STEPHEN PAUL JEFFERY
16761 Viewpoint Ln #122
Huntington Beach, CA 92647
dr.stephen.jeffery@gmail.com
(714) 679-0777
OBJECTIVE
A Research Associate or Scientist position in inorganic/organometallic chemistry that provides an opportunity to
make important contributions to the organization through first-class research and development activities.
HIGHLIGHTS OF QUALIFICATIONS
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Inorganic synthesis: Nine years research experience with glove box and Schlenk line inert-atmosphere
techniques for synthesis and purification of air-sensitive transition metal compounds.
Management: Three years experience overseeing production and management of multiple projects at a
major chemical facility.
Proficient in various analytical techniques and physical methods including NMR, FTIR, UV-Vis, mass
spectrometry, single crystal X-Ray crystallography, and voltammetric methods.
Highly skilled at SHELX, SAINT-PLUS, and X-Seed (X-ray structure solution, refinement, and
visualization software), Chem Office, BAS 100W electrochemical software, Microsoft Office, Windows
XP, PC/Macintosh computers.
Experience using computational chemistry software for Density Functional calculations including ADF,
Gaussian 03, and Cerius2 molecular modeling and simulation package.
EDUCATION
Ph.D. / Chemistry
Texas A&M University, College Station, TX. May 2006
Dissertation: Metallodithiolate Ligands as Building Blocks for Molecular Constructions
Prof. M. Y. Darensbourg
B. S. / Chemistry
Texas A&M University, College Station, TX. December 2000
EXPERIENCE
Mar 09-present Heraeus Metal Processing, LLC. Santa Fe Springs, CA
Metal Organic Compounds (MOC), Production Manager
Oversees production of organometallic compounds, maintained low work in progress (WIP) and
stock, scheduler, and managed a team of four employees. Provided monthly updates to senior
management on product yields, WIP, on time delivery. Participated in market reports, hazard
assessments, conducted bimonthly safety meetings, product development group meetings, and
technical presentations.
 Member of interdepartmental team to improve plant safety and awareness.
o MOC wins the Heraeus Safety Challenge for the month of October
 Devised methods to recycle Rh and Pt endpoints
 Co-signer of certificates of analysis (CoA). Final quality inspection of all chemical
shipments.
Oct 08-Mar 09 Heraeus Metal Processing, LLC. Santa Fe Springs, CA
Chemical Products, Research and Development Chemist Supervisor/Technical Manager.
Hired, mentored and supervised a technician. Worked with quality manager to resolve
customer complaints, internal issues, and improve production yields.
 Developed silver impregnated resin process. Worked with engineering during production
scale-up from pilot plant.
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Aug 06-Oct 08 Heraeus Metal Processing, LLC. Santa Fe Springs, CA
Chemical Products, Research and Development Chemist
Designed high yield, green syntheses for new inorganic and organometallic compounds using
precious metals (Rh, Ru, Pt, Pd, Au, Ag, Ir) on laboratory and industrial scales. Refined and
revised current processes, as well as developed methods to recycle precious metals from
chemical waste thereby minimizing losses. Offered technical support to chemical products (CP)
and metal organic compounds (MOC) departments. Wrote SOPs and POPs for analytical lab,
CP and MOC, as well as MSDSs and HAZOPs. Troubleshooting, pilot plant, and project
managerial experience.
 Improved Pt(acac)2 process achieving yields >95% yield, a significant improvement from
literature methods. Wrote a patent.
 Member of the Heraeus activities committee which promoted plant camaraderie. Organized
food and toy drives in addition to other events. Played a direct role in helping the company
make a positive impact and give back to the community.
 Coordinated international conference call.
Apr 03-May 06 Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University. College Station, TX
Graduate Research Assistant. Dr. Marcetta Y. Darensbourg
Played key role in the development of nickel dithiolate complexes (NiN 2S2) as a new class of
ligands. Expanded the use of NiN2S2 units by exploiting their use as bidentate bridging ligands
to multiply-bonded dimetal units. Devised polymetallic analogs to ruthenium tris-bipyridyl
complexes (Rubpy). These works have helped advance the electrochemistry of metal
complexes containing multiple redox active centers. NiN2S2 moiety used as a ligand for
hydroformylation catalysis.
 Mentor to prospective graduate students and members of research group
 Group crystallographer and electrochemist. Trained two students to be independent
crystallographers.
Instructor’s assistant. Dr. Vickie M. Williamson (General Chemistry) Fall 2003. Supervised five
teaching assistants, conducted weekly meetings, and wrote monthly quizzes.
Teaching assistant. Dr. Marcetta Y. Darensbourg (Advanced Inorganic chemistry lab) Spring
2004-2006. Dr. Raymond Schaak (General Chemistry for Engineers) Fall 2005. Instructor for
undergraduate laboratories.
Sept 01-Mar 03 Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University. College Station, TX
Graduate Research Assistant. Dr. F. Albert Cotton
Researched and synthesized new polypyridylamine ligands and metal complexes for use as
molecular wires. Supplemented the study of quadruply-bonded dichromium and ditungsten
dipyridyl formamidinate complexes.
Teaching assistant. Dr. Vickie M. Williamson (General Chemistry) Fall 2001 and Dr. Elmo Mawk
(General Chemistry for Engineers) Spring 2002. Instructor for undergraduate laboratories.
Summer 2000 Undergraduate Research Assistant. Dr. F. Albert Cotton
Synthesized new tricobalt polypyridylamine compounds for use as molecular wires.
Summer 1999 Akzo-Nobel Chemical Company. Deer Park, TX
Lab Technician/Intern. Worked in Product Quality Control Wet Lab. Responsibilities included
but not limited to preparation of solutions, syringe calibration, titrations (manual and automatic),
sanitation, and data entry.
AFFILIATIONS
American Chemical Society, 2003-present
Inorganic Student Colloquium, Co-chair 2004-5
Graduate Student Association of Chemistry (GSAC), Secretary 2003
HONORS AND AWARDS
Robert A. Welch Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship, TAMU; Sept. 2001-May 2006.
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Honored member of Empire Who’s Who; 2005-06
COMMUNITY SERVICE
KEOS 89.1 FM community radio DJ/co-host, “Smoke and Bubbles,” 2005-2006
17th and 18th Annual American Chemical Society Open House and Science Exploration Gallery at Texas
A&M University: “What’s in the Food We Eat?” 2004, 2005
Resident Advisor (1998-2001); Head Resident Advisor 2000-01, University Tower
Tutor at Shiloh Baptist Church, 1998-2000
Tutor at Hamilton State School, Texas Youth Commission, 1998
TRAINING
Project Management, 2009
Chemical Engineering for Chemists, ACS Short Course, 2008
International Air Transport Association (IATA), Dangerous Goods Regulations Certified, 2007
Management Development, Houston Associates 2006-07
REFERENCES
Available upon request.
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APPENDIX
PUBLICATIONS
1. “Compounds with Symmetrical Tricobalt Chains Wrapped by Dipyridylamide Ligands and Cyanide or
Isothiocyanate Ions as Terminal Ligands,” Rodolphe Clerac, F. Albert Cotton, Stephen P. Jeffery, Carlos A.
Murillo, and Xiaoping Yang, Inorganic Chemistry, Vol. 40, 1265-1270 (2001).
2. “Isomerization by ligand shuffling along a Cr24+ unit: further reactions leading to cleavage of a quadruple
bond,” Rodolphe Clerac, F. Albert Cotton, Stephen P. Jeffery, Carlos A. Murillo, and Xiaoping Yang, Dalton
Transactions, 3022-3027 (2003).
3. “The construction of (N2S2)Ni-Pd clusters: A slant-chair, a basket and a C4-paddlewheel structure,” Melissa
L. Golden, Stephen P. Jeffery, Matthew L. Miller, Joseph H. Reibenspies, and Marcetta Y. Darensbourg,
European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 231-236 (2004).
4. “Metallodithiolato ligands as bridges in multiply bonded dimolybdenum complexes (cover article),” Stephen
P. Jeffery, Jonghyuk Lee, and Marcetta Y. Darensbourg, Chemical Communications, 1122-1124 (2005).
5. “N2S2Ni metallothiolates as a class of ligands that support organometallic and bioorganometallic reactivity,”
Marilyn V. Rampersad, Stephen P. Jeffery, Joseph H. Reibenspies, Cesar G. Ortiz, Donald J. Darensbourg,
and Marcetta Y. Darensbourg, Angewandte Chemie, International Edition, Vol 44, 1217-1220 (2005).
6. “Characterization of Steric and Electronic Properties of NiN2S2 Complexes as S-Donor Metallodithiolate
Ligands,” Marilyn V. Rampersad, Stephen P. Jeffery, Melissa L. Golden, Jonghyuk Lee, Joseph H.
Reiebenspies, Donald J. Darensbourg, and Marcetta Y. Darensbourg, Journal of the American Chemical
Society, 127, 17323-17334 (2005).
7. “A Nickel Tripeptide as a Metallodithiolate Ligand Anchor for Resin-Bound Organometallics,” Kayla N.
Green, Stephen P. Jeffery, Joseph H. Reibenspies, and Marcetta Y. Darensbourg, Journal of the American
Chemical Society, 128, 6493-6498 (2006).
8. “NiN2S2 complexes as metallodithiolate ligands to RhI, RhII and RhIII,” Stephen P. Jeffery, Kayla N. Green,
Marilyn V. Rampersad, Joseph H. Reibenspies, and Marcetta Y. Darensbourg, Dalton Transactions, 42444252 (2006).
9. “Control of S-Based Aggregation: Designed Synthesis of NiM2 and Ni2M Trinuclear Complexes,” Stephen P.
Jeffery, Michael L. Singleton, Joseph H. Reibenspies, and Marcetta Y. Darensbourg, Inorganic Chemistry,
46, 179-185 (2007).
10. “Sulfur K-Edge XAS and DFT Studies on NiII Complexes with Oxidized Thiolate Ligands: Implications for
the Roles of Oxidized Thiolates in the Active Sites of Fe and Co Nitrile Hydratase,” Abhishek Dey, Stephen
P. Jeffrey, Marcetta Darensbourg, Keith O. Hodgson, Britt Hedman, and Edward I. Solomon, Inorganic
Chemistry, 46, 4989-4996 (2007).
11. “S K-Edge XAS and DFT Calculations on Square-Planar NiII-Thiolate Complexes: Effects of Active and
Passive H-Bonding,” Abhishek Dey, Kayla N. Green, Roxanne M. Jenkins, Stephen P. Jeffrey, Marcetta
Darensbourg, Keith O. Hodgson, Britt Hedman, and Edward I. Solomon, Inorganic Chemistry, 46, 96559660 (2007).
PRESENTATIONS
1. “Bioinspired Ligands and Catalysts: NiN2S2 Moieties as Metallothiolate Ligands,” (poster) 7th International
Hydrogenase Conference, University of Reading; August 24-29, 2004. Reading, England.
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2. “Use of Metallothiolate Ligands to Bridge Multiply Bonded Dimolybdenum Units,” (poster) Industry University
Cooperative Chemistry Program Symposium on General and Pharmaceutical Research in Chemistry;
October 18-20, 2004. Texas A&M University; College Station, TX.
3. “Development of metal dithiolate complexes as bidentate ligands for organometallic chemistry inspired by
acetyl coenzyme A synthase,” (oral) Marilyn V. Rampersad, Stephen P. Jeffery, Melissa L. Golden, Cesar
G. Ortiz, Donald J. Darensbourg, and Marcetta Y. Darensbourg. 229th ACS National Meeting; March 13-17,
2005. San Diego, CA
4. “NiN2S2 Complexes as Metallodithiolate Ligands to Catalytically Active Metals: Stabilization of the Multiple
Oxidation States of Rhodium,” (oral) Industry University Cooperative Chemistry Program Symposium on
General and Pharmaceutical Research in Chemistry; October 17-19, 2005. Texas A&M University; College
Station, TX.
5. “HMPi Commercialization of Platinum(II)bis(acetylacetonato), Pt(acac) 2” Heraeus Innovation Award 2007
(oral); September 18, 2007. W. C. Heraeus GmbH; Hanau, Germany.
6. “Construction of polymetallic paddlewheel complexes from (N 2S2)Ni and (N2S2)Fe(NO) paddles and M-M
axles: A tribute to F. Albert Cotton, Alfred Werner and New Orleans,” (oral) Marcetta Y. Darensbourg,
Jennifer L. Hess, Mark D. Young, Stephen P. Jeffery, Kayla N. Green, Marilyn V. Rampersad, and Carlos A.
Murillo. 235th ACS National Meeting; April 6-10, 2008. New Orleans, LA.
PATENTS
1. “Process for the Preparation of Platinum Acetylacetonato Complexes,” Steffen Voss, Dongshui Zeng,
Stephen Jeffery, and Kevin King, US Patent 7,442,820, issued October 28, 2008.