Bemidji State University - Chemistry Department Faculty

I received my B.A. degree, majoring in chemistry and mathematics, from Jamestown College in 1995 and my Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of Illinois in 2001.  I have been a member of the chemistry department since Fall of 2001. My research interests lie in the field of Inorganic Chemistry, specifically the synthesis of polyoxometallate-organic hybrid molecules.

Publications:

Rybak-Akimova, E.V.; Masarwa, M.; Marek, K.; Warburton, P.R.; Busch, D.H. "Dynamics of Dioxygen Binding to Vacant Cobalt(II) Sites in Lacunar Cyclidene Complexes - Barrier-Free Oxygenation," Chem. Commun. 1996, 1451-1452.

Rybak-Akimova, E.V.; Marek, K.; Masarwa, M.; Busch D.H.  "The Dynamics of Formation of the O₂-Co(II) Bond in the Cobalt(II) Cyclidene Complexes," Inorg. Chem. Acta. 1998, 270, 151-161.

Klemperer, W.G.; Marek, K.A. "The Decaniobate Ion:  A Synthetic Entry into Acidic Aqueous Polyniobate Chemistry," manuscript in preparation.

Principles of Chemistry I

Principles of Chemistry II