B.S. Chemistry, Wheaton College, 2020.
Elizabeth Pugliese studied chemistry at Wheaton college, Massachusetts, and received her degree in Chemistry in 2020, where she worked with Prof. Christopher Kotyk on the synthesis of luminescent lanthanide complexes with fluorinated alkoxide ligands. In September of 2020, she joined the group of Prof. Selvan Demir at Michigan State University. Her research pertains to the synthesis and characterization of radical-bridged lanthanide single-molecule magnets, small molecule activation, and machine learning applied to magnetic complexes. In addition to research, Elizabeth is the President of the local chapter of the ACS Women in Chemistry organization at MSU. Feel free to contact Elizabeth through email: puglies7@msu.edu
When Elizabeth is not at the glovebox, she’s often time found walking her dog, Iggy, around the East Lansing area, working out, or cooking and baking. She also spends time off land doing laps in the pool!
This cover art illustrates a snowy mountain scene depicting the first synthesis and electronic structure characterization of an organometallic yttrium bismuth cluster. The electronic absorption spectrum is shown in a frozen pond alongside Cp*-shaped snowflakes and an elemental bismuth step-pyramid.
In the midst of a desert oasis scene, featuring formations resembling elemental bismuth pyramids, we observe the representation of the inaugural crystallographically identified bismolyl ligand in the form of a potassium salt. Remarkably, two of these negatively charged ligands connect two yttrium metallocene cations, forming the pioneering rare-earth bismolyl complex. The presence of lone pairs on bismuth facilitates notable Y−Bi covalent bonding interactions. Additionally, the yttrium bismolyl complex exhibits redox activity, illustrated by the cyclic voltammogram emerging from a sand dune.
Elizabeth’s Publication List
- Isolation of an Organometallic Yttrium Bismuth Cluster and Elucidation of its Electronic Structure Pugliese, E. R.; Benner, F.; Demir, S.* Chem. Commun. 2023, 59, 14791–14794. DOI: 10.1039/D3CC04520J.
- From an Isolable Bismolyl Anion to an Yttrium–Bismolyl Complex with μ-Bridging Bismuth(I) Centers and Polar Covalent Y–Bi Bonds Pugliese, E. R.; Benner, F.; Demir, S.* Chem. Eur. J. 2023, 29, e202302687. DOI: 10.1002/chem.202302687.
- Heteroleptic Rare-Earth Tris(metallocenes) Containing a Dibenzocyclooctatetraene Dianion Pugliese, E. R; Benner, F.; Castellanos, E.; Delano IV, F.; Demir, S.* Inorg. Chem. 2022, 61, 2444–2454. DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c03230.
- Cyclopentadienyls and Phospholyls of the Group 3 Metals and Lanthanides Benner, F.; Delano IV, F.; Pugliese, E. R.; Demir, S.* Comprehensive Organometallic Chemistry IV 2022, 4, 98-184. DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-820206-7.00064-0.