{"id":17182,"date":"2012-10-11T14:22:20","date_gmt":"2012-10-11T14:22:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/?page_id=17182"},"modified":"2023-08-29T17:03:15","modified_gmt":"2023-08-29T17:03:15","slug":"wentzelm","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/faculty\/wentzelm\/","title":{"rendered":"Wentzel, Michael T."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As an Organic Chemist, I am interested in developing new synthetic reaction methods. I was trained as an organometallic Chemist using transition metals to develop new catalytic methods. These methods involved nitrogen containing heterocycles and boronic acids as well as C-H and C-C sigma bonds. I have been at Augsburg since 2013 and worked here part-time before that while doing graduate and post-graduate work across the river at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities. I am passionate about teaching and mentoring in the classroom, laboratory, and in research settings. I have been influenced greatly by my own Liberal Arts education and the wonderful professors I was able to learn from and work with. I appreciate that we train our students to be strong chemists with a sense of purpose and service to others.<\/p>\n<p>My research group is focused on the development of green synthetic methods. Currently, we have projects using a heterogeneous catalyst in a flow system, silylation of amines for alkylation, and the synthesis of biodegradable polymers for the educational laboratories. The polymer research has been done in collaboration with the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities NSF-funded Center for Sustainable Polymers. Finally, I am extremely proud of the success of all my former group members as they continue to be successful following graduation in their lives.<\/p>\n<p>I enjoy watching and playing sports including with the Chemistry Club Intramural Basketball team!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Education<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>B.S., Creighton University, Chemistry (ACS Certified) and Philosophy, 2005<\/li>\n<li>M.S., University of Pennsylvania, Organic Chemistry, 2007<\/li>\n<li>Ph.D., University of Minnesota, Organic Chemistry, 2011<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Research Interests<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Green Chemistry and Catalysis<\/li>\n<li>Development of chemical methods using heterogeneous catalysts in flow chemistry<\/li>\n<li>Development of biodegradable polymer synthetic methods for the teaching laboratory<\/li>\n<li>Silanes as protecting groups of amines facilitating alkylation and cross-couplings<\/li>\n<li>To learn more about the research I&#8217;m working on, please visit my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mwentzel.com\">Wentzel Lab Research<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Teaching Interests<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Organic Chemistry 1 and 2 lecture and laboratory<\/li>\n<li>Advanced Organic Chemistry lecture and laboratory<\/li>\n<li>Integrated Science Keystone<\/li>\n<li>Green Chemistry and Toxicology<\/li>\n<li>The Art, Science, and History of Brewing<\/li>\n<li>Technology and Active Learning incorporation in Chemistry Courses<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; As an Organic Chemist, I am interested in developing new synthetic reaction methods. I was trained as an organometallic Chemist using transition metals to develop new catalytic methods. These methods involved nitrogen containing heterocycles and boronic acids as well as C-H and C-C sigma bonds. I have been at Augsburg since 2013 and worked &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":493,"featured_media":47549,"parent":0,"menu_order":171,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-17182","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/faculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17182","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/faculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/faculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/faculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/493"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/faculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17182"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/faculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17182\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49338,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/faculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17182\/revisions\/49338"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/faculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/faculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}