Nancy S. B. Williams

Nancy S. B. Williams is an Associate Professor of Chemistry at the Keck Science Department, Claremont Colleges. Her work bridges physical organometallic chemistry and chemical education innovation, focusing on ligand design and reductive elimination reactions.

• Research Interests: Physical organometallic chemistry, ligand effects on organic transformations, reductive elimination mechanisms, and chemical education.
• Teaching: General, Organic, and Inorganic Chemistry courses.

Selected Publications explore reductive elimination pathways in platinum complexes, asymmetric catalysis with pincer ligands, and the IONiC initiative for collaborative chemical education. Her work has appeared in Inorganic Chemistry, Organometallics, and Journal of the American Chemical Society.