Dr. Aaron League
Position: Department Assistant / Chemical Hygiene Officer / Lab Instructor
Department: Chemistry and Biochemistry
Office: Westerman Hall 407
Phone: 913.360.7341
Dr. League holds a BS in mathematics and chemistry from Bradley University, and a PhD in computational chemistry from the University of Minnesota–Twin Cities. He has taught chemistry labs at the University of Minnesota, Hamline University, and SUNY Oswego. He is from Peoria, Illinois.
Classes
- CHEM-1201 General Chemistry I Laboratory
Education
- Ph.D. in Chemistry, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, 2016
- B.S. in Mathematics and Chemistry, Bradley University, 2010
Publications
S.M. Harris, K. Srivastava, A.B. League, K.E. Ziebarth, and V.C. Pierre, “Achieving Selectivity for Copper over Zinc with Luminescent Terbium Probes Bearing Phenanthridine Antennas” Dalton Trans. 2018, 47, 2202
D.E. Stasiw, A.M. Luke, T. Rosen, A.B. League, M. Mandal, B.D. Neisen, C.J. Cramer, M. Kol, and W.B. Tolman, “Mechanism of the Polymerization of rac-Lactide by Fast Zinc Alkoxide Catalysts” Inorg. Chem. 2017, 56 (22), 14366
A.E. Platero-Prats, A.B. League, V. Bernales, J. Ye, L.C. Gallington, A. Vjunov, N.M. Schweitzer, Z. Li, J. Zheng, B.L. Mehdi, A.J. Stevens, A. Dohnalkova, M. Balasubramanian, O.K. Farha, J.T. Hupp, N.D. Browning, J.L. Fulton, D.M. Camaioni, J.A. Lercher, D.G. Truhlar, L. Gagliardi, C.J. Cramer, and K.W. Chapman, “Bridging Zirconia Nodes within a Metal–Organic Framework via Catalytic Ni-Hydroxo Clusters to Form Heterobimetallic Nanowires” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139 (30), 10410
Bernales, A.B. League, Z. Li, N.M. Schweitzer, A.W. Peters, R.K. Carlson, J.T. Hupp, C.J. Cramer, O.K. Farha, and L. Gagliardi, “Computationally Guided Discovery of a Catalytic Cobalt-Decorated Metal–Organic Framework for Ethylene Dimerization” J. Phys. Chem. C, 2016, 120 (41), 23576
Röser, F. Bozoglian, C. Richmond, A. League, M.Z. Ertem, L. Francás, P. Miro, J. Benet-Buchholz, C.J. Cramer, and A. Llobet, “Water Oxidation Catalysis with Ligand Substituted Ru–bpp Type Complexes” Catal. Sci. Technol. 2016, 6, 5088
Li, N.M. Schweitzer, A.B. League, V. Bernales, A.W. Peters, A. Getsoian, T.C. Wang, J.T. Miller, A. Vjunov, J.L. Fulton, J.A. Lercher, C.J. Cramer, L. Gagliardi, J.T. Hupp, and O.K. Farha, “Sintering-Resistant Single-Site Nickel Catalyst Supported by Metal–Organic Framework” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138 (6), 1977
M.H. Beyzavi, N.A. Vermeulen, A.J. Howarth, S. Tussupbayev, A.B. League, N.M. Schweitzer, J.R. Gallagher, A.E. Platero-Prats, N. Hafezi, A.A. Sarjeant, J.T. Miller, K.W. Chapman, J.F. Stoddart, C.J. Cramer, J.T. Hupp, and O.K. Farha, “A Hafnium-Based Metal–Organic Framework as a Nature-Inspired Tandem Reaction Catalyst” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137 (42), 13624
Hirahara, T. Hakamata, A.B. League, M.Z. Ertem, K. Takahashi, S. Nagai, K. Inaba, H. Yamazaki, K. Saito, T. Yui, C.J. Cramer, and M. Yagi, “Mechanisms and Factors Controlling Photoisomerization Equilibria, Ligand Exchange, and Water Oxidation Catalysis Capabilities of Mononuclear Ruthenium(II) Complexes” Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2015, 23, 3892
T.K. Ronson, A.B. League, L. Gagliardi, C.J. Cramer, and J.R. Nitschke, “Pyrene-Edged FeII4L6 Cages Adaptively Reconfigure During Guest Binding” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136 (44), 15615
Meng, A.B. League, T.K. Ronson, J.K. Clegg, W.C. Isley III, D. Semrouni, L. Gagliardi, C.J. Cramer, and J.R. Nitschke, “Empirical and Theoretical Insights into the Structural Features and Host-guest Chemistry of M8L4 Tube Architectures” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136 (10), 3972