Linus Chiang
Assistant Professor
chemistry
University of the Fraser Valley
Canada
Biography
Linus graduated from Simon Fraser University (SFU) with his B.Sc. in 2009, then completed his Ph.D studies with Prof. Tim Storr at SFU in 2014. He then moved to sunny California for his postdoctoral studies with Prof. T. Daniel P. Stack at Stanford University studying Cu-containing enzymatic models. He joined the chemistry department at the University of the Fraser Valley in 2016, where his inorganic chemistry research program focuses on bio-inspired catalyst design for alternative fuel production
Research Interest
Bioinorganic Chemistry, catalyst design, coordination chemistry, density functional theory (DFT), homogenous/heterogeneous catalysis, alternative fuels production
Publications
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Chiang, L., Herasymchuk, K., Thomas, F., Storr, T. (2015) “Influence of Electron-Withdrawing Substituents on the Electronic Structure of Oxidized Ni and Cu Salen Complexes,†Inorg. Chem. 54, 12, 5970 – 5980.
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Chiang, L., Jones, M. R., Ferreira, C. L., Storr, T. (2012) “Multifunctional Ligands in Medicinal Inorganic Chemistry – Current Trends and Future Directions,†Curr. Top. Med. Chem. 12, 122 – 144.
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Chiang, L., Savard, D., Shimazaki, Y., Thomas, F., Storr, T. (2014) “FeIII Bipyrrolidine Phenoxide Complexes and Their Oxidized Analogues,†Inorg. Chem. 11, 5810 – 5819.
