Lisa McElwee-White
Colonel Allen R. and Margaret G. Crow Professor of Chemistry
Research Focus
The McElwee-White group research interests center around mechanism-based design of organometallic precursors for the deposition of inorganic thin films and nanostructures.
Education and Training
1983–1985 Postdoctoral Research Affiliate, Stanford University (lab of James P. Collman)
1979–1983 Ph.D., Chemistry, California Institute of Technology (lab of Dennis A. Dougherty)
1975–1979 B.S., Chemistry, with Highest Distinction and Honors in Chemistry, University of Kansas
Selected Awards
Southern Chemist Award (2024)
Paul G. Gassman Distinguished Service Award (2024)
Francis P. Garvan-John M. Olin Medal (2019)
Charles H. Herty Medal (2019)
Florida Award (2015)
Selected Activities
Councilor, ACS Division of Organic Chemistry (2025–2027)
Member, ACS Committee on Publications (2024–2026)
Editorial Advisory Board, ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces (2018–2025)
Member, ACS Committee on Professional Training (2014–2023)
Chair, ACS Division of Organic Chemistry (2008 Chair Elect, 2009 Chair, 2010 Past Chair)
Selected Publications
Brewer, C.R.; Das, B.; Singh, R.; Caretti, D.; Bhattacharyya, D.; Oni, O.; Kang, X.; Perry, J.G.; McElwee-White, L.; Walker, A.V. Photoassisted Chemical Vapor Deposition Using (η4-diene)Ru(CO)3 Precursors.ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2025. DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5c11415.
Germaine, I.M.; Richey, N.E.; Huttel, M.B.; McElwee-White, L., J. Aerosol-Assisted Chemical Vapor Deposition of 2H-WS2 From Single-Source Tungsten Dithiolene Precursors. Mater. Chem. C, 2024, 12, 3526-3524.
Yu, J.-C.; Abdel-Rahman, M.K.; Fairbrother, D.H.; McElwee-White, L. Charged Particle-Induced Surface Reactions of Organometallic Complexes as a Guide to Precursor Design for Electron and Ion Induced Deposition of Nanostructures.ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2021, 13, 48333-48348.