Kathryn Preuss

Prof Preuss
Email: 
kpreuss@uoguelph.ca

Education and Employment

  • B.Sc. Chem. Honours with Great Distinction, University of Lethbridge, 1995
  • Ph.D. Inorg. Chem., University of Waterloo, 2000
  • Post-doctoral Fellow, Physical Organic Chem., University of Colorado, 2000 - 01
  • Post-doctoral Fellow, Magneto-chemistry, North Carolina State University, 2001 - 02
  • Assist. Prof., Department of Chemistry, University of Guelph, 2002 - 06
  • Assoc. Prof., Department of Chemistry, University of Guelph, 2006 - 15
  • Prof., Department of Chemistry, University of Guelph, 2015 – present
  • Topic Editor, Crystal Growth & Design, 2016 – 18
  • Assoc. Editor, Crystal Growth & Design, 2019 - 22

Instrumentation

  • Bruker X-band EPR Spectrometer
  • Quantum Design VSM SQuID magnetometer
  • ThermoFisher Reflectance NIR Transmission FTIR-NIR-vis spectrometer
  • PANalytical PXRD
  • 2 x MBraun Gloveboxes
  • 2 x LC Technologies Solvent Purification Systems
  • 3 x multi-stage sublimation tube furnaces
  • CEM Microwave Synthesizer

Research Themes

  • Inorganic Molecular Synthesis
  • Molecule-based Materials
  • Magnetism
  • Conductivity
  • Radicals
  • Supramolecular Design
  • Plastic Crystals

Media

CHEM*2060 YouTube channel

Instagram handle: preussmagnootz

Present Group Members

Michelle Mills (Ph.D. Candidate)
Farroq Raouf (M.Sc. Student)
Gabriele Wehrle (NSERC USRA)
Elise Chung (4th Year Research Project Student)
Harrison Young (4th Year Research Project Student)
Graeme Francolini (4th Year Research Project Student)
Mirna Ghattas (Undergrad Volunteer)
Joshua Ross (Undergrad Volunteer)

Research Collaborators

Dr. Hab. Rodolphe Clérac, M3 Team Leader, CRPP, CNRS & U. Bordeaux, France

Dr. Hab. Elizabeth Hillard, M3 Team, CRPP, CNRS & U. Bordeaux, France

Dr. Pierre Dechambenoit, M3 Team, CRPP, CNRS & U. Bordeaux, France

Prof. Claude Coulon, M3 Team, CRPP, CNRS & U. Bordeaux, France

Mathieu Rouzières, M3 Team, CRPP, CNRS & U. Bordeaux, France

Prof. Sophia Klokishner, Institute of Applied Physics, Moldova

Prof. Stephen Hill, Dept. of Physics, Florida State U., USA

Prof. Dmitriy Soldatov, Dept. of Chemistry, U. Guelph

Past Graduate Students

Dr. Nigel G. R. Hearns (Ph.D. 2008) Forensic Scientist, RCMP, Ottawa, ON

Dr. Jian (Kyle) Wu (Ph.D. 2008) R&D Scientist at Thesis Chemistry, Cambridge, ON

Dr. Ian S. Morgan (Ph.D. 2012) Postdoctoral Fellow at University of Jyväskylä, Finlandv

Prof. Elisabeth M. Fatila (Ph.D. 2013) Assistant Professor at Louisiana Tech University, USA

Dr. Adam C. Maahs (Ph.D. 2017) Synthetic Organic Chemist at Toronto Research Chemicals, Toronto, ON

Chad S. Smithson (M.Sc. 2011) Ph.D. Candidate (Chemical Engineering), McMaster University

Daniel J. MacDonald (M.Sc. 2012) Canada Sales Manager, ACE Glassware

David J . Sullivan (M.Sc. 2012) Research Technologist at NOVA Chemicals, Calgary, AB

Christian E. Carello (M.Sc. 2012) Laboratory Technologist at NOVA Chemicals, Calgary, AB

Scott B. MacKenzie (M.Sc. 2016) R&D Chemist, Lorama Group, Toronto, ON

Carolyn A. Michalowicz (M.Sc. 2016) Chemical Lab Technologist, ERCO Worldwide, Toronto, ON

R. Alex Mayo (M.Sc. 2017) Scientist at Solid State Pharma, Inc., Halifax, NS

Danielle R. Dinsdale (M.Sc. 2019) Process Specialist at Pfizer Canada, Brandon, MB

Lancaster, T.; Huddart, B. M.; Williams, R. C.; Xiao, F.; Franke, K. J. A.; Baker, P. J.; Pratt, F. L.; Blundell, S. J.; Schlueter, J. A.; Mills, M. B.; Maahs, A. C.; Preuss, K. E. "Probing magnetic order and disorder in the one-dimensional molecular spin chains CuF2(pyz) and [Ln(hfac)3(boaDTDA)]n (Ln = Sm, La) using implanted muonsJ. Phys.: Condens. Matter 201931, 394022.

Michalowicz, C. A.; Mills, M. B.; Song, E.; Soldatov, D. V.; Boyle, P. D.; Rouzières, M.; Clérac, R.; Preuss, K. E. "Slow magnetization dynamics in a six-coordinate Fe(II)-radical complexDalton Trans. 2019, 48, 4514.   (HOT article)

Mills, M. B.; Wohlhauser, T.; Stein, B.; Verduyn, W. R.; Song, E.; Dechambenoit, P.; Rouzières, M.; Clérac, R.; Preuss, K. E. "Magnetic Bistability in Crystalline Organic Radicals: The Interplay of H-bonding, Pancake Bonding, and Electrostatics in HbimDTDAJ. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 16904.

Fatila, E. M.; Maahs, A. C.; Hetherington, E. E.; Cooper, B. J.; Cooper, R. E.; Daanen, N. N.; Jennings, M.; Skrabalak, S. E.; Preuss, K. E. "Stoichiometric control: 8- and 10-coordinate Ln(hfac)3(bpy) and Ln(hfac)3(bpy)2 complexes of the early lanthanides La-SmDalton Trans201847, 16232.

Mayo, R. A.; Sullivan, D. J.; Fillion, T. A.; Kycia, S. W.; Soldatov, D. V.; Preuss, K. E. "Reversible crystal-to-crystal chiral resolution: making/breaking non-bonding S...O interactionsChem. Commun. 2017, 53, 3964.

Maahs, A. C.; Ignacio, M. G.; Ghazzali M.; Soldatov, D. V.; Preuss, K. E. "Chiral Crystals of an Achiral Molecule Exhibit Plastic Bending and a Crystal-to-Crystal Phase TransitionCryst. Growth Des. 2017, 17, 1390.

Fatila, E. M.; Maahs, A. C.; Mills, M. B.; Rouzières, M.; Soldatov, D. V.; Clérac, R.; Preuss, K. E. "Ferromagnetic ordering of -[Sm(III)-radical]n- coordination polymersChem. Commun. 2016, 52, 5414.

Smithson, C. S.; MacDonald, D. J.; Letvenuk, T. M.; Carello, C. E.; Jennings, M.; Lough, A. J.; Decken, A.; Preuss, K. E. "A 1,2,3-dithiazolyl-o-naphthoquinone: a neutral radical with isolable cation and anion oxidation statesDalton Trans.2016, 45, 9608.

Mills, M. B.; Hollingshead, A. G.; Maahs, A. C.; Soldatov, D. V.; Preuss, K. E. "Isomerization of a lanthanide complex using a humming top guest template: a solid-to-solid reactionCrystEngComm 2015, 17, 7816.

Fatila, E. M.; Mayo, R. A.; Rouzières, M.; Jennings, M. C.; Dechambenoit, P.; Soldatov, D. V.; Mathonière, C.; Clérac, R.; Coulon, C.; Preuss, K. E. "Radical-Radical Recognition: Switchable Magnetic Properties and Re-entrant BehaviorChem. Mater. 2015, 27, 4023-4032.

Preuss, K. E. "Metal-radical coordination complexes of thiazyl and selenazyl ligandsCoord. Chem. Rev. 2015, 289-290, 49-61.

Preuss, K. E. "Pancake bonds: pi-Stacked dimers of organic and light-atom radicalsPolyhedron 2014, 79, 1-15.

Fatila, E. M., Clérac, R.; Jennings, M.; Preuss, K. E. “McConnell I mechanism promotes ferromagnetic interactions between pi-stacked Ni(II)-thiazyl complexes” Chem. Commun. 2013, 49, 9431-9433.

Fatila, E. M.; Clérac, R.; Rouzières, M.; Soldatov, D.; Jennings, M.; Preuss, K. E. “High-Spin Ribbons and Antiferromagnetic Ordering of a MnII-Biradical-MnII Complex” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 13298-13301.

Fatila, E. M.; Rouzières, M.; Jennings, M. C.; Lough, A. J.; Clérac, R.; Preuss, K. E. “Fine-Tuning the Single-Molecule Magnet Properties of a [Dy(III)-Radical]2 Pair” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 9596-9599.

Fatila, E. M.; Clérac, R.; Rouzières, M.; Soldatov, D. V.; Jennings, M.; Preuss, K. E. “Ferromagnetic superexchange in a 1D -[LaIII-radical]- coordination polymer Chem. Commun. 2013, 49, 6271-6273.

Wu, J.; MacDonald, D. J.; Clérac, R.; Jeon, I.-R.; Jennings, M.; Lough, A. J.; Britten, J.; Robertson, C.; Dube, P. A.; Preuss, K. E. “Metal Complexes of Bridging Neutral Radical Ligands: pymDTDA and pymDSDA” Inorg. Chem. 2012, 51, 3827-3839.

Sullivan, D. J.; Clérac, R.; Jennings, M.; Lough, A. J.; Preuss, K. E. “Trinuclear Mn(II) complex with paramagnetic bridging 1,2,3-dithiazolyl ligands” Chem. Commun. 2012, 48, 10963-10965.

Fatila, E. M.; Hetherington, E. E.; Jennings, M.; Lough, A. J.; Preuss, K. E. “Synthesis and crystal structures of anhydrous Ln(hfac)3(monoglyme). Ln = La, Ce, Pr, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Er, Tm” Dalton Trans. 2012, 41, 1352.