B.S., 1962, Clarkson University

Ph.D., 1966, Clarkson University

Postdoctoral Fellow with Prof. E. L. Eliel, Univ. of Notre Dame,1965-66

• Mechanically linked molecules (pseudorotaxanes, rotaxanes, catenanes), synthesis and properties
• Fullerene functionalizations and applications
• Ionic liquids and ionic polymers in actuators

1. Gibson, H. W.; Berg, M. A. G.; Dickson, J. C.; Lecavalier, P. R.; Wang, H.; Merola, J. S. Diastereomeric Reissert Compounds of Isoquinoline and 6,7-Dimethoxy-3,4-dihydroisoquinoline in Stereoselective Synthesis, J. Org. Chem. 2007, 72, 5759-5770.
2. Pederson, A. M.-P.; Ward, E.; Schoonover, D. S.; Slebodnick, C.; Gibson, H. W. High-Yielding, Regiospecific Synthesis of cis-Dicarbomethoxy-Dibenzo-30-crown-10, Its Conversion to a Pyridyl Cryptand and Strong Complexation of Bipyridinium Derivatives, J. Org. Chem. 2008, 73, 9094-9101.
3. Shu, C.; Xu, L.; Cai, T.; Champion, H.; Reid, J. E.; Fu, W.; Zuo, T.; Dorn, H. C.; Gibson, H. W. Photochemical Derivatization of Trimetallic Nitride Templated Endohedral Metallofullerenes, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 17755-17760.
4. Shu, C.; Xu, L.; Slebodnick, C.; Champion, H.; Xu, L.; Cai, T.; Reid, J. E.; Wang, C.-R.; Harich, K.; Gibson, H. W.; Dorn, H. C. Synthesis and Structure of PCBM Analogues from TNT Metallofullerenes, Org. Lett. 2009, 11, 17531756.
5. Gibson, H. W.; Farcas, A.; Jones, J. W.; Ge, Z.; Huang, F.; Vergne  M.; Hercules, D. M. Supramacromolecular Self-Assembly: Chain Extension, Star And Block Polymers Via Pseudorotaxane Formation From Well-Defined End-Functionalized Polymers, J. Polym. Sci., Polym. Chem. Ed., 2009, 47, 3518-3543.