William R. McNamara
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- School: College of William and Mary
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- Department: Chemistry
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116 Jamestown Rd
Williamsburg, VA - 23187 - Dates at College of William and Mary: June 2013 - May 2020
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Dr. M is a fantastic professor who made even the most complex material in inorganic chemistry understandable and approachable. During the lecture, he had a great sense of humor. He had prerecorded lectures and office hours twice a week when the semester went online to help with understanding. 10/10 would recommend taking him!
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He is one the best ever if you are a motivated student. Professor McNamara is very eager to help individually and really cares for your success and well-being. If you're not super proactive, be aware that his lectures and notes can be confusing at times. It won't work for this class if you just study lecture notes the day before his exams .
Biography
College of William and Mary - Chemistry
Experience
Yale University
Graduate Student
Oxidative side of artificial photosynthesis: New linkers were designed, synthesized and successfully tested for solar cell applications and for implementation in photocatalytic water oxidation systems. Diffuse Reflectance (DR) UV-Vis, and DR-FTIR were used for characterizing ligand sensitization. EPR and THz spectroscopy were used to probe electron injection into the conduction band of TiO2. This work was part of the Yale Solar Energy Collaboration between multiple research groups.
A chelating N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) ligand of an entirely new type, 3,3’-bitriazole, proved to have an exceptionally low donor power for an NHC, comparable to chelating phosphines. Rh, Ir, and Ru complexes proved to be catalytically active for transfer hydrogenation.The College of William and Mary
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
William worked at The College of William and Mary as a Assistant Professor of Chemistry
The College of William and Mary
Associate Professor of Chemistry
William worked at The College of William and Mary as a Associate Professor of Chemistry
University of Rochester
Postdoctoral Researcher
Reductive side of artificial photosynthesis: New systems for the photocatalytic reduction of protons to hydrogen gas. Electrocatalytic and photocatalytic activity of transition metal complexes containing redox active ligands were examined. Electrochemical techniques (CV and CPC), photochemical techniques (fluorometry, UV-Vis), 1H NMR, 13C NMR, GC-MS, and EPR spectroscopy were used for catalyst characterization.
Education
Lafayette College
B.S.
Chemistry
Yale University
Ph.D.
Inorganic Chemistry/Materials/Organometallics
Yale University
Graduate Student
Oxidative side of artificial photosynthesis: New linkers were designed, synthesized and successfully tested for solar cell applications and for implementation in photocatalytic water oxidation systems. Diffuse Reflectance (DR) UV-Vis, and DR-FTIR were used for characterizing ligand sensitization. EPR and THz spectroscopy were used to probe electron injection into the conduction band of TiO2. This work was part of the Yale Solar Energy Collaboration between multiple research groups. A chelating N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) ligand of an entirely new type, 3,3’-bitriazole, proved to have an exceptionally low donor power for an NHC, comparable to chelating phosphines. Rh, Ir, and Ru complexes proved to be catalytically active for transfer hydrogenation.
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