Education Experience:

B.S. Chemistry, 2001, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh

Ph. D. Organic Chemistry, 2006, University of Oregon

Postdoctoral Associate, 2007-2008, Trinity University (TX)

Visiting Assistant Professor, 2008-2009, Trinity University (TX)

Research Interests:

Organic Chemistry, Synthetic Molecular Devices and Machines, Green Organic Chemistry, Aromaticity and Antiaromaticity.

Recent Publications:

Dahl, B. J.; Mills, N. S. Antiaromaticity in Distal Bisfluorenyl Dications Separated by Multiple Discrete Spacer Units. Org. Lett. 2008, 10, 5605-5608.

Dahl, B. J.; Mills, N. S. Antiaromatic Spacer-Bridged Dications Generated by Superacid Induced Ionization. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 10179-10186.

Dahl, B. J.; Branchaud, B. P. 180° Unidirectional Bond Rotation in a Biaryl Lactone Artificial Molecular Motor Prototype. Org. Lett. 2006, 8, 5841-5845.

Lin, Y.; Dahl, B. J.; Branchaud, B. P. Net Directed 180° Aryl–Aryl Bond Rotation in a Prototypical Achiral Biaryl Lactone Synthetic Molecular Motor. Tetrahedron Lett. 2005, 46, 8359-8362.

Dahl, B. J.; Branchaud, B. P. Synthesis and Characterization of a Functionalized Chiral Biaryl Capable of Exhibiting Unidirectional Bond Rotation. Tetrahedron Lett. 2004, 45, 9599-9602.