Shirley Lin

Professor Shirley Lin

Department of Chemistry
The United States Naval Academy
572 Holloway Road, Annapolis, MD 21401

Phone: (410) 293-6615
Fax: (410) 293-2218

Laboratory: Michelson 164
Office: Michelson 172

Education:

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1991 - 1995)
- S.B.; Chemistry with a minor in Writing and Humanistic Studies
Stanford University (1995 - 2000)
- Ph.D.; Thesis: Activity and Mechanism of Propylene Polymerization by Bis(2-Arylindenyl)zirconocenes
The Scripps Research Institute (2000 - 2002)
- Postdoctoral Research

The Lin lab is interested in the synthesis of new materials through the development of novel reactions and the use of noncovalent interactions.
For more information or if you are interested in becoming a member of the lab, please contact Professor Lin.

Pearson, Wayne, H. Associate Professor, Lin, Shirley, Associate Professor, Isaacs, Lyle, Professor (University of Maryland College Park) “2,5-Dioxopyrrolidin-1-yl 2-methylprop-2-enoate.” Acta Crystallographica 2014, e70, o446.
Coughlin, MM; Kelly, CK; Lin, S; MacArthur, A. “Cyanation of aryl chlorides using microwave-assisted, copper-catalyzed concurrent tandem catalysis methodology.” Organometallics 2013, 32(12), 3537-3543.

Lander, BA; Checchi, KD; Koplin, SA; Smith, VF; Domanski, TL; Isaac, DD; Lin S. “Extracytoplasmic stress responses induced by antimicrobial, cationic polyethylenimines.” Current Microbiology 2012, 65(5), 488-492.

Cannon, KA; Geuther, ME; Kelly, CK; Lin, S.; MacArthur, AHR. “Hydrodehalogenation of aryl chlorides and aryl bromides using a microwave-assisted, copper-catalyzed concurrent tandem catalysis methodology.” Organometallics 2011, 30, 4067-4073.

Hartman, JR; Lin, S. “Analysis of Student Performance on Algorithmic Multiple-choice Exam Questions in General Chemistry.” Journal of Chemical Education, 2011, 88, 1223-1230.

Koplin, SA; Lin, S; Domanski, T. “Evaluation of the antimicrobial activity of cationic polyethylenimines on dry surfaces” Biotechnology Progress, 2008, 24, 1160-1165.

Pearson, WP; Iovine, PM; Lin, S. “2,4,6- tris(4-fluorophenyl)-2-(1-pyridyl)boroxine” Acta Crystallographica, 2008, E64, o235.

Matson, ML; Fitzgerald, JP; Lin, S. “A Versatile Method for Customizing Laboratory Safety Videos” Journal of Chemical Education, 2007; 84(10), 1727-1728.

Chakrabarti, S; Mukhopadhyay, P; Lin, S; Isaacs, L. “Reconfigurable Four Component Switch Based on pH-controlled Guest Swapping.” Organic Letters, 2007; 9(12), 2349 -2352.

Lin, S. “Aromatic Bagels: An Edible Resonance Analogy” Journal of Chemical Education, 2007; 84,779-780.

Iovine, PM; Fletcher, MN; Lin, S. “Condensation of Arylboroxine Structures on Lewis Basic Polymers as a Noncovalent Means of Polymer Functionalization” Macromolecules, 2006; 39(19) 6324 – 6326.
Patterson-Elenbaum, S.; Stanley, J. T.; Dillner, D. K.; Lin, S; Traficante, D. “¹³C NMR Chemical Shifts of Carbonyls in Benzaldehydes and Acetophenones: Substituent Chemical Shift Increments” Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry, 2006, 44(8), 797-806.

Lin, S; Waymouth, RM. "Propylene Polymerization with Conformationally Dynamic Catalysts: Synthesis of Elastomeric Polypropylenes" Accounts of Chemical Research 2002 35(9), 765-773.
Craig, SL; Lin, S; Chen, J; Rebek Jr, J. "Guest Size and Exchange Rates in a Cylindrical Host Capsule" Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2002, 124, 8780-8781.
Chen, J; Korner, S; Craig, SL; Lin, S; Rudkevich, DM; Rebek Jr., J. "Chemical Amplification with Encapsulated Reagents" Proceeding of the National Academy of Sciences 2002 , 99 , 2593-2596.
Lin, S; Tagge, CD; Waymouth, RM; Nele, M; Collins, S; Pinto, JC. "Kinetics of Propylene Polymerization Using Bis(2-phenylindenyl)zirconium Dichloride/Methylaluminoxane" Journal of the American Chemical Society 2000, 122 (46), 11275-12285.
Lin, S; Waymouth, RM. "Regioirregular Propene Insertion in Polypropenes Synthesized with Unbridged Bis(2-Aryl)indenyl Zirconium Dichloride Catalysts: Implications on Activity" Macromolecules 1999, 32 , 8283-8290.
Schrock, RR; Cummins, CC; Wilhelm, TE; Lin, S; Reid, SM; Kol, M; Davis, WM. "Synthesis of Titanium Complexes That Contain Triamido-Amine Ligands" Organometallics 1996 , 15, 1470-1476.