Working with scientists at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana and the Christian-Albrecht University in Germany, Laura has published a new research article, “Differentiating between Trivalent Lanthanides and Actinides,” in the Journal of the American Chemical Society.

These compounds were synthesized in the Albrecht-Schmitt group at Notre Dame and were investigated with quantum chemical methods in order to rationalize the differences in their electronic structures by Gagliardi group member Daniel Grant.