John P. Bullock

Teaching:

Fall 2007 Courses:

Chemistry 1: Chemical Principles

The Chemistry of Color

Spring 2008 Courses:

Chemistry 4:
Applications of Chemical Principles

LaVoisier & The Nature of Revolution

 

2008-09 Scheduled Courses:

Integrated Chemistry 1 & 2 (Summer)
Integrated Chemistry 3 (Fall)
The Chemistry of Alternative Energy (Fall)
Biochemistry (Spring)

Research Interests:

The focus of my research is the electrochemistry of luminescent transition metal compounds, particularly those of d⁶ metal ions, such as Re⁺ and Mo⁰. These compounds have a wide variety of potential applications, such as serving as catalysts for solar energy conversion processes, sensors, and in the design of molecular circuits. My work entails the synthesis of new luminescent species and their electrochemical and spectroscopic characterization. Of particular interest is the oxidation chemistry of these complexes. My students and I use techniques such as cyclic voltammetry, chronocoulometry, and infrared spectroelectrochemistry to elucidate the reaction pathways of electrogenerated compounds and to identify chemical intermediates and final oxidation products. We have recently published some of this work and presented it at several ACS meetings, the abstracts for the most recent are linked below.

Electrochemical oxidation of Mo(CO)4(LL) and Mo(CO)3(LL)(CH3CN): Generation, infrared characterization, and reactivity of [Mo(CO)4(LL)]⁺ and [Mo(CO)3(LL)(CH3CN)]⁺ Inorganica Chimica Acta, 2007, 360, 3414.

MARM 2006 (Middle Atlantic Regional Meeting, Hershey, PA, June 7, 2006)

NERM 2006 (Northeast Regional Meeting, Binghamton, NY, October 5, 2006)

 

Education & Background

Ph. D., Inorganic Chemistry, University of Minnesota, 1990

Senior Research Chemist, Air Products & Chemicals, 1990-94

Post-Doctoral Research Associate, University of Washington, 1994-95

Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Central Washington University, 1995-99

Member of the Faculty, Chemistry, The Evergreen State College, 1999-2002