Sebastian A Stoian

Education

Ph.D. Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, 2006
B.S. Chemistry/Chemistry in French Program, University of Bucharest, Romania, 1999

Experience

2009-current Postdoctoral associate with Prof. Eckard Münck
Carnegie Mellon University, Department of Chemistry

2007-2009 Postdoctoral associate with Prof. Daniel G. Nocera
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Chemistry

2001-2006 Graduate research with Prof. Eckard Münck and Prof. Emile L. Bominaar
Carnegie Mellon University, Department of Chemistry
“Mössbauer and Quantum Chemical Studies of Fe(I) and Fe(II) Diketiminate Complexes, and of a Short-Lived Aqueous Fe(IV)=O Intermediate”

1997-2001 Undergraduate and M.S. research with Prof. Marius C. Andruh
University of Bucharest, Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry
"Design and magnetic properties of heteropolymetallic cyano-bridged complexes"

Honors

2005 Guy C. Berry Graduate Research Award, Carnegie Mellon University
1995-2001 Undergraduate/Graduate (M.S.) Merit Scholarship, University of Bucharest

Publications

1) “A Sulfido-Bridged Diiron(II) Compound and Its Reactions with Nitrogenase-Relevant Substrates” Javier Vela, Sebastian Stoian, Christine Flaschenriem, Eckard Münck, Patrick L. Holland, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2004, 126, 4522-4523
2) “A Fully Reduced Oxodiiron(II) Complex” Nathan A. Eckert, Sebastian Stoian, Jeremy M. Smith, Rene J. Lachicotte, Emile L. Bominaar, Eckard Münck, Patrick L. Holland, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2005, 127, 9344-9345
3) “Mössbauer, EPR and Crystallographic Characterization of a High-spin Fe(I) Diketiminate Complex with Orbital Degeneracy” Sebastian A. Stoian, Ying Yu, Jeremy M. Smith, Patrick L. Holland, Emile L. Bominaar, Eckard Münck; Inorg. Chem., 2005, 44, 4915-4922
4) “Initial Members of the Family of Molecular Mid-Valent High-Nuclearity Iron nitrides: [Fe₄N₂X₁₀]^4- and [Fe₁₀N₈X₁₂]^5- (X=Cl^-, Br^-)”, Miriam V. Benett, Sebastian Stoian, Emile L. Bominaar, Eckard Münck, R.H. Holm, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2005, 12378-12386
5) “Aqueous Fe^IV=O: Spectroscopic identification and oxo-group exchange”, Oleg Pestovsky, Sebastian Stoian, Emile L. Bominaar, Xiaopeng Shan, Eckard Münck, Lawrence Que Jr., Andreja Bakac, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2005, 44, 6871-6874 (VIP article)
6) “Mössbauer and Computational Study of an N₂-Bridged Diiron Diketiminate Complex: Parallel Alignment of the Iron Spins by Direct Antiferromagnetic Exchange with Activated Dinitrogen” Sebastian A. Stoian, Javier Vela, Jeremy M. Smith, Azwana R. Sadique, Patrick L. Holland, Eckard Münck, Emile L Bominaar, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2006, 128, 10181-10192
7) “Coordination Number Dependence of Reactivity in an Imidoiron(III) Complex” Nathan A. Eckert, Sridhar Vaddadi, Sebastian Stoian, Rene J. Lachicotte, Thomas R. Cundari, Patrick L. Holland, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2006, 45, 6868-6871
8) “Properties of Prussian Blue Materials Manifested in Molecular Complexes: Observation of Cyanide Linkage Isomerism and Spin-Crossover Behavior in Pentanuclear Cyanide Clusters” Mikhail Shatruk, Alina Dragulescu-Andrasi, Kristen E. Chambers, Sebastian A. Stoian, Emile L. Bominaar, Catalina Achim, Kim R. Dunbar, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2007, 129, 6104–6116
9) “Mössbauer, Electron Paramagnetic Resonance, and Theoretical Study of a High-Spin, Four-Coordinate Fe(II) Diketiminate Complex” Sebastian A. Stoian, Jeremy M. Smith, Patrick L. Holland, Eckard Münck, Emile L. Bominaar, Inorg. Chem., 2008, 47, 8687–8695
10) “A High-Spin Organometallic Fe-S Compound: Structural and Mössbauer Spectroscopic Studies of [Phenyltris((tert-butylthio)methyl)borate]Fe(Me)” Codrina V. Popescu, Michael T. Mock, Sebastian A. Stoian, William G. Dougherty, Glenn P. A. Yap, Charles G. Riordan, Inorg. Chem., 2009, 48, 8317-8324
11) “Ligand Reactivity in Diarylamido/Bis(Phosphine) PNP Complexes of Mn(CO)₃ and Re(CO)₃” Alexander T. Radosevich, Jonathan G. Melnick, Sebastian A. Stoian, Deborha Bacciu, Chun-Hsing Chen, Bruce M. Foxman, Oleg V. Ozerov, Daniel G. Nocera, Inorg. Chem. 2009, 48, 9214-9221
12) “Mössbauer, EPR, and magnetic susceptibility studies on members of a new family of cyano-bridged 3d-4f complexes. Demonstration of anisotropic exchange in a Fe-Gd complex” Sebastian A. Stoian, Carmen Paraschiv, Nathalie Kiritsakas, Francesc Lloret, Eckard Münck, Emile L. Bominaar, Marius C. Andruh, Inorg. Chem., 2010, 49, 3387-3401
13) “EPR Evidence for Co(IV) Species Produced During Water Oxidation at Neutral pH” Gregory McAlpin, Yogesh Surendranath, Mircea Dinca, Troy A. Stich, Sebastian A. Stoian, William H. Casey, Daniel G. Nocera, R. David Britt, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2010, 132, 6882-6883
14) "Iron Xanthene-Modified and Hangman Corrole" Matthias Schwalbe, Dilek Dogutan, Sebastian A. Stoian, Thomas Teets, Yogesh Surendranath, Daniel G. Nocera, Inorg. Chem., 2011, 50, 1368-1377
15) “Hangman Corroles: Efficient Synthesis and Oxygen Reaction Chemistry” Dilek Dogutan, Sebastian A. Stoian, Robert McGuire, Matthias Schwalbe, Thomas Teets, Daniel G. Nocera, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2011, 133,131-140

Selected Presentations

1) “Mössbauer, EPR and DFT Study of the Proton-Dependent Electronic Properties of a Biomimetic Nonheme Oxo-Bridged Diiron(IV) Complex” (poster), the 15th International Conference on Biological Inorganic Chemistry, Vancouver, August 2011.

2) “Mössbauer and Computational Study of an N2-Bridged Diiron Diketiminate Complex” (poster) Inorganic Chemistry Gordon Conference, Newport, July Carnegie Mellon University, Department of Chemistry.

3) “Mössbauer, XANES and DFT characterization of an aqueous FeIV=O species” (poster), the 12th International Conference on Biological Inorganic Chemistry, Ann Arbor, August 2005.

4) “Diketiminate Complexes Relevant to Nitrogen Fixation: Spectroscopy of High-Spin Fe(I) Complexes” (oral) Gordon Conference “Graduate Research Seminar in Bioinorganic Chemistry”, Ventura, January 2005.

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Education Ph.D. Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, 2006 B.S. Chemistry/Chemistry in French Program, University of Bucharest, Romania, 1999 Experience 2009-current Postdoctoral associate with Prof. Eckard Münck Carnegie Mellon University, Department of Chemistry 2007-2009 Postdoctoral associate with Prof. Daniel G. Nocera Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Chemistry 2001-2006 Graduate research with Prof. Eckard Münck and Prof. Emile L. Bominaar Carnegie Mellon University, Department of Chemistry “Mössbauer and Quantum Chemical Studies of Fe(I) and Fe(II) Diketiminate Complexes, and of a Short-Lived Aqueous Fe(IV)=O Intermediate” 1997-2001 Undergraduate and M.S. research with Prof. Marius C. Andruh University of Bucharest, Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry "Design and magnetic properties of heteropolymetallic cyano-bridged complexes" Honors 2005 Guy C. Berry Graduate Research Award, Carnegie Mellon University 1995-2001 Undergraduate/Graduate (M.S.) Merit Scholarship, University of Bucharest Publications 1) “A Sulfido-Bridged Diiron(II) Compound and Its Reactions with Nitrogenase-Relevant Substrates” Javier Vela, Sebastian Stoian, Christine Flaschenriem, Eckard Münck, Patrick L. Holland, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2004, 126, 4522-4523 2) “A Fully Reduced Oxodiiron(II) Complex” Nathan A. Eckert, Sebastian Stoian, Jeremy M. Smith, Rene J. Lachicotte, Emile L. Bominaar, Eckard Münck, Patrick L. Holland, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2005, 127, 9344-9345 3) “Mössbauer, EPR and Crystallographic Characterization of a High-spin Fe(I) Diketiminate Complex with Orbital Degeneracy” Sebastian A. Stoian, Ying Yu, Jeremy M. Smith, Patrick L. Holland, Emile L. Bominaar, Eckard Münck; Inorg. Chem., 2005, 44, 4915-4922 4) “Initial Members of the Family of Molecular Mid-Valent High-Nuclearity Iron nitrides: [Fe₄N₂X₁₀]^4- and [Fe₁₀N₈X₁₂]^5- (X=Cl^-, Br^-)”, Miriam V. Benett, Sebastian Stoian, Emile L. Bominaar, Eckard Münck, R.H. Holm, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2005, 12378-12386 5) “Aqueous Fe^IV=O: Spectroscopic identification and oxo-group exchange”, Oleg Pestovsky, Sebastian Stoian, Emile L. Bominaar, Xiaopeng Shan, Eckard Münck, Lawrence Que Jr., Andreja Bakac, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2005, 44, 6871-6874 (VIP article) 6) “Mössbauer and Computational Study of an N₂-Bridged Diiron Diketiminate Complex: Parallel Alignment of the Iron Spins by Direct Antiferromagnetic Exchange with Activated Dinitrogen” Sebastian A. Stoian, Javier Vela, Jeremy M. Smith, Azwana R. Sadique, Patrick L. Holland, Eckard Münck, Emile L Bominaar, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2006, 128, 10181-10192 7) “Coordination Number Dependence of Reactivity in an Imidoiron(III) Complex” Nathan A. Eckert, Sridhar Vaddadi, Sebastian Stoian, Rene J. Lachicotte, Thomas R. Cundari, Patrick L. Holland, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2006, 45, 6868-6871 8) “Properties of Prussian Blue Materials Manifested in Molecular Complexes: Observation of Cyanide Linkage Isomerism and Spin-Crossover Behavior in Pentanuclear Cyanide Clusters” Mikhail Shatruk, Alina Dragulescu-Andrasi, Kristen E. Chambers, Sebastian A. Stoian, Emile L. Bominaar, Catalina Achim, Kim R. Dunbar, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2007, 129, 6104–6116 9) “Mössbauer, Electron Paramagnetic Resonance, and Theoretical Study of a High-Spin, Four-Coordinate Fe(II) Diketiminate Complex” Sebastian A. Stoian, Jeremy M. Smith, Patrick L. Holland, Eckard Münck, Emile L. Bominaar, Inorg. Chem., 2008, 47, 8687–8695 10) “A High-Spin Organometallic Fe-S Compound: Structural and Mössbauer Spectroscopic Studies of [Phenyltris((tert-butylthio)methyl)borate]Fe(Me)” Codrina V. Popescu, Michael T. Mock, Sebastian A. Stoian, William G. Dougherty, Glenn P. A. Yap, Charles G. Riordan, Inorg. Chem., 2009, 48, 8317-8324 11) “Ligand Reactivity in Diarylamido/Bis(Phosphine) PNP Complexes of Mn(CO)₃ and Re(CO)₃” Alexander T. Radosevich, Jonathan G. Melnick, Sebastian A. Stoian, Deborha Bacciu, Chun-Hsing Chen, Bruce M. Foxman, Oleg V. Ozerov, Daniel G. Nocera, Inorg. Chem. 2009, 48, 9214-9221 12) “Mössbauer, EPR, and magnetic susceptibility studies on members of a new family of cyano-bridged 3d-4f complexes. Demonstration of anisotropic exchange in a Fe-Gd complex” Sebastian A. Stoian, Carmen Paraschiv, Nathalie Kiritsakas, Francesc Lloret, Eckard Münck, Emile L. Bominaar, Marius C. Andruh, Inorg. Chem., 2010, 49, 3387-3401 13) “EPR Evidence for Co(IV) Species Produced During Water Oxidation at Neutral pH” Gregory McAlpin, Yogesh Surendranath, Mircea Dinca, Troy A. Stich, Sebastian A. Stoian, William H. Casey, Daniel G. Nocera, R. David Britt, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2010, 132, 6882-6883 14) "Iron Xanthene-Modified and Hangman Corrole" Matthias Schwalbe, Dilek Dogutan, Sebastian A. Stoian, Thomas Teets, Yogesh Surendranath, Daniel G. Nocera, Inorg. Chem., 2011, 50, 1368-1377 15) “Hangman Corroles: Efficient Synthesis and Oxygen Reaction Chemistry” Dilek Dogutan, Sebastian A. Stoian, Robert McGuire, Matthias Schwalbe, Thomas Teets, Daniel G. Nocera, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2011, 133,131-140 Selected Presentations 1) “Mössbauer, EPR and DFT Study of the Proton-Dependent Electronic Properties of a Biomimetic Nonheme Oxo-Bridged Diiron(IV) Complex” (poster), the 15th International Conference on Biological Inorganic Chemistry, Vancouver, August 2011. 2) “Mössbauer and Computational Study of an N2-Bridged Diiron Diketiminate Complex” (poster) Inorganic Chemistry Gordon Conference, Newport, July Carnegie Mellon University, Department of Chemistry. 3) “Mössbauer, XANES and DFT characterization of an aqueous FeIV=O species” (poster), the 12th International Conference on Biological Inorganic Chemistry, Ann Arbor, August 2005. 4) “Diketiminate Complexes Relevant to Nitrogen Fixation: Spectroscopy of High-Spin Fe(I) Complexes” (oral) Gordon Conference “Graduate Research Seminar in Bioinorganic Chemistry”, Ventura, January 2005.
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