Expert Profile
William J. Evans
Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Director of the Eddleman Quantum Institute
William Evans' research merges chemistry & quantum science to develop materials for quantum computing, electronics & energy sustainability.
Areas of Expertise
- Quantum Information Science
- Inorganic and Organometallic Chemistry
- Rare Earth, Actinide, and Bismuth Metal Chemistry
Biography
William J. Evans is a Distinguished Professor of chemistry at the University of California, Irvine, who specializes in the inorganic and organometallic chemistry of heavy metals, specifically the rare earth metals. He has published over 500 peer-reviewed research papers on these topics. He is the director of the Eddleman Quantum Institute at UC Irvine.
Media
Media Appearances
CA universities partner on $64.7 million quantum institute
Philanthropy News Digest, 7/7/2025
On the cutting edge of chemistry
UCI News, 8/14/2017
Articles
The Variable Di (mesityl) boroxide Coordination Chemistry of the Lanthanide Metals
Inorganic Chemistry
A Linear Metallocene of Sc(II) Supported by [C5Me4(SiMe2tBu)]1– Ligands
Journal of the American Chemical Society
Terphenylthiolate-Ligated Lanthanide Terminal Methyl Complexes Form Crystallographically Characterizable Terminal Acyls and Trimethylcyclopropanetriolates from Carbon Monoxide
Journal of the American Chemical Society
Redox Studies of the Scandium Metallocene (C5H2tBu3)2ScII Lead to a Terminal Side-On (N═N)2– Complex: [(C5H2tBu3)2ScIII(η2-N2)]−
Journal of the American Chemical Society
Four-electron oxidation and one-electron reduction of the bis (terphenylthiolate) U (ii) complex, U (SAr iPr6) 2 [Ar iPr6= C 6 H 3-2, 6-(C 6 H 2-2, 4, 6-i Pr 3) 2]
Chemical Communications
Education
University of California, Los Angeles
Ph.D., 1973
University of Wisconsin
B.S., 1969
Accomplishments
- Tolman Award of the Southern California Section of the American Chemical Society (SCALACS)
- American Chemical Society Award in Organometallic Chemistry
- Spedding Award for Excellence in the Science and Technology of Rare Earths
- UCI Distinguished Faculty Award for Research
- American Chemical Society Award in Inorganic Chemistry