Brian Nichols, Ph.D.

About 

• B.A. Drew University 
• M.S. University of Vermont 
• Ph.D. West Virginia University 

Teaching Fields

• Organic chemistry and spectroscopy 

Courses Offered 

• CHEM 233/L 
• CHEM 234/L 
• CHEM 335/L 

Publications 

• Nichols, B. R., Petersen, J. L., Dolinar, B. S., Popp, B. V. 2025, “Primary and Secondary Coordination Sphere Lewis Acid Interactions in β-Phosphinoethylborane-ligated Rhodium and Iridium Complexes,” New J. Chem., 49, 14073-14081. 
• Nichols, B. R., Ahkmedov, N. K., Petersen, J. L., Popp, B. V. 2018, “Access to a Pair of Flexible Ambiphilic Phosphane–Borane Regioisomers by Rhodium-Catalyzed Hydroboration,” Dalton Trans., 47, 8456-8465. 
• Geddes, S., Nichols, B., Todd, K., Zahardis, J., Petrucci, G. A. 2010, “Near-infrared laser desorption/ionization aerosol mass spectrometry for measuring organic aerosol at atmospherically relevant aerosol mass loadings,” Atmos. Meas. Tech., 3, 1175-1183. 
• Geddes, S., Nichols, B., Flemer, Jr., S., Eisenhauer, J., Zahardis, J., Petrucci, G. A. 2010, “Near-Infrared Laser Desorption/Ionization Aerosol Mass Spectrometry for Primary and Secondary Organic Aerosols under Low Loading Conditions,” Anal. Chem., 82, 7915–7923. 
• Nichols, B., Rapa, C., Costa, V., Hinrichs, R.Z. 2009, “Heterogeneous and Photochemical Reactions of Solid Benzophenone-Catechol Films with NO2,” J. Phys. Chem. C, 113(6), 2111–2119.