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Patrick L. Holland (born 1971) is the Conkey P. Whitehead Professor of Chemistry at Yale University. Holland's research focuses on low-coordinate and high-spin coordination complexes of iron and cobalt, that react with small molecules such as alkenes, arenes, and N₂.

Early life and education

Holland was born in 1971 in Pennsylvania. During his childhood, he lived in Ohio until he was 12, when his family moved to Florida. Holland attended Terry Parker High School in Jacksonville, Florida, graduating in 1989. He then attended Princeton University, graduating with his A.B. in 1993. Following graduation, Holland pursued graduate studies at the University of California, Berkeley with Prof. Robert G. Bergman and Prof. Richard A. Andersen, earning his Ph.D. in 1997. At Berkeley, Holland synthesized cyclopentadienyl nickel complexes with amido, and alkoxo ligands. He then conducted postdoctoral studies as an NIH Postdoctoral Fellow with Prof. William Tolman at the University of Minnesota. In Tolman's group, Holland worked with coordination complexes of copper and O₂, and synthesized the first accurate synthetic models of type-1 copper sites in proteins.

Independent career

Holland began his independent career in 2000 at the University of Rochester as an Assistant Professor. He was promoted to Associate Professor in 2005, and full Professor in 2010. In 2013, Holland moved to Yale University, where he is currently a Professor of Chemistry. In 2021, he was awarded the title Conkey P. Whitehead Professor of Chemistry.

Awards and memberships

Holland has been awarded multiple awards for his contributions to chemistry, including a Blavatnik Award for Young Scientists in 2013, a Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award of the Humboldt Foundation in 2016, a Fulbright Scholar Award in 2012, a Sloan Research Fellowship in 2003, and an NSF CAREER Award in 2002. He was elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2015.

He has served on the Editorial Boards of Chemical Science and Chemical Society Reviews since 2019, and was previously on the Editorial Boards of Inorganic Chemistry (2012-2014) and the Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry (2009-2012).

Personal life

Holland is a piano soloist and accompanist for choirs, vocalists, instrumentalists, and musicals in his spare time. He has also sung with choruses such as the San Francisco Symphony Chorus, and currently sings with the Yale Camerata.

Holland is married to Maggie Langford Holland, another Princeton graduate.

References

1. "Chemistry Seminar: Dr. Patrick Holland, Yale University". Hope College Calendar. Retrieved 2021-06-01.
2. ^ "Guest Speaker: Dr. Patrick Holland from Yale University | IMNI". www.brown.edu. Retrieved 2021-06-01.
3. Holland, Patrick L.; Andersen, Richard A.; Bergman, Robert G. (1996). "Synthesis, Characterization, Isomerization, and Reactivity of Dimeric Cyclopentadienylnickel Amido Complexes". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 118 (5): 1092–1104. doi:10.1021/ja952882l. ISSN 0002-7863.
4. Holland, Patrick L.; Andersen, Richard A.; Bergman, Robert G.; Huang, Jinkun; Nolan, Steven P. (1997-12-01). "Monomeric Cyclopentadienylnickel Methoxo and Amido Complexes: Synthesis, Characterization, Reactivity, and Use for Exploring the Relationship between H−X and M−X Bond Energies". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 119 (52): 12800–12814. doi:10.1021/ja971829p. ISSN 0002-7863.
5. Holland, Patrick L.; Smith, Michael E.; Andersen, Richard A.; Bergman, Robert G. (1997-12-01). "X-ray Crystal Structures of Cp*Ni(PEt3)X [X = Br, O(p-C6H4Me), NH(p-C6H4Me), S(p-C6H4Me), OCH3, CH2C6H5, Me, H, PEt3+]. Understanding Distortions and Trans Influences in Cyclopentadienyl Complexes". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 119 (52): 12815–12823. doi:10.1021/ja971830o. ISSN 0002-7863.
6. Holland, Patrick L.; Rodgers, Kenton R.; Tolman, William B. (1999). "Is the Bis(μ-oxo)dicopper Core Capable of Hydroxylating an Arene?". Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 38 (8): 1139–1142. doi:10.1002/(SICI)1521-3773(19990419)38:8<1139::AID-ANIE1139>3.0.CO;2-0. ISSN 1521-3773. PMID 25138522.
7. Holland, Patrick L.; Cramer, Christopher J.; Wilkinson, Elizabeth C.; Mahapatra, Samiran; Rodgers, Kenton R.; Itoh, Shinobu; Taki, Masayasu; Fukuzumi, Shunichi; Que, Lawrence; Tolman, William B. (2000-02-01). "Resonance Raman Spectroscopy as a Probe of the Bis(μ-oxo)dicopper Core". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 122 (5): 792–802. doi:10.1021/ja992003l. ISSN 0002-7863.
8. Holland, Patrick L.; Tolman, William B. (1999-08-01). "Three-Coordinate Cu(II) Complexes: Structural Models of Trigonal-Planar Type 1 Copper Protein Active Sites". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 121 (31): 7270–7271. doi:10.1021/ja991533e. ISSN 0002-7863.
9. Holland, Patrick L.; Tolman, William B. (2000-07-01). "A Structural Model of the Type 1 Copper Protein Active Site: N2S(thiolate)S(thioether) Ligation in a Cu(II) Complex". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 122 (26): 6331–6332. doi:10.1021/ja001328v. ISSN 0002-7863.
10. CJ.LiMcGill.ca, Contact Information Contact: CJ Li Email. "CCVC: Patrick Holland - Nitrogen Binding and Fixation using Iron Complexes". Department of Chemistry. Retrieved 2021-06-01. {{cite web}}: |first= has generic name (help)
11. "Pat L. Holland CV (12-20)" (PDF).
12. "Patrick Holland appointed Whitehead Professor of Chemistry". YaleNews. 2021-07-14. Retrieved 2021-11-21.
13. ^ "Patrick Holland | Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists". blavatnikawards.org. Retrieved 2021-06-01.
14. "Department of Chemistry : University of Rochester". www.sas.rochester.edu. Retrieved 2021-06-01.
15. "Chemistry Seminar: Dr. Patrick Holland, Yale University". Hope College Calendar. Retrieved 2021-06-01.
16. "Patrick Holland's Personal Biography | The Holland Group". holland.chem.yale.edu. Retrieved 2021-06-01.

External links

Google Scholar Page for Patrick Holland

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• University of Rochester faculty
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