Research Group
Postdoctoral Researcher
Dr. Janet Arras (since 01/2019)
Janet graduated from Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen in 2009 (Diplom, equivalent
to M.S.) and earned her doctoral degree in the field of inorganic synthesis and coordination
chemistry with Prof. Lars Wesemann in 2013. She subsequently joined the group of Prof.
Christian Ochsenfeld at Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich as a postdoctoral
researcher in computational chemistry. After an interim appointment in industrial
research and development, Dr. Arras accepted a combined research position in 2017
as a project leader in Prof. Stefan Bräse’s group (photoluminescent materials) and
as a postdoc with Prof. Hansgeorg Schnöckel (base metal cluster chemistry), both at
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). In January 2019, Janet moved to the U.S.
to join the Stollenz Group as KSU's first full-time postdoctoral research scientist
in inorganic/synthetic chemistry. She is interested and trained in various fields
of organic and inorganic synthesis, coordination chemistry, crystallography, photoluminescent
materials, and computational chemistry.
More about Dr. Arras in KSU's "News" and "Research News".
Publications Dr. Janet Arras (before KSU)
1) J. Arras, T. Kruczynski, J. Bresien, A. Schulz, H. Schnöckel*:
Magnesium(I) Halide versus Magnesium Metal: Differences in Reaction Energy and Reactivity
Monitored in Reduction Processes of P−Cl Bonds
Angew. Chem. 2019, 131, 726–731 (& Frontspiece).
→This article was ranked as "Hot Paper".
2) J. Arras*, S. Bräse*:
The World Needs New Colors: Cutting Edge Mobility Focusing on Long Persistent Luminescent
Materials
Minireview
ChemPhotoChem 2017, 2, 716–721 [Link] (Cover Profile [Link] & Front Cover Page, created by JA [Link]).
3) J. Arras, K. Eichele, B. Maryasin, H. Schubert, C. Ochsenfeld*, L.Wesemann*:
Intermolecular 119Sn,31P Through-Space Spin-Spin Coupling in a Solid Bivalent Tin Phosphido Complex
Inorg. Chem. 2016, 55, 4669–4675 [Link].
4) J. Arras, H. Speth, H. A. Mayer*, L. Wesemann*:
Different Coordination Modes of the Ph2PCsp3PPh2 Pincer Ligand in Rhodium Complexes as a Consequence of Csp3–H Metal Interaction
Organometallics 2015, 34, 3629–3636 [Link].
5) J. Arras, K. Eichele, L. Wesemann*:
Synthesis and Skeletal Transformations of Trinuclear Palladium and Nickel Phosphido
Complexes
Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2013, 5728–5737 [Link].
Selected Patents Dr. Janet Arras
L. Wesemann, H. Schubert, H. A. Mayer, H. Yersin, A. Rausch, J. Arras:
Complex compounds having a multidentate, asymmetric ligand and use thereof in the optoelectronic field
Complex compounds having a multidentate, asymmetric ligand and use thereof in the optoelectronic field
WO2012EP64631 20120725
Presentations Dr. Janet Arras (before KSU)
(presenters underlined):
1) 257th ACS National Meeting, March 31–April 4 (2019) in Orlando, Florida (INOR-0082):
J. Arras, H. Schnöckel:
Reduction reactions of P-Cl compounds with Mg(I) bromide (oral presentation)
J. Arras, H. Schnöckel:
Reduction reactions of P-Cl compounds with Mg(I) bromide (oral presentation)
2) Kennesaw State University, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Departmental
Seminar, March 5 (2019):
J. Arras:
Low Valent Aluminium and Magnesium Compounds: Metalloid Clusters as Snapshots of the very fast Processes of Dissolution and Formation of Metals (oral presentation)
J. Arras:
Low Valent Aluminium and Magnesium Compounds: Metalloid Clusters as Snapshots of the very fast Processes of Dissolution and Formation of Metals (oral presentation)
3) International Workshop on Transition Metal Clusters (IWTMC) 2018, June 9 (2018)
in Tübingen, Germany:
J. Arras, H. Schnöckel:
New Insights into the Compound Al5Br7(thf)5 and the Use of Al(I)Br as Reducing Agent for Au(I) Ions
(oral presentation)
J. Arras, H. Schnöckel:
New Insights into the Compound Al5Br7(thf)5 and the Use of Al(I)Br as Reducing Agent for Au(I) Ions
(oral presentation)
4) 8th VDI- (Verein Deutscher Ingenieure) Tagung Optische Technologien in der Fahrzeugtechnik
(Meeting of the Association of German Engineers - Optical Technolgies in Automotive
Engineering), June 6 (2018) in Karlsruhe, Germany:
J. Arras:
Langnachleuchtende Luminophore zur Anwendung im Bereich des hochautomatisierten Fahrens
(oral presentation)
J. Arras:
Langnachleuchtende Luminophore zur Anwendung im Bereich des hochautomatisierten Fahrens
(oral presentation)
5) GDCh Chemiedozententagung 2018 (Meeting of the Assistant/Associate Professors of
the German Chemical Society), March 05–07 (2018) in Jena, Germany:
J. Arras:
Long Persistent Luminescence Materials (oral presentation)
J. Arras:
Long Persistent Luminescence Materials (oral presentation)
6 & 7) GRK (Graduiertenkolleg) 2039 Symposium on Molecular Architectures for Fluorescent
Imaging of Cells, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), October 04–06 (2017) in
Karlsruhe, Germany:
J. Arras:
Long Persistent Luminescence Materials for Photoluminescent Imaging of Cells (oral presentation and poster presentation)
8) GDCh-Wissenschaftsforum Chemie (Science Forum Chemistry of the German Chemical
Society), September 10–14 (2017) in Berlin, Germany:
J. Arras:
d10 Copper(I) Phosphido Complexes with Highly Interesting Properties (poster presentation)
J. Arras:
d10 Copper(I) Phosphido Complexes with Highly Interesting Properties (poster presentation)
9) AGICHEM (Anglo-German Inorganic Chemistry Meeting) of the GDCh, August 06–08 (2017)
in Göttingen, Germany:
J. Arras, T. Kruczyński, H. Schnöckel:
New and Older Highly Nuclear Metalloid Clusters of Non-Precious Metals (poster presentation)
J. Arras, T. Kruczyński, H. Schnöckel:
New and Older Highly Nuclear Metalloid Clusters of Non-Precious Metals (poster presentation)
10) 2nd International Conference on the Chemistry of Construction Materials, October 10–12
(2016) in Munich, Germany:
J. Arras:
Investigations on the Influence of Basalt Flour on the Hydration in Concrete
(poster presentation)
J. Arras:
Investigations on the Influence of Basalt Flour on the Hydration in Concrete
(poster presentation)
11) 18th Meeting of the Wöhler Association for Inorganic Chemistry of the Gesellschaft Deutscher
Chemiker (GDCh, German Chemical Society), September 26–28 (2016) in Berlin, Germany
(P166):
J. Arras, K. Eichele, B. Maryasin, H. Schubert, C. Ochsenfeld, L. Wesemann:
Intermolecular 119Sn,31P Through-Space Spin-Spin Coupling in a Solid Bivalent Tin Phosphido Complex
[Link]
(poster presentation)
J. Arras, K. Eichele, B. Maryasin, H. Schubert, C. Ochsenfeld, L. Wesemann:
Intermolecular 119Sn,31P Through-Space Spin-Spin Coupling in a Solid Bivalent Tin Phosphido Complex
[Link]
(poster presentation)
Graduate Researcher (M.S.)
Keri Dowling, B. S. (master thesis since 08/2021)
Keri is originally from Charlotte, NC, but relocated to Marietta, GA with her husband and daughter in the summer of 2020. She earned her Bachelor’s in Chemistry from UNC Charlotte, where she worked in both physical and inorganic chemistry labs, with focuses on spectroscopic analyses of hybrid gold nanoparticles and gold nanorods, and the coordination chemistry of expanded ring N-heterocyclic chalcogenones. Keri enjoys mentoring new students and helping them cultivate their skills as researchers. She hopes to one day teach inorganic chemistry at the university level. Outside of a lab space, she enjoys competitive fast chess and hobbyist mycology.
Undergraduate Researchers
Mikail Barzev (undergraduate researcher, since 06/2022)
Ben Gibbas (undergraduate researcher, since 05/2022)
Daniel Mitcovschi (undergraduate researcher, since 05/2022)
Daniel joined the group in May 2022.
Connor Welch (undergraduate researcher, since 01/2022)
Connor joined the group in January 2022.
Awards:
Birla Carbon Scholar 2022
Last update: 07/23/2022
