Rate My Professor John Miecznikowski

Miecznikowski joined Fairfield University as Assistant Professor of Chemistry in September 2007, advancing to Associate Professor in 2013 and full Professor. He teaches three courses per semester, focusing his research program on synthetic inorganic chemistry, organometallic chemistry, and bioinorganic chemistry, with studies on copper(I) SNS pincer complexes, ligand design, solvent coordination, and conformer interconversion. Notable publications include 'Chelated iridium(III) bis-carbene complexes as air-stable catalysts for transfer hydrogenation' (Organometallics, 2002), 'Reactivity differences in the syntheses of chelating N-heterocyclic carbene complexes of rhodium' (Organometallics, 2004), 'Hydrogen transfer reduction of aldehydes with alkali-metal carbonates and iridium NHC complexes' (Organometallics, 2004), 'Copper(I) SNS Pincer Complexes: Impact of Ligand Design and Solvent Coordination on Conformer Interconversion' (Inorganica Chimica Acta, 2019), and 'trans-Diaquabis(N,N,N'-trimethylethylenediamine)-nickel(II) dichloride' (IUCrData, 2020). In 2011, he received Fairfield University's Undergraduate Teacher of the Year award from Alpha Sigma Nu. Miecznikowski has obtained grants such as NSF MRI for a MALDI-TOF mass spectrometer (2016-2019) and NASA Connecticut Space Grant Consortium awards. He chairs the University Advancement Committee, served as Interim Director of the Magis Core Curriculum, and mentors students presenting at American Chemical Society national meetings.