Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, 2008 F. Albert Cotton Award in Synthetic Inorganic Chemistry, 2004, a national prize of the American Chemical Society National Science Foundation Special Creativity Award, 1994 Alexander von Humboldt Senior U. S. Scientist Research Prize, 1993

Inorganic & Organometallic Chemistry

R. E. Jilek, M. Jang, E. D. Smolensky, J. D. Britton, J. E. Ellis, "Structurally Distinct Homoleptic Anthracene Complexes, [M(C14H10)3]2-, M = Ti, Zr, Hf: Tris(arene) Complexes for a Triad of Transition Metals," Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2008, 47, DOI: 10.1002/anie200802780, Awarded "VIP" status.

V. J. Sussman, J. E. Ellis, "A total loss of innocence: Double ortho-metallation of bis(triphenylphosphano)iminium cation, [N(PPh3)2]+, by tris(η-naphthalene)tantalate(1‑)," Chem. Commun. 2008, DOI: 10.139/b811320C.

J. M. Allen, J. E. Ellis, "Synthesis and Characterization of Titanium Tetraisocyanide Complexes, [CpTi(CNXyl)4E], E = I, SnPh3, SnMe3," J. Organometal. Chem. 2008, 693, 1536 (F. A. Cotton Memorial Issue).

V. J. Sussman, J. E. Ellis, "From Storable Sources of Atomic Nb- and Ta- to Isolable Anionic Tris(1,3-butadiene)metal Complexes: [M(η4-C4H6)3]-, M = Nb, Ta," Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2008, 47, 484, Awarded "VIP" status.

W. W. Brennessel, R. E. Jilek, and J. E. Ellis, "Bis(1,2,3,4-η4-Anthracene)ferrate(1-): A Paramagnetic Homoleptic Polyarene-Transition Metal Anion," Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2007, 46, 6132.

R. E. Jilek, G. Tripepi, E. Urnezius, W. W. Brennessel, V. G. Young, Jr., and J. E. Ellis, "Zerovalent Titanium-Sulfur Complexes. Novel Dithiocarbamato Derivatives of Ti(CO)6: [Ti(CO)4(S2CNR2)]-," Chem. Commun. 2007, 2639.

W. W. Brennessel and J. E. Ellis, "[Fe(CNXyl)4]2-, Xyl = 2,6-dimethylphenyl: An Isolable and Structurally Characterized Homoleptic Isocyanidemetalate Dianion," Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2007, 46, 598.

M. V. Barybin, W. W. Brennessel, B. E. Kucera, M. E. Minyaev, V. J. Sussman, V. G. Young, Jr., and J. E. Ellis, "Homoleptic Isocyanidemetalates of 4d- and 5d-Transition Metals: [Nb(CNXyl)6]-, [Ta(CNXyl)6]- and Derivatives Thereof," J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 1141.

W. W. Brennessel, V. G. Young, Jr., J. E. Ellis, "Towards Homoleptic Naphthalenemetalates of the Later Transition Metals: Isolation and Characterization of Naphthalenecobaltates(1-)," Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2006, 45, 7268.

J. E. Ellis, "Adventures with Substances Containing Metals in Negative Oxidation States," Inorg. Chem. 2006, 45, 3167 (Award article; cover illustration).