with Drury University affiliation

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Ludwig, Jacob R.;† Kiernicki, John J.;† Nasrallah, Daniel J.; Zehnder, Troy E.; Zeller, Matthias; Szymczak, Nathaniel K.*; Schindler, Corinna S.* “Mechanistic Investigations into the Olefination of Oximes and Hydrazones Support Intermediate Ruthenium Nitrides.” Journal of the American Chemical Society 2025, 147, 14422-14431.

​Dunaway, Lydia A.; Davis, Audrey G.; Carter, Victoria J.; Korir, Albert K.; Zeller, Matthias; Kiernicki, John J.* "Defining the Speciation, Coordination Chemistry, and Lewis Acid Catalysis of Electronically Diverse Zinc Benzoates." Organometallics 2025, 44, 46-53.​

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​Norwine, Emily E.; Kiernicki, John J.; Zeller, Matthias; Szymczak, Nathaniel K.* "Additive Effects in Metal/Lewis Acid Cooperativity Assessed in a Tetrahedral Copper Hydrazine Complex Featuring an Appended Borane​." 
​Inorganic Chemistry 2024, ​63, 18519-18523.

​Beagan, Daniel M.; Kiernicki, John J.; Zeller, Matthias; Szymczak, Nathaniel K.* "A Bidentate Ligand Featuring Ditopic Lewis Acids in the Second Sphere for Selective Substrate Capture and Activation." 
​Angewandte Chemie, International Edition 2023, 62​, e202218907.

​Norwine, Emily E.; Kiernicki, John J.; Zeller, Matthias; Szymczak, Nathaniel K.* "Distinct Reactivity Modes of a Copper Hydride Enabled by an Intramolecular Lewis Acid." 
​Journal of the American Chemical Society 2022, ​144, 15038-15046.

​Nasrallah, Daniel J.; Zehnder, Troy E.; Ludwig, Jacob R.; Steigerwald, Daniel C.; Kiernicki, John J.; Szymczak, Nathaniel K.*; Schindler, Corinna S.* "Hydrazone and Oxime Olefination via Ruthenium Alkylidenes."
Angewandte Chemie, International Edition 2022, 61​, e202112101.

prior to Drury University

​Galley, Shane S.; Higgins, Robert; Kiernicki, John J.; Lopez, Lauren M.; Walensky, Justin R.; Schelter, Eric J.; Zeller, Matthias, Bart, Suzanne C.* “Synthesis, Characterization, and Reduction of Thorium Pyridinediimine Complexes”
​Inorganic Chemistry 2023, 62, 15819-15823.

​Zehnder, Troy E.; Nasrallah, Daniel J.; Stanley, Jarrod L.; Kiernicki, John J.; Szymczak, Nathaniel K.;* Schindler, Corinna S.* "Development of an In Situ Protocol for the Intramolecular Olefination of Oximes."
Organometallics 2023, 42, 479-485.

​Kiernicki, John J.; Zeller, Matthias; Szymczak, Nathaniel K.* “Requirements for Late-Stage Hydroboration of Pyridine N-Heterocyclic Carbene Iron(0) Complexes: The Role of Ancillary Ligands.”
Organometallics 2021, 40, 2658-2665.

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​Kiernicki, John J.; Norwine, Emily E.; Zeller, Matthias; Szymczak, Nathaniel K.* “Substrate Specific Metal-Ligand Cooperative Binding: Considerations for Weak Intramolecular Lewis Acid/Base Pairs.”
​Invited submission for forum on “Advances in Small Molecule Activation.”
Inorganic Chemistry 2021, 60, 13806-13810.

​Kiernicki, John J.; Norwine, Emily E.; Lovasz, Myles A.; Zeller, Matthias; Szymczak, Nathaniel K.* “Mobility of Lewis Acids within the Secondary Coordination Sphere: Toward a Model for Cooperative Substrate Binding” 
Invited submission for themed collection: “Bioinspired Metal Complexes for Chemical Transformations and Catalysis.”
​Chemical Communications 2020, 56, 13105-13108.

​Kiernicki, John J.; Zeller, Matthias; Szymczak, Nathaniel K.* “Examining the Generality of Metal-Ligand Cooperativity Across a Series of First-Row Transition Metals: Capture, Bond Activation, and Stabilization.”
​Inorganic Chemistry 2020, 59, 9279-9286.

​Tatebe, Caleb J.; Matson, Ellen M.; Clark, Christopher L.; Kiernicki, John J.; Fanwick, Phillip E.; Zeller, Matthias; Bart, Suzanne C.* “Low- and Mid-Valent Uranium Species Supported by Phenyltris(oxaolinyl)borate Ligands.” Organometallics 2020, 39, 353-360.

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Kiernicki, John J.; Norwine, Emily E.; Zeller, Matthias; Szymczak, Nathaniel K.* “Tetrahedral Iron Featuring an Appended Lewis Acid: Distinct Pathways for the Reduction of Hydroxylamine and Hydrazine.”
Chemical Communications 2019, 55, 11896-11899.

Kiernicki, John J.; Shanahan, James P.; Zeller, Matthias; Szymczak, Nathaniel K.* “Tuning Ligand Field Strength with Pendent Lewis Acids: Access to High Spin Iron Hydrides.”
​Selected by Associate Editor Professor Serena DeBeer as part of a web collection highlighting outstanding contributions in (bio)inorganic chemistry, catalysis and spectroscopy.
Chemical Science 2019, 10, 5539-5545. 

​Tatebe, Caleb J.; Kiernicki, John J.; Higgins, Robert F.; Ward, Robert J.; Natoli, Sean N.; Langford, James C.; Clark, Christopher L.; Zeller, Matthias; Wenthold, Paul; Shores, Matthew P.; Walensky, Justin R.; Bart, Suzanne C.* “Investigation of the Electronic Structure of Aryl-Bridged Dinuclear U(III) and U(IV) Compounds.”
Organometallics 2019, 38, 1031-1040.

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​Kiernicki, John J.; Zeller, Matthias; Szymczak, Nathaniel K.* “Requirements for Lewis Acid-Mediated Capture and N-N Bond Cleavage of Hydrazine at Iron.”
​Inorganic Chemistry 2019, 58, 1147-1154.

​Dahl, Eric W.;† Kiernicki, John J.;† Zeller, Matthias; Szymczak, Nathaniel K.* “Hydrogen Bonds Dictate O2 Capture and Release within a Zinc Tripod.”
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2018, 140, 10075-10079.

​Tatebe, Caleb J.; Tong, Zhengjia; Kiernicki, John J.; Coughlin, Ezra C.; Zeller, Matthias; Bart, Suzanne C.* “Activation of Triphenylphosphine Oxide Mediated by Trivalent Organouranium Species.”
Organometallics 2018, 37, 934-940.

​Kiernicki, John J.; Tatebe, Caleb J.; Zeller, Matthias; Bart, Suzanne C.* “Tailoring the Electronic Structure of Uranium Mono(imido) Species through Ligand Variation.”
​Inorganic Chemistry 2018, 57, 1870-1879.

​Kiernicki, John J.; Zeller, Matthias; Szymczak, Nathaniel K.* “Hydrazine Capture and N-N Bond Cleavage at Iron Enabled by Flexible Appended Lewis Acids.”
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2017, 139, 18194-18197.

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​Kiernicki, John J.; Zeller, Matthias; Bart, Suzanne C.* “Facile Reductive Silylation of UO22+ to Uranium(IV) Chloride.”
​​Angewandte Chemie, International Edition 2017, 56, 1097-1100.

​Kiernicki, John J.; Staun, Selena L.; Zeller, Matthias; Bart, Suzanne C.* “A Uranium(IV) Triamide Species with Brønsted Basic Ligand Character: Metal-Ligand Cooperativity in the f Block.”
​Organometallics 2017, 36, 665-672.

​Kiernicki, John J.; Higgins, Robert F.; Kraft, Steven J.; Zeller, Matthias; Shores, Matthew P.; Bart, Suzanne C.* “Elucidating the Mechanism of Uranium Mediated Diazene N=N Bond Cleavage.”
​Inorganic Chemistry 2016, 55, 11854-11866.

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​Kiernicki, John J.; Ferrier, Maryline G.; Lezama Pacheco, Juan S.; La Pierre, Henry S.; Stein, Benjamin W.; Zeller, Matthias; Kozimor, Stosh A.; Bart, Suzanne C.* “Examining the Effects of Ligand Variation on the Electronic Structure of Uranium Bis(imido) Species.”
​Journal of the American Chemical Society 2016, 138, 13941-13951.

​Matson, Ellen M.; Kiernicki, John J.; Fanwick, Phillip E.; Bart, Suzanne C.* “Expanding the Family of Uranium(III) Alkyls: Synthesis and Characterization of Mixed Ligand Derivatives.”
​Invited submission for Cluster Issue: “The Significance of Scorpionate Ligands 50 Years on.”
European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry 2016, 2016, 2527-2533. 

​Kiernicki, John J.; Harwood, John S.; Fanwick, Phillip E.; Bart, Suzanne C.* “Reductive Silylation of Cp*UO2(MesPDIMe) Promoted by Lewis Bases.” Winner of the 2016 Department of Energy Innovations in Fuel Cycle Research Award.
​Dalton Transactions 2016, 45, 3111-3119. 

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​Natoli, Sean N.; Cook, Timothy D.; Abraham, Tara R.; Kiernicki, John J.; Fanwick, Phillip E.; Ren, Tong* “Cobalt(III) Bridged by gem-DEE: Facile Access to a New Type of Cross-Conjugated Organometallics.” Organometallics 2015, 34, 5207-5209.

​Kiernicki, John J.; Cladis, Dennis P.; Fanwick, Phillip E.; Zeller, Matthias; Bart, Suzanne C.* “Synthesis, Characterization, and Stoichiometric U-O Bond Scission in Uranyl Species Supported by Pyridine(diimine) Ligand Radicals.”
Spotlight article
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2015, 137, 11115-11125. 

​Johnson, Sara A.; Kiernicki, John J.; Fanwick, Phillip E.; Bart, Suzanne C.* “New Benzylpotassium Reagents and Their Utility for the Synthesis of Homoleptic Uranium(IV) Benzyl Derivatives.”
​Organometallics 2015, 34, 2889-2895.

​​Anderson, Nickolas H.; Haolin, Yin; Kiernicki, John J.; Fanwick, Phillip E.; Schelter, Eric J.; Bart, Suzanne C.* “Investigation of Uranium Tris(imido) Complexes: Synthesis, Characterization, and Reduction Chemistry of [U(NDIPP)3(THF)3].”
​Angewandte Chemie, International Edition 2015, 54, 9386-9389.

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​Matson, Ellen M.; Breshears, Andrew T.; Kiernicki, John J.; Newell, Brian S.; Fanwick, Phillip E.; Shores, Matthew P.; Walensky, Justin R.; Bart, Suzanne C.* “Trivalent Uranium Phenylchalcogenide Complexes: Exploring the Bonding and Reactivity with CS2 in the Tp*2UEPh series (E = O, S, Se, Te).” Inorganic Chemistry 2014, 53, 12977-12985.

​Anderson, Nickolas H.; Odoh, Samuel O.; Yao, Yiyi; Williams, Ursula J.; Shaefer, Brian A.; Kiernicki, John J.; Lewis, Andrew J.; Goshert, Mitchell D.; Fanwick, Phillip E.; Schelter, Eric J.; Walensky, Justin R.; Gagliardi, Laura; Bart, Suzanne C.* “Harnessing Redox Activity for the Formation of Uranium Tris(imido) Compounds.”
​Nature Chemistry 2014, 6, 919-926.

​Matson, Ellen M.; Kiernicki, John J.; Anderson, Nickolas H.; Fanwick, Phillip E.; Bart, Suzanne C.* “Isolation of a Uranium(III) Benzophenone Ketyl Radical That Displays Redox-Active Ligand Behaviour.”
​Dalton Transactions 2014, 43, 17885-17888.

Kiernicki, John J.; Fanwick, Phillip E.; Bart, Suzanne C.* “Utility of a Redox-Active Pyridine(diimine) Chelate in Facilitating Two Electron Oxidative Addition Chemistry at Uranium.”
​Invited submission for themed collection: “Non-Innocent Ligands.”
Chemical Communications 2014, 50, 8189-8192. 

​Kiernicki, John J.; Newell, Brian S.; Matson, Ellen M.; Anderson, Nickolas H.; Fanwick, Phillip E.; Shores, Matthew P.; Bart, Suzanne C.* “Multielectron C-O Bond Activation Mediated by a Family of Reduced Uranium Complexes.”
​Inorganic Chemistry 2014, 53, 3730-3741.

​Matson, Ellen M.; Goshert, Mitchell D.; Kiernicki, John J.; Newell, Brian S.; Fanwick, Phillip E.; Shores, Matthew P.; Walensky, Justin R.; Bart, Suzanne C.* “Synthesis of Terminal Uranium(IV) Disulfide and Diselenido Compounds by Activation of Elemental Sulfur and Selenium”
​Chemistry – A European Journal 2013, 19, 16176-16180.

​Cladis, Dennis P.; Kiernicki, John J.; Fanwick, Phillip E.; Bart, Suzanne C.* “Multi-Electron Reduction Facilitated by a Trianionic Pyridine(diimine) Ligand.”
Invited submission for themed collection: “Emerging Investigators 2013.”
​Chemical Communications 2013, 49, 4169-4171.