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David R. Manke

faculty

David Manke, PhD

Professor / Chairperson

Chemistry & Biochemistry

Contact

508-910-6554

508-999-9167

dmanke@umassd.edu

Violette Research 201B

Education

2005Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyPhD
2000Brandeis UniversityBS

Teaching

  • CHM156 - Modern Chemical Principles II
  • CHM170 - Descriptive Inorganic Chemistry
  • CHM431 - Principles of Inorganic Chemistry
  • CHM433 - Inorganic Chemistry Lab
  • CHM550 - Organometallic Chemistry

Teaching

Programs

Teaching

Courses

Students will integrate knowledge that they have gained throughout the major and the University Studies curriculum to perform a capstone research project. This will include a lecture component on presenting data in addition to the major laboratory research focus.

Students will integrate knowledge that they have gained throughout the major and the University Studies curriculum to perform a capstone research project. This will include a lecture component on presenting data in addition to the major laboratory research focus.

Original chemical research and preparation of thesis. Required for Plan A master's degree. Graded P/F.

Original chemical research and preparation of thesis. Required for Plan A master's degree. Graded P/F.

Research

Research awards

  • $ 737,449 awarded by MASSACHUSETTS LIFE SCIENCES CENTER for SouthCoast Biomanufacturing Training Program

Research

Research interests

  • Organometallic Chemistry
  • Covalen Metal-Organic Networks
  • Catalysis and Small Molecule Activation
  • Metal-Organic Frameworks
  • Historical Werner Complexes

Select publications

  • Mrittika Roy, Duyen N. K. Pham, Ava Kreider-Mueller, James A. Golen & David R. Manke (2018).
    First-row transition metal-pyridine (py)-sulfate [(py)xM](SO4) complexes (M = Ni, Cu and Zn): Crystal field theory in action
    Acta Crystallographica Section C: Structural Chemistry, 74, 263-268.
  • Velabo Mdluli, Patrick J. Hubbard, Diego R. Javier-Jimenez, Andrew Kuznicki, James A. Golen, Arnold L. Rheingold & David R. Manke (2017).
    A modular synthesis of tris(aryl)tren ligands: Synthesis, structure and lithiation chemistry
    Inorganica Chimica Acta, 461, 71-77.

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