Richard Lord

Assistant Professor of Chemistry

Office: 362 Padnos

Phone: 331-8950

Email: lordri@gvsu.edu

Education/Professional Training

BS Chemistry and Mathematics, University of Southern Indiana

PhD Inorganic Chemistry, Indiana University

Research Interests

Our lab uses computational modeling to understand unusual bonding and structures in transition metal complexes. We are currently trying to model how certain metals (Ni, Cu) catalyze the reductive coupling of two carbon dioxide molecules to form oxalate.