Jessica Smeltz
3rd Year
B.S. Chemistry, 2008
Millersville University of Pennsylvania

Education

2008-Present
Chemistry Graduate Student, North Carolina State University

2004-2008
Bachelor of Science Honors in Chemistry, Cum Laude, Millersville University

2007
REU, The University of Arizona

Professional Experience

2008-Present
Chemistry Graduate Student, NCSU, Elon A. Ison

Spring 2010                                                    
TA, CH 444 Advanced Synthesis Lab II, NCSU

Fall 2009                                                  
TA, CH 442 Advanced Synthesis Lab I, NCSU

Spring 2009
TA, CH 403 Systematic Inorganic Chemistry II, NCSU

2008-2009
TA, CH 202 Quantitative Chemistry Laboratory, NCSU

Fall 2008
TA and Tutor, CH 201 Chemistry – A Quantitative Science, NCSU

2006-2008
Research Assistant for Dr. Edward Rajaseelan, Millersville University

2007
Research Assistant for Dr. Katrina Miranda, REU Program at The University of Arizona

Awards

2010                   
Center for Enabling New Technologies Through Catalysis (CENTC) Summer School Participant, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

2010
Poster Session Award Winner, North Carolina State University

Fall 2008-Spring 2009
Provost Fellowship, North Carolina State University

Affiliations

2010-Present                                                            
Phi Lambda Upsilon Honorary Chemical Society

2009-2010                                                   
University Graduate Student Association - Chemistry Department Representative

2009-Present                                                
American Chemical Society

Poster Presentations / Seminars

2010       
"Mechanism for Oxygen Atom Transfer to CO via Metal Oxo Complexes." Oral Presentation. National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, San Francisco, CA.
 
"Mechanism for Oxygen Atom Transfer to CO via Metal Oxo Complexes." Oral Presentation. Inorganic Chemistry Series, North Carolina State University.

"Mechanism for Oxygen Atom Transfer to CO via Metal Oxo Complexes." Poster Presentation. North Carolina State University.

"Synthesis and Characterization of Rhenium Complexes for Use in Catalytic Oxidation and Reduction Reactions." Oral Presentation. North Carolina State University.

2009   
"Nitrous Oxide Oxygen Atom Transfer with Oxo Rhenium Complexes." Poster Presentation. North Carolina State University.

2008
Seminar: Part I: Synthesis and Characterization of Triazole Based NHC-Molybdenum, Tungsten and Iridium Complexes. Part II: Synthesis and Characterization of New Primary Cyclic Amine HNO Donors, Millersville University

2007
Poster and Seminar: “Synthesis and Characterization of New Primary Cyclic Amine HNO Donors,” The University of Arizona REU Program

Publications

Smeltz, J. L.; Boyle, P. D.; Webster, C. E.; Ison, E. A. “Experimental and Computational Investigation of the Mechanism for the Activation of CO by Oxorhenium Complexes.” Submitted.