Karla graduated from the St. Olaf in the spring of 1997 with a B.A in chemistry and math. During her time as a graduate student at Michigan she discovered novel intermolecular CH-insertions reactions and CH-activation reactions using germanium. Karla is currently working as a post-doc with Bill Trogler at UCSD.
Exploring Two Reactions of Ketones with Ge[CH(SiMe3)2]2:
CH and OH insertion. R. D. Sweeder, K. A. Miller, F. A. Edwards, J. Wang, M.
M. Banaszak Holl, Organometallics 2003, 22, 5054-5063.
C-H Activation of Ethers and Alkanes by Germylene-Aryl Halide Complexes. K. A. Miller, J. M. Bartolin, R. M. O’Neil, R. D. Sweeder, T. M. Owens, J. W. Kampf, M. M. Banaszak Holl, N. J. Wells, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2003, 125, 8986-8987.
Quick, Efficient Conversion of Phenones to Conjugated Trienes, R. D. Sweeder, K. A. Miller, F. A. Edwards, M. M. Banaszak Holl, J. W. Kampf, Organometallics 2002, 21, 457-459.
Self-limiting Chemical Vapor Deposition of an Ultra-thin Silicon Oxide Film. K. A. Miller, C. John, K. Z. Zhang, K. T. Nicholson, F. R. McFeely, and M. M. Banaszak Holl, Thin Solid Films 2001, 397, 78-82.
Intermolecular C-H Insertions and Cyclization Reactions involving a Stable Germylene. K. A. Miller, T. W. Watson, J. E. Bender, M. M. Banaszak Holl, J. W. Kampf, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2001, 123, 982.