Sarah L. Stoll

Department of Chemistry                            e-mail: sls55@georgetown.edu
Georgetown University                              phone:     (202)-687-5839
37th and O Streets, N. W.                          fax:     (202)- 687-6209
Washington D. C., 20057

Education
1993    University of California, Berkeley: Ph. D. in Chemistry
    Advisor:  Angelica M. Stacy
1988    Smith College: Chemistry major, B.A., cum laude.

Awards
2002    Fulbright Teacher Scholar Award
1988    American Chemical Society Award for the Connecticut Valley Section
1988    C. Pauline Burt Prize

Professional Work Experience
2002-present    Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Georgetown University
2002            Visiting Scientist, Helsinki University of Technology
2002            Associate Professor of Chemistry, Oberlin College
1996            Visiting Scientist, Oxford University
1996-2001       Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Oberlin College
1994-1996       Postdoctoral Fellow, Rice University
1994-1995       Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University
1993-1994       Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Oberlin College


Grants
2003    PI for NSF Nanoscale Exploratory Research.
2001    co-PI for NSF-CCLI for Scanning Electron Microscope.
2000    PI for NSF-CCLI, for Thermal Analysis Equipment (TGA/DTA coupled to FTIR, and DSC).
2000    PI for NSF Research Opportunity Award.
1999-2000    co-PI for grant from NSF-CCLI, for VSM magnetometer.
1997    PI for Grant-in-Aid for summer research at Oxford University.
1997-1999    PI for ACS-Petroleum Research Fund Type G grant for Individual Fundamental research.
1996-1998    PI for NSF-ILI, for an X-ray Powder Diffractometer.

Presentations at National Meetings
National Science Foundation Workshop, 2001
Gordon Conference on Inorganic Chemistry, 2000, 2001, 2002
Gordon Conference on Solid State Chemistry, 1992, 1994, 2000
Gordon Conference on Superconductivity, 1991
American Chemical Society National Meeting, 1995, 1998, 2000

Professional Memberships
American Chemical Society
Sigma Xi Honor Society
American Association for the Advancement of Science


Invited Talks
2002    “Monolayers and Multilayers of Mn-12” Helsinki University of Technology
2002    “Monolayers and Multilayers of Mn-12, Gordon Research Conference
2002    “Inorganic-Organic Multilayer films”, Georgetown University
2001    “Monolayers and Multilayers of Mn-12”, Los Alamos National Laboratory
2001    “Inorganic-Organic Hybrid Networks 3D Structures and 2D Films” Penn State University
2001    “Inorganic-Organic Hybrid Networks 3D Structures and 2D Films” Kent State University
2000 “Hydrothermal Synthesis of Inorganic Polymers” Wayne State University
2000    “Hydrothermal Synthesis of Inorganic Polymers”, Ball State University
1999    “Metal Chalcogenide Precursors”, Case Western Reserve University.
1999    “Metal Chalcogenide Precursors:  molecule to solid transformations”, Ohio State University.
1997    “Metal Tetrathio-oxalate Complexes”, ICL Oxford University.
1996    “Precursors Design for Chemical Vapor Deposition”, NASA Lewis, Research Center.
1996    “Synthesis of precursors for Indium Chalcogenide thin films,” Sigma Xi, Oberlin College.

Education
2000    “Teaching Careers”    GANN Program, Case Western Reserve University
1999    "Careers in Teaching Chemistry at Primarily Undergraduate Institutions", University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.


Professional service
NSF reviewer, (CAREER) 2002, (NIRT) 2003
Review panel, NSF-ILI/CCLI 1997, 1998, invited 2000
PRF grant reviewer, 1997, 1998, 2002
Research Corporation reviewer:  2001
Journal of the American Chemical Society manuscript reviewer, 2002
J. Crystal Growth manuscript reviewer, 1997
Chemical Education  manuscript reviewer, 2000, 2001
Inorganic Chemistry manuscript reviewer, 2000, 2001


Publications
1.    Steckel, J. S.; Persky, N. S.; Martinez, C. R.; Barnes, C. L.; Fry, E. L.; Kulkarni, J.; Burgess, J. D.; Pachero, R. B.; Stoll, S. L.; “Monolayers and Multilayers of [Mn12O12(O2CMe)16]” Nano Letters, 2003, submitted.

2.  Persky, N.; Chow, J.; Poschman, K.; Lacuesta, N. N.; Bott, S.; Obrey, S.; Stoll, S.; "Hydrothermal Synthesis, Structure and Properties of [Cu3Cl2CN(Pz)] and Cu(I) Halide Polymers", Inorganic Chemistry 2001, 40(1), 29.

3.  Stoll, S. L.; Barron, A. R.; “Metal-Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition of Indium Selenide (InSe) thin Films,” Chemistry of Materials 1998, 10(2), 650.

4.  Stoll, S. L.; Bott, S. G.; Barron, A. R.; “Solid State Structure of [(tBu)2In(m-Cl)]:  An unusual Saw-Tooth Polymeric Chain,” Polyhedron 1997, 16, 1763.

5.  Stoll, S. L.; Bott, S. G.; Barron, A. R.; “Selenide and Selenolate Compounds of Indium:  A comparative Study of In-Se Bond Forming Reactions,” J. Chem. Soc. Dalton Trans. 1997, p. 1315.

6.  Stoll, S. L.; Stacy, A. M.; Bornick, R. M.; VerNooy, P.; “Copper K-Edge X-ray Absorption Studies of La2-xKxCuO4 Superconductors, Ba4NaCuO4(CO3)2, and NdCu2O4”  Inorg. Chem. 1997, 36, 1838.

7.    Senaris, M. A.; Alario-Franco, M. A.; Stoll, S.; Stacy, A. M.; "Structural Modulations in superconducting La2-xKxCuO4-d"Physica C 1997, 282, 801.

8.  Stoll, S. L.; Gillan, E. G.; Barron, A. R.; “Chemical Vapor Deposition of Gallium Selenide and Indium Selenide Nanoparticles,” Advanced Materials, Chem. Vap. Deposition  1996, 2(5), 182.

9.   Stoll, S. L.; Stacy, A. M.; Torardi, C. C.; “Single Crystal Growth, Alkali Metal Ordering, and Superconductivity in La2-xMxCuO4 (M= Na, K) Inorg. Chem.  1994, 33(13), 2765.


Education
1.  Stoll, S. L.; "Molecular Symmetry and Group Theory, by R. L. Carter", J. Chem. Ed. 2000, 77(3), 313.

2.  Stoll, S. L.; “X-ray Diffraction Facility for Undergraduate Teaching and Research in Chemistry and Physics,”  J. Chem. Ed. 1998, 75(11), 1372.