T. Don Tilley (born in

Norman, Oklahoma Norman () is the third-largest city in the U.S. state of Oklahoma, with a population of 128,097 as of 2021. It is the largest city and the county seat of Cleveland County, Oklahoma, Cleveland County, and the second-largest city in the Oklahoma C ...

, November 22, 1954) is a professor of chemistry at the

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Career

In 1977, Tilley received his B.S. degree in chemistry from the

University of Texas The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin, UT, or Texas) is a public research university in Austin, Texas. It was founded in 1883 and is the oldest institution in the University of Texas System. With 40,916 undergraduate students, 11,075 ...

. In 1982, he earned his Ph.D. degree from the

for his research on

organolanthanide chemistry Organolanthanide chemistry is the field of chemistry that studies compounds with a lanthanide-to-carbon bond. Organolanthanide compounds are different from their organotransition metal analogues in the following ways: *They are far more air- an ...

with Professor Richard A. Andersen. Afterwards, he conducted post-doctoral research with Prof. Robert H. Grubbs and Prof. John E. Bercaw at the

California Institute of Technology The California Institute of Technology (branded as Caltech or CIT)The university itself only spells its short form as "Caltech"; the institution considers other spellings such a"Cal Tech" and "CalTech" incorrect. The institute is also occasional ...

and with Luigi Venanzi and Piero Pino at

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in Switzerland, during which he developed the chemistry of the (pentamethylcyclopentadienyl)ruthenium fragment ( p*Ru. He started his independent research career at

UC San Diego The University of California, San Diego (UC San Diego or colloquially, UCSD) is a public land-grant research university in San Diego, California. Established in 1960 near the pre-existing Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego is th ...

in 1983, where he was promoted to associate professor in 1988, and to Professor in 1990. In 1994, he accepted appointments as a professor of chemistry at

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and Faculty Senior Scientist at the

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), commonly referred to as the Berkeley Lab, is a United States national laboratory that is owned by, and conducts scientific research on behalf of, the United States Department of Energy. Located in ...

(LBNL). Throughout his career, he has published over 430 papers on various subjects in

organometallic Organometallic chemistry is the study of organometallic compounds, chemical compounds containing at least one chemical bond between a carbon atom of an organic molecule and a metal, including alkali, alkaline earth, and transition metals, and ...

and

inorganic chemistry Inorganic chemistry deals with synthesis and behavior of inorganic and organometallic compounds. This field covers chemical compounds that are not carbon-based, which are the subjects of organic chemistry. The distinction between the two disc ...

, as well as materials science. Since 2005, Tilley has also served as the North American Associate Editor for ''

Chemical Communications ''ChemComm'' (or ''Chemical Communications''), formerly known as ''Journal of the Chemical Society D: Chemical Communications'' (1969–1971), ''Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications'' (1972–1995), is a peer-reviewed scientific ...

''.

Research

Tilley's research group conducts exploratory synthetic, structural, and reactivity studies of inorganic and organometallic systems. His research program includes: organometallic chemistry and

homogenous catalysis In chemistry, homogeneous catalysis is catalysis by a soluble catalyst in a solution. Homogeneous catalysis refers to reactions where the catalyst is in the same phase as the reactants, principally in solution. In contrast, heterogeneous catalysis ...

, materials chemistry and

heterogenous catalysis In chemistry, heterogeneous catalysis is catalysis where the phase of catalysts differs from that of the reactants or products. The process contrasts with homogeneous catalysis where the reactants, products and catalyst exist in the same phase. Ph ...

, organic

electronic materials A semiconductor is a material which has an electrical conductivity value falling between that of a conductor, such as copper, and an insulator, such as glass. Its resistivity falls as its temperature rises; metals behave in the opposite way. I ...

supramolecular chemistry Supramolecular chemistry refers to the branch of chemistry concerning chemical systems composed of a discrete number of molecules. The strength of the forces responsible for spatial organization of the system range from weak intermolecular force ...

, and

solar energy conversion Solar energy conversion describes technologies devoted to the transformation of solar energy to other (useful) forms of energy, including electricity, fuel, and heat. It covers light-harvesting technologies including traditional semiconductor phot ...

Awards and honors

* Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship (1988) * Union Carbide Innovation Recognition Award (1991–92) * Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Fellowship (1993) * Alexander von Humboldt Award for Senior Scientists (1998) * Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (1998) * ACS Award in Organometallic Chemistry (2002) * Wacker Silicon Award (2003) * Centenary Lectureship and Medal of the Royal Society (2007-8) * CS Frederic Stanley Kipping Award in Silicon Chemistry (2008) * Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2013) * Edward Mack, Jr. Lecture, OSU (2013) * ACS Award for Distinguished Service in the Advancement of Inorganic Chemistry (2014) * American Chemical Society Fellow (2014)

Major publications

* Lipke, M.C.; Liberman-Martin, A.; Tilley, T.D..
Electrophilic Activation of Silicon–Hydrogen Bonds in Catalytic Hydrosilations
" ''Ang. Chem. Int. Ed.'' 56.9 (2017): 2260–2294. * Nguyen, A.I.; Ziegler, M.S.; Oña-Burgos, P.; Sturzbecher-Hohne, M.; Kim, W.; Bellone, D. E.; and Tilley, T.D
"Mechanistic Investigation of Water Oxidation by a Molecular Cobalt Oxide Analogue: Evidence for a Highly Oxidized Intermediate and Exclusive Terminal Oxo Participation.
''J. Am. Chem. Soc.'' 137.40 (2015): 12865–12872. * Gessner, V.H.; Tannaci, J.F; Miller, A.D; and Tilley, T.D.
Assembly of Macrocycles by Zirconocene-Mediated, Reversible Carbon−Carbon Bond Formation.
''Acc. Chem. Res.'' 44.6 (2011): 435–446. * Sadow, A.D., and Tilley, T.D.
Homogeneous Catalysis with Methane. A Strategy for the Hydromethylation of Olefins Based on the Nondegenerate Exchange of Alkyl Groups and σ-Bond Metathesis at Scandium
" ''J. Am. Chem. Soc.'' 125.26 (2003): 7971-7977 * Waterman, R.; Hayes, P.G. and Tilley, T.D.
Synthetic Development and Chemical Reactivity of Transition-Metal Silylene Complexes
" ''Acc. Chem. Res.'' 40.8 (2007): 712–719. * Tilley, T.D.
The Coordination Polymerization of Silanes to Polysilanes by a "σ-Bond Metathesis" Mechanism. Implications for Linear Chain Growth
"''Acc. Chem. Res.'' 26.1 (1993): 22–29. * Tilley, T.D., Grubbs, R.H., Bercaw, J.E.
Halide, hydride, and alkyl derivatives of (pentamethylcyclopentadienyl)bis(trimethylphosphine)ruthenium
" Organometallics, 3.2 (1984): 274–278.

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