Curriculum Vitae

Christopher L. Cahill

February 2004

 

Positions Held

 

George Washington University

Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry

 July 2000 to present.

 

Carnegie Institute of  Washington, Geophysical Laboratory

Visiting Investigator, July 2000 to present.

 

University of Notre Dame: Post-Doctoral Research Associate in the Environmental Mineralogy and Crystallography Group within the Department of Civil Engineering and Geological Sciences.  June 1999 to July 2000.

 

State University of New York

University at Stony Brook

Research Assistant, 1994-1999

Teaching Assistant, 1997

 

Arizona State University

Teaching Assistantship, 1993-1994.

 

 

Education

 

State University of New York

University at Stony Brook

Ph.D. Chemistry, May 1999; Dissertation Title: Synthesis and Time-Resolved Structural Characterization of Framework and Mineral Sulfides.

Advisor: John B. Parise

 

Arizona State University

Department of Chemistry

Tempe, Arizona 1993-1994.

 

State University of New York

College at Fredonia

B.S. (cum laude) Chemistry and Geochemistry, 1993.

 

Scholarships and awards

Faculty

            NSF-CAREER Award February, 2004

            Junior Scholar Incentive Award February 2003

            Columbian College of Arts and Sciences May 2003

            The George Washington University

 

Graduate:

Research Grant in Crystallography

Edward H. Kraus Crystallographic Research Fund

Mineralogical Society of America, 1999

 

Sigma Xi Excellence in Research Award, May 1998

 

Graduate Student Travel Grant

American Crystallographic Association, May 1998

 

Graduate Student Travel Award

Sigma Xi, 1997, 1998

 

Excellence in Graduate Activities Award

Graduate Student Organization, SUNY-SB, 1997,1998

 

Full Tuition Scholarship

ACA/IUCr Summer Course in Crystallography, 1996

 

Graduate Student Travel Award

National Science Foundation, 1995.

 

 

Undergraduate:

 

State University of New York

College at Fredonia-Department of Geosciences

Textbook Scholarship, 1990-1993.

 

Sigma Xi Undergraduate Research Award, 1992.

 

Professional Affiliations

 

·        Sigma Xi (President, GWU Chapter)

·        Mineralogical Society of America

·        American Crystallographic Association

·        American Chemical Society

·        Materials Research Society

           

 

 

 

 

Publications (peer reviewed)

 

L.A. Borkowski and C.L. Cahill(2004) A novel uranium-containing coordination polymer: poly[[aqua(benzene-1,3,5-tricarboxylato)dioxouranium(VI)] monohydrate]. Acta Crystallographica, Section E: Structure Reports Online, E60, m198-m200.

 

L.A. Borkowski and C.L. Cahill(2003) Poly[diaquabis(3-pyridylpropionato)copper(II)]. Acta Crystallographica, Section E: Structure Reports Online, 59(12), m1127-m1128.

 

L.A. Borkowski and C.L. Cahill (2003) Topological evolution in U-dicarboxylates: Synthesis and structures of UO2(C6H8O4).2H2O and UO2(C6H8O4). Inorganic Chemistry, 42, 7041-7045.

 

S. A. Morrison, C.L. Cahill, E.E. Carpenter, S. Calvin and V.G. Harris (2003) Preparation and characterization of MnZn-ferrite nanoparticles using reverse micelles. J. Applied Physics, 93, 7489-7491.

 

X. Song, C. Cahill and G. Eng (2003)Triorganotin 2-(p-chlorophenyl)-3-methylbutyrates. Applied Organometallic Chemistry, 17, 743-744.

 

S.V. Krivovichev, C.L. Cahill and P.C. Burns (2003) A Novel Open Framework Uranyl Molybdate: Synthesis and Structure of (NH4)4[(UO2)5(MoO4)7](H2O)5. Inorganic Chemistry, 42, 2459-2464.

 

J. E. Post, P. J. Heaney, C. L. Cahill  and L. W. Finger (2003) Woodruffite: A New Mn Oxide Structure with Very Large Tunnels. American Mineralogist, 88, 1697-1702.

 

X. Song, C.L. Cahill, G. Eng (2002)  The Crystal Structure tricyclohexyltin

4-hydroxylbenzoate. Main Group Metal Chemistry, 25, 703-704.

 

R. E. Glatz, Y. Li, K. A. Hughes, C L. Cahill and P C. Burns (2002) Synthesis and structure of a new Ca uranyl oxide hydrate, Ca[(UO2)4O3(OH)4](H2O)2, and its relationship to becquerelite. Can. Mineral., 40, 217-224.

 

F. Mancini, G.E. Harlow and C.L Cahill (2002) The crystal structure and cation ordering of Phase-X- (K1-x)2(Mg1-n[Al,Cr]n)2Si2O7H2(x-n): A potential K- and H- bearing phase in the mantle. American Mineralogist,  87(2-3),  302-306.

 

X. Song, C.L. Cahill, G. Eng (2002)  Crystal Structure of Triphenyltin 4-methoxybenzoate. Main Group Metal Chemistry, 25, 177-178.

 

Krivovichev, S.V., Cahill, C.L., and Burns, P.C. (2002) Syntheses and crystal structures of two topologically related modifications of Cs2[(UO2)2(MoO4)3]. Inorganic Chemistry, 41, 34-39.

 

X. Song, C.L. Cahill, G. Eng (2002) The crystal structure of tricyclohexyltin N-N-butyl dithocarbamate. Main Group Metal Chemistry, 25, 13-14.

 

P.R. Bartholemew, F. Mancini, C.L. Cahill and G.E. Harlow(2002) Zoltiite, Ba1.05V11.75Ti1.31Fe0.49Cr0.34Mg0.03Al0.02Si2.06O27, A New Barium-Vanadium Orthosilicate Mineral from British Columbia: Description and Crystal structure. Submitted to American Mineralogist.

 

F. Mancini, G.E. Harlow and C.L Cahill (2001) Crystal structure of potassium magnesio-disilicate hydroxide, (K0.65)2(Mg0.95Al0.03Cr0.02)2Si2O6.40(OH)0.60, Zeitsch. fur Krist., NCS 216, 189-190.

 

Cahill, C.L. and Burns, P.C. (2001) Building Unit and Topological Evolution in the Hydrothermal DABCO-U-F system. Inorganic Chemistry, 40, 1347-1351.

 

Li, Y., Cahill, C. L. and Burns, P.C. (2001) Synthesis and Structural Characterization and Topological Re-arrangement of a Novel Open Framework U-O Material: (NH4)3(H2O)2{[(UO2)10O10(OH)][(UO4)(H2O)2]}. Chemistry of Materials, 13, 4026-4031.

 

Cahill, C.L., Krivovichev, S.V., Burns, P.C., Bekenova, G.K. and Shabanova, T.A. (2001) the crystal structure of mitryaevaite, Al5(PO4)2[(P,S)O3(OH,O)]2F2(OH)2(H2O)8] •6.48H2O, determined from a microcrystal using synchrotron radiation. Canadian Mineralogist, 39, 179-186.

 

Ghosh, S., Lei, X., Cahill, C.L. and Fehlner, T. P. (2000) Symmetrical Scission of the Coordinated Tetraborane in [(Cp*ReH2)2B4H4] on CO Addition and Reassociation of the Coordinated Diboranes on H2 Loss. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.,  39, 2900-2902.

 

Cahill, C.L. and Burns, P.C. (2000) The structure of agrinierite: a Sr-containing uranyl oxide hydrate mineral.  American Mineralogist, 85, 1294-1297.

 

Parise, J.B., Cahill, C.L., and Lee, Y. (2000) Dynamic crystallography at synchrotron sources.  Invited contribution to Canadian Mineralogist, 38, No. 4, 777-800.

 

Cahill, C.L., Benning, L.G., Parise, J.B. and Barnes, H.L. (2000) In situ, time-resolved X-ray diffraction of iron sulfides during hydrothermal pyrite growth. Invited contribution to Chemical Geology for the Special Issue on Direct Observation and Measurement of Hydrothermal Reactions, 167, 53-63.

 

Cahill, C.L. and Parise, J.B. (2000) On the formation of framework indium sulfides.  Journal of the Chemical Society, Dalton Transactions, 9, 1475-1482.

 

Tripathi, A.; Young, V. J.; Johnson, G. M.; Cahill, C.L.; and Parise, J.B. (1999) [N(CH3)4]4Ge9O26H12.14H2O; Acta Cryst.,  C55, 496-499.

 

Cahill, C.L.; Gugliotta, B.; and Parise, J.B. (1998) A novel layered indium-sulfide material consisting of corner and edge shared InS4 tetrahedra: synthesis and structural characterization of DPA-InS-SB3, J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 16, 1715-1716.

 

Cahill, C.L.; Ko, Y.; Hanson, J.C.; Tan, K.; and Parise, J.B. Structure of microporous QUI-MnGS-1 and in situ studies of its formation using time-resolved synchrotron X-ray powder diffraction, Chem. Mater., 1998, 10, 1453-1458.

 

Norby, P; Cahill, C.L.; Koleda, C., and Parise, J. B., A reaction cell for in situ studies of hydrothermal titration, J. Appl. Cryst., 1998, 31, 481-483.

 

Cahill, C.L.; Ko, Y.; and Parise, J.B. A novel 3-dimensional open framework sulfide based on the [In10S20]10- Supertetrahedron, Chem. Mater., 1998, 10, 19-21.

 

Cahill, C. L.; Parise, J.B. The synthesis and structure of MnGe4S10.(C6H14N2).3H20:

A novel sulfide framework analogous to zeolite-ABW, Chem. Mater., 1997, 9, 807-811.

 

Cahill, C. L.; Tan, K.; Novoseller, R.; Parise, J.B. Synthesis and structural characterization of [Ni12(S2)6S8]3-: a novel Ni-S cluster with a distorted cuboctahedral core. J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun. 1996, 1667.

 

Ko, Y.; Cahill, C.; Parise, J. B. Novel Layered Sulfides of Tin: Synthesis and Structural

Characterization of Cs4Sn5S12.2H2O and Sn5S12(N2C4H11)2(N4C10H24). J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun. 1994, 69-71.

 

Publications (not peer reviewed)

 

Wolf, A., Rakovan, J. and Cahill, C.L. (2003) Ferroaxinite from Lime Crest Quarry, Sparta, New Jersey. Rocks and Minerals. 78, 252-256.

 

Book Reviews

 

The Physics and Chemistry of Materials by Joel I. Gersten & Frederick W. Smith,

Wiley-Interscience, New York. Appears in J. Chem. Ed., 80, April 2003.

 

 

Invited Talks:

 

C. L. Cahill, L. G. Benning, S. V. Krivovichev, P. C. Burns and J.B. Parise (2002)

MINERALOGICAL MUSEUMS: IV International Symposium on the History of Natural History Museums, Mineralogy, Gemology, Crystal Chemistry and Crystallogenesis” in St. Petersburg Russia, June 24-28, 2002.

 

C. L. Cahill, L. G. Benning, S. V. Krivovichev, P. C. Burns and J.B. Parise (2001) Mineralogy at Synchrotron X-Ray Sources: In-situ and Microcrystallography Techniques. Presented at the International Conference Crystallogenesis and Mineralogy, St. Petersburg, Russia.- Cancelled due to September 11.

 

Cahill, C.L., Parise, J.B. and Hanson, J.C. (1998) Combining in situ Synchrotron Powder and Micro-Crystal Diffraction: A More Complete Picture. Section title: Use of Neutrons and Synchrotron X-rays for Small Molecule Crystallography. Annual Meeting of the American Crystallographic Association, Arlington, VA USA.

 

 

Refereed Conference Proceedings

 

S. A. Morrison, C. L. Cahill, E. E. Carpenter, S. Calvin, and V. G. Harris (2003) Preparation and Characterization of MnZn-Ferrite Nanoparticles using Reverse Micelles. Journal of Applied Physics (in press).

 

Cahill, C.L., Benning, L.G., Clark, S.M. and Parise, J.B. (1999) In situ X-ray diffraction of troilite under reduced, anoxic hydrothermal conditions. In Ninth Annual V.M. Goldschmidt Conference, p.47. LPI Contribution No. 971, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston.

 

Benning, L.G., Cahill, C.L., Clark, S.M., Barnes, H.L. and Parise, J.B. (1999) Mackinawite stability at high temperatures. In Ninth Annual V.M. Goldschmidt Conference, p.24-25. LPI Contribution No. 971, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston.

 

Lee, Y., Cahill, C.L., Hanson, J. C., Parise, J. B., Carr, S.W., Myrick, M. L., Preckwinkel, U. V., and Phillips, J.C. (1998) Characterization of K+ ion-exchange into Na-LSX using time resolved synchrotron X-ray diffraction and Rietveld refinement, Proceedings of the 12th International Zeolite Conference, Baltimore, MD USA.

 

Cahill, C.L. Benning, L.G., Norby, P., Clark, S.M., Schoonen, M.A.A. and

Parise, J.B., (1998). In situ X-ray diffraction apparatus and its application

to hydrothermal reactions of iron sulfide growth and phase transformations.

Min. Mag., Vol. 62A, 267-268. Presented at Eighth Annual Goldschmidt Conference, Toulouse France.

 

Parise, J. B.; Tan, K.; Norby, P.; Ko, Y.; Cahill, C. L. Examples of hydrothermal titration and real time X-ray Diffraction in the synthesis of open frameworks, Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc., Vol 453, 1997.

 

 

General Presentations:

 

 

Cahill, C. L.; Borkowski, L. A.; Frisch, M.; Gunning, N. "Design of novel organic/f-metal hybrid materials: homo- and heteronuclear frameworks" Abstracts of Papers, 226th ACS National Meeting, New York, NY, United States, September 7-11, 2003, INOR-677.

 

Borkowski, L. A.; Cahill, C. L. "Novel lanthanide-organic frameworks: Synthesis, structure and thermal properties of two Nd-adipates" Abstracts of Papers, 226th ACS National Meeting, New York, NY, United States, September 7-11, 2003, INOR-220.

 

Cahill, C. L.; Danek, J. "Hydrothermal synthesis of Zn0.5[(U5+)2-x(U6+)x(UO2)4(OH)2(H2O)4-x(O8+x)].3.2H2O via organic-template oxidation: crystallographic evidence for U5+" Abstracts of Papers, 226th ACS National Meeting, New York, NY, United States, September 7-11, 2003, INOR-219.

 

Cahill, C. L. “Design of novel organic/f-metal hybrid materials: homo- and heteronuclear frameworks.” Poster presentation at the Inorganic Chemistry Gordon Conference, June 2003.

 

L.G. Benning and C.L. Cahill (2003) The nucleation and growth of hexagonal pyrrhotite in hydrothermal solutions.  Abstracts of Papers, 225th ACS National Meeting, New Orleans, LA, United States, March 23-27, 2003,  GEOC-010.

 

C.L. Cahill, N. Schnor, J. Danek and L.A. Borkowski (2002) Novel Uranyl Molybdate-Triazolates and their Relationship to Mineral Structures. Oral presentation at the Materials Research Society, Boston, Fall Meeting.

 

C.L. Cahill (2002) Open-Structured Actinide Compounds by Design: A Chemist's Interest in Mineralogy, Departmental Seminar, University of Missouri-St. Louis.

 

C.L. Cahill, A. Budzianowski, and P. Dera (2002) High-Pressure Behavior of U-O-H Materials via Single-Crystal X-ray Diffraction, Poster presentation at American Geophysical Union, Spring Meeting, Washington, DC.

 

Cahill, C.L. (2002) “Hydrothermal Synthesis of Framework Uranyl Molybdates and Oxyfluorides: A Chemist’s Interest in Mineralogy” Oral presentation at the 1352nd Meeting of the Geological Society of Washington.

 

Song, X., Eng, G. and Cahill, C.L. (2002) “Synthesis and Structures of Some Triorganotin 2-(p-chlorophenyl)-3-methylbutyrates.”  224th ACS National Meeting, Boston, MA, United States, August 18-22, 2002, INOR-274.

 

Song, X., Eng, G. and Cahill, C.L. (2002) “Structural investigations of some triorganotin 4-substituted benzoates.” 223rd ACS National Meeting, Orlando, FL, United States, April 7-11, 2002, INOR-095.

 

Bartholomew, P.R. Mancini, F., Harlow, G.E. and Cahill, C.L. (2001) A new barium vanadium "orthosilicate" mineral from British Columbia. Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Boston, MA USA.

 

Cahill, C.L.; Krivovichev, S.V; Burns, P.C., (2000) Novel open-framework uranyl molybdates.  Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, 220: 463-INOR.

 

Cahill, C.L.; Krivovichev, S.V; Burns, P.C.; Bekenova, G.K. and Shabanova, T.A. (2000) The crystal structure of mitryaevaite, Al5(PO4)2[H((P,S)O4)2]F2(OH)2(H2O)8]6.58H2O

as determined from a microcrystal via synchrotron radiation. Oral presentation at the American Geophysical Union Annual Spring Meeting. Washington, DC.

 

Cahill, C.L. and Burns, P.C. (1999) The Structure of Agrinierite: a K-Ca-Sr uranyl oxide hydrate sheet of the a-U3O8 type. Oral presentation at the Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Denver CO USA.

 

Cahill, C.L., Benning, C.L., Clark, S.M. and Parise, J.B. (1999) In situ XRD of Troilite under anoxic, reduced hydrothermal conditions. Poster presentation at: Mineralogy at the Millennium: A Workshop in Honor of Charles Prewitt and Larry Finger, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington, DC USA.

 

Cahill, C.L. and Parise, J.B. (1998) Structural Diversity within Framework Indium Sulfides.  Second Meeting of the Northeast Corridor Zeolite Association, Wilmington, DE USA.

 

Parise, J.B., Cahill, C.L. and Chen, J., (1998) Rietveld refinement using time resolved data. Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, 215: 382-INOR.

 

Cahill, C.L., Gugliotta, B.G., and Parise, J.B. (1998) Time Resolved, in situ X-ray Diffraction Studies of the Formation and Stability of Open-Framework Indium Sulfide Materials. 12th International Zeolite Conference, Baltimore MD USA.

 

Cahill, C.L., Benning, L.G., Gugliotta, B.G., and Parise, J.B. (1998) Time Resolved, in situ X-ray Diffraction Studies of the Formation of Open-Framework and Mineral Sulfide Materials.  National Synchrotron Light Source Annual Users Meeting; Workshop on Powder Diffraction, Brookhaven, NY USA

 

Cahill, C. L., Norby, P., Ko, Y.,  Lee, Y.,  Koleda, C. and Parise, J.B. (1997) A reaction cell for in-situ studies of hydrothermal titration. Gordon Conference on Zeolitic and Layered Materials, Plymouth, NH USA.

 

Cahill, C.L. and Parise, J.B. (1997) Hydrothermal growth of Indium Sulfides as studied via Real Time in situ X-ray Diffraction.  First Meeting of the Northeast Corridor Zeolite Association, Philadelphia, PA USA.

 

Cahill, C.L., Gugliotta, B.G. and Parise, J.B. (1997) Novel Open-Framework Indium Sulfides.  First Meeting of the Northeast Corridor Zeolite Association, Philadelphia, PA USA.

 

Cahill, C. L., Tan, K., Ko, Y. and Parise, J.B. (1995) Synthesis and Structural Characterization of Framework Sulfides: An Application of Imaging Plate Technology.  NATO Advanced Study Institute: New Trends in Materials Chemistry. Lucca, Italy.