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Background
Edna Ambundo is a postdoctoral scholar who recently completed her PhD in chemistry from Wayne State University. Ambundo earned a BS in Chemistry from the University of Nairobi in Kenya.
Interests
Ambundo’s research interests include catalysis, reaction kinetics, inorganic reaction mechanisms, and enzymes. She is a member of the Phi Lambda Upsilon National Chemistry Honor Society and the American Chemical Society.
News Items
Sample Work
Publication
Electron-Transfer Kinetics of Copper(II/I) Tripodal Ligand Complexes
Ambundo, Edna A., Qiuyue Yu, L. A. Ochrymowycz, and D. B. Rorabacher. “Electron-transfer kinetics of copper (II/I) tripodal ligand complexes.” Inorganic chemistry 42, no. 17 (2003): 5267-5273.
Publication
Reactions of Methane Monooxygenase Intermediate Q with Derivatized Methanes
Ambundo, Edna A., Richard A. Friesner, and Stephen J. Lippard. “Reactions of methane monooxygenase intermediate Q with derivatized methanes.” Journal of the American Chemical Society 124, no. 30 (2002): 8770-8771.
Publication
Electron-Transfer Kinetics of Tris(2-(methylthioethyl))aminecopper(II/I). A Tripodal Ligand Complex Exhibiting Virtual C3v Symmetry
Ambundo, Edna A., L. A. Ochrymowycz, and D. B. Rorabacher. “Electron-transfer kinetics of tris (2-(methylthioethyl)) aminecopper (ii/i). a tripodal ligand complex exhibiting virtual c 3 v symmetry.” Inorganic chemistry 40, no. 20 (2001): 5133-5138.
Publication
Direct Evidence for a Geometrically Constrained “Entatic State” Effect on Copper(II/I) Electron-Transfer Kinetics As Manifested in Metastable Intermediates
Yu, Qiuyue, Cynthia A. Salhi, Edna A. Ambundo, Mary Jane Heeg, L. A. Ochrymowycz, and D. B. Rorabacher. “Direct evidence for a geometrically constrained “entatic state” effect on copper (ii/i) electron-transfer kinetics as manifested in metastable intermediates.” Journal of the American Chemical Society 123, no. 24 (2001): 5720-5729.