Matthew A. Johnston, Ph.D.

Division of Natural Sciences

Lewis-Clark State College

500 8th Ave. Lewiston, ID 83501

Phone:  208-792-2410  Fax: 208-792-2064

Email:  majohnston@lcsc.edu

Teaching Positions

Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Lewis-Clark State College, August 2000 – Present

Classes Taught:  Introduction to Chemistry (Chem 101); General Chemistry I and II (Chem 111/112); Introduction to the Natural Sciences (NS 150); Integrated Science I (NS 171); Survey of Organic and Biochemistry Lab (Chem 192); Science and Ethics (NS 350); Advanced Solution Preparation (Chem 353); Organic Chemistry I and II (Chem 371/372); Organic Chemistry Laboratory I and II (Chem 373/374); Advanced Inorganic Chemistry (Chem 463); Independent Research (Chem 498).

Credit Load by Semester:  Fall 2000 – 11 adjusted contact hours; Spring 2001 – 12 adjusted contact hours; Fall 2001 – 12 adjusted contact hours; Spring 2002 – 13 adjusted contact hours; Fall 2002 –13 adjusted contact hours; Spring 2003 – 13 adjusted contact hours; Fall 2003 – 12 adjusted credit hours. 

Research Projects Directed:  Examination of Coordination Chemistry of N-Confused Porphyrins (Mitsumasa Sakamoto) Fall 2000 – Spring 2002; The Thiocyanate Ligand in the Formation of Multi-Metallic Late Transition Metal Complexes (Sara Lorenz) Fall 2000 – Present; Development of a Inquiry-Based Pyrotechnic Laboratory (Bo Chadwick) Spring 2001 – Spring 2002; Lithium Compounds as Color Agents in Pyrotechnic Devices (Steve Kennedy) Fall 2001— present; Role of Aluminum in the Production of Second Phase Glitter Flashes (Amanda LoPolito Sutherland) Spring 2002 – Spring 2003.

 Education and Research

Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, CA, June 2000. Synthesis and Structure of New Bimetallic and Cationic Complexes of the Lanthanides. Advisor: Dr. William J. Evans.

Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA, 1996.  Synthesis of New Pendant Ligands for Late Transition Metals. Advisor: Dr. Brian McNelis.

National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates, Dartmouth College, NH, Summer 1995. Ruthenium Mediated Synthesis of Dendritic Polyaniline. Advisor: Dr. David Glueck.

 

Awards and Honors

President’s Teaching Award, Lewis-Clark State College, Spring 2003.

Outstanding Teaching Assistant in Chemistry, UC Irvine, 1997-1998.

Recipient of Department of Education GAAN Fellowship, 1996-1997.

University Honors Program, Santa Clara University 1992-1996

Member of FBK National Honor Society, SC Research Honor Society,

PLU Chemistry Honor Society, QKA Religious Studies Honor Society,

HSF Classics Honor Society, Santa Clara University.

Outstanding Student Referee, Santa Clara University, 1994-1996.

 

Professional Affiliations

          American Chemical Society, 1993 – Present

                Idaho Academy of Sciences, 2000 – Present

                Phi Beta Kappa, 1996 – Present

 

College and Division Service

College Committees:  Faculty Development (2000-01); General Education (2001-02); Writing Across the Curriculum (2002-03); Curriculum Committee (Present)

Division Committees:  Chemistry Search (Fall 2000) – Search Failed; Chair of Chemistry Search (Fall 2001) – Search Failed; Chair of Chemistry Search (Fall 2002) – Rachel Jameton, Ph.D. hired; Biology Search (Fall 2000) – Matthew Brady, Ph.D. hired; Biology Search (Fall 2002) – Jacob Hornby, Ph.D. hired.  Division Chair Advisory Committee (2002-03); Chair of Biology Search (Present).

Faculty Advisor:  Chemistry Club (Fall 2001 – Present)

Community Service

Outreach and Demonstration Shows with Chemistry Club:  Lewiston Home-Schooled Children Fall 2001, Fall 2002; Christian Elementary Fall 2001; Sacagawea Junior High Spring 2002; Lewiston Gifted and Talented Program Grades K-6th, Spring 2003; Webster Elementary, Spring 2003; Grantham and Webster Elementary, Fall 2003. 

 

Grants and Funding

Funded Proposals 

          Faculty Development Grant, Lewis-Clark State College, Fall 2000, $2500

                                Title: Synthesis of New Metal-Based Complexes as Models for Magnetic Resonance Imaging                                          (M.R.I.) Contrast Agents

Goal:  Purchase synthetic equipment to allow for execution of proposed research.

          Institutional Development Grant, Lewis-Clark State College, Spring 2001, $305

                                Title:  Regional American Chemical Society Meeting

Goal:  To provide travel for three female chemistry majors to the Summer 2001 Regional ACS meeting in Seattle, WA.

Unfunded Proposals

Unfunded Dreyfus Grant Submitted, Summer 2001

Title:  Integrating Synthetic and Analytical Laboratory Experiments: Synthesis and Characterization of Metalloporphyrin Compounds by Electrochemical and Spectroscopic Analysis

Goal:  To develop an integrated upper division laboratory course to serve the needs of Chemistry, Biology and pre-professional majors.

 

Publications

Divalent lanthanide complexes free of coordinating anions: facile synthesis of fully solvated dicationic [LnLx]2+ compounds, Evans, W.J.; Johnston, M.A.; Greci, M.A.; Gummersheimer, T.S.; Ziller, J. W. Polyhedron 2003, 119-126.

An Yttrium-Based System to Evaluate Lewis Base Coordination to an Electropositive Metal in a Metallocene Environment., Evans, W. J.; Fujimoto, C. H.; Johnston, M. A.; Ziller, J. W. Organometallics, 2002, 1825.

Reactivity of the Europium Hexafluoroacetylacetonate (hfac) Complex, Eu(hfac)3(diglyme), and Related Analogs With Potassium:  Formation of the Fluoride hfac “ate” Complexes, [LnF(hfac)3K(diglyme)]2, Evans, W. J.; Johnston, M. A.; Greci, M. A.; Ziller, J. W. J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. 2002, 520.

Facile Formation of Luminescent Terbium (III) Aryloxide Complexes Directly from Terbium Metal Including the X-ray Crystal Structures of Tb(OC6H3Me2-2,6)3(THF)3 and Tb(OC6H3iPr2-2,6)3(THF)2, Evans, W. J.; Johnston, M. A.; Greci, M. A.; Ziller, J. W. Polyhedron 2001, 277.

How Much Steric Crowding Is Possible in Tris(5-pentamethylcyclopentadienyl) Complexes?  Synthesis and Structure of (C5Me5)3UCl and (C5Me5)3UF,  Evans, W. J.; Nyce, G. W.; Johnston, M. A.; Ziller, J. W. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2000, 122; 12019.

Utility of Electrospray Mass Spectroscopy for the Characterization of Air-Sensitive Organolanthanides and Related Species,  Evans, W. J.; Johnston, M. A.; Fujimoto, C. H.; Greaves, J. Organometallics 2000, 21, 4258. 

Synthesis and Structure of a Divalent, Arene Soluble Lanthanide Cation,  Evans, W. J.; Johnston, M. A.; Ziller, J. W.  Inorganic Chemistry 2000, 15, 3421.

Monomer / Dimer Preferences in Unsolvated Lanthanide Di-zirconium-nona-isopropoxide Dihalide Complexes, {[Zr2(OiPr)9]LnCl2}n with a Change Between Y and Er.  Evans, W. J.; Greci, M. A.; Johnston, M. A.; Ansari, M. A.; Brady, J. C.; Ziller, J. W. Inorganic Chemistry 2000, 39, 2125.

Variability of (Ring Centroid)-Ln-(Ring Centroid) Angles in Mixed Ligand C5Me5/C8H8 Complexes:  Structural Data on (C5Me5)Ln(C8H8) (Ln = Sm, Dy, Er, Yb) and [(C5Me5)Yb(THF)](m-h8:h8 -C8H8)[Yb(C5Me5)],  Evans, W. J.; Johnston, M. A.; Clark, R. D.; Ziller, J. W. J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans 2000, 1609.   

Synthesis, Structure and Reactivity of Organometallic Lanthanide Di-Zirconium-Nona-Isopropoxide Complexes,  Evans, W. J.; Greci, M. A.; Johnston, M. A.; Ziller, J. W.  Chemistry, A European Journal 1999, 5, 3482.

Synthesis, Structure, and Reactivity of Unsolvated Triple-Decked Bent Metallocenes of Europium and Ytterbium, Evans, W.J.; Johnston, M. A.; Greci, M. A.; Ziller, J. W. Organometallics 1999, 18, 1460.

 

Presentations

Dissection of Pyrotechnic Devices:  An Inquiry-Based Laboratory Johnston, M. A. 226th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, New York, NY; American Chemical Society; 2003, CHED 153.

Integrating Pyrotechnics in General Chemistry Johnston, M. A. 17th Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, Bellingham, WA, July 2002, CHED 443.

Synthesis and Characterization of Divalent, Dicationic Complexes of the Lanthanides, Evans, W. J.; Johnston, M. A.; Ziller, J. W., 219th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, San Francisco, CA; American Chemical Society, Washington, DC; 2000, INOR 224.

Synthesis of Luminescent Terbium Complexes Directly from the Metal, Johnston, M. A.; Evans, W. J.; Greci, M. A., 217th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Anaheim, CA; American Chemical Society, Washington, DC; 1999, INOR 108.

Synthesis of Bimetallic Complexes of the Divalent Lanthanides, Johnston, M. A.; Evans, W. J.; Ziller, J. W., 216th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Boston, MA; American Chemical Society, Washington, DC; 1998, INOR 124.

 

Conferences Attended

226th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Fall 2003

Idaho Academy of Science Annual Meeting:  Spring 2003

17th Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, Summer 2002

Northwest Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Summer 2002

Washington College Pyrotechnic Seminars, Summer 2001

 

Other Activities

          Reviewer for Synthesis and Reactivity in Inorganic and Metal-Organic Chemistry, 2001-2002.

                Text Editor for Addison-Wesley-Benjamin Cummings, 2003.

                NIH-INBRE Coordinator for Lewis-Clark State College, 2003-Present.

                Member of American Chemical Society Sub-Committee:  General Chemistry 2005 Exam

                Faculty Leader for Warrior Orientation, Fall 2001, Fall 2002, Fall 2003.

                Co-organizer Forensics Seminar, Fall 2003.