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Richard A. Andersen
Senior Faculty Scientist
Professor of Chemistry
University of California, Berkeley
Department of Chemistry
402 Latimer Hall
Berkeley, CA 94720-1460
USA
The Glenn T. Seaborg Center
Birth Date: 16 November 1942
Lawton, OK (USA)
Education: B.A., University of
South Dakota, June 1965
Ph.D., University of Wyoming,
August 1973
Professional Experience:
Postdoctoral Fellow, Central Institute for
Industrial Research, Oslo (Norway), 1973-1974
Lecturer, Inorganic Chemistry Department,
Imperial College of Science and Technology, London (England),
1974-1976
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry
University of California, Berkeley, 1976-1982
Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry
University of California, Berkeley, 1982-1988
Professor, Department of Chemistry
University of California, Berkeley, 1988-present
Memberships:
American Chemical Society
Sigma Xi
Honors:
Senior Alexander von Humboldt Research Prize,
1995
Alumnus of the Year, University of Wyoming,
1995
"Professores Visitantes" University
of Sevilla (Spain) 1996 and 1998
Associate Researsche, CNRS, Lyon (France),
1999
Publications closely
related to the research:
(1) Lukens Jr., W. W.; Beshouri,
S. M.; Blosch, L. L.; Andersen, R. A., "Oxidative Elimination
of H2 from [Cp'2U(OH)]2
to Form [Cp'2U(O)]2', Where Cp' is
1.3-(Me3C)2C5H3
or 1,3-(Me3Si)2C5H3."
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1996, 118, 901.
(2) Stewart, J. L.; Andersen, R.
A., "Trivalent Uranium Chemistry: Molecular Structure
of [(Me3Si)2N]3U."
Polyhedron 1998, 17, 953.
(3) Lukens Jr., W. W.; Beshouri,
S. M.; Blosch, L. L.; Stuart, A. L.; Andersen, R. A., "Preparation,
Solution Behavior, and Solid-State Structures of (1,3-R2C5H3)2UX2,
Where R is CMe3 or SiMe3 and X Is
a One-Electron Ligand." Organometallics 1999,
18, 1235.
(4) Lukens Jr., W. W.; Beshouri,
S. M.; Stuart, A. L.; Andersen, R. A., "Solution Structure
and Behavior of Dimeric Uranium(III) Metallocene Halides."
Organometallics 1999, 18, 1247.
(5) Lukens Jr., W. W.; Allen, P.
G.; Bucher, J. J.; Edelstein, N. M.; Hudson, E. A.; Shuh,
D. K.; Reich, T.; Andersen, R. A., "Structures of Substituted-Cyclo-pentadienyl
Uranium(III) Dimers and Related Uranium Metallocenes Deduced
by EXAFS." Organometallics 1999, 18,
1253.
(6) Maria, L.; Campello, M. P.;
Domingos, A.; Santos, I.; Andersen, R. A., "Synthesis
and Structure of Uranium(III) Complexes with Dihydrobis(pyrazol)borates."
J. Chem, Soc. Dalton Trans. 1999, 2015.
(7) del Mar Conejo, M.; Parry, J.
S.; Carmona, E.; Schultz, M.; Brennan, J. G.; Beshouri,
S. M.; Andersen, R. A.; Rogers, R. D.; Coles, S.; Hursthouse,
M., "Carbon Monoxide and Isocyanide Complexes of Trivalent
Uranium Metallocenes." Chem. Eur. J. 1999,
5, 3000.
(8) Schultz, M.; Burns, C. J.; Schwartz,
D. J.; Andersen, R. A., "Solid-State Structures of
Base-Free Ytterbocenes and Inclusion Compounds of Bis(pentamethylcyclo-pentadienyl_Ttterbium
with Neutral Carboranes and Touene: The Role of Intermolecuar
Contacts." Organometallics 2000, 19,
781.
Co-Workers
Graduate Students: W. W. Lukens, Jr.,
C. D. Sofield, M. Shultz, E. Werkema, and D. J. Schwartz
Post-doctoral Students: S. M. Beshouri,
A. L. Stuart, L. L. Blosch, L. Jia, G. Hair
International Collaborations: Ernesto
Carmona, Universidad de Sevilla (Spain) and Isabel Santos,
Instituto Tecnologico a Nuclear (Portugal
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