Dr. Eric J. Werner Assistant Professor of Chemistry Office: 912-344-2706 Fax: 912-344-3433 Office: Science Center, Room 2003  e-mail: Eric.Werner@armstrong.edu

Research Interests:

• lanthanide coordination chemistry

• bioinorganic chemistry

• biomedical imaging

Selected Publications:

Highly Soluble Tris-hydroxypyridonate Gd(III) Complexes with Increased Hydration Number, Fast Water Exchange, Slow Electronic Relaxation, and High Relaxivity. Werner, E. J.; Avedano, S.; Botta, M.; Hay, B. P.; Moore, E. G.; Aime, S.; Raymond, K. N. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 1870-1871

An Octadentate Luminescent Eu(III) 1,2-HOPO Chelate with Potent Aqueous Stability. Moore, E. G.; Jocher, C. J.; Xu, J.; Werner, E. J.; Raymond, K. N. Inorg. Chem. 2007, 46, 5468-5470

Tris(pyrone) Chelates of Gd(III) as High Solubility MRI-CA. Puerta, D. T.; Botta, M.; Jocher, C. J.; Werner, E. J.; Avedano, S.; Raymond, K. N.; Cohen, S. M. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 2222-2223