A. B. Ellis, and G. C. Lisensky, "Chemistry with Refrigerator Magnets: From Modeling of Nanoscale Characterization to Composite Fabrication," J. Chem. Ed., 76, 1205-1211 (1999). DOI: 10.1021/ed076p1205
40. P. Berger, N. Adelman, K. J. Beckman, D. J. Campbell, A. B. Ellis, and G. C. Lisensky, "Preparation and Properties of an Aqueous Based Ferrofluid," J. Chem. Ed., 76, 943-948 (1999). DOI: 10.1021/ed076p943
41. D. J. Campbell, K. J. Beckman, C. E. Calderon, P. W. Doolan, R. H. Moore, A. B. Ellis, and G. C. Lisensky, "Replication and Compression of Surface Structures with Polydimethylsiloxane Elastomer," J. Chem. Ed., 76, 537-541 (1999). DOI: 10.1021/ed076p537
42. A. B. Ellis, T. F. Kuech, G. C. Lisensky, D. J. Campbell, S. M. Condren, K. J. Nordell, "Making the Nanoworld Comprehensible: Instructional Materials for Schools and Outreach," J. Nanoparticle Research, 1(1), 147, (1999). DOI: 10.1023/A:1010035306454
43. K. J. Nordell, A. L. Jackelen, S. M. Condren, G. C. Lisensky, and A. B. Ellis, "Liver and Onions: DNA Extraction from Animal and Plant Tissues," J. Chem. Ed., 76, 400A-400B (1999). DOI: 10.1021/ed076p400A
44. G. C. Lisensky, A. A. Lucas, K. J. Nordell, A. L. Jackelen, S. M. Condren, R. H. Tobe, and A. B. Ellis, DNA Optical Transform Kit, Publication 99-001, Institute for Chemical Education, Madison, WI, 1999.
45. L. E. Parmentier, G. C. Lisensky and B. Spencer, "A Guided Inquiry Approach to NMR Spectroscopy," J. Chem. Ed., 75, 470-471 (1998). DOI: 10.1021/ed075p470
46. D. J. Campbell, J. K. Lorenz, A. B. Ellis, T. F. Kuech, G. C. Lisensky, M. S. Whittingham, "The Computer as a Materials Science Benchmark," J. Chem. Ed., 75, 297-312 (1998). DOI: 10.1021/ed075p297
47. J. K. Lorenze, J. A. Olsen, D. J. Campbell, G. C. Lisensky, and A. B. Ellis, "A Refrigerator Magnet Analog of Scanning-Probe Microscopy," J. Chem. Ed., 74, 1032A-1032B, (1997). DOI: 10.1021/ed074p1032
48. A. B. Ellis, R. J. Brainard, K. D. Kepler, D. E. Moore, E. J. Winder, T. F. Kuech, and G. C. Lisensky, "Modulation of the Photoluminescence of Semiconductors by Surface Adduct Modulation: An Application of Inorganic Photochemistry to Chemical Sensing," J. Chem. Ed., 74, 680-684, (1997). DOI: 10.1021/ed074p680
49. G. C. Lisensky, M. N. Patel, and M. L. Reich, "Experiments with Glow-in-the-Dark Toys: Kinetics of Doped ZnS Phosphorescence," J. Chem. Ed., 73, 1048-1052 (1996). DOI: 10.1021/ed073p1048
50. E. J. Winder, G. C. Lisensky, and A. B. Ellis, "Thermoelectric Devices: Solid-State Refrigerators and Electrical Generators in the Classroom," J. Chem. Ed., 73, 940-946 (1996). DOI: 10.1021/ed073p940
51. J. W. Moore, J. J. Jacobsen, K. H. Jetzer, G. Gilbert, F. Mattes, D. Phillips, G. Lisensky, and G. Zweerink, "ChemDemos II Videodisc," J. Chem. Ed. Software. Reviewed in J. Chem. Ed., 73, 874-875 (1996). DOI: 10.1021/ed073p874
52. G. C. Lisensky and A. B. Ellis, "Solid-State Resources CD-ROM," J. Chem. Ed. Software. Reviewed in J. Chem. Ed., 72, 918 (1995) and 73, 667-668 (1996). DOI: 10.1021/ed072p918
53. R. Viswanathan, G. Lisensky, and D. A. Dobson, "Off-the shelf portable data acquisition: Interfacing a serial-equipped multimeter," J. Chem. Ed., 73, A41 (1996). DOI: 10.1021/ed073pA41
54. K. R. C. Gisser, M. J. Geselbracht, A. Cappellari, L. Hunsberger, A. B. Ellis, J. Perepezko, G. C. Lisensky, "Nickel-Titanium Memory Metal. A "Smart" Material Exhibiting A Solid-State Phase Change and Superelasticity," J Chem. Ed., 71, 334-340 (1994). DOI: 10.1021/ed071p334
55. G. C. Lisensky, J. C. Covert, and L. A. Mayer, Solid State Model Kit, Publication 94-007, Institute for Chemical Education, Madison, WI, 1994.
56. R. Penn, G. C. Lisensky, D. S. Stone, M. J. Geselbracht, A. B. Ellis, "Mechanical Properties of Metals: Experiments with Iron, Copper, Tin, and Bubbles," J Chem. Ed., 71, 254-261 (1994). DOI: 10.1021/ed071p254
57. A. B. Ellis, M. J. Geselbracht, B. J. Johnson, G. C. Lisensky, and W. R. Robinson; Teaching General Chemistry: A Materials Science Companion, ISBN 0-8412-2725-X, ACS Books, Washington, 1993, 550 pages. Second printing, 1995.
58. G. C. Lisensky, R. Penn, M. J. Geselbracht, and A. B. Ellis, "Periodic Properties in a Family of Common Semiconductors: Experiments with Light Emitting Diodes," J. Chem. Ed., 69, 89-95 (1992). DOI: 10.1021/ed069p151
59. M. G. D. Bauman, J. C. Wright, A. B. Ellis, T. Kuech, and G. C. Lisensky, "Diode Lasers," J. Chem. Ed., 69, 151-156 (1992). DOI: 10.1021/ed069p89
60. G. C. Lisensky, "Grafit: A Data Manipulation and Plotting Program," J. Chem. Ed. Software, August, 1991. Reviewed in J. Chem. Ed., 68, 587 (1991). DOI: h10.1021/ed068p587.2
61. G. C. Lisensky and K. Reynolds, "Chloride in Natural Waters: An Environmental Application of a Potentiometric Titration," J. Chem. Ed., 68, 334-335 (1991). DOI: 10.1021/ed068p334
62. G. C. Lisensky, T. F. Kelly, D. R. Neu, and A. B. Ellis, "The Optical Transform. Simulating Diffraction Experiments in Introductory Courses," J. Chem. Ed., 68, 91-96 (1991). DOI: 10.1021/ed068p91
63. A. B. Ellis, G. C. Lisensky, and D. R. Neu, Optical Transform Kit, Publication 90-002, Institute for Chemical Education, Madison, WI, 1991.
64. G. C. Lisensky, "A Significant Example: How Many Days in a Century?" J. Chem. Ed., 67, 562 (1990). DOI: 10.1021/ed067p562
65. G. C. Lisensky and E. Limon, "Screw Cap Test Tubes as Spectrometer Cuvets," J. Chem. Ed., 66, 869 (1989). DOI: 10.1021/ed066p869
66. G. C. Lisensky and B. H. Mehlhaff, "Event-driven Data Acquisition: An Example Using Adalab with an Acculab Infrared Spectrometer," J. Chem. Ed., 63, 323 (1986). DOI: 10.1021/ed063p323
67. G. C. Lisensky and R. M. Friedman, "Synthesis and Proton NMR Spectrum of p-Xylylenebis(2-(2-ethyl 1,3-propanediol)); an organic laboratory experiment," J. Chem. Ed., 63, 644 (1986). DOI: 10.1021/ed063p644
68. C. T. Bailey and G. C. Lisensky, "Synthesis of Organometallic Palladium Complexes; an undergraduate experiment," J. Chem. Ed., 62, 896-897 (1985). DOI: 10.1021/ed062p896

Research Publications

69. Md Kamal Hossain, Matti Haukka, George C. Lisensky, Michael G. Richmond, Ebbe Nordlander, "Oxidovanadium(V) Complexes with Tridentate Hydrazone Ligands as Oxygen Atom Transfer Catalysts," Polyhedron, 258, 117020 (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.poly.2024.117020
70. Yong Li, Reena Singh, Arup Sinha, George C. Lisensky, Matti Haukka, Justin Nilsson, Solomon Yiga, Serhiy Demeshko, Sophie Jana Groß, Sebastian Dechert, Ana Gonzalez, Giliandro Farias, Ola F. Wendt, Franc Meyer, Ebbe Nordlander, "Non-heme Fe^IV=O Complexes Supported by Four New Pentadentate Ligands: Reactivity towards H- and O-Atom Transfer Processes," Inorganic Chemistry, 62, 18338-18356 (2023), DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.3c02526
71. L. Hizbullah, A. Rahaman, S. Safavi, M. Haukka, D. A. Tocher, G. C. Lisensky, E. Nordlander, "Synthesis of phosphine derivatives of [Fe₂(CO)₆(µ-sdt)] (sdt = SCH₂SCH₂S) and investigation of their proton reduction capabilities,", J. Inorganic Biochemistry, 246, 112272 (2023), DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2023.112272
72. A. Rahaman, G. C. Lisensky, M. Haukka, D. A.Tocher, M. G. Richmond, S. B. Colbran, E. Nordlander, "Proton reduction by phosphinidene-capped triiron clusters," J. Organomet. Chem., 943, 121816 (2021), DOI: 10.1016/j.jorganchem.2021.121816
73. A. Rahaman, G. C. Lisensky, J. Browder-Long, D. A. Hrovat, M. G. Richmond, E Nordlander. and G. Hogarth. "Electrocatalytic proton-reduction behaviour of telluride-capped triiron clusters: tuning of overpotentials and stabilization of redox states relative to lighter chalcogenide analogues," Dalton Trans., 49, 7133-7143 (2020), DOI: 10.1039/D0DT00556H
74. M. K. Hossain, M. Haukka, G. C. Lisensky, A. Lehtonen, E. Nordlander, "Oxovanadium(V) Complexes with Tripodal Bisphenolate and Monophenolate Ligands: Syntheses, Structures and Catalytic Activities," Inorganica Chimica Acta, 487, 112-119 (2019). DOI: 10.1016/j.ica.2018.11.049
75. A. Rahaman, S. Ghosh, S. Basak-Modi, A. F. Abdel-Magied, S. E. Kabir, M. Haukka, M. G. Richmond, G. C. Lisensky, E. Nordlander, G. Hogarth, "Chalcogenide-capped triiron clusters [Fe3(CO)9(μ3-E)2], [Fe3(CO)7(μ3-CO)(μ3-E)(μ-dppm)] and [Fe3(CO)7(μ3-E)2(μ-dppm)] (E = S, Se) as proton-reduction catalysts," Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 880, 213-222 (2019), DOI: 10.1016/j.jorganchem.2018.10.018
76. M. K. Hossain, M. Haukka, M. M. Hänninen, G. C. Lisensky, P. Paturi, E. Nordlander, and A. Lehtonen, "An experimental and theoretical study of a heptacoordinated tungsten(VI) complex of a noninnocent phenylenediamine bis(phenolate) ligand," Inorganic Chemistry Communications, 93, 149-152 (2018), DOI: 10.1016/j.inoche.2018.05.023
77. A. Rahaman, G. C. Lisensky, D. A.Tocher, M. G. Richmond, G. Hogarth, and E. Nordlander, "Synthesis and molecular structures of the 52-electron triiron telluride clusters [Fe3(CO)8(μ3-Te)2(κ²-diphosphine)] - Electrochemical properties and activity as proton reduction catalysts," J. Organomet. Chem. 867, 381-390 (2018), DOI: 10.1016/j.jorganchem.2018.03.038
78. E. Ekengard, L. Glans, I. Cassells, T. Fogeron, P. Govender, T. Stringer, P. Chellan, G. Lisensky, W. H. Hersh, S. Lidin, C. de Kock, P. Smith, G. Smith, E. Nordlander, I. Doverbratt, “Antimalarial activity of ruthenium(II) and osmium(II) arene complexes with mono- and bidentate chloroquine analogue ligands,” Dalton Trans., 44, 19314-19329 (2015), DOI: 10.1039/C5DT02410B
79. M. Mitra, H. Nimir, S. Demeshko, M. Haukka, J. Lloret-Fillol, F. Meyer, A. Shteinman, W. Browne, D. Hrovat, M. Richmond, M. Costas, E. Nordlander, S. Bhat, Satish; G. Lisensky, S. Malinkin, “Non-heme Fe(IV) Oxo Complexes of Two New Pentadentate Ligands and their Hydrogen- and Oxygen-Atom Transfer Reactions,” Inorg. Chem., 54, 7152-7164 (2015), DOI: 10.1021/ic5029564
80. B. Das, H. Daver, A. Singh, R. Singh, M. Haukka, S. Demeshko, F. Meyer, G. Lisensky, M. Jarenmark, F. Himo, E. Nordlander, “A heterobimetallic Fe(III)Mn(II) complex of an unsymmetrical dinucleating ligand; a structural and functional model complex for the active site of purple acid phosphatase of sweet potato,” European J. Inorg. Chem., 13, 2204-2212 (2014), DOI: 10.1002/ejic.201301375
81. M. Czaun, S. M. Nelana, I. A. Guzei, C. Hasselgren, S. Jagner, G. Lisensky, J. Darkwa, and Ebbe Nordlander, "An investigation of Cu(II) and Ni(II) catalysed hydrolysis of (di)imines," Inorganica Chimica Acta 363(12), 3102-3112 (2010), DOI: 10.1016/j.ica.2010.05.025
82. J. Nilsson, E. Degerman, M. Haukka, G.C. Lisensky, E. Garriba, Y. Yoshikawa, H. Sakurai, H.Esbak, D. Rehder and E. Nordlander, "Bis- and tris(pyridyl)amine-oxidovanadium complexes: characteristics and insulin-mimetic potential," Dalton Trans., 7902 (2009), DOI: 10.1039/B903456K
83. S. M. Nelana, J. Cloete, G. C. Lisensky, E. Nordlander, I. A. Guzei, S. F. Mapolie, and J. Darkwa, "Unconjugated diimine palladium complexes as Heck coupling catalysts," J. Mol. Catalysis A, 285, 72-78 (2008), DOI: 10.1016/j.molcata.2008.01.009
84. A. K. Bentley, A. B. Ellis, G. C. Lisensky, and W. C. Crone, "Suspensions of nickel nanowires as magneto-optical switches," Nanotechnology, 16, 2193-2196, (2005), DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/16/10/036
85. K. D. Kepler, G. C. Lisensky, M. Patel, L. A. Sigworth, and A. B. Ellis, "Surface-Bound Carbonyl Compounds as Lewis Acids. Photoluminescence as a Probe for the Binding of Ketones and Aldehydes to Cadmium Sulfide and Cadmium Selenide Surfaces," J. Phys. Chem., 99, 16011, (1995). DOI: 10.1021/j100043a047
86. D. E. Moore, G. C. Lisensky, A. B. Ellis, "Photoluminescent Properties of Cadmium Selenide Coated with a Photoactive Cobalt Coordination Complex: A Dioxygen-Driven Transducer," J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 116, 9487 (1994). DOI: 10.1021/ja00100a011
87. E. R. M. Luebker, L. K. Leung, C. J. Murphy, G. C. Lisensky, and A. B. Ellis, "Chemical Sensing Applications of Semiconductor Photoluminescence", in Kamely D., Chakrabarty A.M., Kornguth S.E. (eds) Biotechnology: Bridging Research and Applications, Springer, 1991. DOI: 10.1007/978-94-011-3456-9_21
88. C. J. Murphy, G. C. Lisensky, L. K. Leung, G. R. Kowach, and A. B. Ellis, "Photoluminescence-Based Correlation of Semiconductor Electric Field Thickness with Adsorbate Hammett Substituent Constants. Adsorption of Aniline Derivatives onto Cadmium Selenide," J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 112, 8344 (1990). DOI: 10.1021/ja00179a019
89. G. C. Lisensky, R. L. Penn, C. J. Murphy, and A. B. Ellis, "Electro-Optical Evidence for the Chelate Effect at Semiconductor Surfaces," Science, 248, 840 (1990). DOI: 10.1126/science.248.4957.840
90. L. K. Leung, G. J. Meyer, G. C. Lisensky, and A. B. Ellis, "Modulation of the Time-Resolved Photoluminescence of Cadmium Selenide by Adduct Formation with Gaseous Amines," J. Phys. Chem., 94, 1214 (1990). DOI: 10.1021/j100367a004
91. G. J. Meyer, L. K. Leung, J. C. Yu, G. C. Lisensky, and A. B. Ellis, "Semiconductor-Olefin Adducts. Photoluminescent Properties of Cadmium Sulfide and Cadmium Selenide in the Presence of Butenes," J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 111, 5146-5148 (1989). DOI: 10.1021/ja00196a020
92. G. C. Lisensky, G. J. Meyer, and A. B. Ellis, "Selective Detector for Gas Chromatography Based on Adduct-Modulated Semiconductor Photoluminescence," Analytical Chemistry, 60, 2531-2534 (1988). See also Sensor Technology, 5, 5 (January 1989). DOI: 10.1021/ac00173a020
93. G. J. Meyer, E. R. M. Luebker, G. C. Lisensky, and A. B. Ellis, "Photoluminescent Properties of Cadmium Sulfide Contacted with Gaseous Lewis Acids and Bases", Studies in Surface Science and Catalysis 47, 388-402 (1989). DOI: 10.1016/S0167-2991(08)61202-1
94. G. J. Meyer, G. C. Lisensky, and A. B. Ellis, "Evidence for Adduct Formation at the Semiconductor-Gas Interface. Photoluminescent Properties of Cadmium Selenide in the Presence of Amines," J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 110, 4914-4918 (1988). DOI: 10.1021/ja00223a007
95. G. J. Meyer, G. C. Lisensky, and A. B. Ellis, "A New Class of Chemical Sensors for Gases Based on Photoluminescence from Semiconductor-Derived Interfaces," Proc. Electrochem. Soc., 87-9, 438-448 (1987). See also Chemical and Engineering News, "Researchers find new class of chemical sensors," April 27, 1987, page 48.
96. R. R. Gagné, D. M. Ingle, and G. C. Lisensky, "Metal Oxidation State and Imine Vibrational Frequencies of Reduced Copper and Nickel Tetraimine Macrocyclic Ligand Complexes," Inorg. Chem., 20, 1991-1993 (1981). DOI: 10.1021/ic50221a010
97. R. R. Gagné, C. A. Koval, and G. C. Lisensky, "Ferrocene as an Internal Standard for Electrochemical Measurements," Inorg. Chem., 19, 2854-2855 (1980). DOI: 10.1021/ic50211a080
98. R. R. Gagné, R. S. Gall, G. C. Lisensky, R. E. Marsh, and L. M. Speltz, "Reaction of Molecular Oxygen with Copper(I). Structural Characterization of Dimeric µ-Carbonato and Tetrameric µ-Hydroxo Complexes Resulting from the Autoxidation of a Copper(I) Carbonyl Complex," Inorg. Chem., 18, 771-781 (1979). DOI: 10.1021/ic50193a048
99. R. R. Gagné, J. L. Allison, and G. C. Lisensky, "Unusual Structural and Reactivity Types for Copper: Structure of a Macrocyclic Ligand Complex Apparently Containing Copper(I) in a Distorted Square-Planar Coordination Geometry," Inorg. Chem., 17, 3563-3571 (1978). DOI: 10.1021/ic50190a046
100. H. A. Levy and G. C. Lisensky, "Crystal Structures of Sodium Sulfate Decahydrate and Sodium Tetraborate Decahydrate. Redetermination by Neutron Diffraction," Acta Cryst., B34, 3502-3510 (1978). DOI: 10.1107/S0567740878011504
101. G. C. Lisensky and H. A. Levy, "Sodium Thiosulfate Pentahydrate: A Redetermination by Neutron Diffraction," Acta Cryst., B34, 1975-1977 (1978). DOI: 10.1107/S0567740878007116
102. G. C. Lisensky, C. K. Johnson, and H. A. Levy, "A Neutron-Diffraction Study of the 1:1 Molecular Complex of 7,7,8,8-Tetracyanoquinodimethane with p-Terphenyl," Acta Cryst., B32, 2188-2197 (1976). DOI: 10.1107/S0567740876007358

Presentations

• Cyclic Voltammetry Workshop, Midwest Association of Chemistry Teachers at Liberal Arts Colleges (MACTLAC), North Central College, Napierville, IL, Oct 20, 2023.
• A Quick and Easy Electroless Deposition and Alkanethiol Treatment to Form a Superhydrophobic Surface, Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, Purdue University, August 1, 2022.
• Graphical representations of equilibrium systems, workshop at the Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, Purdue University, August 1, 2022.
• Visualizing Chemical Models, Yaghi Group Meeting, Berkeley, CA, November 3, 2021.
• Nanotechnology Applications, The Harker School, San Jose, CA, October 11, 2021.
• Graphical representations of equilibrium systems, Gordon Conference on Visualization in Science and Education at Bates College, July 4-19, 2019.
• Graphical representations of equilibrium systems, Biennial Conference on Chemical Education meeting at the University of Notre Dame, July 31, 2018.
• Arctic ice sheet as an introduction to climate change, Biennial Conference on Chemical Education meeting at the University of Notre Dame, July 30, 2018.
• Laboratory Experiments Making Applied Materials, invited presentation at the American Chemical Society National Meeting, San Francisco, April 5, 2017.
• Graphical Representations of Equilibrium Systems, analytical chemistry presentation at the Biennial Conference on Chemical Education meeting at the University of Northern Colorado, August 2, 2016.
• Light-Emitting Diodes (LEDs): Periodic Properties and Solid State Lighting workshop at the Biennial Conference on Chemical Education meeting at the University of Northern Colorado, August 3, 2016.
• Proton Reduction Catalysts for Electrochemical Production of Hydrogen Fuel, Beloit College Science Friday talk about my sabbatical research, April 22, 2016.
• New Teaching Experiments for Inorganic Chemistry, invited presentation at the American Chemical Society National Meeting, San Diego, April 12, 2016.
• ABCs of Nanotechnology, UW-Parkside Science Night talk, October 14, 2015.
• Useful Data Visualization in Climate Change poster presentation at Gordon Conference on Visualization in Science and Education, Bates College, August 2-7, 2015.
• Nanoscale Video Lab Manual poster presentation at the Nanoscale Science and Engineering Conference, December 11-12, 2014, Washington DC
• Hands on Models for Solids, workshop at the Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, Grand Valley College, Michigan, June 22-27, 2014.
• Solids in the  Foundation: Blu-Ray to Lighting presentation as part of the twentieth anniversary of Chemlinks, Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, Grand Valley College, Michigan, June 22-27, 2014
• New Teaching Experiments for Inorganic Chemistry, Oorgandagarna Conference, June 15-17, 2014, Visby, Sweden
• Do disciplines limit? Chemistry, solids and nanoscience, Beloit College Faculty Forum presentation, April 2, 2014.
• ABC’s of Nanotechnology, Science After Dark, Discovery Center, Rockford, IL, April 26, 2013.
• The Story of Chemistry: Fitting cCWCS Materials into Courses, American Chemical Society National Meeting in New Orleans, April 7-10, 2013.
• Chloride in Local Watersheds, Sustainability, Quantitative Reasoning, and the Liberal Arts: Enhancing Student Success Through Civic Engagement, SENCER meeting at Beloit College, November 10, 2012.
• Making use of the Educational Potential of Nanoscale Energy Production and Conservation, Sustainable Nanotechnology meeting in Washington, DC, November 3-4, 2012.
• Big Changes from Small Materials plenary lecture at Midstates Science and Math Consortium, University of Chicago, November 4, 2011.
• Build a Hydrogen Fuel Cell Workshop, Build a Titanium Dioxide Raspberry Solar Cell Workshop, Midwestern Association of Chemistry Teachers at Liberal Arts Colleges (MACTAC) annual meeting at Beloit College, October 21, 2011
• Multiple Representations of Chemical Models, Oorgdagar, Stenungsund, Sweden, June 14, 2011.
• Hands-on Nanotechnology Activities at UW-Wisconsin Alumni Days, Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery, Madison, WI, April 30, 2011
• Big Changes from Small Materials, Beloit College Faculty Forum, Beloit, WI, March 30, 2011.
• Properties that Change with Size: Lab Experiments in Nanotechnology, Materials Research Society (MRS), Boston, MA, November 30, 2010.
• Curie Temperature of Nickel and Catalytic Converter Demonstrations, Materials Research Society (MRS), Boston, MA, November 30, 2010.
• Nanoscale Science and Technology Overview Nanoscale Informal Science Network (NISE), San Francisco, CA, October 27, 2010.
• Nanotechnology: From Research to Education, Nanoscale Informal Science Network (NISE), San Francisco, CA, October 26, 2010.
• Resource Materials for Nanochemistry Education, 2YC3, Portland, OR, September 10, 2010.
• Light-Emitting Diodes: Recent Advances, Green Applications, and Cutting-Edge Science, Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, Denton, TX, August 3, 2010.
• Renewable Energy, CWCS Workshop, Beloit, WI, July 11-16, 2010.
• Crystals and Liquid Crystals, Cristalización y Nanotecnologia, Universidad de Puerto Rico Mayagüez, May 29-30, 2010.
• Light-Emitting Diodes: Recent Advances, Green Applications, and Cutting-Edge Science, NSTA Area Conference on Science Education, Minneapolis, MN, October 31, 2009.
• ABCs of Nanotechnology: Atoms, Bits, and Civilization, Saturday Learning Series, Beloit College, October 3, 2009.
• Materials Science and Nanotechnology for Chemists, CWCS Workshop, Beloit, WI, July 12-17, 2009.
• Middle and High School Nanoscience, Institute for Advanced Learning and Research, Danville, KY, June 23, 2009.
• Nanoparticles for Nanodays, Discovery Center, Rockford, IL, April 4, 2009.
• Illustrating materials science and nanochemistry using JCE classroom activities, American Chemical Society National Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah, March 23, 2009.
• A First-Year Undergraduate Course in Nanotechnology, American Chemical Society National Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah, March 22, 2009.
• Resource Materials and Physics Workshop, Chicago Section AAPT, Crystal Lake High School, Illinois, Nov. 8. 2008.
• 3D Computer Projection in the Classroom, Midwestern Association of Chemistry Teachers at Liberal Arts Colleges, University of Dubuque, IA, October 17, 2008.
• Chemistry, BIG 8 Math & Science Advanced Placement Conference, Beloit College, WI, October 15, 2008.
• Online Video Lab Manual for Nanoscale Science and Technology, Conference on Undergraduate Laboratories, Safed, Israel, September 8, 2008.
• Hands-on Nanotechnology Laboratory Experiments, Bar-Ilan University, Institute of Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials, Ramat-Gan, Israel, September 7, 2008.
• Online Video Lab Manual and Chemical Models, Chemistry Teaching Seminar, Lund, Sweden, June 17, 2008.
• Resource Materials for Nanoscale Science and Technology Education, iNANO Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center, Aarhus, Denmark, May 9, 2008.
• Nano Videos and Laboratory Experiments, Nanometer Structure Consortium, Physics Department, Lund, Sweden, April 28, 2008.
• Ferrofluid, Liquid Crystals, and Scanning Probe Microscopy Demonstrations, NISE-Net Nanodays, Washington, DC, April 2, 2008.
• Light, Color, and Nanotech, NSTA National Conference on Science Education, Boston, MA, March 28, 2008.
• Nanoscale Materials Education, African Materials Research Society, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, December 19, 2007.
• ABCs of Nanotechnology, Rockford Public Library, Rockford, IL, September 19, 2007.
• Materials Science and Nanotechnology week-long NSF funded faculty workshop, Beloit, WI, July 22-27, 2007.
• Nanoscale Materials workshop at Alabama A&M, Hunstville, AL, July 16-18, 2007.
• Exploring Light activity at Aldrich Middle School, Beloit, WI June 5, 2007.
• Workshop on Nanotechnology for Chicago area high school physics teachers, Crystal Lake, IL, May 19, 2007
• Live webcast “New Technologies: A Virtual Symposium on Nanotechnology for Science Educators,” UW-Madison, School of Education, Office of Education Outreach, May 9, 2007.
• Engineering Expo, University of Wisconsin-Madison, April 19-21, 2007.
• ABCs of Nanotechnology, >Discovery Center Science Museum, Rockford, IL, April 11, 2007.
• Nanoscale Materials workshop for Chicago public high school chemistry teachers, University of Chicago, Feb. 24, 2007.
• Resource Materials for Nanoscale Science and Technology Education, American Association of Physics Teachers National Meeting, Seattle, WA, January 6-10, 2007.
• Hands-on Models for Solids, National Educators Workshop for Materials Science Faculty, Cincinnati, OH, October 15-17, 2006.
• Nanotechnology Applications, web broadcast for First LEGO LEAGUE NANOQUEST (http://fll.ee.nd.edu/), August, 2006.
• Hands-on Models in Chemistry, Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, Purdue University, W. Lafayette, IN, July 31, 2006.
• Light, Color, and Nanotech: Applications in Display Devices, Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, Purdue University, W. Lafayette, IN, July 30, 2006.
• Light, Color, and Nanotech: Applications in Display Devices workshop, International Conference on Engineering Education, San Juan, Puerto Rico, July 28, 2006.
• Workshop on Nickel Nanowires at “Nanotechnology Workshops for Journalists,” Materials Research Science and Engineering Center, Madison, WI, Mar 20, 2006.
• Panel discussion on “Nanotechnology’s Impact on Manufacturing, Learning & Society” at the Jobs with a Future conference sponsored by the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development, Madison, WI, Apr 6, 2006.
• Live webcast “New Technologies: A Virtual Symposium on Nanotechnology and Biotechnology for Science Educators,” UW-Madison, School of Education, Office of Education Outreach, May 1, 2006.
• African Materials Research Society International Conference in Marrakech, Morocco, Dec 7-10, 2005
  Workshop on teaching nanotechnology.
• American Chemical Society SW-SE Regional Meeting, Memphis, Nov 2, 2005
  Main address for the Student Affiliates meeting, "ABCs of Nanotechnology: Atoms, Bits, and Civilization."
• Midwest Association of Chemistry Teachers at Liberal Arts Colleges (MACTLAC), Appleton WI, Oct 28, 2005
  Plenary Adress, "Incorporating Nanoscience into the Chemistry Curriculum," and three laboratory workshops: "Bottom-up Synthesis: Making Nanoparticles," "Light and Color in the Nanoworld," and "Nanoscience and Redox: Electrochemistry Investigations."
• NanoDays Conference, Rice University Center for Biological and Environmental Nanotechnology, Houston, Oct 10, 2005
  "Resource materials for nanoscale science and technology education"
• Materials Science and Nanotechnology for Chemists, CWCS Workshop, Beloit, WI, July 24-29, 2005.
• Gordon Conference on Scientific Visualization, Oxford, England July 1-8, 2005
  “Quicktime” computer workshop
• Polyhedral Model Workshop, Madison, WI, June 16-18, 2005
• Bioquest Workshop: Investigating Interdisciplinary Interactions, Beloit College, June, 2005
  "Chemlinks curriculum reform project", "Data Acquisition in Excel," and "Visualizing Change Using Quicktime" presentations
• NSF Solid State Chemistry Program for Undergraduates and College Faculty, Clemson University, May 24, 2005
  "Semiconductors and Metals" workshop
• Visiting Speaker, Cornell College, Mt. Vernon, IA, May 9-10, 2005
  “Exploring the Nanoworld” presentation and laboratory experiments
• Pew Midstates Consortium Undergraduate Research Symposium in Mathematics and the Physical Sciences,Washington University, St. Louis, November 5-7, 2004, keynote talk on "Exploring the Nanoworld."
• Materials Science and Nanotechnology for Chemists, CWCS Workshop, Beloit, WI, July 25-30, 2004.
• 18th Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, Iowa State University, Ames, IA July 18-22, 2004
  Workshops on “Hands On Nanotechnology Laboratory Experiments” and “Using Environmental Issues to Learn Chemistry,” presentation on “Nanotechnology for Non-Science First-Year Students.”
• NSF Solid State Chemistry Program for Undergraduates and College Faculty, Clemson University, June, 2004, "Semiconductors and Metals" workshop
• DARPA Conference, Foundations of Nanoscience: Self-Assembled Architectures and Devices, Salt Lake City, UT, April 23, 2004, invited research talk on “Magnetic Self-Assembly Equilibria at a Macroscopic Scale”
• Rocky Mountain Chemistry Chairs Meeting, Denver, CO, April 1, 2004, Miniworkshop on nanotechnology
• American Chemical Society National Meeting, Anaheim, CA, March 28-30, 2004
  “The ABC's of nanotechnology: Atoms, bits, and civilization”
  “An online video lab manual for nanoscale science and technology”
• Co-organized Workshop on Nanotechnology for the Pew Consortium. Lawrence University, Appleton, WI, March 5-7, 2004. Presented a talk and led workshop sessions.
• Bio-Link Nanotech Workshop, MATC, Madison, WI, March 12, 2004, “DNA Optical Transform and X-ray Diffraction”
• Visiting Speaker, Union College, Schenectady, NY, January, 2004
  “Exploring the Nanoworld” presentation
  “Quicktime” computer workshop
  “Visualizing Change” teaching workshop
• Gordon Conference on Scientific Visualization, Oxford, England July, 2003
  “Quicktime” computer workshop
  “Visualizing Heat and Electron Flow in Thermoelectric Devices” presentation
• NSF Solid State Chemistry Program for Undergraduates and College Faculty, Clemson University, June, 2003, "Semiconductors and Metals" workshop
• Engineering Expo, Madison, WI, April, 2003, “Materials: Building Blocks of Engineering”
• PEW Conference on Undergraduate Education, Hope College, Holland, MI, March, 2003, “Engaging Students in Science Using Topics in Nanotechnology”
• National Educators Workshop for Materials Science Faculty, San Jose, September, 2002, “ABC’s of Nanotechnology”
• Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, Bellingham, WA, July, 2002, “Incorporating Nanotechnology in the Curriculum,” Workshop for Chemistry Faculty
• Cornell Center for Nanoscale Systems, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, July 2002, “Incorporating Nanotechnology in the Curriculum,” Workshop for Physics Teachers