Megumi Fujita, Ph.D.

  
The University of West Georgia
 

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Assistant Professor of Chemistry
University of West Georgia

Inorganic/Organometallic/Organic

E-mail: mfujita@westga.edu
Office: TLC-2122   Lab:TLC-2104
Office hours: TBA

Ph.D. University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
B.A. International Christian University, Tokyo, Japan

Research  

My research interest is transition metal-catalyzed environmentally friendly organic reactions. My current research focus is to develop transition metal complexes that catalyze selective oxidation of organic compounds by nitrous oxide (N2O) and hydrogen peroxide (H2O2). These "green" oxidants would generate only non-toxic byproducts, nitrogen (N2) and water (H2O), respectively, after consumption as oxidants. My research students are synthesizing new tridentate and tetradentate ligands as scaffolds for selected first-row, late transition metal ions to create a N2O- and H2O2-activation site.