The Goldberg Lab 
Takiya J. Ahmed
Takiya hails from the Old Dominion, where she earned her Bachelor’s of Science in chemistry at Virginia Commonwealth University in her hometown of Richmond. While at VCU, she became interested in Green Chemistry research through her undergraduate research experience with Dr. Stephen Watton. By 2003, Takiya was eager to begin exploring the country and moved to the Pacific Northwest to pursue her Ph.D at the University of Oregon in Eugene. Takiya developed expertise in the area of aqueous-phase organometallic catalysis under the guidance of Professor David Tyler. Takiya is now a postdoctoral fellow in the Center for Enabling New Technologies for Catalysis (CENTC), directed by Professor Goldberg, developing homogeneous catalysts for selective deoxygenations of polyols. In her free time, Takiya enjoys new adventures, family outings, exercising, yoga, cooking, and playing games (of strategy such as cards, board games, and puzzles, not the electronic kind!).
Publications
Investigation of the Reactivity of Platinum and Molybdocene Nitrile Hydration Catalysts with Cyanohydrins
Ahmed, T. J.; Fox, B. R.; Knapp, S. M. M.; Yelle, R. B.; Juliette, J. J.; Tyler, D. R. Inorg. Chem. 2009, Submitted.
Aqueous Speciation of ansa- and non-ansa- Substituted [Cp2Mo(μ-OH)]2[OTs]2
Ahmed, T. J.; Baxley, G.T.; Tyler, D. R. Inorg. Chim. Acta 2009, 362, 2039.
Di-μ3-oxido-di-μ2-oxido-tetraoxidobis(1,1,2,2-tetramethylethylenedicyclopentadienyl)dimolybdenum(IV)dimolybdenum(VI) hexahydrate
Ahmed, T. J.; Zakharov, L. N.; Tyler, D. R. Acta Cryst. 2008, E64, m1370.
Effect of Solvent on the Dimerization of the ansa-Molybdocene Catalyst [C2Me4Cp2Mo(OH)(OH2)][OTs]
Ahmed, T. J.; Tyler, D. R. Organometallics 2008, 27, 2608.
Organometallic Catalysis in Aqueous Solution. The Hydrolytic Activity of a Water-Soluble ansa-Molybdocene Catalyst.
Ahmed, T. J.; Zakharov, L. N.; Tyler, D. R. Organometallics 2007, 26, 5179.
Organometallic chemistry in aqueous solution: Reactions catalyzed by water-soluble molybdocenes
Breno, K. L.; Ahmed, T. J.; Pluth, M. D.; Balzarek, C.; Tyler, D. R. Coord. Chem. Rev. 2006, 250, 1141.