Inorganic/Radio- chemist on a journey to probe the redox and redox-induced reactivity of transuranic elements 

Education

• Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry (Honors), University of Kansas, KS (2024)
• B.S. in Chemistry, Abilene Christian University, TX (2019)

Awards and Honors

• Ernest and Marvel Griswold Award in Inorganic Chemistry (KU, 2024)
• DOE Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) Fellowship 2022 S2
• Doctoral Student Research Fund Award (KU, 2022)
• NSF NRT Trainee in Chemical Data Science (2020 - 2022)
• NSF GRFP Honorable Mention (2020)

Publications

• Mikeska, E. R.; Curry, T. D.; Wilson, R. E.; Blakemore, J. D. Electroanalytical Characterization of Np(VI)/Np(V) Redox in a Pentadentate Ligand Environment and Stabilization of Np(V) by Hydrogen Bonding. ChemRxiv (Submitted), 2024. doi:  10.26434/chemrxiv-2024-cpkqj
• Mikeska, E. R.; Wilson, R. E.; Blakemore, J. D. PCET-driven Reactivity of Neptunyl(VI) Yields Oxo-bridged Np(V) and Np(IV) Species. ChemRxiv (Submitted), 2024. doi: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2024-3rrhz
• Mikeska, E. R.; Makos, M. Z.; Arehart, G. A.; Glezakou, V.-A.; Blakemore, J. D. Reactivity and Cross Reactivity in Redox Activation of the Uranyl Ion. ChemRxiv (Submitted), 2024. doi: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2024-nhgcl 
• Mikeska, E. R.; Wilson, R. E.; Sen, A.; Autschbach, J.; Blakemore, J. D. Preparation of Neptunyl and Plutonyl Acetates to Access Non-Aqueous Transuranium Coordination Chemistry. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146. 21509-21524. doi: 10.1021/jacs.4c04613
• Golwankar, R. R.; Ervin, A. C.; Makos, M. Z.; Mikeska, E. R.; Glezakou, V.-A.; Blakemore, J. D. Synthesis, Isolation, and Study of Heterbimetallic Uranyl-Crown Ether Complexes. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 9597-9604. doi: 10.1021/jacs.3c12075
• Mikeska, E. R.; Lind, N. M.; Ervin, A. C.; Khalife, C.; Karnes, J. P.; Blakemore, J. D. Observations Regarding the Synthesis and Redox Chemistry of Heterobimetallic Uranyl Complexes Containing Group 10 Metals. Radiochim. Acta 2024, 112, 149-160. doi: 10.1515/ract-2023-0237
• Mikeska, E. R.; Ervin, A. C.; Zhang, K.; Benitez, G. M.; Powell, S. M. R.; Oliver, A. G.; Day, V. W.; Caricato, M.; Comadoll, C. G.; Blakemore, J. D. Evidence for Uranium(VI/V) Redox Supported by 2,2′-Dipyridyl-6,6′-dicarboxylate. Inorg. Chem. 2023, 62, 16131-16148. doi: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.3c02397
• Mikeska, E. R. and Blakemore, J. D. Evidence for Reactivity of Decamethylcobaltocene with Dichloromethane. Organometallics 2023, 42, 1444-1447. doi: 10.1021/acs.organomet.3c00176
• Mikeska, E. R.; Powell, C. B.; Powell, G. L. Triosmium Carbonyl Clusters Containing a Mixture of Dppm and Dppe Ligands. J. Chem. Cryst. 2021, 51, 457-464. doi: 10.1007/s10870-020-00869-8