Diplom der Chemie (equivalent to M.Sc.), Gerhard Mercator Universität Duisburg, Germany; Ph.D. (Inorganic Chemistry), McMaster University, Hamilton

Transition-metal sulfide fluoride chemistry, Main-group oxide fluoride chemistry, Solid-state NMR spectroscopy of inorganic fluorides

J. T. Goettel, N. Kostiuk, M. Gerken* "The Solid-State Structure of SF4: The Final Piece of the Puzzle" Angewandte Chemie, 2013, 125, 8195-8198; Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2013, 52, 8037-8040. HIGHLIGHTED in Nachrichten aus der Chemie, 2013, 61, 999 and covered in TRENDS IN INORGANIC CHEMISTRY 2013 in Nachrichten aus der Chemie, 2014, 62, 233. J. T. Goettel, P. Chaudhary, P.Hazendonk, H. P. A. Mercier, M. Gerken* "SF4•N(C2H5)3: The First Conclusively Characterized SF4 Adduct with an Organic Base" Chemical Communications, 2012, 48, 9120-9122. J. Nieboer, R. Haiges, W. Hillary, X. Yu, T. Richardet, H. P. Mercier, M. Gerken* "Fluoride-Ion Acceptor Properties of WSF4: Synthesis, Characterization, and Computational Study of the WSF5- and W2S2F9- Anions, and 19F NMR Spectroscopic Characterization of the W2OSF9- Anion" Inorganic Chemistry. 2012, 51, 6350-6359. J. P. Mack, J. A. Boatz, M. Gerken "Synthesis, NMR and vibrational spectroscopic characterization, and computational study of the cis-IO2F32-anion" Inorganic Chemistry 2008, 47, 3243-3247. M. Gerken, P. Hazendonk A. Iuga, J. Nieboer, M. Tramsek, E. Goreshnik, B. Zemva, S. Zheng, J. Autschbach "Solid-state NMR spectroscopic study of coordination compounds of XeF2 with metal cations and the crystal structure of [Ba(XeF2)5][AsF6]2" Inorganic Chemistry 2007, 46, 6069-6077.