Theo Rusmore

Major Professor: Glatzhofer & Nicholas
Email: theo.rusmore@ou.edu

Hometown:
Elk Grove, CA

Education:
B.S., Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley
M.S., Chemistry, University of Oklahoma

I decided I wanted to study chemistry on the first day of AP Chemistry, when my teacher did this demo (perchlorate oxidation of a gummy bear): https://youtu.be/V-28m7O7BNw. My interest in coordination and inorganic chemistry stems from a long-term interest in environmental and energy concerns.

I work in the labs of Kenneth Nicholas and Daniel Glatzhofer, and my research focuses on molybdenum catalyzed oxygen atom transfer reactions.

I'm interested in DoE National Lab positions, continuing to focus on coordination catalysis research.

Publications, Presentations & Awards

Publications

T.A. Rusmore, M.J. Behlen, A. John, D.T. Glatzhofer, K.M. Nicholas, Oxidative kinetic resolution of P-chiral phosphines catalyzed by chiral (salen)dioxomolybdenum complexes, Molecular Catalysis. 513 (2021) 111776–111776.
V. Satalkar, T.A. Rusmore, E. Phillips, X. Pan, E. Benassi, Q. Wu, C. Ran, Y. Shao, Computational modeling of curcumin-based fluorescent probe molecules, Theoretical Chemistry Accounts. 138 (2019) 29–29.

Presentations

American Chemical Society National Meeting, March 2022, "Activity of salen-type molybdenum catalysts for oxidative coupling of thiols", Oral presentation

Great Plain Catalysis Society Virtual Symposium, September 2021, “Dioxomolybdenum-salen catalyzed coupling of thiols to disulfides with dioxygen”, Virtual Poster talk

American Chemical Society National Meeting, August 2021, “Activity of salen-type molybdenum catalysts for oxidations with dioxygen”, Virtual Oral presentation

American Chemical Society National Meeting, August 2020, “Evaluation of the activity and substrate scope for molybdenum-catalyzed oxygenations with dioxygen”, On-Demand Research Poster Presentation

Southwest Theoretical and Computational Chemistry Meeting, October 2019, “The Performance of DFT Methodology in Predicting the Enantioselectivity of Oxygen Atom Transfer Reaction Catalyzed by Dioxomolybdenum (VI) Complexes of Chiral Modular Ligands”, Research Poster Presentation

Awards

Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Award. Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Oklahoma, April 2020.
Graduate Student Senate Conference Registration/Travel Grant for Spring 2022, University of Oklahoma, March 2022.
Graduate College Robberson Travel Grant, University of Oklahoma, April 2022.