It was while in graduate school at Auburn University that I first discovered Chi Alpha. I completed my PhD in chemistry in 2003 while serving on staff there.
Below is my complete dissertation entitled "An Electrospray Study of Rhodium(I) with Bidentate Phosphines and the Preparation and Characterization of Other Ligands". You will need Adobe Acrobat to read the files. I hope you enjoy reading it more than I did writing it!
Beginning & Table of Contents (87k)
Introduction (340k)
Results & Discussion Part 1 (362k)
Results & Discussion Part 2 (243k)
Results & Discussion Part 3 (328k)
Results & Discussion Part 4 (818k)
Results & Discussion Part 5 (410k)
Experimental (79k)
Appendices (166k)
You can also view the PowerPoint from my final defense seminar if you are using Internet Explorer. It may not make much sense without me to narrate it, but it may not make sense even with that!