B.A. 2002, Lake Forest College Ph.D. 2010 The George Washington University Postdoctoral Fellow 2010-2012, Argonne National Laboratory Assistant Chemist 2012-2014, Argonne National Laboratory

Our group is broadly interested in self-assembly processes, phase formation, and structure-property relationships in f-element materials. All projects have a significant synthetic component and involve the characterization of new materials. Current research areas include

Knope KE, Soderholm L. Plutonium(IV) cluster with a hexanuclear [Pu6(OH)4O4]12+ core. Inorganic Chemistry, 2013, 52(12), 6770-6772. (highlighted article) Knope KE, Soderholm L. Solution and solid-state structural chemistry of actinide hydrates and their hydrolysis and condensation products. Chemical Reviews, 2013, 113(2), 944-994. Knope KE, Kimura H, Yasaka Y, Nakahara M, Andrews MB, Cahill CL. Investigation of in situ oxalate formation from 2,3-pyrazinedicarboxylate using Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy. Inorganic Chemistry, 2012, 51(6), 3883-3890. Knope KE, de Lill DT, Rowland CE, Cantos PM, de Bettencourt-Dias A, Cahill CL. Uranyl sensitization of samarium(III) luminescence in a two-dimensional coordination polymer. Inorganic Chemistry, 2012, 51(1), 201-206 (cover article). Knope KE, Wilson RE, Vasiliu M, Dixon DA, Soderholm L. Thorium(IV) molecular clusters with a hexanuclear Th core. Inorganic Chemistry, 2011, 50(19), 9696-9704.