CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Jerzy Wiench Assistant Scientist 229 Spedding Hall Ames Laboratory Iowa State University Ames, IA 50011 Phone 515-294-6823 FAX 515-294-5233 jwiench@iastate.edu

PERSONAL HISTORY

• M.Sc. 1991, Warsaw University, Warsaw, Poland
• Ph.D. 1998, Institute of Organic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
• 1991-1998, Research Assistant, Institute of Organic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
• 1998-2001, Postdoctoral Fellow, Ames Laboratory
• 2001-present, Assistant Scientist, Ames Laboratory

RESEARCH INTERESTS

High resolution methods in solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy; structure, dynamics and reactions of adsorbed species; structure of heterogeneous catalysts and other complex materials.

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

J. W. Wiench, L. Stefaniak, E. Grech and E. Bednarek, “Two Amidine Derivatives Studied by ¹H, ¹³C, ¹⁴N, ¹⁵N NMR and GIAO-CHF calculations.” J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 2, (1999) 885�]889.

V. P. Balema, J. W. Wiench, M. Pruski and V. K. Pecharsky “Mechanically induced solid-state generation of phosphorus ylides and the solvent-free Wittig reaction.” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 124, 6244-6245 (2002).

C. J. Fontenot, J. W. Wiench, G. L. Schrader and M. Pruski, “¹⁷O MAS and 3QMAS NMR Investigation of Crystalline V₂O₅ and Layered V₂O₅·nH₂O Gels”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 124, 8435-44(2002).

S. Huh, H.-T. Chen, J. W. Wiench, M. Pruski and V. S.-Y. Lin, “Controlling the Selectivity of Competitive Nitroaldol Condensation by Using a Bifunctionalized Mesoporous Silica Nanosphere-Based Catalytic System.”J. Am. Chem. Soc.,126, 1010-1011 (2004).