Robert A FlowersRAF is the principal author of >40 publications and conference proceedings on the chemistry of samarium diiodide and other lanthanide-based reagents since 1997. He has given over 40 invited US and international lectures on the mechanisms of samarium iiodide including: October, 2007: Mechanistic Studies of Lanthanide-Based Reactions National Institute of Interdisciplinary Science and Technology, Trivandrum, India June, 2005: Mechanistic Role of Proton Donors in SmI2-Mediated Reactions Gordon Research Conference on Physical Organic Chemistry, Holderness School, New Hampshire USA. August, 2004: Thermochemical and Mechanistic Analysis of Sm(II)-based Reductants International Symposium on the Frontiers of Chemistry, Pohang, South Korea. August, 2003: Thermochemical and Mechanistic Studies of Sm-Based Reductants 5th International Conference on F Element Chemistry, Geneva, Switzerland. Read More Read Less