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MOHAMMAD A. OMARY

Associate

Professor of Chemistry
Department of Chemistry

University of North Texas

Denton, TX 76203    

Telephone:(940) 565-2443
FAX: (940) 565-4318
 E-mail: omary@unt.edu
http://www.chem.unt.edu/faculty/omary.htm


EDUCATION

Postdoctoral/ Inorganic chemistry

Texas A&M University, 1999-2001 (Advisor: John P. Fackler)

Ph.D./ Physical Inorganic chemistry

University of Maine, 1997 (Advisor: Howard H. Patterson)

M.S./ Electrochemistry

Yarmouk University, 1992

B.S./ Chemistry

Yarmouk University, 1990

 

EXPERIENCE

2006-present   Associate Professor of Chemistry, University of North Texas

 

2001-2006       Assistant Professor of Chemistry, University of North Texas

1999- 2001      Research Associate, Texas A&M University

 

1997-1999       Faculty Fellow, Colby College

 

Summer 1998 Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Maine

 

MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

   o   American Chemical Society

   o   Inter-American Photochemical Society

   o   Sigma Xi (an international scientific research honors society)

   o   Alpha Chi Sigma (a national chemistry professional fraternity)

 

HONORS AND AWARDS

   o   Early tenure and promotion, University of North Texas, 2006

   o   I-APS Young Investigator Award, Inter-American Photochemical Society, 2006

   o   NSF CAREER Award, University of North Texas, 2004

   o   Who's Who in Sciences and Higher Education, University of North Texas, 2004

   o   Robert A. Welch Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship, Texas A&M University, 1999-2001

   o   Environmental Protection Agency Fellowship, Texas A&M University, 1999-2001

   o   Colby Faculty Fellowship, Colby College, 1997-1999

  

MAJOR GRANTS

   o   U.S. Department of Energy, $2,269,095 (including cost share and subcontract to UT-Dallas),   2006-2009.

   o   CAREER Award, National Science Foundation, $527,000 for March 2004- February 2009.

   o   Robert A. Welch Foundation, $150,000 for 2005-2008; all direct cost.

   o   Major Research Instrumentation, National Science Foundation, $200,000 for 2006- 2008  

      (with  other UNT-CAS colleagues).

   o   Advanced Technology Program, Texas Higher-Education Coordinating Board, $180,000    

        (with  F. P. Gabbaï, TAMU) for January 2004-August 2006; all direct cost.

   o   Robert A. Welch Foundation, $150,000 for 2002-2005; all direct cost.

 

DEPARTMENT COMMITTEES

Graduate Recruiting Committee (2001-present; committee chair 2004-2005); Graduate Affairs Committee (2001-present); Search committees (several, including chair of junior faculty search committee, 2006/2007).

 

PAST AND PRESENT GROUP MEMBERS (Present members underlined)

·         Graduate students: Oussama Elbjeirami (Ph.D., 2006); Joshua M. Hudson (Ph.D., 2007); Ravi K. Arvapally (2002-present); Pankaj Sinha (M.S., 2007); Huigo Lai (M.S., 2003); Refaie M. Kassab (2002-2004); M. W. Alexander Gonser (2003-2005); Wei-Hsuan Chen (2003-present); Stephen Boateng (M.S., 2007); John J. Determan (2004-present); Sharon E. Hogue (2004-2005); Ushasree Kaipa (2005-present); Sreekar Marpu (2005-present); Kristin Sherman (2006-present); Gustavo Salazar Garza (2006-present); Charles L. Browning (2006-present); Nisa T. Satumtira (2006-present).

·         Undergraduate students: S. Matthew Dowling (2001-2004); Kathy D. Hines (2001-2004); Mark F. Doyal (Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science (TAMS) student: 2001-2003); Matthew A. Franzman (NSF-REU student, Summer 2003); Johnson Korie (2003-2004); Maha G. Eldabaja (2004-present); Jessica L. Menke (NSF-REU student, Summer 2004); Dustin M. Jenkins (NSF-REU student, Summer 2005); Kennyth Randle (2005-2006); Jeffrey Ross (2006); Roy McDougald (2006-present); Jacob Getto (TAMS student: 2006-present); Nesreen Alzoghoul (2007-present); Eunice Kimwaki (2007-present); Marie Eastlund (2007-present); Tim Onken (NSF-REU student, Summer 2007).

·         Postdoctoral fellows and visiting professors: Dr. Chi Yang (2004-present); Dr. Oussama Elbjeirami (2006-present); Prof. Hassan Rabaa (2005; 2006); Prof. Manal Rawashdeh-Omary (2001-2004); Prof. Bradley W. Smucker (2004).

 

FORMER MENTORS

·         Ph.D. Advisor  Howard H. Patterson, Professor of Chemistry, University of Maine, Tel.: (207) 581-1178, E-mail: howardp@maine.edu

·         Postdoctoral Advisor John P. Fackler, Jr., Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, Tel.: (979) 845-2835, E-mail: fackler@mail.chem.tamu.edu

 

COLLABORATORS SINCE 2001

Paul S. Bagus (U. North Texas); Alan L. Balch (U. California, Davis); Philip Coppens (SUNY-Buffalo); Thomas R. Cundari (U. North Texas); H. V. Rasika Dias (U. Texas, Arlington); Kim R. Dunbar (Texas A&M U.); François P. Gabbaï (Texas A&M U.); Bruce E. Gnade (U. Texas, Dallas); Zhibing Hu (U. North Texas); Moon J. Kim (U. Texas, Dallas); Arup Neogi (U. North Texas); Trent Selby (U. North Texas); Nigel D. Shepherd (U. North Texas); Bradley W. Smucker (Austin College); Angela K. Wilson (U. North Texas).



PUBLICATIONS

52. Elbjeirami, O.; Omary, M. A. “Photochemistry of Neutral Isonitrile Gold(I) Complexes: Modulation of Photoreactivity by Aurophilicity and p-Acceptance Ability”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, available online.  PDF

51. Arvapally, R. K.; Sinha, P.; Hettiarachchi, S. R.; Coker, N. L.; Bedel, C. E.; Patterson, H. H.; Elder, R. C.; Wilson, A. K.; Omary, M. A. “Photophysics of Bis(thiocyanato)gold(I) Complexes: Intriguing Structure-Luminescence Relationships”, J. Phys. Chem. C 2007, 111, 10689-10699.  PDF

50. Elbjeirami, O.; Burress, C. N.; Gabbaï, F. P.; Omary, M. A.Simultaneous External and Internal Heavy-Atom Effects in Binary Adducts of 1-Halonaphthalenes with Trinuclear Perfluoro-ortho-phenylene Mercury(II): A Structural and Photophysical Study”, J. Phys. Chem. C 2007, 111, 9522-9529.  PDF

49. Omary, M. A.; Colis, J. C. F.; Larochelle, C. L.; Patterson, H. H. “Optical Memory and Multi-step Luminescence Thermochromism in Single Crystals of K2Na[Ag(CN)2]3”, Inorg. Chem. 2007, 46, 3798-3800.   PDF

48. Elbjeirami, O.; Yockel, S.; Campana, C. F.; Wilson, A. K.; Omary, M. A. “Photophysics and Bonding in Neutral Gold(I) Organometallic Complexes with an Extended Aurophilic Supramolecular Structure”, Organometallics 2007, 26, 2550-2560.  PDF

47. Burress, C. N.; Bodine, M. I.; Elbjeirami, O.; Reibenspies, J. H.; Omary, M. A.; Gabbaï, F. P. “Enhancement of External Spin-Orbit Coupling Effects Caused by Metal-Metal Cooperativity”, Inorg. Chem. 2007, 46, 1388-1395. PDF

46. Yang, C.; Messerschmidt, M.; Coppens, C.; Omary, M. A. “Trinuclear Gold(I) Triazolates: A New Class of Wide-Band Phosphors and Sensors”, Inorg. Chem. 2006, 45, 6592-6594.  PDF

45. Barakat, K. A.; Cundari, T. R.; Rabaâ, H.; Omary, M. A. “Disproportionation of Gold(II) Complexes. A Density Functional Study of Ligand and Solvent Effects”, J. Phys. Chem. B 2006, 110, 14645-14651.  PDF

44. Grimes, T.; Omary, M. A.; Dias, H. V. R.; Cundari, T. R. “Intertrimer and Intratrimer Metallophilic and Excimeric Bonding in the Ground and Phosphorescent Excited States of Trinuclear Coinage Metal Pyrazolates: A Computational Study”, J. Phys. Chem. A 2006, 110, 5823-5830.  PDF

43. Chen, W. –H.; Reinheimer, E. W.; Dunbar, K. R.; Omary, M. A. “Coarse- and Fine-Tuning the Electronic Energies of Triimine Platinum (II) Square Planar Complexes”, Inorg. Chem. 2006, 45, 2770-2772. PDF

42. Sinha, P.; Wilson, A. K.; Omary, M. A. “Beyond a T-Shape”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127, 12488-12489.  PDF

41. Omary, M. A.; Rawashdeh-Omary, M. A.; Gonser, M. W. A.; Elbjeirami, O.; Grimes, T.; Cundari, T. R.; Diyabalanage, H, V. K.; Palehepitiya Gamage, C. S.; Dias, H. V. R. “Metal Effect on the Supramolecular Structure, Photophysics, and Acid/Base Character of Trinuclear Pyrazolato Coinage Metal Complexes”, Inorg. Chem. 2005, 44, 8200-8210. PDF JOURNAL COVER; URL:                       http://pubs.acs.org/journals/inocaj/covers/44/articleWindow.inocaj.111405.html

40. Burress, C.; Elbjeirami, O.; Omary, M. A.; Gabbaï, F. P. “Five-Order-of-Magnitude Reduction of the Triplet Lifetimes of N-Heterocycles by Complexation to a Trinuclear Mercury Complex”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127, 12166-12167.  PDF

39. Mohamed, A. A.; Rawashdeh-Omary, M. A.; Omary, M. A.; Fackler, J. P., Jr. “External heavy-atom effect of gold in a supramolecular acid-base p stack” Dalton Trans. 2005, 2597–2602.

38. Vorontsov, I. I.; Kovalevsky, A. Yu.; Chen, Y-S.; Graber, T.; Novozhilova, I. V.; Omary, M. A.; Coppens, P. “Shedding Light on the Structure of a Photo-induced Transient Excimer by Time-resolved Diffraction” Phys. Rev. Lett. 2005, 94, 193003/1–193003/4.

37. Dias, H. V. R.; Diyabalanage, H. V. K.; Eldabaja, M. G.; Elbjeirami, O.; Rawashdeh-Omary, M. A.; Omary, M. A. “Brightly Phosphorescent Trinuclear Copper(I) Complexes of Pyrazolates: Substituent Effects on the Supramolecular Structure and Photophysics”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127, 7489-7501.  PDF

36. Omary, M. A.; Sinha, P.; Bagus, P.S.; Wilson, A.K. “Electronic Structure of Mercury Oligomers and Exciplexes: Models for Long-range/Multi-center Bonding in Phosphorescent Transition Metal Compounds”, J. Phys. Chem. A 2005, 109, 690-702.   PDF

35. Omary, M. A.; Mohamed, A. A.; Rawashdeh-Omary, M. A.; Fackler, J. P., Jr. “Photophysics of Supramolecular Binary Stacks Consisting of Electron-rich Trinuclear Au(I) Complexes and Organic Electrophiles” Coord. Chem. Rev. 2005, 249, 1372-1381.

34. Elbjeirami, O.; Omary, M. A.; Stender, M.; Balch, A. L. “Anomalous structure-luminescence relationship in phosphorescent gold(I) isonitrile neutral complexes” Dalton Trans. 2004, 3173 - 3175.

33. Omary, M. A.; Rawashdeh-Omary, M. A.; Diyabalanage, H. V. K.; Dias, H. V. R. “Blue Phosphors of Dinuclear and Mononuclear Copper (I) and Silver(I) Complexes of 3,5-Bis(trifluoromethyl)pyrazolate and the Related Bis(pyrazolyl)borate” Inorg. Chem. 2003, 42, 8612-8614.  PDF

32. Hettiarachchi, S. R.; Patterson, H. H.; Omary, M. A. “"Write/Read/Erase" with Laser Irradiation of Dicyanoargentate(I) Doped and Pure CrystalsJ. Phys. Chem. B 2003, 107, 14249-14254.  PDF

31. Dunbar, K. R.; Schelter, E. J.; Palii, A. V.; Ostrovsky, S. M.; Mirovitskii, V. Y.; Hudson, J. M.; Omary, M. A.; Klokishner, S. I.; Tsukerblat, B. S. “Unusual Magnetic Behavior of Six-Coordinate, Mixed-Ligand Re(II) Complexes: Origin of a Strong Temperature Independent Paramagnetism” J. Phys. Chem. A 2003, 107, 11102-11111.  PDF

30. Barakat, K. A.; Cundari, T. R.; Omary, M. A. “Jahn-Teller Distortion in the Phosphorescent Excited State of Three-coordinate Au(I) Phosphine Complexes” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2003, 125, 14228-14229.  PDF

29. White-Morris, R. L.; Olmstead, M. M.; Balch, A. L.; Elbjeirami, O.; Omary, M. A. “Orange Luminescence and Structural Properties of Three Isostructural Halocyclohexylisonitrilegold(I) Complexes”, Inorg. Chem. 2003, 42, 6741-6748.  PDF

28. Dias, H. V. R.; Diyabalanage, H. V. K.; Rawashdeh-Omary, M. A.; Franzman, M. A.; Omary, M. A. “Bright Phosphorescence of a Trinuclear Copper (I) Complex: Luminescence Thermochromism, Solvatochromism, and “Concentration Luminochromism”” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2003, 125, 12072-12073. PDF HIGHLIGHTED IN THE ACS FEATURE JOURNAL “HEART CUT”; URL:      http://www.chemistry.org/portal/a/c/s/1/acsdisplay.html?DOC=heartcut%5carchive%5c111703_heartcut.html#4   

27. Maspero, A.; Kani, I.; Mohamed, A. A.; Omary, M. A.; Staples, R. J.; Fackler, J. P., Jr. "Syntheses and Structures of Dinuclear Gold(I) Dithiophosphonate Complexes and the Reaction of the Dithiophosphonate Complexes with Phosphines: Diverse Coordination Types", Inorg. Chem. 2003, 42, 5311-5319.  PDF

26. Smucker, B. W.; Hudson, J. M.; Omary, M. A.; Dunbar, K. R. “Structural, Magnetic, and Optoelectronic Properties of Diimine-dithiolato Pt(II) and Pd(II) Complexes and their Charge-Transfer Adducts with Nitrile Acceptors”, Inorg. Chem. 2003, 42, 4714-4723.  PDF

25. Omary, M. A.; Kassab, R. M.; Haneline, M. R.; Elbjeirami, O.; Gabbaï, F. P.; “Enhancement of the Phosphorescence of Organic Luminophores Upon Interaction with a Mercury Trifunctional Lewis Acid”, Inorg. Chem. 2003, 42, 2176-2178.  PDF

24. Assefa, Z.; Omary, M. A.; McBurnett, B. G.; Mohamed, A. A.; Patterson, H. H.; Staples, R. J.; Fackler, J. P., Jr. "Syntheses, Structure and Photoluminescence Properties of the 1-Dimensional Chain Compounds [(TPA)2Au][Au(CN)2] and (TPA)AuCl (TPA = 1,3,5-Triaza-7-phosphaadamantane)" Inorg. Chem. 2002, 41, 6274-6280.  PDF

23. Hettiarachchi,  S. R.; Rawashdeh-Omary, M. A.; Kanan, S. M.; Omary, M. A.; Patterson, H. H.; Tripp, C. P. “Spectroscopic Studies on “Exciplex Tuning” for Dicyanoaurate(I) Ions Doped in Potassium Chloride Crystals” J. Phys. Chem. B 2002, 106, 10058-10064.  PDF

22. Fischer, P.; Lucas, B.; Omary, M. A.; Larochelle, C. L.; Patterson, H. H. “Reversible Luminescence Thermochromism in Dipotassiumsodium Tris[dicyanoargentate(I)] and the Role of Structural Phase TransitionsJ. Solid State Chem. 2002, 168, 267-274.

21. Kani, I.; Omary, M. A.; Rawashdeh-Omary, M. A.; Lopez-Castillo, Z.; Flores, R.; Akgerman, A.; Fackler, J. P., Jr. Homogeneous catalysis in supercritical carbon dioxide with rhodium catalysts tethering fluoroacrylate polymer ligands”, Tetrahedron 2002, 58, 3923-3928.

20. Rawashdeh-Omary, M. A.; Omary, M. A.; Fackler, J. P., Jr. "Argento-aurophilic Bonding in Organosulfur Complexes.  The Molecular and Electronic Structures of the Heterobimetallic Complex AgAu(MTP)2" Inorg. Chim. Acta (special issue) 2002, 334, 376-384. INVITED ARTICLE.

19. Burini, A.; Fackler, J. P., Jr.; Galassi, R.; Macchioni, A.; Omary, M. A.; Rawashdeh-Omary, M. A.; Pietroni, B. R.; Sabatini, S.; Zuccaccia, C.  19F, 1H-HOESY and PGSE NMR Studies of Neutral Trinuclear Complexes of AuI and HgII: Evidence for Acid-Base Stacking in Solution”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2002, 124, 4570-4571.  PDF

18. Guzel, B.; Omary, M. A.; Fackler, J. P., Jr.; Akgerman, A. “Synthesis and Characterization of {[(COD)Rh(bis-(2R,3R)-2,5-diethylphospholanobenzene)] BARF} for Use in Homogeneous Catalysis in Supercritical Carbon Dioxide”, Inorg. Chim. Acta 2001, 325, 45–50.

17. Rawashdeh-Omary, M. A.; Omary, M. A.; Patterson, H. H.; Fackler, J. P., Jr. “Excited-State Interactions for [Au(CN)2-]n and [Ag(CN)2-]n Oligomers in Solution. Formation of Luminescent Gold-Gold Bonded Excimers and Exciplexes" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2001, 123, 11237-11247.  PDF

16. Rawashdeh-Omary, M. A.; Omary, M. A.; Fackler, J. P., Jr.; Galassi, R.; Pietroni, B. R.; Burini, A. “Chemistry and Optoelectronic Properties of Stacked Supramolecular Entities of Trinuclear Gold(I) Complexes Sandwiching Small Organic Acids" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2001, 123, 9689-9691. PDF

15. Omary. M. A.; Rawashdeh-Omary, M. A.; Chusuei, C. C.; Fackler, J. P., Jr.; Bagus, P. S. "Electronic Structure Studies of Six-atom Gold Clusters" J. Chem. Phys. 2001, 114, 10695-10701.

14. Burini, A.; Fackler, J.  P., Jr.; Galassi, R., Grant, T. A.; Omary, M. A.; Rawashdeh-Omary, M. A.; Pietroni, B. R.; Staples, R. J. “Supramolecular Chain Assemblies Formed by Interaction of a p Molecular Acid Complex of Mercury with p-Base Trinuclear Gold Complexes " J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2000, 122, 11264-11265.  PDF

13. Rawashdeh-Omary, M. A.; Omary, M. A.; Patterson, H. H. “Oligomerization of Au(CN)2- and Ag(CN)2- Ions in Solution via Ground-State Aurophilic and Argentophilic Bonding", J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2000, 122, 10371-10380PDF

12. Patterson, H. H.; Kanan, S. M.; Omary, M. A. “Luminescent Homoatomic Exciplexes in Dicyanoargenate(I) Ions Doped in Alkali Halide Crystals. “Exciplex Tuning” by Site–Selective Excitation and Variation of the Dopant Concentration”: Coord. Chem. Rev. 2000, 208, 227-241.

11. Burini, A.; Bravi, R.; Fackler, J. P., Jr.; Galassi, R.; Grant, T. A.; Omary. M. A.; Pietroni, B. R.; Staples, R. J. “Luminescent Chains Formed from Neutral, Triangular Gold Complexes Sandwiching Tl(I) and Ag(I)” Inorg. Chem. 2000, 39, 3158-3165.  PDF

10. Rawashdeh-Omary, M. A.; Omary, M. A.; Shankle, G. E.; Patterson, H. H. “Luminescence Thermochromism in Dicyanoargentate(I) Ions Doped in Alkali Halide Crystals”: J. Phys. Chem. B. 2000, 104, 6143-6151.  PDF

9. Kanan, S. M.; Omary, M. A.; Patterson, H. H., Matsuoka, M. Anpo, M.  "Characterization of the Excited States Responsible for the Action of Silver(I)-Doped ZSM-5 Zeolites as Photocatalysts for Nitric Oxide Decomposition": J. Phys. Chem. B. 2000, 104,  3507-3517.  PDF

8. Larochelle, C. L.; Omary, M. A.; Patterson, H. H.; Fischer, P.; Fauth, F.; Allenspach, P.; Lucas, B.; Pattison, P. “Optical, Synchroton X-Ray, and Neutron Diffraction Investigations of Structural Changes in the Layered Compound K2Na[Ag(CN)2]3”: Solid State Commun. 2000, 114, 155-160.

7. Omary, M. A.; Patterson, H. H., "Electronic Spectroscopy: Luminescence Theory": Encyclopedia of Spectroscopy & Spectrometry.  Academic Press, London, UK, 2000, pp. 1186-1207.

6. Omary, M. A.; Hall, D. R.; Shankle, G. E.; Siemiarczuck, A.; Patterson, H. H. Luminescent Homoatomic Exciplexes in Dicyanoargentate(I) Ions Doped in Alkali Halide Crystals:  2. "Exciplex Tuning" by Varying the Dopant Concentration” J. Phys. Chem. B. 1999, 103, 3845-3853.  PDF

5. Omary, M. A.; Patterson, H. H. “Luminescent Homoatomic Exciplexes in Dicyanoargentate(I) Ions Doped in Alkali Halide Crystals:  1. "Exciplex Tuning" by Site Selective Excitation” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1998, 120, 7696-7705. PDF

4. Omary, M. A.; Webb, T. R.; Assefa, Z.; Shankle, G. E.; Patterson, H. H. “Crystal Structure, Electronic Structure, and Temperature-Dependent Raman Spectra of Tl[Ag(CN)2]:  Evidence for Ligand-Unsupported Argentophilic Interactions” Inorg. Chem. 1998, 37, 1380-1386. PDF

3. Omary, M. A.; Patterson, H. H. “Temperature-Dependent Photoluminescence Properties of Tl[Ag(CN)2].  Formation of Luminescent Metal-Metal-Bonded Inorganic Exciplexes in the Solid StateInorg. Chem. 1998, 37, 1060-1066.  PDF

2. Omary, M. A.; Patterson, H. H.; Shankle, G. “Photoluminescence and Electronic Structure Studies to Probe Metal-Metal Interactions in Thallium Dicyanoargenate (I): A New Low Dimensional Solid State Class”: Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 1996, 284, 399-409.

1. Al-Abdallah, M. M.; Omary, M. A. “Anodic behavior of cobalt in methanol-, ethanol- and acetonitrile-water in the presence of hydrochloric acid and sodium perchlorate”:  Anticorrosion Methods Mater. 1990, 37, 4-5.


INVITED TALKS

34. Illuminating Molecules, “Phosphorescent OLEDs and PLEDs Based on d10 Molecular Materials”, An international symposium during the 39th Central Regional American Chemical Society Meeting, Covington, Kentucky, May 20-23, 2007, CRM-491.

33. Nanomaterials Application Center - Nanotechnology Colloquium Series, "Molecular Metal-Organic Materials Made Smart for Energy-Saving Applications", April 16, 2007.

32. University of Texas at Austin, “Brightly-Phosphorescent and Strongly-Absorbing Coinage Metal Complexes: Fundamentals and Potential Applications for Light-Emitting Diodes and Solar Energy Conversion”, November 8, 2006.

31. Symposium on Chemical Utilization of Solar Energy, “Polyimine d8 donor complexes and adducts with organic acceptors for optoelectronic applications”, 62nd Southwest Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Houston Westchase Marriott Hotel, Houston, Texas, October 20-21, 2006.

30. Jordan University of Science and Technology, “Brightly-Phosphorescent and Strongly-Absorbing Coinage Metal Complexes: Fundamentals and Potential Applications for Light-Emitting Diodes and Solar Energy Conversion”, Irbid, Jordan, July 18, 2006.

29. Jordan University, “Brightly-Phosphorescent and Strongly-Absorbing Coinage Metal Complexes: Fundamentals and Potential Applications for Light-Emitting Diodes and Solar Energy Conversion”, Amman, Jordan, July 13, 2006.

28. Yarmouk University, “Brightly-Phosphorescent and Strongly-Absorbing Coinage Metal Complexes: Fundamentals and Potential Applications for Light-Emitting Diodes and Solar Energy Conversion”, Irbid, Jordan, July 10, 2006.

27. 17th Inter-American Photochemical Society Meeting, “Bright, Tunable Coinage Metal Phosphors”, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, June 12, 2006. AWARD TALK (2006 I-APS Young Investigator Award).

26. Georgia Institute of Technology - Cherry Emerson Seminar Series, “Brightly-Phosphorescent and Strongly-Absorbing Coinage Metal Complexes: Fundamentals and Potential Applications for Light-Emitting Diodes and Solar Energy Conversion”, Atlanta, Georgia, February 21, 2006.

25. JSPS–UNT Joint International Symposium on Nanoscale Materials for Optoelectronics and Biotechnology, “Fundamental and Applied Photonic Studies of Phosphorescent Small- and Macro-Molecules”, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas, February 1-2, 2006.

24. Oklahoma State University, “Brightly-Phosphorescent and Strongly-Absorbing Materials: Fundamentals and Potential Applications for Light-Emitting Diodes and Solar Energy Conversion”, Stillwater, Oklahoma, October 6, 2005.

23. Naval Research Laboratory, “Photonic Processes in Small and Macromolecules”, Optical Sciences Division, Washington, D.C., August 30, 2005.

22. International Symposium on Excited State Processes in Electronic and Bio Nanomaterials, "Custom-making Phosphors for Solid-State Lighting via Photoinduced Jahn-Teller Distortions, Heavy-atom Effect, and Energy Transfer", Los Alamos National Laboratory, Santa Fe, New Mexico, August 8-11 2005.

21. 16th International Symposium on the Photochemistry and Photophysics of Coordination Compounds, “Photonic Processes in Closed-Shell and Lanthanide Complexes in Macromolecules”, Pacific Grove, California, July 2-6, 2005.

20. University at Buffalo, SUNY, “Fascination with Light: Simultaneous Advances in Fundamental and Applied Research Involving Phosphorescent Complexes”, March 5, 2005.

19. University of North Texas, “Fascination with Light: Simultaneous Advances in Fundamental and Applied Research Involving Excited Transient Species”, February 4, 2005.

18. University of Texas at Dallas, “Phosphorescent Transition Metal Complexes for Light-Emitting, Light-Harvesting, and Sensing Applications”, November 17, 2004.

17. University of Nevada-Reno, “Phosphorescent Transition Metal Complexes for Light-Emitting and Light-Harvesting Applications”, November 5, 2004.

16. The Ohio State University, “Fundamental and Applied Areas in the Investigation of Phosphorescent Materials Containing Heavy Metals”, October 20, 2004.

15. University of Cincinnati, “Phosphorescent d10 and d8 Complexes: Fundamentals and Potential Optoelectronic Applications”, October 19, 2004.

14. University of California, Santa Barbara, “Phosphorescent d10 and d8 Complexes: Fundamentals and Potential Optoelectronic Applications”, October 13, 2004.

13. California Institute of Technology, “Phosphorescent d10 and d8 Complexes: Fundamentals and Potential Optoelectronic Applications”, October 11, 2004.

12. University of California, San Diego, “Phosphorescent d10 and d8 Complexes: Fundamentals and Potential Optoelectronic Applications”, October 8, 2004.

11. University of California, Los Angeles, “Fundamental and Applied Research Involving Phosphorescent d10 and d8 Complexes”, October 6, 2004.

10. University of Southern California, “Phosphorescent d10 and d8 Complexes: Fundamentals and Potential Optoelectronic Applications”, October 5, 2004.

9. Baylor University, “Tuning the Emission and Absorption Properties of Metal Complexes for Use in Light-Emitting and -Harvesting Applications”, September 3, 2004.

8. Hashimite University, “Phosphorescent Metal Complexes for Light-Emitting and Light-Harvesting Devices”, September 3, 2004.

7. Southeastern Louisiana State University “The Amazing 21st Century Chemistry of Silver Nitrate!”, March 19, 2004.

6. Louisiana State University “Questioning the Dogmas in the Literature of Inorganic Spectroscopy”, March 16, 2004.

5. University of Texas at San Antonio “Huge Excited-State Distortions via the Jahn-Teller Effect and Photo-induced Metal-Metal Bonding”, March 8, 2004.

4. Angelo State University, ““Research for the Classroom”: Two Success Stories”, February 23, 2004.

3. Wichita State University, “Systematic Design of Brightly Phosphorescent Materials for Photonic Devices and of Strong-Absorbing Materials for Solar Cell Devices”, December 16, 2003.

2. The University of Texas at Arlington, "Unusually Remarkable Luminescence and Absorption Properties of Gold(I) and Platinum(II) Complexes", August 30, 2002.

1. Lyon College, “Luminescent Materials of Closed-Shell Complexes: Scientific Fun and Optoelectronic Applications”, March 12, 2002.

 SCHOLARLY PRESENTATIONS IN PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS

110. Omary, M. A.Phosphorescent OLEDs and PLEDs Based on d10 Molecular Materials”, “Illuminating Molecules” Symposium, 39th Central Regional American Chemical Society Meeting, Covington, Kentucky, May 20-23, 2007, CRM-491.

109. Smucker, B. W.; Batrice, R. J.; Chen, W. –H.; Menke, J. L.; Omary, M. A.Tuning the electronic energies of novel m-benzenedithiol-bis(triimineplatinum(II)) complexes”, 233rd ACS National Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, March 25-29, 2007, INOR-715.

108. Omary, M. A. “Polyimine d8 donor complexes and adducts with organic acceptors for optoelectronic applications”, Symposium on Chemical Utilization of Solar Energy, 62nd Southwest Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Houston Westchase Marriott Hotel, Houston, Texas, October 20-21, 2006, SRM-732.

107. Batrice, R. J.; Menke, J. L.; Chen, W. –H.; Omary, M. A.; Smucker, B. W. “Syntheses and characterization of novel µ-benzenedithiol bis(triimineplatinum(II)) complexes”, 62nd Southwest Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Houston Westchase Marriott Hotel, Houston, Texas, October 20-21, 2006, SRM-301.

106. Omary, M. A. “Fast phosphors of coinage metal complexes: From small molecules to soft materials” 232nd ACS National Meeting, San Francisco, California, September 10-14, 2006, INOR-933.

105. Yang, C.; Omary, M. A. “Trinuclear d10 metallomacrocycles of triazolates: A new class of fast phosphors and sensors” 232nd ACS National Meeting, San Francisco, California, September 10-14, 2006, INOR-930.

104. Sinha, P.; Kosuri, D.; Shepherd, N. D.; Wilson, A. K.; Omary, M. A. “Photophysics of three-coordinate Au(I) complexes: Fundamentals and applications in molecular light-emitting diodes” 232nd ACS National Meeting, San Francisco, California, September 10-14, 2006, INOR-927.

103. Tekarli, S. M.; Cundari, T. R.; Omary, M. A. “A rational design of metallomacrocyclic complexes with superior p acidity and bacisity vs. organic counterparts: Inorganic rules!” 232nd ACS National Meeting, San Francisco, California, September 10-14, 2006, INOR-645.

102. Marpu, S.; Cai, T.; Sinha, P.; Hu, Z.; Omary, M. A. “Phosphorescent hydrogels” 232nd ACS National Meeting, San Francisco, California, September 10-14, 2006, INOR-309.

101. Elbjeirami, O.; Omary, M. A. “Photophysics and photochemistry of neutral isonitrile and carbonyl gold(I) complexes” 232nd ACS National Meeting, San Francisco, California, September 10-14, 2006, INOR-064.

100. Burress, C.; Omary, M. A.; Elbjeirami, O.; Gabbai, F. P. “Cooperativity and heavy-atom effects in phosphorescent supramolecular materials containing [o-C6F4Hg]3 232nd ACS National Meeting, San Francisco, California, September 10-14, 2006, INOR-029.

99. Omary, M. A. “Bright, Tunable Coinage Metal Phosphors”, 17th Inter-American Photochemical Society Meeting, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, June 12, 2006. AWARD TALK (2006 I-APS Young Investigator Award)

98. Yockel, S.; Elbjeirami, O.; Wilson, A. K.; Omary, M. A. “The relationship between structure and luminescens of Au(CO)Cl”, 231st ACS National Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, March 26-30, 2006, PHYS-451.

97. Burress, C. N.; Elbjeirami, O.; Omary, M. A.; Gabbaï, F. P. “Five-order of magnitude reduction of the triplet lifetimes of N-heterocycles by complexation to perfluoro-ortho-phenylene mercury”, 231st ACS National Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, March 26-30, 2006, INOR-042.

96. Grimes, T. V.; Cundari, T. R.; Omary, M. A. “Modeling of d10 coinage-metal complex excited states”, 231st ACS National Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, March 26-30, 2006, COMP-261.

95. Jenkins, D. M.; Arvapally, R. K.; Yang, C.; Omary, M. A. “Solvent and concentration effects upon the luminescence of [4-(4,6-Dichloro-[1,3,5]triazin-2-yl)-phenyl]-diphenyl-amine”, 231st ACS National Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, March 26-30, 2006, CHED-944.

94. Jenkins, D. M.; Randle, K.; Wilson, B.; Hudson, J. M.; Omary, M. A. “In search of a 3-coordinate silver (I) complex with Ag-centered phosphorescence”, 231st ACS National Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, March 26-30, 2006, CHED-913.

93. Omary, M. A. “Fundamental and Applied Photonic Studies of Phosphorescent Small- and Macro-Molecules”, JSPS–UNT Joint International Symposium on Nanoscale Materials for Optoelectronics and Biotechnology, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas, February 1-2, 2006.

92. Omary, M. A. “Dramatic phosphorescence tuning by multi-faceted strategies”, 230th ACS National Meeting, Washington, D.C., August 28-Sept. 1, 2005, INOR 226.

91. Omary, M. A.; Yang, C. “Macromolecular photophysics in lanthanide and closed-shell transition-metal complexes”, 230th ACS National Meeting, Washington, D.C., August 28-Sept. 1, 2005, INOR 541.

90. Patterson, H. H.; Colis, J. C. F.; Richards, C.;  Omary, M. A. “Optical memory of single crystals of dicyanoargentate(I)”, 230th ACS National Meeting, Washington, D.C., August 28-Sept. 1, 2005, INOR 227.

89. Determan, J.; Yockel, S.; Grimes, T.; Omary, M. A.; Bagus, P. S.; Cundari, T. R.; Wilson, A. K. “Transition metal chemistry: Towards accurate energetic description”, 230th ACS National Meeting, Washington, D.C., August 28-Sept. 1, 2005, PHYS 8.

88. Omary, M. A. "Custom-making Phosphors for Solid-State Lighting via Photoinduced Jahn-Teller Distortions, Heavy-atom Effect, and Energy Transfer", International Symposium on Excited State Processes in Electronic and Bio Nanomaterials, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Santa Fe, New Mexico, August 8-11 2005. FEATURED INVITED SPEAKER (see:    http://cnls.lanl.gov/~esp/esp2005.html).

87. Omary, M. A. “Photonic Processes in Closed-Shell and Lanthanide Complexes in Macromolecules”, 16th International Symposium on the Photochemistry and Photophysics of Coordination Compounds, Pacific Grove, California, July 2-6, 2005. FEATURED INVITED SPEAKER (see:    http://www.scu.edu/chemistry/isppcc16/circular.pdf).

86. Yang, C.; Omary, M. A. “Photonic Processes in Closed-Shell and Lanthanide Complexes in Macromolecules”, 16th International Symposium on the Photochemistry and Photophysics of Coordination Compounds, Pacific Grove, California, July 2-6, 2005.

85. Omary, M. A.; Elbjeirami, O.; Larkin, S.; Bruce, M. R. M. Bruce, A. E. “Genuine Role of Aurophilic Bonding on Luminescence and Meosgenic Properties of “Simple” Isonitrile Complexes”, 9th International Symposium on Metallomesogens, Lake Arrowhead, California, May 31 to June 3, 2005.

84. Larkin, S.; Bruce, A. E.; Bruce, M. R. M.; Makarov, M. V.; Lemenosvsii, D. A.; Dyadchenko, V. P.; Elbjeirami, O.; Omary, M. A.Structural and Meosgenic Properties of Gold(I) Thiolate and Isocyanide Complexes”, 9th International Symposium on Metallomesogens, Lake Arrowhead, California, May 31 to June 3, 2005.

83. Burress, C. N.; Gabbai, F. P.; Elbjeirami, O.; Omary, M. A. “Heavy atom-induced phosphorescence of organic materials using trimeric perfluoro-ortho-triphenylene”, 229th ACS National Meeting, San Diego, California, March 13-17, 2005, INOR-941.

82. Hudson, J. M.; Omary, M. A.; Reinheimer, E. W.; Dunbar, K. R. “Electronic spectroscopy of d8 (diimmine)(dithiolate) complexes and their potential use as solar cell dyes”, 229th ACS National Meeting, San Diego, California, March 13-17, 2005, INOR-836.

81. Elbjeirami, O.; Omary, M. A.; Yockel, S.; Wilson, A. K. “Structure-luminescence relationship of neutral LAuX complexes (L=CO or RNC; X=halide)” 229th ACS National Meeting, San Diego, California, March 13-17, 2005, INOR-730.

80. Guo, Z.; Rawashdeh-Omary, M. A.; Omary, M. A.; Patterson, H. H. “Oligomerization, exciplex tuning, and energy transfer in dicyano complexes of Ag(I) and Au(I)” 229th ACS National Meeting, San Diego, California, March 13-17, 2005,     INOR-499.

79. Elbjeirami, O.; Burress, C. N.; Hogue, S. E.; Haneline, M. R.; Gabba