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SUMMARY:In Praise of Vanadis: Vanadium Coordination Complexes in Materials 
 and Biology
LOCATION:Chemistry A101
TZID:America/Denver
DTSTART:20260203T160000
UID:2026-10-20-03-30-23@natsci.colostate.edu
DTSTAMP:20261020T033023
Description:Abstract:\n\nVanadium remains one of the most adaptable yet und
 erappreciated elements in inorganic chemistry\, capable of shifting oxidat
 ion states\, geometries\, and reactivities in ways few metals can match. T
 his seminar explores how deliberately designed scorpionate and pseudo-scor
 pionate ligand frameworks enable precise control over vanadium coordinatio
 n environments\, unlocking new structure–function relationships across m
 aterials and molecular systems. Drawing from recent work on oxide- and org
 anophosph(on/in)ate-bridged complexes\, the talk highlights how subtle geo
 metric and electronic variations influence catalytic oxidation behavior\, 
 small-molecule transformations\, and phosphatase inhibition. Special atten
 tion will be given to how molecular models can reveal active-site characte
 ristics traditionally inferred from bulk catalytic solids. The use of data
  mining of structures of model complexes will also be explored. In unifyin
 g these materials- and bio-inspired directions\, the seminar illustrates h
 ow this beautiful element’s fundamental coordination chemistry continues
  to open avenues for innovation in catalysis\, and enzyme inhibition.\n\nS
 peaker Bio:\n\nCraig C. McLauchlan is a Professor in the Chemistry departm
 ent at Illinois State University in Normal\, IL USA. He received his A.B. 
 from Harvard and his Ph.D. from Northwestern and started his career at ISU
  in 2002. He was promoted to Associate Professor in 2008 and to Professor 
 in 2013. McLauchlan has taught courses in general and inorganic chemistry 
 at all levels in the chemistry department at ISU and he has lectured to ov
 er one thousand students and also mentored over thirty students in his res
 earch laboratory. McLauchlan has received several teaching awards\, includ
 ing the Illinois State 2005-2006 University Teaching Initiative Award and 
 the 2012 Outstanding University Teacher award. McLauchlan’s research gro
 up focuses on coordination chemistry involving vanadium\, among other meta
 ls\, for use as oxidation catalysts and/or enzyme inhibition. More recentl
 y he has used his training in X-ray crystallography to examine coordinatio
 n chemistry and bioinorganic chemistry areas\, including those involving d
 ecavanadate. Among other society memberships (AAAS\, ACA\, ACS\, APLU\, Σ
 Ξ\, NCURA)\, he is on the International Vanadium Symposium International 
 Advisory Board and is currently the Secretary. He served as Chair of the D
 epartment at ISU from 2013 to 2020 (the first three years as Interim Chair
 )\, and as the Senior Research Officer for ISU from July of 2020 until Nov
 ember of 2025. He resumed his role as a full-time faculty member in Decemb
 er of 2025. 4:00 pm
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