Phone: (949) 824-6303
Fax: (949) 824-8571
Email: batesj[at]uci.edu
Office: NSII 2210

B.S., College of William and Mary, Chemistry, 2008.
Pedagogical Fellowship, Univ. California Irvine, 2011-2012.

My research interests are still very broad. I enjoy learning everything I can about quantum mechanics and its application to molecular systems. I am currently working in conjunction with the Evans group here at UCI to model novel heavy metal compounds and their properties.

My present research involves establishing a gauge-invariant time dependent current-density functional theory (TDCDFT) based around the use of modified meta-GGA functionals. Concomitantly, I am involved with developing the Random Phase Approximation as a practical post-KS correlation method. SOSEX-y eh?

I am also interested in education, and the teaching of chemistry. By incorporating small group activities, peer-teaching, and technology into the classroom, I hope to make chemistry accessible to all types of learners.

1. Expanding Rare-Earth Oxidation State Chemistry to Molecular Complexes of Holmium(II) and Erbium(II)
   Matthew R. MacDonald, Jefferson E. Bates, Megan E. Fieser, Joseph W. Ziller, Filipp Furche, and William J. Evans
   J. Am. Chem. Soc. In Press
   doi:10.1021/ja303357w
   
2. Electron correlation methods based on the random phase approximation
   H. Eshuis, J. E. Bates, F. Furche
   Theor. Chem. Acc. 131 1084 (2012)
   doi:10.1007/s00214-011-1084-8 preprint
   
3. Isolation of (CO)^1– and (CO2)^1– Radical Complexes of Rare Earths via Ln(NR₂)₃/K Reduction and [K₂(18-crown-6)₂]²⁺ Oligomerization
   Ming Fang, Joy H. Farnaby, Joseph W. Ziller, Jefferson E. Bates, Filipp Furche, and William J. Evans
   J. Am. Chem. Soc. In Press
   doi:10.1021/ja211220r
   
4. Synthesis, Structure, and Physical Properties for a Series of Trigonal Bipyramidal M^II-Cl Complexes with Intramolecular Hydrogen Bonds
   N. S. Sickerman, Y. J. Park, G. K.-Y. Ng, J. E. Bates, M. Hilkert, J. W. Ziller, F. Furche, A. S. Borovik
   Dalton Trans. (2012), in press
   doi:10.1039/C2DT12244H
   
5. Synthesis of the (N₂)^3- Radical from Y²⁺ and Its Protonolysis Reactivity To Form (N₂H₂)^2- via the Y[N(SiMe₃)₂]₃/KC₈ Reduction System
   M. Fang, D.S. Lee, J.W. Ziller, R.J. Doedens, J.E. Bates, F. Furche, W.J. Evans
   J. Am. Chem. Soc. 133 3784-3787 (2011)
   doi:10.1021/ja1116827
   
6. (N₂)^3- Radical Chemistry via Trivalent Lanthanide Salt/Alkali Metal Reduction of Dinitrogen: New Syntheses and Examples of (N₂)^2- and (N₂)^3- Complexes and Density Functional Theory Comparisons of Closed Shell Sc³⁺, Y³⁺, and Lu³⁺ versus 4f⁹ Dy³⁺
   M. Fang, J.E. Bates, S.E. Lorenz, D.S. Lee, R.B. Rego, J.W. Ziller, F. Furche, W.J. Evans
   Inorg. Chem. 50 1459-1469 (2011)
   doi:10.1021/ic102016k
   
7. Isolation of a radical dianion of nitrogen oxide (NO)^2-
   W. J. Evans, M. Fang, J. E. Bates, F. Furche, J. W. Ziller, M.D. Kiesz, J.I. Zink
   Nat. Chem. 8 644 (2010)
   doi:10.1038/nchem.701
   

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