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Michael Prushan, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Holroyd Hall 331
215.951.1281
prushan@lasalle.edu
http://www.lasalle.edu/~prushan

Education

Ph.D., Inorganic Chemistry, 2001, Drexel University

M.S., Chemistry, 1998, Drexel University

B.A., Chemistry and biochemistry, 1996, La Salle University                                                             

Areas of Interest

  • bioinorganic chemistry
  • molecular magnetism
  • computational chemistry

Research

A tetranuclear copper(II) complex with bis(o-aminobenzaldehyde)thiocarbohydrazone
Dragancea, D.;  Addison,A. W.;  Zeller, M.; Foster, M. E. ; Prushan, M. J. ;  Thompson, L. K.; Revenco, M. D. ; Hunter,A.  Inorganica Chimica Acta, 363, 2065 (2010).

“Spin equilibrium effects of nickel(II)3-(N,N-alkyl)-2-propanone oximes complexes,” Bezpalko, M.;  Prushan, M. J.;  Zeller, M.; Hunter, A. D. Abstracts of the 239th ACS National Meeting & Exposition March 21-25, 2010, San Francisco, California. 

“Mimicking the electron transport chain: Reactions between cytochrome c and blue-copper model complexes,” Zdradzinski, M. ; Prushan, M. J. Abstracts of the 239th ACS National Meeting & Exposition March 21-25, 2010, San Francisco, California. 

“Synthesis, Characterization and Reactivity of a Trinuclear Copper(II) Thiocyanurate Complex: A Spin-Frustrated Molecular Propeller,” Prushan, M. J.; Privette, N. K. ; Zeller, M ; Hunter, A.; Lofland, S.; Prive, S. Inorganic Chemistry Communications,10, (2007).

“A Nickel(II) di -m2 -Phenolato Bridged Dinuclear Complex: Weak Antiferromagnetic Interactions in Nickel(II) Dimers,” Prushan, M. J.; Tomezsko, D. M.; Lofland, S.; Zeller, M.; Hunter, A. D., Inorganica Chimica Acta, 360, 2245 (2007).