Eric Matthew Villa, PhD

Department

Chemistry and Biochemistry

Position

Professor

Publications

• Crystals (Basel)
  Spriet Matthieu R., etal Synthesis and Structures of the Capped and Sandwiched Cobalt Heptamolybdate Polyoxometalate (NH4)(6){[Co(H2O)(5)][Mo7O24][Co(H2O)(2)][Mo7O24][Co(H2O)(5)]} center dot 6 H2O and Its Extended Structure (NH4)(6){[Co(H2O)(2)](3)[Mo7O24](2)}
  12:9 2022
• Medicinal Chemistry Research
  Lejcher Connor A., etal Merging antimicrobial and visible emission properties within 1,3,4-trisubstituted-1,2,3-triazolium salts
  31:3, p. 474 - 484 2022
• Polyhedron
  Reedy Colin N., etal Stabilizing lanthanide periodate compounds by slowing periodate reduction at elevated temperatures with NaBiO3, a sacrificial oxidant
  203 2021
• Crystal Growth and Design
  Dalton Evan Z., etal Syntheses and Structures of the First Lanthanide-Thiosulfate Complexes and the Subsequent Formation of Mixed Thiosulfate-Sulfite Compounds
  21:5, p. 3071 - 3081 2021
• Inorganic Chemistry
  Brenner Natasha, etal Trivalent f-Element Squarates, Squarate-Oxalates, and Cationic Materials, and the Determination of the Nine-Coordinate Ionic Radius of Cf(III)
  59:13, p. 9384 - 9395 2020
• Polyhedron
  Kreofsky Nicholas W., etal Ru(II) coordination compounds of N[sbnd]N bidentate chelators with 1,2,3 triazole and isoquinoline subunits
  177 2020
• Journal of chemical education
  Worley Bob, etal Visualizing Dissolution, Ion Mobility, and Precipitation through a Low-Cost, Rapid-Reaction Activity Introducing Microscale Precipitation Chemistry
  96:5, p. 951 - 954 2019
• Zeitschrift fur Anorganische und Allgemeine Chemie
  Dovgan Jakob T., etal Synthesis, Characterization, and Structural Comparisons of the First Neodymium(III) Sulfite-Acetate Crystal Structure
  645:1, p. 31 - 35 2019
• Minerals
  Villa Eric M., etal New uranyl open framework and sheet compounds formed via in-situ protonation of piperazine by phosphorous acid
  8:11 2018
• Crystal Growth and Design
  Dovgan Jakob T., etal PH Driven Hydrothermal Syntheses of Neodymium Sulfites and Mixed Sulfate-Sulfites
  18:9, p. 5332 - 5341 2018
• Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry
  Fletcher James T., etal Revisiting ring-degenerate rearrangements of 1-substituted-4-imino-1,2,3-triazoles
  14, p. 2098 - 2105 2018
• Inorganic Chemistry
  Poe Todd N., etal [Ag2M(Te2O5)2]SO4 (M = CeIV or ThIV)
  57:9, p. 4816 - 4819 2018
• Tetrahedron Letters
  Fletcher James T., etal Tandem synthesis of 1-formyl-1,2,3-triazoles
  58:47, p. 4450 - 4454 2017
• Acta Crystallographica Section E Crystallographic Communications
  Byer Stefano H., etal Synthesis and crystal structure of cerium(IV) bis(phosphite)
  73:9, p. 1290 - 1293 2017
• Acta Crystallographica Section E-Crystallographic Communications
  Byer Stefano H., etal Synthesis and Crystal Structure of Cerium(IV) Bis(Phosphite)
  73, p. 1290 - + 2017
• Tetrahedron Letters
  Pandya Amit N., etal A Simple and Efficient Approach for the Synthesis of 2-Aminated Quinazoline Derivatives Via Metal Free Oxidative Annulation
  58:13, p. 1276 - 1279 2017
• Acta Crystallographica Section E Crystallographic Communications
  Smith Robert W., etal Crystal Structure of Li3Ga(BO3)2
  73:3, p. 456 - 458 2017
• Acta Crystallographica.Section E, Crystallographic Communications
  Smith R. W., etal Crystal Structure of Li3Ga(BO3)2
  73:Part 3, p. 456 - 458 2017
• Tetrahedron
  Gubbels Matthew A., etal Stereoselective Synthesis of Exocyclic Allenes by Double Hydride Reduction of 3-Alkynyl-2-Cycloalkenones
  72:40, p. 6052 - 6063 2016
• ChemInform
  Pandya Amit N., etal Silver-Mediated Synthesis of Indolizines via Oxidative C-H functionalization and 5- endo-dig cyclization
  46:18, p. no - no 2015
• Tetrahedron Letters
  Pandya Amit N., etal Silver-Mediated Synthesis of Indolizines via Oxidative C-H functionalization and 5- endo-dig cyclization
  55:50, p. 6922 - 6924 2014
• ChemInform
  Yu Na, etal ChemInform Abstract: Topologically Identical, but Geometrically Isomeric Layers in Hydrous α-, β-Rb[UO2(AsO3OH)(AsO2 (OH)2)]·H2O and Anhydrous Rb[UO2(AsO3OH)(AsO2(OH)2)]
  45:31, p. no - no 2014
• Inorganic Chemistry
  Cross Justin N., etal Straightforward Reductive Routes to Air-Stable Uranium(III) and Neptunium(III) Materials
  53:14, p. 7455 - 7466 2014
• Journal of Solid State Chemistry
  Yu Na, etal Topologically identical, but geometrically isomeric layers in hydrous α-, β-Rb[UO2(AsO3OH)(AsO2(OH)2)]·H2O and anhydrous Rb[UO2(AsO3OH)(AsO2(OH)2)]
  215, p. 152 - 159 2014
• Coordination Chemistry Reviews
  Polinski Matthew J., etal Oxoanion systems containing trivalent actinides
  266-267:1, p. 16 - 27 2014
• ChemInform
  Polinski Matthew J., etal ChemInform Abstract: Synthesis of Divalent Europium Borate via in situ Reductive Techniques
  44:38, p. no - no 2013
• ChemInform
  Babo Jean-Marie, etal ChemInform Abstract: Synthesis, Structure, and Spectroscopy of Two Ternary Uranium(IV) Thiophosphates: UP2S9 and UP2S7 Containing P2S92- and P2S72- Ligands
  44:35, p. no - no 2013
• Inorganic Chemistry
  Polinski Matthew J., etal Synthesis of divalent europium borate via in situ reductive techniques
  52:14, p. 8099 - 8105 2013
• Dalton Transactions
  Villa Eric M., etal Structural changes within the alkaline earth uranyl phosphites
  42:26, p. 9637 - 9644 2013
• Inorganic Chemistry
  Babo Jean Marie, etal Synthesis, structure, and spectroscopy of two ternary uranium(IV) thiophosphates
  52:13, p. 7747 - 7751 2013
• ChemInform
  Villa Eric M., etal ChemInform Abstract: From Order to Disorder and Back Again: In situ Hydrothermal Redox Reactions of Uranium Phosphites and Phosphates
  44:15, p. no - no 2013
• Crystal Growth and Design
  Villa Eric M., etal Syntheses, structures, and comparisons of thallium uranium phosphites, mixed phosphate-phosphites, and phosphate
  13:4, p. 1721 - 1729 2013
• Journal of the American Chemical Society
  Cross Justin N., etal From yellow to black
  135:7, p. 2769 - 2775 2013
• ChemInform
  Lin Jian, etal ChemInform Abstract: Unusual Coordination for Plutonium(IV), Cerium(IV), and Zirconium(IV) in the Cationic Layered Materials [M2Te4O11]X2 (M: Pu, Ce, Zr; X: Cl, Br)
  44:8, p. no - no 2013
• Inorganic Chemistry
  Villa Eric M., etal From order to disorder and back again
  52:2, p. 965 - 973 2013
• Crystal Growth and Design
  Meredith Nathan A., etal Synthetic influences on neptunium incorporation in naturally occurring copper uranyl phosphates
  13:1, p. 386 - 392 2013
• ChemInform
  Lin Jian, etal ChemInform Abstract: Cerium(IV) Tellurite Halides [Ce2Te7O17]X2 (X: Cl- or Br-): The First Cerium-Containing Cationic Frameworks
  43:50, p. no - no 2012
• ChemInform
  Polinski Matthew J., etal ChemInform Abstract: Differentiating Between Trivalent Lanthanides and Actinides
  43:47, p. no - no 2012
• Inorganic Chemistry
  Lin Jian, etal Unusual coordination for plutonium(IV), cerium(IV), and zirconium(IV) in the cationic layered materials [M 2Te 4O 11]X 2 (M = Pu, Ce, Zr; X = Cl, Br)
  51:21, p. 11949 - 11954 2012
• ChemInform
  Cross Justin N., etal ChemInform Abstract: Syntheses, Structures, and Spectroscopic Properties of Plutonium and Americium Phosphites and the Redetermination of the Ionic Radii of Pu(III) and Am(III)
  43:43, p. no - no 2012
• Inorganic Chemistry
  Lin Jian, etal Cerium(IV) tellurite halides [Ce 2Te 7O 17]X 2 (X = Cl - or Br -)
  51:19, p. 10083 - 10085 2012
• ChemInform
  Villa Eric M., etal ChemInform Abstract: Systematic Evolution from Uranyl(VI) Phosphites to Uranium(IV) Phosphates
  43:37, p. no - no 2012
• Inorganic Chemistry
  Cross Justin N., etal Syntheses, structures, and spectroscopic properties of plutonium and americium phosphites and the redetermination of the ionic radii of Pu(III) and Am(III)
  51:15, p. 8419 - 8424 2012
• Journal of the American Chemical Society
  Polinski Matthew J., etal Differentiating between trivalent lanthanides and actinides
  134:25, p. 10682 - 10692 2012
• Inorganic Chemistry
  Villa Eric M., etal Systematic evolution from uranyl(VI) phosphites to uranium(IV) phosphates
  51:12, p. 6548 - 6558 2012
• Chemistry
  Johnson Rene L., etal O17-NMR and Computational Study of a Tetrasiliconiobate Ion, [H2+xSi4Nb16O56](14-x)-
  17:36, p. 9359–9367 2012
• ChemInform
  Villa Eric M., etal ChemInform Abstract: Facile Routes to ThIV, UIV, and NpIV Phosphites and Phosphates
  42:46, p. no - no 2011
• European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry
  Villa Eric M., etal Facile routes to ThIV, UIV, and NpIV phosphites and phosphates, p. 3749 - 3754 2011
• Chemistry - A European Journal
  Johnson Rene L., etal 17O NMR and computational study of a tetrasiliconiobate ion, [H2+xSi4Nb16O56](14-x)-
  17:34, p. 9359 - 9367 2011
• ChemInform
  Wang Shuao, etal ChemInform Abstract: Role of Anions and Reaction Conditions in the Preparation of Uranium(VI), Neptunium(VI), and Plutonium(VI) Borates
  42:21, p. no - no 2011
• Chemistry - A European Journal
  Ohlin C. André, etal Rates of water exchange for two cobalt(II) heteropolyoxotungstate compounds in aqueous solution
  17:16, p. 4408 - 4417 2011
• Inorganic Chemistry
  Wang Shuao, etal Role of anions and reaction conditions in the preparation of uranium(VI), neptunium(VI), and plutonium(VI) borates
  50:6, p. 2527 - 2533 2011
• Inorganica Chimica Acta
  Ohlin C. André, etal The first peroxotitanoniobate cluster - [N(CH3) 4]10[Ti12Nb6O38(O 2I)6]
  363:15, p. 4405 - 4407 2010
• American Journal of Science
  Villa Eric M., etal Adding reactivity to structure 2
  310:7, p. 629 - 644 2010
• Chemistry - A European Journal
  Villa Eric M., etal Borate accelerates rates of steady oxygen-isotope exchange for polyoxoniobate ions in water
  16:29, p. 8631 - 8634 2010
• Journal of the American Chemical Society
  Villa Eric M., etal Oxygen-isotope exchange rates for three isostructural polyoxometalate ions
  132:14, p. 5264 - 5272 2010
• International Journal of Chemical Kinetics
  Weisshaar Duane E., etal Kinetic study of the reaction of dimethyl carbonate with trialkylamines
  42:4, p. 221 - 225 2010
• Geochimica et cosmochimica acta
  Casey William H., etal How do oxides react? A look at isotope-exchange dynamics in nanometer-size structures in water
  74:12, p. A147 2010
• Nature Materials
  Ohlin C. André, etal Dissolution of insulating oxide materials at the molecular scale
  9:1, p. 11 - 19 2010
• Journal of the American Chemical Society
  Villa Eric M., etal Isotope-exchange dynamics in isostructural decametalates with profound differences in reactivity
  131:45, p. 16488 - 16492 2009
• Dalton Transactions
  Ohlin C. André, etal A new titanoniobate ion - Completing the series [Nb10O 28]6-, [TiNb9O28]7- and [Ti2Nb8O28]8-, p. 2677 - 2678 2009
• Inorganica Chimica Acta
  Ohlin C. André, etal One-pot synthesis of the decaniobate salt [N(CH3)4]6[Nb10O28] · 6H2O from hydrous niobium oxide
  362:4, p. 1391 - 1392 2009
• ChemInform
  Ohlin C. Andre, etal ChemInform Abstract: Distinctly Different Reactivities of Two Similar Polyoxoniobates with Hydrogen Peroxide
  40:1, p. no - no 2009
• ChemInform
  Ohlin C. Andre, etal ChemInform Abstract: The [Ti12Nb6O44]10‐ Ion — A New Type of Polyoxometalate Structure
  39:42, p. no - no 2008
• Angewandte Chemie - International Edition
  Ohlin C. André, etal Distinctly different reactivities of two similar polyoxoniobates with hydrogen peroxide
  47:43, p. 8251 - 8254 2008
• American Journal of Science
  Villa Eric M., etal Adding reactivity to structure - Reaction dynamics in a nanometer-size oxide ion in water
  308:8, p. 942 - 953 2008
• ChemInform
  Villa Eric M., etal Reaction dynamics of the decaniobate ion [HxNb10O28](6-x)- in water
  39:38, p. 4844 - 4846 2008
• Angewandte Chemie
  Ohlin C. André, etal The [Ti12Nb6O44]10− Ion-A New Type of Polyoxometalate Structure
  120:30, p. 5716 - 5718 2008
• Angewandte Chemie - International Edition
  Ohlin C. André, etal The [Ti12Nb6O44]10- ion - A new type of polyoxometalate structure
  47:30, p. 5634 - 5636 2008
• Angewandte Chemie - International Edition
  Villa Eric M., etal Reaction dynamics of the decaniobate ion [HxNb 10O28](6-x)- in water
  47:26, p. 4844 - 4846 2008
• Angewandte Chemie
  Nyman May D, etal Reaction Dynamics of the Decaniobate ([HxNb10O28](6-x)-) Ion in Water 2008

Grants

• The Secret Life of Metals - Middle School Summer Camp (Young Nebraska Scientists)/Sponsor: University of Nebraska, Lincoln/UNL

• RUI: Reaction Dynamics of Anderson-Type Polyoxometalate Ions in Aqueous Solution: Relating Solid-State Structures with Solution-State Properties/Sponsor: National Science Foundation/NSF

• The Secret Life of Metals 2022 - Middle School Summer Camp (Young Nebraska Scientists)/Sponsor: University of Nebraska, Lincoln/UNL

• The Secret Life of Metals 2023 - Middle School Summer Camp (Young Nebraska Scientists)/Sponsor: University of Nebraska, Lincoln/UNL

• Bridging Solution- and Solid-State Chemistries: Investigations into Fundamental Aqueous Polyoxometalate Ion Reactivity and Targeted Synthesis of Novel Lanthanide Structures/Sponsor: Dreyfus (Camille and Henry) Foundation, Inc.

• The Secret Life of Metals 2024 - Middle School Summer Camp (Young Nebraska Scientists)/Sponsor: University of Nebraska, Lincoln/UNL

• The Secret Life of Metals 2025 - Middle School Summer Camp (Young Nebraska Scientists)/Sponsor: University of Nebraska, Lincoln/UNL

Awards

• Celebrating Belonging Award
  Celebrating Belonging Award through Creighton’s Division Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
  Creighton University
• 2022 Dean’s Special Award
  Creighton College of Arts and Sciences Dean’s Special Award for Professional Excellence
  Creighton University
• IGGY Award
  The Center for Student Success and Retention "IGGY" Award for Freshman Mentors
  Creighton University
• IGGY Award
  The Center for Student Success and Retention "IGGY" Award for Freshman Mentors
  Creighton University
• IGGY Award
  The Center for Student Success and Retention "IGGY" Award for Freshman Mentors
  Creighton University
• IGGY Award
  The Center for Student Success and Retention "IGGY" Award for Freshman Mentors
  Creighton University
• IGGY Award
  The Center for Student Success and Retention "IGGY" Award for Freshman Mentors
  Creighton University
• IGGY Award
  The Center for Student Success and Retention "IGGY" Award for Freshman Mentors
  Creighton University
• IGGY Award
  The Center for Student Success and Retention "IGGY" Award for Freshman Mentors
  Creighton University
• IGGY Award
  The Center for Student Success and Retention "IGGY" Award for Freshman Mentors
  Creighton University
• IGGY Award
  The Center for Student Success and Retention "IGGY" Award for Freshman Mentors
  Creighton University
• IGGY Award
  The Center for Student Success and Retention "IGGY" Award for Freshman Mentors
  Creighton University
• IGGY Award
  The Center for Student Success and Retention "IGGY" Award for Freshman Mentors
  Creighton University
• Bradford Borge & Corson Fellowship
  University of California, Davis