Inorganic/radio- chemist on a journey to probe the structural and redox behavior of free and complexed f-elements 

Education

• Ph.D. Candidate in Inorganic Chemistry, University of Kansas, KS (2024)
• B.S. in Chemistry, Abilene Christian University, TX (2019)

Awards and Honors

• DOE Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) Fellowship 2022 S2
• Doctoral Student Research Fund Award (KU, 2022)
• NSF NRT Trainee in Chemical Data Science (2020 - 2022)
• NSF GRFP Honorable Mention (2020)

Publications

• Mikeska, E. R. and Blakemore, J. D. Evidence for Reactivity of Decamethylcobaltocene with Dichloromethane. Organometallics, 2023, doi: 10.1021/acs.organomet.3c00176
• Mikeska, E. R.; Powell, C. B.; Powell, G. L. Triosmium Carbonyl Clusters Containing a Mixture of Dppm and Dppe Ligands. J. Chem. Cryst., 2021, 51, 457-464. doi: 10.1007/s10870-020-00869-8