David A. Grossie

Biography

Dr. Grossie received his BS in chemistry from Texas Lutheran College in 1977, and his PhD from Texas Christian University in 1982. Subsequently, Dr. Grossie was a postdoctoral research associate at Baylor University. From 2001 until 2012 he served as Assistant Chair of the Department of Chemistry, and became Chair in 2012. Since joining the Faculty at Wright State University, Dr. Grossie chaired the COSM Computing & Technology Committee and was a member of the Science Lab Renovations Committee, University Technology Committee, and University Classrooms of the Future Committee. He was also involved in the development of networking and technology plans for the University. External to the University, Dr. Grossie served on the OARNet Faculty Advisory Committee and the Patterson-Crane Committee of the Dayton Section of the American Chemical Society. During the summers of 1987 and 1989, Dr. Grossie was a visiting scientist at the Non-Metallic Materials Directorate of Wright Laboratories, Wright-Patterson AFB. Dr. Grossie holds memberships in the American Chemical Society, American Crystallographic Association, International Union of Crystallography, and American Institute of Physics. Formally trained in inorganic chemistry, Dr. Grossie describes himself as a structural chemist. With expertise in X-ray diffraction and crystallography, his current research is in examination of the structure of crystalline compounds and the relationship between the structure and its properties. His latest projects have involved the structure of dilithium phthalocyanates, the structure of helical or otherwise non-planar aromatic systems, the structure and stability of syndones and their derivatives,and substitution patterns in N-substituted pyrroles. Dr. Grossie has been a co-author or lead author on 50 publications, has presented 39 oral or poster presentations, and has co-editted 7 editions of a “Laboratory Guide for Chemistry.” An associated interest in the beginning of his career was the development of crystallographic software for small, low cost computer systems. In collaboration with researchers in Maryland and Australia, Dr. Grossie developed software for IBM PC compatibles for the tedious calculations involved in x‑ray crystallography. This software gained an international reputation with distribution to scientists in 25 countries, and helped demonstrate that small molecule x-ray crystallographic calculations on a personal computer could be cost effective in the modern diffraction laboratory.

Research Interest

Research efforts in my group are being carried out in the area of single-crystal x-ray diffraction to examine a variety of materials, such as: polymer precursers and pendants with interest in their non-linear optical properties. sydnones. crystalline battery substrates. novel organic and inorganic molecules