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SUMMARY:Versatile Vanadium: Making a Career through Coordination Complexes 
 in Biology and Materials
LOCATION:Chemistry A101
TZID:America/Denver
DTSTART:20260129T160000
UID:2026-07-17-21-56-30@natsci.colostate.edu
DTSTAMP:20260717T215630
Description:Abstract:\n\nVanadium coordination chemistry is a vast field wi
 th many niches. Although not that prevalent on earth\, vanadium has found 
 many uses. This seminar will share the results of two distinct avenues of 
 inquiry involving similar vanadium-containing starting materials and the b
 ranching in studies performed and potential applications. At the heart of 
 it all is coordination chemistry. In broad terms\, the two projects presen
 ted here involve materials science and biology/biochemistry. The use of fa
 cially directing scorpionate and pseudo-scorpionate ligands to make vanadi
 um coordination complexes will be discussed as will the characterization\,
  reactivity\, oxidative catalytic activity\, and phosphatase inhibition ac
 tivity of the novel complexes. Some time will also be dedicated to discuss
 ing the presenter’s career path into higher education research administr
 ation and highlighting careers in research administration.\n\nSpeaker Bio:
 \n\nCraig C. McLauchlan is a Professor in the Chemistry department at Illi
 nois State University in Normal\, IL USA. He received his A.B. from Harvar
 d and his Ph.D. from Northwestern and started his career at ISU in 2002. H
 e was promoted to Associate Professor in 2008 and to Professor in 2013. Mc
 Lauchlan has taught courses in general and inorganic chemistry at all leve
 ls in the chemistry department at ISU and he has lectured to over one thou
 sand students and also mentored over thirty students in his research labor
 atory. McLauchlan has received several teaching awards\, including the Ill
 inois State 2005-2006 University Teaching Initiative Award and the 2012 Ou
 tstanding University Teacher award. McLauchlan’s research group focuses 
 on coordination chemistry involving vanadium\, among other metals\, for us
 e as oxidation catalysts and/or enzyme inhibition. More recently he has us
 ed his training in X-ray crystallography to examine coordination chemistry
  and bioinorganic chemistry areas\, including those involving decavanadate
 . Among other society memberships (AAAS\, ACA\, ACS\, APLU\, ΣΞ\, NCURA)
 \, he is on the International Vanadium Symposium International Advisory Bo
 ard and is currently the Secretary. He served as Chair of the Department a
 t 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 November of 20
 25. He resumed his role as a full-time faculty member in December of 2025.
  4:00 pm
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