Rate My Professor Steven Haefner

Dr. Steven Haefner serves as Professor of Chemical Sciences in the Department of Chemical Sciences at Bridgewater State University, where he has held positions including Associate Professor, Professor, and Chairperson of the department. He earned a B.S. from the University of California, Los Angeles, and a Ph.D. from Michigan State University. Haefner coordinates the graduate program in Chemical Sciences and participates in the Health Professions Advisory Committee. He supervises practicum experiences for the Accelerated Post-Baccalaureate program and mentors undergraduate research projects, contributing to student awards such as the Norris-Richards Undergraduate Summer Research Scholarship from the Northeastern Section of the American Chemical Society.

Haefner's research focuses on the synthesis, spectroscopy, and structural characterization of transition metal coordination and organometallic complexes, with particular emphasis on bi- and polymetallic systems. His work explores applications in metal carbohydrate chemistry, catalysis, molecular recognition, metal-metal bonded assemblies, and supramolecular systems. He has published extensively in leading journals, including Inorganic Chemistry, Journal of the American Chemical Society, Chemistry of Materials, and Organometallics. Notable publications include "Metal-Metal Multiply-Bonded Complexes of Technetium. 2. Preparation and Characterization of the Fully Solvated Ditechnetium Cation [Tc₂(CH₃CN)₁₀]⁴⁺" (Inorganic Chemistry, 1995), "Reversible carbon monoxide reactions of cationic rhodium(I) and-(II) complexes" (Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1991), "Reversible carbon monoxide addition to sol-gel derived composite films containing a cationic rhodium(I) complex" (Chemistry of Materials, 1992), "Crystallographic disorder in the orthorhombic form of RhCl(CO)(PPh₃)₂" (Inorganic Chemistry, 1992), "Structural studies of formamidine compounds: from neutral to anionic and cationic species" (Polyhedron, 1997), and "Isolation, structure, and magnetic properties of a novel mononuclear rhodium(II) complex" (Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1989). His scholarship has earned over 800 citations, advancing understanding in inorganic chemistry. Haefner teaches courses such as Intermediate Inorganic Chemistry (CHEM 242), Advanced Inorganic Chemistry (CHEM 444), Chemical Principles I and II (CHEM 141/142), Survey of Chemistry I and II (CHEM 131/132), Laboratory Techniques (CHEM 492), Undergraduate Research (CHEM 390), and Honors Research Colloquium (CHEM 135H).