Staff information

Research Interests

• EFRC: Characterization of novel catalysts and catalytic intermediates for the conversion of H+, O2 and N2 to H2, H2O and NH3, respectively, and the reverse using 1-, 2-, and 3-dimensional and dyanmic NMR investigations.
• Biomineralization Processes: Investigation of biomineralization processes using solid state NMR, neutron reflectivity and physical chemistry methods.
• Catalysis: Gain a fundamental, molecular-level understanding of novel bio-inspired stimulus-controlled organometallic catalysts (SCCs), designed to emulate the superior enantiomeric selectivity, control and substrate specificity of enzymes while maintaining the simplicity of a homogeneous catalyst.
• Hydrogen Storage: Use solid state NMR to investigate decomposition mechanisms and structural characteristics of potential solid state hydrogen storage materials.

Education and Credentials

• Ph.D. in Physical/Biophysical Chemistry (Sept. 1996 - May 2000), University of Washington, Seattle, WA
• Bachelor of Arts: Chemistry (Sept. 1990 - Dec. 1993), Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA

Affiliations and Professional Service

• American Chemical Society
• Materials Research Society

Awards and Recognitions

• Outstanding Performance Awards, PNNL
• Recipient of Graduate Fellowship, Associated Western Universities (1996-2000).

PNNL Publications

2009

• Tarasevich BJ, AS Lea, W Bernt, MH Engelhard, and WJ Shaw. 2009. "Adsorption of Amelogenin onto Self-Assembled and Fluoroapatite Surfaces." Journal of Physical Chemistry B 113(7):1833-1842. 
• Tarasevich BJ, AS Lea, W Bernt, MH Engelhard, and WJ Shaw. 2009. "Changes in the quaternary structure of amelogenin when adsorbed onto surfaces." Biopolymers 91(2):103-107.  doi:10.1002/bip.21095
• Yang JY, RM Bullock, WJ Shaw, B Twamley, K Fraze, M Rakowski DuBois, and DL DuBois. 2009. "Mechanistic Insights into Catalytic H2 Oxidation by Ni Complexes Containing a Diphosphine Ligand with a Positioned Amine Base." Journal of the American Chemical Society 131(16):5935-5945. 

2008

• Shaw WJ, and KF Ferris. 2008. "Structure, Orientation and Dynamics of the C-Terminal Hexapeptide of LRAP Determined Using Solid State NMR." Journal of Physical Chemistry B 112(51):16975-16981. 
• Shaw WJ, KF Ferris, BJ Tarasevich, and JL Larson. 2008. "The structure and orientation of the C-terminus of LRAP." Biophysical Journal 94(8):3247-3257.  doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.119636
• Buchko GW, JG Bekhazi, JR Cort, NB Valentine, ML Snead, and WJ Shaw. 2008. "1H, 13C, and 15N resonance assignments of murine amelogenin, an enamel biomineralization protein. ." Biomolecular NMR Assignments 2(1):89-91. 
• Buchko GW, BJ Tarasevich, JG Bekhazi, ML Snead, and WJ Shaw. 2008. "A Solution NMR Investigation into the Early Events of Amelogenin Nanosphere Self-Assembly Initiated with Sodium Chloride or Calcium Chloride." Biochemistry 47(50):13215-13222.  doi:10.1021/bi8018288
• Cho HM, WJ Shaw, VM Parvanov, GK Schenter, AJ Karkamkar, NJ Hess, CJ Mundy, SM Kathmann, JA Sears, AS Lipton, PD Ellis, and T Autrey. 2008. "Molecular Structure and Dynamics in the Low Temperature (Orthorhombic) Phase of NH3BH3." Journal of Physical Chemistry A 112(18):4277-4283.  doi:10.1021/jp711696
• Icenhower JP, BP McGrail, WJ Shaw, EM Pierce, P Nachimuthu, DK Shuh, EA Rodriguez, and JL Steele. 2008. "Experimentally determined dissolution kinetics of Na-rich borosilicate glass at far from equilibrium conditions: Implications for Transition State Theory." Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 72(12):2767-2788.  doi:10.1016/j.gca.2008.02.026
• Pierce EM, EA Rodriguez, LJ Calligan, WJ Shaw, and BP McGrail. 2008. "An Experimental Study of the Dissolution Rates of Simulated Aluminoborosilicate Waste Glasses as a Function of pH and Temperature under Dilute Conditions." Applied Geochemistry 23(9):2559-2573.  doi:10.1016/j.apgeochem.2008.05.006
• Shaw WJ, Y Chen, JL Fulton, JC Linehan, A Gutowska, and TE Bitterwolf. 2008. "Structural Evolution of a Recoverable Rhodium Hydrogenation Catalyst." Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 693(12):2111-2118.  doi:10.1016/j.jorganchem.2008.03.011
• Shaw WJ, JC Linehan, NK Szymczak, DJ Heldebrant, CR Yonker, DM Camaioni, RT Baker, and T Autrey. 2008. "In Situ Multinuclear NMR Spectroscopic Studies of the Thermal Decomposition of Ammonia Borane in Solution." Angewandte Chemie International Edition 47(39):7493-7496.  doi:10.1002/anie.200802100
• Xiong Z, CK Yong, G Wu, P Chen, WJ Shaw, AJ Karkamkar, T Autrey, MO Jones, S Johnson, P Edwards, and B David. 2008. "High-capacity hydrogen storage in lithium and sodium amidoboranes." Nature Materials 7(2):138-141.  doi:10.1038/nmat2081
• Xiong Z, YS Chua, G Wu, WL Xu, P Chen, WJ Shaw, AJ Karkamkar, JC Linehan, TD Smurthwaite, and T Autrey. 2008. "Interaction of Lithium Hydride and Ammonia Borane in THF ." Chemical Communications 43:5595-5597.  doi:10.1039/b812576g

2007

• Goobes R, G Goobes, WJ Shaw, GP Drobny, CT Campbell, and P Stayton. 2007. "Thermodynamic Roles of Basic Amino Acids in Statherin Recognition of Hydroxyapatite." Biochemistry 46(16):4725-4733.  doi:10.1021/bi602345a
• Sepehri S, AM Feaver, WJ Shaw, CJ Howard, Q Zhang, T Autrey, and G Cao. 2007. "Spectroscopic Studies of Dehydrogenation of Ammonia Borane in Carbon Cryogel." Journal of Physical Chemistry B 111(51):14285-14289.  doi:10.1021/jp077057t
• Stowe AC, WJ Shaw, JC Linehan, B Schmid, and T Autrey. 2007. "In situ solid state B-11 MAS-NMR studies of the thermal decomposition of ammonia borane: mechanistic studies of the hydrogen release pathways from a solid state hydrogen storage material." Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. PCCP 9(15):1831-1836.  doi:10.1039/b617781f
• Tarasevich BJ, CJ Howard, JL Larson, ML Snead, J Simmer, ML Paine, and WJ Shaw. 2007. "The Nucleation and growth of Calcium Phosphate by Amelogenin." Journal of Crystal Growth 304(2):407-415. 

2005

• Gutowska A, L Li, Y Shin, CM Wang, XS Li, JC Linehan, RS Smith, BD Kay, BA Schmid, WJ Shaw, MS Gutowski, and T Autrey. 2005. "Nano-Scaffold Mediates Hydrogen Release and Reactivity of Ammonia Borane." Angewandte Chemie International Edition 44(23):3578-3582. 
• Shaw WJ, JC Linehan, A Gutowska, DJ Newell, TE Bitterwolf, JL Fulton, Y Chen, and CF Windisch, JR. 2005. "Synthesis and Characterization of a Recoverable Rhodium Catalyst with a Stimulus Sensitive Polymer Ligand." Inorganic Chemistry Communications 8(10):894-896. 

2004

• Shaw WJ, AA Campbell, ML Paine, and M Snead. 2004. "The COOH terminus of the amelogenin, LRAP, is oriented next to the hydroxyapatite surface." Journal of Biological Chemistry 279(39):40263-40266.  doi:10.1074/jbc.C400322200
• Drobny GP, JR Long, T Karlsson, WJ Shaw, JM Popham, N Oyler, PM Bower, J Stringer, D Gregory, M Mehta, and PS Stayton. 2004. "STRUCTURAL STUDIES OF BIOMATERIALS USING DOUBLE-QUANTUM SOLID-STATE NMR SPECTROSCOPY." In Annual Review of Physical Chemistry, vol. 54, pp. 531-571.  Annual Reviews, Palo Alto, CA. 
• Franz JA, WJ Shaw, CN Lamb, T Autrey, DS Kolwaite, DM Camaioni, and MS Alnajjar. 2004. "Absolute Rate Constants for Reactions of Tributylstannyl Radicals with Bromoalkanes, Episulfides, and alpha-Halomethyl-Episulfides, -Cyclopropanes, and -Oxiranes: New Rate Expressions for Sulfur and Bromine Atom Abstraction." Journal of Organic Chemistry 69(4):1020-1027. 
• Fryxell GE, H Wu, Y Lin, WJ Shaw, JC Birnbaum, JC Linehan, Z Nie, KM Kemner, and S Kelly. 2004. "Lanthanide Selective Sorbents: Self-Assembled Monolayers on Mesoporous Supports (SAMMS) ." Journal of Materials Chemistry 14(22):3356-3363. 
• Fryxell GE, H Wu, Y Lin, WJ Shaw, JC Birnbaum, JC Linehan, Z Nie, KM Kemner, and S Kelly. 2004. "Lanthanide Selective Sorbents: Self-Assembled Monolayers on Mesoporous Supports (SAMMS)." Journal of Materials Chemistry 14(22):3356-3363. 
• Pierce EM, BP McGrail, EA Rodriguez, HT Schaef, P Saripalli, RJ Serne, KM Krupka, PF Martin, SR Baum, KN Geiszler, LR Reed, and WJ Shaw. 2004. Waste Form Release Data Package for the 2005 Integrated Disposal Facility Performance Assessment. PNNL-14805, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA. 
• Shaw WJ, P Kandandarachchi, JA Franz, and T Autrey. 2004. "Spectroscopic Studies of Tributylstannyl Radical. Rates of Formation, Termination and Abstraction Determined by Transient Absorption Spectroscopy." Organometallics 23(9):2080-2086. 

2003

• Stayton PS, GP Drobny, WJ Shaw, JR Long, and MR Gilbert. 2003. "Molecular Recognition at the Protein-Hydroxyapatite Interface." Critical Reviews in Oral Biology And Medicine 14(5):370-376. 
• Wang W, JJ Han, LQ Wang, LS li, WJ Shaw, and AD Li. 2003. "Dynamic pi-pi stacked molecular assemblies emit from green to red colors ." Nano Letters 3(4):455-458. 

2002

• Birnbaum JC, BJ Busche, Y Lin, WJ Shaw, and GE Fryxell. 2002. "Synthesis of Carbamoylphosphonate Silanes for the Selective Sequestration of Actinides." Chemical Communications 13:1374-1375. 
• Drobny GP, JR Long, WJ Shaw, ML Cotten, and PS Stayton. 2002. "Structure and Dynamics of Proteins Adsorbed to Biomaterial Interfaces." In Encyclopedia of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, vol. 9, ed. David M Grant & Robin K Harris, pp. 458-468.  Wiley, New York, NY. 
• Hoitink DJ, KW Burk, JV Ramsdell, III, and WJ Shaw. 2002. Hanford Site Climatological Data Summary 2001 with Historical Data. PNNL-13859, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA. 

2001

• Long J, WJ Shaw, P Stayton, and G Drobny. 2001. "Structure and Dynamics of Hydrated Statherin on Hydroxyapatite As Determined by Solid-State NMR." Biochemistry 40(51):15451-15455. 

2000

• Shaw WJ, JR Long, AA Campbell, PS Stayton, and GP Drobny. 2000. "A Solid State NMR Study of Dynamics in a Hydrated Salivary Peptide Adsorbed to Hydroxyapatite." Journal of the American Chemical Society 122(29):7118-7119. 
• Shaw WJ, JR Long, JL Dindot, AA Campbell, PS Stayton, and GP Drobny. 2000. "Determination of Statherin N-Terminal Peptide Conformation on Hydroxyapatite Crystals ." Journal of the American Chemical Society 122(8):1709-1716.