Forbes Research Group

Great to see Andrew Knight and Josh de Groot on Friday for the graduation ceremony. Thanks to the group for being so supportive and showing up to cheer on the first Forbes group graduates!

New Publication!

http://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acs.estlett.6b00439

Disequilibrium of Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials (NORM) in Drill Cuttings from a Horizontal Drilling Operation - Environmental Science & Technology Letters (ACS Publications) Disequilibrium of Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials (NORM) in Drill Cuttings from a Horizontal Drilling OperationEric S. Eitrheim†Dustin May‡§Tori Z. Forbes†Andrew W. Nelson*† † Department of Chemistry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, United States‡University of Iowa State Hygieni...

New publication: Ashini S. Jayasinghe, Samuel Salzman, and Tori Z. Forbes "Metal substituion into metal organic nanotubes: impacts on solven uptake and stability" Crystal Growth and Design http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.cgd.6b01268

Metal substitution into metal organic nanotubes: Impacts on solvent uptake and stability - Crystal Growth & Design (ACS Publications) Metal substitution into metal organic nanotubes: Impacts on solvent uptake and stabilityAshini S. JayasingheSamuel SalzmanTori Z. ForbesCryst. Growth Des., Just Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1021/acs.cgd.6b01268Publication Date (Web): October 19, 2016Copyright © 2016 American Chemical SocietyAbstract T...

A great article about one of our awesome undergraduate researchers. Erica, we are glad to hear that you are enjoying your summer with the Burns group!

http://now.uiowa.edu/2016/06/chemistry-herky

Chemistry Herky University of Iowa sophomore Erica Cole’s passion for chemistry, theater, jewelry design, and Herky helps her skillfully combine the arts and sciences. Her chemistry faculty mentor says Cole "epitomizes the kind of liberal arts student we want at Iowa."

Professor Forbes was named Deans Scholar for the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

http://clas.uiowa.edu/news/clas-names-collegiate-scholars-deans-scholars-deans-distinguished-lecturer

CLAS names Collegiate Scholars, Dean's Scholars, Dean's Distinguished Lecturer | College of... The University of Iowa College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS) has named two faculty members to the honor of Collegiate Scholar, which recognizes faculty for excellence as evidenced in their promotion record at the time of their candidacy for promotion to the rank of full professor. The 2016-18…

Welcome Jennifer Bjorklund, Maosong Ye, and Taylor Fetrow to the Forbes Research Group!

New Paper with the Haes Research Group!
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acs.analchem.5b03038

Evaluating Best Practices in Raman Spectral Analysis for Uranium Speciation and Relative... Raman spectroscopy is emerging as a powerful tool for identifying hexavalent uranium speciation in situ; however, there is no straightforward protocol for identifying uranyl species in solution. Herein, uranyl samples are evaluated using Raman spectroscopy, and speciation is monitored at various sol…

New paper!
http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2015/cc/c5cc03069b #!divAbstract

Isolation and characterization of the [Ga2Al18O8(OH)36(H2O)12]8+ cluster: cationic variations on... The structural chemistry of Group 13 polyoxometalates lags far behind related negatively charged transition metal species and limits the development of advanced materials. A novel heterometallic cluster [Ga2Al18O8(OH)36(H2O)12]8+ (Ga2Al18) has been isolated using a supramolecular approach and struct…

Tori was just awarded the DOE Early Career Award!

http://research.uiowa.edu/impact/news/ui-chemistry-researcher-forbes-nets-doe-early-career-award

UI chemistry researcher Forbes nets DOE Early Career award | Research and Economic Development |... Tori Forbes, an Assistant Professor of Chemistry in the University of Iowa College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, is one of 44 scientists—just 27 of them from U.S. universities—selected for a U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science 2015 Early Career Research Program award.

Congrats to Andrew Knight for receiving the Department of Energy Office of Science Graduate Student Research Award!

New publication for Forbes group!
http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2014/dt/c4dt02442g #!divAbstract

Structural characterization of environmentally relevant ternary uranyl citrate complexes present... Organic acids are important metal chelators in environmental systems and tend to form soluble complexes in aqueous solutions, ultimately influencing the transport and bioavailability of contaminants in surface and subsurface waters. This is particularly true for the formation of uranyl citrate compl…