Valeria Stepanova, PhD, started as a Lecturer at the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at University of Wisconsin- La Crosse in January 2016 and later took an Assistant Professor position in August 2017.
Career
Specialty areas
Organometallic and Organophosphorus Chemistry
Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis
Synthesis of Biologically Important Small Molecules
Current courses at UWL
CHM 104L: General Chemistry Laboratory
CHM 303: Organic Chemistry Theory I
CHM 305L: Organic Chemistry Laboratory
CHM 304: Organic Chemistry Theory II
Professional history
08/17 – current. Assistant Professor. Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UW-La Crosse.
01/16 – 08/17. Lecturer. Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UW-La Crosse.
08/14 – 12/14. Lecturer. Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Hamilton College, Clinton, NY.
08/12 – 08/14. Assistant Professor. Department of Physical Sciences, Wagner College, Staten Island, NY.
01/12 – 05/12. Lecturer. Department of Math and Science, University of Minnesota, Crookston, MN.
Something to share
Dr. S. originally is from a small town in Russia and when she is not thinking about or teaching organic chemistry or working in the lab, she is a proud mother of three children mastering origami, playing baseball, or watching Curious George, at times simultaneously. She also has one dog and a cat, although sometimes they act as they are two additional children. Dr. S. and her husband Dr. W, also a talented, although tragically inorganic chemist, reside in a happy town of Winona, MN.
Research and publishing
Publications: (* undergraduate researcher)
1
Kukowski, J.E.*; Stepanova,V.A.; Smoliakova, I.P. Reactions of cyclopalladated complexes with HPPh2 resulting in ligand phosphination.
J. Organomet. Chem.2017,830, 155–166.
2
Korte, N.J.; Stepanova, V.A.; Smoliakova, I.P. Synthesis of N,P-, S,P-, P,P-, and S,P,S-ligands using reactions of cyclopalladated complexes with KPPh2.
J. Organomet. Chem. 2013, 745–746, 356–362.
3
Lamb, J.R.*; Stepanova, V.A.; Smoliakova, I.P. Transpalladation on silica gel.
Polyhedron2013, 53, 202–207.
4
Stepanova, V.A.; Smoliakova, I.P. Synthesis of aminophosphines and their applications in catalysis.
Curr. Org. Chem.2013, 16, 2893–2920.
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Kukowski, J.E.; Lamb, J.R.; Stepanova, V.A.; Smoliakova, I.P. Solvent-free direct cyclopalladation of sulfides on silica gel.
Inorg. Chem. Commun.2012, 26, 64–65.
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Stepanova, V.A.; Egan, M.E.; Smoliakova, I.P. Reactions of benzyldiphenylphosphine with Pd(II) sources on silica gel.
J. Organomet. Chem.2011, 696, 3162–3168.
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Stepanova, V.A.; Dunina, V.V.; Smoliakova, I.P. Chemoselectivity control in the reaction of a dinuclear chloro-bridged cyclopalladated complex with potassium diphenylphosphide.
J. Organomet. Chem.2011, 696, 871–878.
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Stepanova, V.A.; Kukowski, J.E.*; Smoliakova, I.P. Cyclopalladation of 2-tert-butyl-4,4-dimethyl-2-oxazoline in solution and on silica gel.
