Kristopher McNeill
University of Minnesota
Department of Chemistry
207 Pleasant St SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455
mcneill@umn.edu
www.chem.umn.edu/groups/mcneill
468A Kolthoff • 612 625-0781
Secretary: Susan Wrayge
612 625-5889 • 341 Smith Hall
BIOGRAPHICAL
Birthdate: 6/26/1970
Birthplace: Tucson, AZ, USA
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Chemistry (1992 - 1997)
University of California, Berkeley, CA
• Thesis Title: Mechanistic Studies of beta-Methyl Elimination at Ruthenium(II) and the Reduction of Nitric Oxide by Zirconium(II)
• Thesis Advisors: Professors Robert G. Bergman and Richard A. Andersen
B. A., Chemistry (1988 - 1992)
Reed College, Portland, OR
• Thesis Title: Dimethylbipyrazinium and Chromium(II): Experimental and Theoretical Studies
• Thesis Advisor: Professor Thomas G. Dunne
HONORS
Resident Fellow, University of Minnesota Institute on the Environment (2009 – present) • University of Minnesota Academy of Distinguished Teachers (2008) • Horace T. Morse—University of Minnesota Alumni Award for Outstanding Contributions to Undergraduate Education (2008) • Excellence in Review Award, Environmental Science and Technology (2007) • George W. Taylor Career Development Award (2006) • McKnight Land-Grant Professorship (2004-2006) • NSF CAREER Award (2003-2008) • Sigma Xi (1997) • Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award, Univ. of Calif., Berkeley (1993)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Associate Professor of Chemistry (2006 - present)
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Member of the Graduate Faculty, Water Resources Science (2001 - present)
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
UPS Visting Professor (Winter 2007-Spring 2007)
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford, University, Palo Alto, CA
Assistant Professor of Chemistry (2000 - 2006)
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Postdoctoral Associate, Environmental Chemistry Research (1997 - 1999)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
• Project Title: The Influence of Methane Cycling in Lakes on the Fate of Organic Pollutants
• Advisor: Professor Philip M. Gschwend
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Mechanisms of chemical reactions in aquatic environments:
• Environmental fate of emerging contaminants
• Photochemistry in surface waters with an emphasis on reactive oxygen species
• Metal-mediated dehalogenation reactions
PUBLICATIONS
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BIO
Kristopher McNeill received his B.A. in Chemistry from Reed College in 1992 and his Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of California at Berkeley in 1997, co-advised by Professors Robert G. Bergman and Richard A. Andersen. He then worked as a postdoctoral researcher with Prof. Philip Gschwend in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1997 to 1999. Dr. McNeill joined the faculty at the University of Minnesota in January 2000. His research group studies environmentally important chemical reactions, focusing on the catalytic and photocatalytic degradation of pollutants in aquatic systems. His honors include an NSF CAREER Award (2003-2008), McKnight Land-Grant Professorship (2004-2006), and the Morse-Alumni Award for Outstanding contributions to Undergraduate Education (2008). He is a member of the University of Minnesota Academy of Distinguished Teachers (2008) and a Resident Fellow of the Institute on the Environment.
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