Professional Preparation:

Professional Appointments

Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Minnesota.
Visiting Professor, Department of Chemsitry, University of California, Berkeley
Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry and Center for Metals in Biocatalysis, University of Minnesota
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Minnesota

Selected Publications

"Comparison of Structurally Analogous Zn₂, Co₂, and Mg₂ Catalysts for the Polymerization of Cyclic Esters" Breyfogle, L. E.; Williams, C. K.; Young, V. G., Jr.; Hillmyer, M. A.; Tolman, W. B. Dalton Trans., 2006, 928-936.

"Zinc N-Heterocyclic Carbene Complexes and their Polymerization of D,L-Lactide" Jensen, T. R.; Schaller, C. P.; Hillmyer, M. A.; Tolman, W. B. J. Organomet. Chem., 2005, 690, 5881-5891.

"Stereoselective Polymerization of D,L-Lactide Using N-Heterocyclic Carbene Based Compounds" Jensen, T. R.; Breyfogle, L. E.; Hillmyer, M. A.; Tolman, W. B. Chem. Commun., 2004, 2504.

"A Highly Active Zinc Catalyst for the Controlled Polymerization of Lactide,"Williams, C. K.; Breyfogle, L. E.; Choi, S. K.; Nam, W.; V.G. Young, J.; Hillmyer, M. A.; Tolman, W. B., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2003, 125, 11350-11359.

"Electronic influence of ligand substituents on the rate of polymerization of e-caprolactone by single-site aluminium alkoxide catalysts,"Alcazar-Roman, L. M.; O'Keefe, B. J.; Hillmyer, M. A.; Tolman, W. B., Dalton Trans. 2003, 3082-3087.