Robert E. Bachman
Professor of Chemistry and Director of Undergraduate Research
B.A., Ph.D., Rice University
Department of Chemistry
The University of the South
Sewanee, TN 37383
Office: Spencer 263
Research Lab: Spencer 265
Phone: (931) 598-1336
Professional Appointments
Alexander von Humboldt Fellow, 1994-1995, Technical University of Munich, Germany
Alexander von Humboldt Fellow, 2004, University of Bayreuth, Germany
Visiting Associate Research Professor, 2007-present, North Carolina State University
Current Funding
NSF DMR/CHE-0911070 "Guerbet Alcohols as Mesogen Inducing Groups: Synthesis and Characterization of Bipyridine-Based Metallomesogens"
NSF CHE-0959401 "MRI-R2: Acquisition of a High Performance Liquid Chromatography/Tandem Mass Spectrometry System"
Teaching Interests
Inorganic Chemistry, Advanced Topics in Inorganic Chemistry, Advanced Environmental Geochemistry, Structural Methods, Advanced General Chemistry, General Chemistry
Research Interests
The Bachman research group is focused on how intermolecular interactions self-organize and assemble inorganic molecules into macroscopic materials with interesting and potentially useful properties. We are currently investigating three distinct systems--liquid crystalline platinum diimine complexes, liquid and liquid crystalline alkylammonium halometalate salts, and metal-containing organogels.
