Alice E. Bruce

Professor & Chair
Department of Chemistry
University of Maine
154/271 Aubert Hall
Orono, ME 04469
Phone: 207.581.1182 or 207.581.1168
Fax: 207.581.1191
abruce@maine.edu

Bruce Research Group

Appointment(s)

• Professor & Chair, Chemistry Department

Education

• Postdoctoral research, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
• Ph.D. in Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, NY
• B.S. in Chemistry, Antioch College, Yellow Springs, OH

Courses Taught

• Inorganic chemistry (CHY 461; CHY 560)
• Organometallic chemistry (CHY 462; CHY 562)
• Advanced integrated lab (CHY 491)
• General Chemistry (CHY 121; CHY 122; CHY 105)

Research Interests

• the influence of gold(I) and zinc(II) on thiolate-disulfide exchange
• redox properties of sulfur-containing molecules
• electron transfer between ferrocene and gold(I)-thiolate complexes
• derivatization of ferrocene with thiosemicarbazides and the interaction with metal cations
• the use of analogies in general chemistry labs to help students make connections between macroscopic and atomic level phenomena