Anna Scott

Advisor: Professor Dr. Serena DeBeer The Max Planck-Cardiff Centre on the Fundamentals of Heterogeneous Catalysis (FUNCAT) PdM (M = Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Ag, and Pt) nanoparticles for H2O2 synthesis, high pressure catalyst testing and operando XAS characterization, XPS, NAP-XPS, and microscopy characterization 4d-to-2p XES for characterizing 4d metal catalysts XANES, VtC XES, and RIXS or characterizing multi-metallic systems with direct metal-metal interactions

Advisor: Professor Theodor Agapie. Developed synthesis of well-defined high-spin Fe13 clusters for group transfer chemistry and characterized clusters to elucidate electronic structure using SC-XRD, Mössbauer and EPR spectroscopies, DC-SQUID, and XPS. Assisted with characterization using AC-SQUID and XANES. Synthesized cubane and octanuclear FeS cluster models of the FeMco-factor of nitrogenase enzymes containing carbon based bridging ligands. Performed reactivity studies with small molecules. Characterize

Graduate level Inorganic Chemistry teaching assistant, Professor Theodor Agapie. Developed course material for Zoom (2020) and flipped classroom format (2021 and 2022). Instructed students during in class problem solving exercises and office hours, graded assignments, and provided feedback on written and oral reports.

Instructed undergraduate student in basic air free inorganic synthesis techniques Assisted in successfully developing new project to synthesize a model of the Ni-CODH cubane cluster by incorporating Ni into a WFe2S3 cluster

Advisor: Professor Joan B. Broderick. Performed site directed mutagenesis at the radical SAM active site of the [FeFe]-hydrogenase maturase enzyme HydG, expressed and purified HydG variants, and studied mutation effects using HPLC and EPR. Developed expression and purification protocol for HydF scaffold protein containing the [FeFe]-hydrogenase H-cluster precursor and characterized using FTIR and EPR.

Advisor: Professor Stephen J. Lippard. Assisted in developing a synthetic route of polyamine/spirobenzopyran fluorescent probes for detecting mobile zinc in biological systems. Characterized zinc complexes using SC-XRD and NMR and UV-vis absorption and fluorescence spectroscopies.

Advisors: Dr. Paul W. King and Dr. David W. Mulder. Developed expression and purification protocol for HydF scaffold protein containing the [FeFe]- hydrogenase H-cluster precursor and studied with FTIR and EPR spectroscopies.

Advisor: Dr. Kenneth L. McClellan. Developed synthesis for accident tolerant nuclear fuel pellets using analogues of the uranium nitride-glass system. Performed initial testing using Laser Flash Thermal Conductivity measurements.