Dr. LeRoy Jones II
Professor of Chemistry
Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences
Office: HWH-330 (Dean's office)
Phone: (773) 995-2438
Email: ljones27@csu.edu
Education
- B.S., Bradley University
- Ph.D., University of South Carolina, Columbia
- Postdoctoral, Caltech University
Research Interests
Organic, Organometallic and Material Chemistry: Development of Catalysts for Lightweight
Fuel Cells; Late Transition Metal Catalysis; Study of Catalysts Using Microwave Irradiation;
and Preparation of Self-Healing Bone Cement
Recent Presentations and Publications
- Biggs, P.; Jones, L., II; Lewis, G. (2009) “An Autonomically-Healed PMMA Bone Cement:
Influence of the Crystal Size of Grubbs’ Catalyst on Fracture Toughness and Polymerisation
Rate,” Int. J. Nano and Biomaterials," 2(6) 494.
- Lewis, G.; Wellborn, B., Jones, L., II, Biggs, P. (2009)“A Room-Temperature Autonomically-Healing
PMMA Bone Cement: Influence of Composition on Fatigue Crack Propagation Rate,” Journal
of Applied Biomaterials and Biomechanics," 7(2) 90.
- Biggs, P.; Jones, L., II; Lewis, G. (2007)“Incorporation of Microencapsulated Dicyclopentadiene
into an Acrylic Bone Cement Matrix,” PMSE, 96, 498.
Memberships
- Member, American Chemical Society
- Project Director, NSF Illinois Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation Program