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Fun, Foibles, and Follies In Collaborative Research. Bruce A. Hathaway ACS Southern Illinois Local Section Meeting February 7, 2000. Foible, According to Webster. The part of a sword blade between the middle and the point. A minor flaw or shortcoming in personal character or behavior.
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Fun, Foibles, and Follies In Collaborative Research Bruce A. Hathaway ACS Southern Illinois Local Section Meeting February 7, 2000
Foible, According to Webster • The part of a sword blade between the middle and the point. • A minor flaw or shortcoming in personal character or behavior. • An eccentric or whimsical liking or interest in something.
Introduction Collaborative research, to me, is where two or more individuals work together on a project. Each individual has defined responsibilities, and shares the credit, glory, honor, and (heaven-forbid) blame for the results. Ideally, the collaborators should work as equals, and have input on the planning, direction, and dissemination of the results. In this presentation, I will share some of the collaborative projects I have been involved with, including how the collaboration was initiated, the nature of the collaboration, and the good and bad points of the collaborations.
2-Aminoindanes with Steve Overmann • 1984-89 • Students got us together (Archie Thurston and Rick Tolan). • 6 students involved: Two went on and obtained Ph.D.’s (Archie Thurston and Chip Wittenbrink). • I supervised preparations, Steve supervised biological evaluation. • Mike Rodgers did computer interfacing.
Mouse Spontaneous Motor Activity Meter Computer 8 Photocells
Mouse Spontaneous Motor Activity, 5 mg/kg Counts Per 30 Min
2-Aminoindane Conclusions • No “really good” compounds were discovered. • We couldn’t obtain external funding. • No publications • Steve became more interested in other research projects. • 6 presentations at MAS, other meetings. • 2 GRFC grants.
NASA-JOVE: Preparation of Non-Linear Optical (NLO) Materials • 1993-8 • NASA invited Southeast to participate. • I had to find a NASA colleague to work with. • Spent one summer at Marshall Space Flight Center and the Univ. Alabama - Huntsville in Huntsville, AL. • 6 students involved (Jennifer Mabery, Jamie Carrigan, Angela Scates, Pat Zimmermann, Brian Taylor, Jeremy Wittenborn).
NASA-JOVE “Good News” • Money for summer salary, student workers, travel, operations. • Summer JOVE meetings in Texas, Florida, and California. • Three publications and several presentations by my students and I from the work we did. • Led to further collaboration.
NASA-JOVE “Bad News” • My collaborator was only interested in his compound, “DAMNA”, and did little with 25 we made. • He only contacted me when he wanted me to make more of his compound. • He never made me a co-author on any of his publications, nor acknowledged the work I did.
Rainer Glaser: NLO Materials • 1997 - present • We met at Organic Chemistry Day at University of Missouri, when I presented a poster on NASA-JOVE research. • I prepare NLO materials, and Glaser gets X-ray structures and does theoretical calculations.
Glaser Results • Two publications and one presentation. • I received an ACS-PRF grant for my part of the research. • Four students have been involved (Gary Bohnert, Scott Kirkley, Rachel Phillips, Steve Updike), one who is in the Ph.D. program at Missouri (Gary Bohnert).
Preparations of Ketenes with Jin Gong. • Begun seriously in 1999 (some informal consulting earlier). • I supervise preparation of ketenes, and Jin’s students react them with transition metal complexes. • Jin pays for one student (Andy Gilbert) whom I supervise.
Ketene Results • Seven different ketenes have been prepared. • Some ketene complexes have been prepared. • At least one presentation will be made this year.
Acknowledgements • All of the undergraduate students who did most of the work. • Funding by NASA, ACS-PRF, GRFC, and the Southeast Chemistry Department. • Helpful conversations with Southeast faculty, especially Bjorn Olesen.
