Employment

2011 – Present 2011- 2013 2006 – 2011 2006 – 2010	Associate Professor of Chemistry Chair of Chemistry, Medical Technology, and Physics Monmouth University West Long Branch, NJ 07764 Professor of Chemistry Chair of Chemistry Texas A&M University – Kingsville Kingsville, TX 78363
2005 – 2006 2002 – 2004 1990 – 2005	Professor of Inorganic Chemistry Acting Chemistry Coordinator University Professor of Inorganic Chemistry Governors State University University Park, IL 60484
1989 – 1990	Assistant Professor of Chemistry University of Louisiana at Lafayette Lafayette, LA 70504
1987 – 1988	Area Chemist E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. New Johnsonville, TN 37134
1982	GS-5 Chemist Naval Medical Research Institute Bethesda, MD 20889

Education

Ph.D., Inorganic Chemistry, Purdue University

Scholarly Articles

Ortho-metalation, rotational isomerization, and hydride-hydride coupling at rhenium(V) polyhydride complexes stabilized by aromatic amine ligands.  Y. Jimenez^a, A. M.  Strepka^a, M. D. Borgohain^b, P. A. Hinojosa^b, and G. A. Moehring, Inorg. Chim. Acta, 2009, 362, 3259-3266.

Hydrogen exchange of rhenium(VII) heptahydridobis(triphenylphosphine) with water, aniline, methanol, and itself.  J. A. Wazio^b, V. Jimenez^b, S. Soparawalla^b, S. John^b, and G. A. Moehring, Inorg. Chim. Acta, 2009, 362, 159-165.

Structural Determination and Acidolysis Reactions of Ortho-Metalated Rhenium Tetrahydride Compounds Prepared from Reactions of ReH₇(PPh₃)₂ with Benzylic Imines.  G. A. Moehring,C. C. Williams^a, J. Buford^a, M. Kaviani^a, J. Sulko^a, andP. E. Fanwick, Inorg. Chem., 1998, 37, 3848-3852.

New Mixed Metal Polyhydride Compounds Containing the Ag₂Re and Ag₂Re₂ Cores.  W. Conroy^a, T. Stewart^a, and G. A. Moehring, Trans. Ill. State Acad. Sci., 1995, 88, 123-129.

^aGraduate student coauthor

^bUndergraduate student coauthor

Presentations/Invited Talks

Selected National Conference Presentations

Control charts of quantitative results.  G. A. Moehring and J. Luo, 23^rd Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, 2014.  (Podium)

Pseudorotational rearrangements of seven- or eight-coordinate rhenium centers supported by a nitrogen-donor ligand.  G. Mejia, A. Patel, V. Patel, H. Siebert, O. Menon, S. Rashid, H. Sodhi, D. Kosenkov, and G. A. Moehring, 246^th ACS National Meeting, 2013.  (Poster)

Course-based approach to undergraduate research.  P. Fu-Giles and G. A. Moehring, 244^th ACS National Meeting, 2012.  (Poster)

Intramolecular ligand exchange at chiral eight coordinate rhenium polyhydride complexes.  S. Dos Santos, G, Birudala, G. Mejia, A. Patel, and G. A. Moehring, 244^th ACS National Meeting, 2012.  (Poster)

Selected Regional and Local Conference Presentations

Dynamic NMR Characterization of the Fluxional Rearrangement at an Eight-Coordinate Metal Center.  H. Siebert, H. Sodhi, and G. A. Moehring, 51^st Eastern Analytical Symposium, 2013.  (Poster)

Pseudorotational rearrangement of ligands at a rhenium(V) pentahydride complex as opposed to simple rotation about a single Re-N bond.  G. Birudala and G. A. Moehring, 43^rd ACS Middle Atlantic Regional Meeting, 2012.  (Podium)

Selected Student Presentations

Synthesis of a ligand-bridged bimetallic teeter totter compound to prepare a more efficient catalyst.  H. Siebert, Spring 2014 Monmouth University Honors School Research Conference, 2014.  (Jane Freed Award for an Outstanding Honors School Thesis)  (podium)

Synthesis of a Ligand Bridged Bimetallic Teeter Totter Compound to Prepare a More Efficient Catalyst.  H. Siebert and G. Moehring, 2014 Northeast Regional Honors Council Conference, 2014. (poster)

 

Awards

Grants

$200,000	Departmental Grant (2009-2012) and Department Grant Renewals (2007 and 2008).  G. A. Moehring, Robert A. Welch Foundation (#AC-0006).
$999,996	TAMUK STEP, a Model for Student Success and Persistence.  K. John, A. A. Pilehvari, B. R. Garcia, J. L. Chisholm, and G. A. Moehring (replacement co-PI in year three), NSF-STEP (#0525496), 2005-2011.
$28,000	Center for Remote FT-NMR Instruction.  G. A. Moehring, Higher Education Cooperation Act – Illinois Virtual Campus Program, 2000.

$100,000

A Regional WWW-Based FT-NMR for Chemistry Curriculum Improvements.  G. A. Moehring, S. Kumar, S. Diab, J. Selbka, S.-O. Park, J. B. Addison, and K. D’Arcy, National Science Foundation – Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement Program (# 9950554), 1999.  This grant received a $128,000 match from the Illinois Board of Higher Education.

Additional Information

National Exam

IN15 – B. A. Resiner, A. de-Bettencourt-Dias, C. Nataro, G. Miessler, G. G. Stanley, G. A. Moehring, J. L. Crane, K. J. Franz, L. L. Pesterfield, R. A. Stockland, Jr., R. T. Macaluso, S. G. Sobel, and S. R. Smith, ACS Exams Institute, 2015.