Ph.D. - Iowa State University, 1979 - 85
B.A. - University of Maryland, 1974 - 78
Postdoctoral - Department of Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University, 1984 - 86

Kinetics and mechanism, electron transfer reactions, the structure and chemistry of free radicals and radical ions, radical ion rearrangements, oxygen-centered radicals

1. "Cyclopropylcarbinyl-Type Ring Openings.  Reconciling the Chemistry of Neutral Radicals and Radical Anions," Stevenson, J. P.; Jackson, W. F.; Tanko, J. M.,  J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2002, 124, 4271 - 4281
2. "Enhanced Cage Effects in Supercritical Fluid Solvents. The Behavior of Diffusive and Geminate Caged-Pairs in Supercritical Carbon Dioxide," Tanko, James M.; Pacut, Ryszard,  J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2001, 123, 5703 - 5709. 
3. "tert-Butoxyl as a Model for Radicals in Biological Systems: Caveat Emptor," Tanko, J. M.; Friedline, Robert; Suleman, N. Kamrudin; Castagnoli, Neal, Jr.,  J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2001, 123, 5808 - 5809. 
4. "Photochemistry in Supercritical Carbon Dioxide. The Benzophenone-Mediated Addition of Aldehydes to a,b-Unsaturated Carbonyl Compounds, Pacut, R.; Grimm, M. L.; Kraus, G. A.; Tanko, J. M.,  Tetrahedron Lett. 2001, 42, 1415 - 1418. 
5. "Green Chemistry Through the Use of Supercritical Fluids and Free Radicals,"Tanko, J. M.; Fletcher, B.; Sadeghipour, M.; Suleman, N. K.,  ACS Symp. Ser. 2000, 767 (Green Chemical Syntheses and Processes), 258 - 269. 
6. "Rearrangements of Radical Ions: What it Means to be Both a Radical and an Ion," Tanko, J. M. and Phillips, J. P.,  J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1999, 121, 6078 - 6079.