Faculty Profiles

Webre, W. A. (2025). Engineering Chemistry Lab Manual. New York, NY: Hayden-McNeil Lab Solutions.

Webre, W. A. (2024). Engineering Chemistry Manual. New York, NY: Hayden-McNeil Lab Solutions.

Kumar, S., Webre, W. A., Schaffner, J., Islam, S. M. S., D’Souza, F., & Wang, H. (2021). A2 and A2B2 Benzoporphyrins as sensitizers for dye-sensitized solar cells. Porphyrin Science by Women, 1077–1088.

Chahal, M. K., Velychkivska, N., Webre, W. A., Labuta, J., Ishihara, S., Ariga, K., … Hill, J. P. (2021). Increasing the complexity of oxoporphyrinogen colorimetric sensing chromophores: N-alkylation and β-substitution. Porphyrin Science by Women, 1031–1041. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1142/9789811223556_0092

Kumar, S., Webre, W. A., Schaffner, J., Islam, S., D’Souza, F., & Wang, H. (2021). A2 and A2B2 Benzoporphyrins as sensitizers for dye-sensitized solar cells. Porphyrin Science by Women, 1077–1088. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1142/9789811223556_0097

Kumar, S., Webre, W. A., Stewart, C., D’Souza, F., & Wang, H. (2020). A Synthetic Approach to β-Functionalized Naphtho[2,3]porphyrins. Organic Letters, 22(18), 7078–7082. Retrieved from https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.orglett.0c02313

Hu, Y., Thomas, M., Webre, W. A., Moss, A., Jinadasa, R. G. W., Nesterov, V. N., … Wang, H. (2020). Nickel(II) Bisporphyrin-Fused Pentacenes Exhibiting Abnormal High Stability. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 59(45), 20075–20082. Retrieved from https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/anie.202008076

Chahal, M. K., Gobeze, H. B., Webre, W. A., Karr, P. A., Payne, D. T., Ariga, K., … Hill, J. P. (2020). Electron and energy transfer in a porphyrin–oxoporphyrinogen–fullerene triad, ZnP–OxP–C60. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 22(25), 14356–14363. Retrieved from https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2020/cp/d0cp02696d

Chatterjee, S., Webre, W. A., Patra, S., Rout, B., Glass, G. A., D’Souza, F., & Chatterjee, S. (2020). Achievement of superior efficiency of TiO2 nanorod-nanoparticle composite photoanode in dye sensitized solar cell. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 826, 154188. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2020.154188

Payne, D. T., Webre, W. A., Gobee, H. B., Seetharaman, S., Matsushita, Y., Karr, P. A., … Hill, J. P. (2020). Nanomolecular singlet oxygen photosensitizers based on hemiquinonoid-resorcinarenes, the fuchsonarenes. Chemical Science, (11), 2614–2620.

Payne, D. T., Chahal, M. K., Brezina, V., Webre, W. A., Ariga, K., D’Souza, F., … Hill, J. P. (2020). Diporphyrin tweezer for multichannel spectroscopic analysis of enantiomeric excess. Frontiers of Chemical Science and Engineering, 14, 28–40.

Richards, G. J., Cador, A., Yamada, S., Middleton, A., Webre, W. A., Labuta, J., … Hill, J. P. (2019). Amphiprotism-Coupled Near-Infrared Emission in Extended Pyrazinacenes Containing Seven Linearly Fused Pyrazine Units. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 141(50), 19.

Chahal, M. K., Velychkivska, N., Webre, W. A., Labuta, J., Ishihara, S., Ariga, K., … Hill, J. P. (2019). Increasing the complexity of oxoporphyrinogen colorimetric sensing chromophores: N-alkylation and  β -substitution. Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines, (11n12), 1184–1194.

Chahal, M. K., Labuta, J., Brezina, V., Karr, P. A., Matsushita, Y., Webre, W. A., … Hill, J. P. (2019). Knock-on synthesis of tritopic calix[4]pyrrole host for enhanced anion interactions, (48), 15583–15596.

Kumar, S., Webre, W. A., Schaffner, J., Islam, S. M. S., D’Souza, F., & Wang, H. (2019). A2 and A2B2 Benzoporphyrins as sensitizers for dye-sensitized solar cells. Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines, 23, 599–610.

Hu, Y., Webre, W. A., Thomas, M. B., Moss, A., Hancock, S. N., Schaffner, J., … Wang, H. (2019). β-Functionalized push–pull opp-dibenzoporphyrins as sensitizers for dye-sensitized solar cells: the role of the phenylethynyl bridge. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, (7), 10712–10722.

Payne, D. T., Webre, W. A., Matsushita, Y., Zhu, N., Futera, Z., Labuta, J., … Hill, J. P. (2019). Multimodal switching of a redox-active macrocycle. Nature Communications, 10, 1007.

Svec, P., Webre, W. A., Richards, G. J., Labuta, J., Wakayama, Y., Miklik, D., … Hill, J. P. (2018). Phenanthroline-Fused Pyrazinacenes: One-Pot Synthesis, Tautomerization and a RuII(2,2′-bpy)2 Derivative. European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 2018(22), 2541–2548.

Webre, W. A., Gobeze, H. B., Shao, S., Karr, P. A., Ariga, K., Hill, J. P., & D’Souza, F. (2018). Fluoride-ion-binding promoted photoinduced charge separation in a self-assembled C60 alkyl cation bound bis-crown ether-oxoporphyrinogen supramolecule. Chemical Communications, 2018(54), 1351–1354.

Ngo, T. H., Labuta, J., Lim, G. N., Webre, W. A., D’Souza, F., Karr, P. A., … Goldup, S. M. (2017). Porphyrinoid rotaxanes: building a mechanical picket fence, 2017(8), 6679–6685.

Yellappa, S., Webre, W. A., Gobeze, H. B., Middleton, A., KC, C. B., & D’Souza, F. (2017). Phenothiazine-Sensitized Solar Cells: Effect of Number of Cyanocinnamic Acid Anchoring Groups on Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell Performance. ChemPlusChem, 82(6), 896–903.

Commins, P. J., Hill, J. P., Matsushita, Y., Webre, W. A., Labuta, J., Ariga, K., & D’Souza, F. (2016). Selective octabromination of tetraarylporphyrins based on meso-substituent identity: Structural and electrochemical studies. Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines, 20, 213–222.

Webre, W. A., Hill, J. P., Matsushita, Y., Karr, P. A., Ariga, K., & D’Souza, F. (2016). Anion binding, electrochemistry and solvatochromism of β-brominated oxoporphyrinogens. Dalton Transactions, 2016(45), 4006–4016.

Ngo, T. H., Zieba, D., Webre, W. A., Lim, G. N., Karr, P. A., Kord, S., … D’Souza, F. (2016). Engaging Copper(III) Corrole as an Electron Acceptor: Photoinduced Charge Separation in Zinc Porphyrin–Copper Corrole Donor–Acceptor Conjugates. Chemistry A European Journal, 22(4), 1301–1312.

Lim, G. N., Webre, W. A., & D’Souza, F. (2014). Charge separation in supramolecular ferrocene(s)-zinc porphyrin-fullerene triads: A femtosecond transient absorption study, 19, 270–280.