B.S. Chemistry, University of California-Santa Barbara, 1977 Ph.D. Chemistry, California Institute of Technology, 1983

Organometallic and organic synthesis of interest in catalysis or microelectronics applications.

K. T. Hua, J. Xu, E. Q. Quiroz, S. Lopez, A. J. Ingram, V. A. Johnson, A. R. Tisch, A. de Bettencourt-Dias, D. A. Straus, G. Muller "Structural and photophysical properties of visible- and near-infrared-emitting tris lanthanide(III) complexes formed with the enantiomers of N,N'-Bis(1-phenylethyl)-2,6-pyridinedicarboxamide" Inorg. Chem., 2012, 51, 647-660. Li, C., Fan, W., Straus, D.A., Lei, B., Asano, S., Zhang, D., Han, J., Meyyappan, M. and Zhou, C. "Charge Storage Behavior of Nanowire Transistors Functionalized with Bis(terpyridine)-Fe(II) Molecules: Dependance on Molecular Structure," Journal of the American Chemical Society2004, 126, 7750. Straus, Daniel A.; Kamigaito, Masami; Cole, Adam P.; Waymouth, Robert M. "Synthesis and characterization of [TiF 2(NMe 2) 2] 4 and its use for olefin polymerization". Inorganica Chimica Acta2003, 349, 65. Grumbine, S.K., Mitchell, G.P., Straus, D.A. and Tilley, T.D. "Synthesis and Study of Ruthenium Silylene Complexes of the Type [(h5-C 5Me 5)(Me 3P) 2Ru=SiX 2] + (X = Thiolate, Me and Ph)" Organometallics, 1998, 17, 5607. McKnight, A.L., Masood, M.A., Waymouth, R.M. and Straus, D.A. "Selectivity in Propylene Polymerization with Group 4 Cp-Amido Catalysts" Organometallics1997, 16, 2875. Straus, D.A. and Grubbs, R.H., "Bis(h5-cyclopentadien-1-yl)(2,2-dimethyl-1-propanediyl)titanium, (h5-C 5H 5) 2TiCH 2C(CH 3) 2CH 2[3,3-dimethyldicyclopentadienyltitanacyclobutane]" in Synthetic Methods of Organometallic and Inorganic Chemistry, Vol. 8, W.A. Herrmann, Ed.; Thieme-Verlag: Stuttgart 1997.