Sudesh Kumari

E-mail: abn093@r.postjobfree.com Phone: 859-***-****

Apartment # F226, 700 Woodland Avenue, Lexington, KY 40508

EDUCATION

Ph.D., Chemistry, University of Kentucky, 5/2013 (expected)

Advisor: Dr. Dong-Sheng Yang, 2007-present

Thesis: Spectroscopy and computational studies of organometallic complexes

In-situ synthesis and laser-based spectroscopic detection, identification,

and characterization of gaseous organometallic complexes and focused on

the structures, thermochemistry, and dynamics of highly reactive, short-

lived molecules.

GPA 4.0/4.0

M.S., Chemistry (Hons. School), Panjab University, India, 2006

Advisor: Dr. Harjinder Singh, 2005-2006

Thesis: Studied the reaction patterns of hydroxy alkanes with ab-initio

calculations.

GPA 3.12/4.0

B.S., Chemistry (Hons. School), Panjab University, India, 2004

HONORS AND AWARDS

Outstanding Graduate Student Research Award, University of Kentucky 2011

Center For Advanced Materials Fellowship, University of Kentucky

2012

(Summer)

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• High-resolution electron and ion laser spectroscopy of organometallics

• Time-of-flight mass spectrometry

• Laser-assisted organometallic synthesis

• Supersonic molecular beams

• Quantum-chemical computation

• High vacuum technologies

• Operate, maintain, and trouble shoot solid state and dye lasers

• Laser optics, fast electronics, and precise mechanics

• FTIR, ATIR, DSC, and GC

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

University of Kentucky, Department of Chemistry, Lexington, KY

• Teaching assistant, Microscale Organic Chemistry Laboratory (CHE 231),

Fall 2007, 2008, and 2012.

• Teaching assistant, Physical chemistry (CHE 440G), Spring 2008 and 2009.

PUBLICATIONS

1 S. Kumari, M. Roudjane, D. Hewage, Y. Liu, and D. S. Yang, “High resolution electron

spectroscopy of lanthanide (Ce, Pr, and Nd) complexes of cyclooctatetraene: the role of f

electrons” (submitted on Jan 11, 2013)

2 Y. Liu, S. Kumari, M. Roudjane, and D. S. Yang, “Electronic states and pseudo Jahn-

Teller distortion of heavy metal-monobenzene complexes: M(C6H6) (M = Y, La, and Lu)”

J. Chem. Phys. 2012, 136, 134310.

3 M. Roudjane, S. Kumari, and D. S. Yang, “Electron spin multiplicities and molecular

structures of neutral and ionic lanthanide Gd-L (L=benzene and cyclo-octatetraene)

complexes using ZEKE spectroscopy” J. Phys. Chem. A 2011, 116, 839.

4 J. S. Lee, S. Kumari, and D. S. Yang, “Conformational isomers and isomerization of

group 6 (Cr, Mo, and W) metal-bis(toluene) sandwich complexes probed by variable-

temperature electron spectroscopy” J. Phys. Chem. A 2010, 114, 11277.

5 J. S. Lee, Y. X. Lei, S. Kumari, and D. S. Yang, “Ring deformation and pi-electron

redistribution of methylbenzenes induced by metal coordination” J. Phys. Chem. A 2010,

114, 9136.

6 J. S. Lee, Y. X. Lei, S. Kumari, and D. S. Yang, “Metal coordination converts the tub-

shaped cyclo-octatetraene into an aromatic molecule: Electronic states and half-sandwich

structures of group III metal-cyclo-octatetraene complexes” J. Chem. Phys. 2009, 131, 7.

7 S. Kumari, R. Silva, D. Hewage, T. H. Li, and D. S. Yang, “Metal mediated C-H and C-C

bond activation of propene” (in preparation)

8 S. Kumari, M. Roudjane, R. Silva, D. Hewage, and D. S. Yang, “ Metal (La and Ce)

assisted bond activation of ethylene” (in preparation)

9 S. Kumari, B. R. Sohnlein, J. S. Lee, M. Roudjane, Y. Liu, D. Hewage, and D. S. Yang,

“Electronic states and binding site of M(aniline) (M = Sc, Y, and La) probed by pulsed-

field-ionization electron spectroscopy” (in preparation).

10 S. Kumari and D. S. Yang, “Rotational conformers of group VI metal (Cr, Mo, and W)

bis(mesitylene) sandwich complexes” (in preparation)

PRESENTATIONS (all orals)

1 Sudesh Kumari, Yang Liu, Mourad Roudjane, Dilrukshi Hewage, and Dong-Sheng Yang,

“Electron spin states and structures of lanthanide (Ce, Pr, and Nd) complexes of

cyclooctatetraene”, OSU International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, JUNE 19, 2012,

Columbus, OH.

2 Sudesh Kumari, Brad Sohnlein, Jung Sup Lee, Mourad Roudjane, Yang Liu, Dilrukshi

Hewage, and Dong-Sheng Yang, “Preferred metal binding site of aniline”, OSU International

Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, JUNE 20 2012, Columbus, OH.

3 Sudesh Kumari and Dong-Sheng Yang, “Dehydrogenation and C-H bond insertion of

propene: La(η2-C3H4) and HLa(η3-C3H5)”, OSU International Symposium on Molecular

Spectroscopy, JUNE 23, 2011, Columbus, OH.

4 Sudesh Kumari, Mourad Roudjane, and Dong-Sheng Yang, “Dehydrogenation of

ethylene: spectroscopy and structures of La(C2H2) and La(C4H6) complexes”, OSU International

Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, JUNE 23, 2011, Columbus, OH.

5 Sudesh Kumari and Dong-Sheng Yang, “Rotational conformers of group VI metal (Cr,

Mo, and W) bis(mesitylene) sandwich complexes”, OSU International Symposium on Molecular

Spectroscopy, JUNE 21, 2010, Columbus, OH.

6 Mourad Roudjane, Sudesh Kumari, and Dong-Sheng Yang, “Pulsed-field ionization

electron spectroscopy of lanthanide (Lu and Gd) benzene complexes”, OSU International

Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, JUNE 21, 2010, Columbus, OH.

7 Sudesh Kumari, Jung Sup Lee, and Dong-Sheng Yang, “Half-sandwich complexes of

group III (Sc, Y, and La) metals with cyclo-octatetraene”, OSU International Symposium on

Molecular Spectroscopy, JUNE 25, 2009, Columbus, OH.

8 Jung Sup Lee, Sudesh Kumari, and Dong-Sheng Yang, “Rotational conformers of group

VI (Cr, Mo, and W) metal bis(toluene) sandwich complexes”, OSU International

Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, JUNE 25, 2009, Columbus, OH.

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