Young dynamic scientific woman, I have professional experiences, that either in industry (AREVA NC La Hague, treatment and recycling of used nuclear fuel site) or in laboratory (UNLV radiochemistry section, working on Technetium and Los Alamos National Laboratory, working on actinium chemistry).
My current interests are focused on developing fundamental concepts that advance use of radio-pharmaceutical anti-cancer agents. As such, my research lies at the intersection of synchrotron spectroscopy, radiochemistry, and inorganic chemistry. In general, I draw from my experiences in studying nuclear fuel cycles, technetium chemistry, and actinium and the other actinide elements to develop creative solutions to technical problems in radio-pharmaceutical chelation.
M. G. Ferrier, E. R. Batista, J. M. Berg, E. R. Birnbaum, J. N. Cross, J. W. Engle, H. S. La Pierre, S. A. Kozimor, J. S. Lezama Pacheco, B. W. Stein, S. C. E. Stieber, J. J. Wilson, Spectroscopic and Computational Investigation of Actinium Coordination Chemistry, Nature Communications, Accepted
M. E. Fieser, M. G. Ferrier, J. Su, E. R. Batista, J. W. Engle, W. J. Evans, J. S. Lezama Pacheco, S. A. Kozimor, A. C. Olson, G. L. Wagner, T. Vitova, P. Yang, Evaluating the Electronic Structure of Formal LnII Ions in LnII(C5H4SiMe3)31- Complexes Using XANES Spectroscopy and DFT Calculations, Chem. Sci., Submitted
J. N. Cross, J. A. Macor, J. A. Bertke, M. G. Ferrier, G. S. Girolami, S. A. Kozimor, J. R. Maassen, B. L. Scott, D. K. Shuh, B. W. Stein, S. C. E. Stieber, Comparisons of Americium, Neodymium, and Europium Complexed by 2,2’-Biphenylenedithiophosphinate, Angewandte Chemie, Accepted
J. J. Kiernicki, M. G. Ferrier, J. S. Lezama Pacheco, H. S. La Pierre, B. W. Stein, M. Zeller, S. A. Kozimor, S. C. Bart, Examining the Effects of Ligand Variation on the Electronic Structure of Uranium Bis(imido) Species, Journal of American Chemical Society, Submitted
N. H. Anderson, J. Xie, M. G. Ferrier, J. S. Lezama Pacheco, H. S. La Pierre, B. W. Stein, M. Zeller, S. A. Kozimor, L. Gagliardi, S. C. Bart, Elucidating Bonding Preferences in Uranium Tetrakis(imido) Dianions, in Preparation
S. Kundu, S. C. E. Stieber, M. G. Ferrier, S. A. Kozimor, J. A. Bertke, T. H. Warren, Redox Non-Innonence of Nitrosobenzene at Nickel, Angewandte Chemie, 55, 1-6, 2016
S. Cary, M. Ferrier, R. Baumbach, M. Silver, J. Lezama Pacheco, S. Kozimor, H. La Pierre, B. Stein, A. Arico, D. Gray, T. Albrecht-Schmitt, Monomers, Dimers, and Helices: Complexities of Cerium and Plutonium Phenanthrolinecarboxylates, Inorganic Chemistry, 55(9), 4373-4380, 2016
J. J. Wilson, M. Ferrier, V. Radchenko, J. R. Maassen, J. W. Engle, E. R. Batista, R. L. Martin, F. M. Nortier, M. E. Fassbender, K. D. John, E. R. Birnbaum, Evaluation of nitrogen-rich macrocyclic ligands for the chelation of therapeutic bismuth radioisotopes, Nuclear Medicine and Biology, 42(5), 428-438, 2015
M. Ferrier, J. Roques, F. Poineau, A. P. Sattelberger, J. Unger and K. R. Czerwinski, Speciation of Technetium in Sulfuric Acid/Hydrogen Sulfide Solutions, Eur. J. Inorganic Chemistry, 2046-2052, 2014
M. Ferrier, W. M. Kerlin, F. Poineau, A. P. Sattelberger and K. R. Czerwinski, Recent developments in the synthetic chemistry of technetium disulfide, Dalton Transactions, 42(44), 15540-15543, 2013
M. Ferrier, F. Poineau, G. D. Jarvinen and K. R. Czerwinski, Chemical and Electrochemical behavior of metallic technetium in acidic media, Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, 298(3), 1809-1817, 2013
M. Ferrier, P. F. Weck, F. Poineau, E. Kim, A. Stebbins, L. Ma, A. P. Sattelberger and K. R. Czerwinski, First evidence for the formation of technetium oxosulfide complexes: synthesis, structure and characterization, Dalton Transactions, 41(20), 6291-6298, 2012