John P. Oliver Title Professor Division Inorganic Education University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon BA (Chemistry) 1956 University of Washington, Seattle, Washington Ph.D. (Inorganic Chemistry) 1959 Office 45.1 SH Phone (313)577-3084 E-Mail

Professor Oliver's research has focused on the synthesis and characterization of organometallic compounds, particularly those of the main group elements including Li, Al, Ga, In, Si, Cd and Hg. These studies include the syntheses of new materials and characterization be single crystal X-ray diffraction and by variable temperature and multinuclear NMR spectroscopy.


APPOINTMENTS

Professor of Chemistry 6/15/2009---

Director, Institute for Manufacturing Research 10/1/2006-6/15/2009

Vice President for Research 6/1/2003-10/1/2006

Deputy Vice President for Academic Affairs 12/1995 – 6/1/2003

Founding Dean, College of Science: 9/1992 - 1/1994

Interim Dean, College of Liberal Arts: 8/1991 - 8/1992

Associate Dean, Research and Development, College of Liberal Arts: 1987 - 1991

Visiting Lecturer, Institute of Physical Chemistry, Bucharest, Rumania 1974

Visiting Professor, University of Sussex, England 1973-74

Promoted to Full Professor: 1967

Promoted to Associate Professor: 1964

Appointed Assistant Professor 1959


SERVICES

For the past 22 Professor Oliver has been involved in a wide variety of administrative functions at the university, particularly those related to research and graduate education.

REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS

Structural Studies on Mesitylaluminum Addition Compounds. Mark S. Lalama, Jeff Kampf, David G. Dick, John P. Oliver. Organometallics. 1995, 14, 495-501

Synthesis and Molecular Structures of the First Example of Tellurolate Dimers, [Mes2In(B5-Te-n-Pr)]2 and Mes2In(B5-TePh)]2: Potential Precursors to Indium Chalcogenides. Hamid Rahbarnoohi, Rajesh Kumar, Mary Jane Heeg and John P. Oliver. Organometallics, 1995, 14, 502-03.

Solid State and Solution Structural Studies of Bis(2-methylbenzyl)-selenide, Methyl(2,4,6-tri-t-butylphenyl)-selenide, Bis(2,4,6-tri-methylphenyl)-diselenide, and Bis(2,4,6-tri-t-butylphenyl)-diselenide. Paul M. Dickson, Margaret A.D. McGowan, Burl Yearwood, Mary Jane Heeg, John P. Oliver. J. Organomet. Chem. 1999, 588, 42-50.

Organoindium Thiolate Oligomers: An X-Ray Structural Study. Burl Yearwood, Shahid Ul Ghazi, Mary Jane Heeg, Nicholas Richardson, John P. Oliver, Organometallics, 2000, 19, 865-871.

Synthesis and Structural Characterization of Polymeric Dimethylaluminum Phenylthiolate. Paul M. Dickson, John P. Oliver. J. Organomet. Chem. 2000, 597, 105-110.