Curriculum Vitae (James K. McCusker) - Chemistry...1 Curriculum Vitae for James K. McCusker Name: James Kenneth McCusker Department of Chemistry Michigan State University 578 South

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Curriculum Vitae for James K. McCusker Name: James Kenneth McCusker Department of Chemistry Michigan State University 578 South Shaw Lane East Lansing, Michigan 48824 Phone: (517) 355-9715, ext.106 Fax: (517) 353-1793 E-mail: [email protected] Date and Place of Birth: August 8, 1965, New Haven, Connecticut Education: • B.S. cum laude, 1987, Bucknell University (Major: Chemistry; Minors: Physics,

Music) • M.S., 1987, Bucknell University (Chemistry, with Charles A. Root) • Ph.D., 1992, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Chemistry, with David

N. Hendrickson) • Postdoctoral Fellow, 1992-1994, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (with

Thomas J. Meyer) M.S. Thesis: Physical Characterization and Photoreactivity of Oxovanadium(IV) and

Dioxovanadium(V) Complexes of a Schiff Base Ph.D. Thesis: Dynamics and Mechanism of Spin-State Interconversion in Transition Metal

Complexes Academic Appointments: • Assistant Professor of Chemistry, 1994 – 2001, University of California at

Berkeley • Associate Professor of Chemistry, 2001 – 2008, Michigan State University • Professor of Chemistry, 2008 – present, Michigan State University • Associate Chair for Research, 2011 – 2013, Department of Chemistry, Michigan

State University • Director, Center of Research Excellence in Complex Materials (CORE-CM), 2013

– present, Michigan State University Research Interests: ultrafast excited-state dynamics of transition metal compounds; photophysics and

photochemistry of exchange-coupled compounds; electronic structure effects on electron and energy transfer dynamics; solar energy conversion

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Honors: • Phi Eta Sigma, 1985 • Phi Beta Kappa, 1987 • Outstanding Senior Chemistry Major of the Year, American Chemical Society

(Susquehanna Valley Section) and the Faculty of Bucknell University, 1987 • Honorable Mention, 1987 National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship

Competition • Graduate Fellow in Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1987-

1988 • National Institutes of Health Postdoctoral Fellow, 1992-1994 • Hellman Fellow, University of California at Berkeley, 1997-1998 • Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow, 1998-2000 • Department of Chemistry Teaching Award, University of California at Berkeley,

1999 • 2005 Troisieme Cycle Lectureship (University of Geneva, University of Lausanne,

and University of Bern) • 2014 Junior Faculty Mentoring Award, Michigan State University – College of

Natural Sciences • 2015 – 2016 Kritzler Lecturer – Department of Chemistry, Ohio Northern

University Professional Activities: Society Memberships • Member of the American Chemical Society, divisions of Inorganic Chemistry and

Physical Chemistry • Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry • Member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science • Member of Sigma Xi Journal and Programmatic Editorships and Advisory Boards • Associate Editor, Chemical Science, 2015 – present • Member of the Editorial Advisory Boards for Advances in Physical Chemistry and

International Journal of Inorganic Chemistry • Member of the Scientific Advisory Board for Powering the Planet: An NSF

Chemical Center for Innovation for the Direct Conversion of Sunlight into Chemical Fuel

• Member of the Scientific Advisory Board for the NSF Inorganic Workshops, 2010 – 2012

• Member of the Scientific Advisory Board for the Inter-American Photochemical Society (I-APS), 2010 – 2014

• Councilor to the American Chemical Society (Division of Inorganic Chemistry), 2012 – 2014

• Member, Proposal Review Panel – Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS), SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2014 – 2017

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• Guest Editor, “20th International Symposium on the Photophysics and Photochemistry of Coordination Compounds”, Coordination Chemistry Reviews 2015, 282-283, pp. 1-158 (co-editor with Prof. Felix N. Castellano, North Carolina State University)

• Guest Editor, “Ultrafast Excited-state Processes in Transition Metal-containing Systems”, Accounts of Chemical Research, May 2015 (co-editor with Prof. Antonin Vlcek, Jr., Queen Mary, University of London)

National and International Meeting Organization • Organizer, From Mixed-Valency to Single-Molecule Magnets: A Symposium in

Honor of the Work of David N. Hendrickson, American Chemical Society National Meeting, March 26, 2003, New Orleans, Louisiana (with Prof. George Christou, University of Florida)

• Vice Chair, Gordon Research Conference, “Electron Donor-Acceptor Interactions”, August 8 – 13, 2010, Newport, Rhode Island (co-Vice Chair with Prof. Bo Albinsson, Chalmers University)

• Chair, Gordon Research Conference, “Electron Donor-Acceptor Interactions”, August 5 – 10, 2012, Newport, Rhode Island (co-Chair with Prof. Bo Albinsson, Chalmers University)

• Organizer, Ultrafast Excited-state Dynamics of Transition Metal-containing Systems, American Chemical Society National Meeting, April 7 – 11, 2013, New Orleans, Louisiana (with Prof. Antonin Vlcek, Jr., Queen Mary, University of London)

• Chair, 20th International Symposium on the Photophysics and Photochemistry of Coordination Compounds, July 7 – 12, 2013, Grand Traverse Resort and Spa, Traverse City, Michigan (co-Chair with Prof. Felix N. Castellano, North Carolina State University)

• Organizer, Zero-field Spin Effects in Molecular Systems, Telluride Research Science Conference, June 23 – 27, 2015, Telluride, Colorado

Additional Activities • External Ph.D. examiner, Department of Physical Chemistry, Uppsala University,

May 11, 2001 • Nominations and Symposia Planning Committee, Division of Inorganic Chemistry,

American Chemical Society, 2002 – 2003 • Organizing Committee, 14th Inter-American Photochemical Society Winter

Meeting, January 2 – 5, 2003, Clearwater Beach, Florida • NSF CAREER Award panelist, November 3 – 5, 2003 (Inorganic, Bioinorganic,

and Organometallic Chemistry subdivision) • Inter-American Photochemical Society Awards Committee, 2004 – 2005 • Program Committee, International Conference on Bio-Inorganic Chemistry (ICBIC

12), July 31 – August 5, 2005, Ann Arbor, Michigan • External Evaluator, Faculty Search in Chemical Physics (2007 – 2008), Uppsala

University, Uppsala, Sweden

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• External Evaluator, U.S. Department of Energy LBNL Biosciences and Photochemistry Site Review, July 16 – 18, 2008, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California

• Invited Lecturer, “Renewable Energy: Capturing the Sun”, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Summer Course, August 4 – 8, 2008, Cambridge, Massachusetts

• Invited Panelist, Multidisciplinary Workshop on Third-Generation Solar Technologies, Materials Research Society National Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, November 29, 2009

• Guest Lecturer, “1st Annual Ultrafast Spectroscopy Workshop”, Ultrafast Systems, Inc., January 5, 2010, St. Petersburg, Florida

• Invited Attendee, 2010 Scialog Conference on Solar Energy, October 12 – 15, 2010, Biosphere 2, Tuscon, Arizona

• DOE-BES Early Career Research Program Review Panelist, February 8, 2011 • Review Panelist, NSF-SOLAR Program (Mathematical and Physical Sciences

Directorate, Chemistry, Materials Science, and Mathematics Divisions), May 5 – 6, 2011

• Member, External Advisory Panel for the Vice-Chancellor of Uppsala University, Quality and Renewal 2011 (Panel 14: Chemical Sciences), Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden, May 9 – 13, 2011

• External Evaluator, COST Action D35 Final Conference, September 10 – 14, 2011, Santa Margherita di Pula (Cagliari), Sardinia, Italy

• Invited Keynote Speaker, 2011 Scialog Conference on Solar Energy, October 11 – 14, 2011, Biosphere 2, Tuscon, Arizona

• Workshop: Solar Fuels: Creating a Roadmap for the Future, Argonne-Northwestern Solar Energy Research Center (ANSER) and the Center for Technology and Innovation Management, November 17 – 18, 2011, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois (invited participant)

• External Reviewer, DOE Energy Frontier Research Centers, January 23 – 25, 2012, Denver, Colorado

• External Reviewer, NSF Chemical Centers for Innovation – Phase II Applications, March 5 – 9, 2012, Arlington, Virginia

• Workshop: LCLS-II New Instruments Workshop, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, March 19 – 22, 2012, Stanford University, Menlo Park, California (invited speaker)

• External Reviewer, Canada Foundation for Innovation, June 11, 2012, Toronto, Canada

• External Ph.D. examiner, Department of Chemistry, University of Calgary, June 22, 2012

• Symposium: Solar Fuels: Challenges and Opportunities, August 13 – 16, 2012, Telluride Science Research Center, Telluride, Colorado (invited participant)

• External Evaluator, National Science Foundation International Materials Institute for Solar Energy and Environment (IMI-SEE) Site Review, September 10 – 11, 2012, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois

• Invited Lecturer, “Solving the World’s Energy Demands with Molecules and Nanostructures in Sunlight”, XII International Krutyn Summer School (XII IKSS), September 30 – October 6, 2012, Krutyn, Poland

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• External Evaluator, Faculty Search in Chemical Physics (2012 – 2013), November 12, 2012, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

• External Ph.D. examiner, Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, April 29, 2013

• External Evaluator (“Committee of Visitors”) – The Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis (“JCAP”), the U.S. Department of Energy Innovation Hub, and the Energy Frontier Research Centers, May 29 – 31, 2013, U.S. Department of Energy, Germantown, Maryland

• Review Panelist, NSF-DMREF Program (Designing Materials to Revolutionize and Engineer our Future), Division of Chemistry, National Science Foundation, Arlington, Virginia, June 26 – 27, 2013

• External Reviewer, Leigh Ann Conn Prize for Renewable Energy, University of Louisville – Conn Center for Renewable Energy Research, September 12 – 13, 2013

• Chair, Photochemistry and Biochemistry Panel for “Committee of Visitors” – U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science, Division of Chemical Sciences, Geosciences, and Biosciences, April 30 – May 2, 2014, U.S. Department of Energy, Germantown, Maryland

• Proposal Review Panel for the Linac Coherent Light Source at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (Chemistry, Soft Condensed Matter and Disordered Materials subpanel), May 8 – 9, 2014, Menlo Park, California

• Proposal Review Panel for the Linac Coherent Light Source at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (Chemistry, Soft Condensed Matter and Disordered Materials subpanel), October 16 – 17, 2014, Menlo Park, California

• Member, Review Panel, NRC Research Associateship Program, National Academy of Sciences, March 9 – 10, 2015, National Academies Beckman Center, Irvine, California

• External Evaluator, U.S. Department of Energy Solar Photochemistry Program Site Review, May 6 – 7, 2015, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York

• External Ph.D. Examiner – Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, December 3, 2015

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Graduate Students and Post-doctoral Associates

Graduate Students Date of Ph.D. Current Position University of California at Berkeley Daniel E. Wheeler 1999 Manager, Product Development, ConAgra Foods Niels H. Damrauer 2000 Associate Professor, University of Colorado Brandon T. Weldon 2001 Operations Department Manager, Exxon-Mobil Aimee E. Curtright 2002 Assoc. Research Director, The Rand Corporation Jeremy E. Monat 2002 Systems Engineer, Systems Planning and Analysis Laura B. Picraux 2003 Research Associate, Sun Chemical Eric A. Juban 2006 Research Scientist, Coherent Laser Corporation Michigan State University Amanda L. Smeigh 2007 Post-doctoral associate, ANSER Center (EFRC) Richard J. Fehir, Jr. 2009 Senior Research Scientist, EPA Troy E. Knight 2009 Senior Chemist, Dow Chemical Company Joel N. Schrauben 2010 Post-doctoral associate, NREL Catherine E. McCusker 2010 Post-doctoral associate, North Carolina State Univ. Allison M. Brown 2010 Post-doctoral associate, Uppsala University Shenshen Li 2011 Post-doctoral associate, Argonne National Lab Lindsey L. Jamula 2013 Visiting Asst. Prof., Univ. of Michigan - Dearborn Lisa J. Harlow 2013 Chemist, BASF Corporation Eileen Dixon Foszcz 2015 Post-doctoral associate, Northwestern University John Andrew Kouzelos 2015 Currently seeking post-doctoral position Post-doctoral Associates Dates Current Position Dr. Thomas R. Boussie 1995-1997 Rennovia (co-founder) Dr. James P. Kirby 1997-1999 Senior Engineer, CalTech/NASA-JPL Dr. Jorge H. Rodriguez 1997-2000 Associate Professor (Physics), Purdue University Dr. Jeffrey J. Bodwin 2001-2003 Assoc. Professor and Chair, Minn. State – Moorhead Dr. Monica Soler 2003-2007 Assistant Professor, University of Chile Dr. Dong Guo 2004-2012 Senior Chemist, Chemical Abstracts Service Dr. Xien Liu 2008-2010 Post-doctoral associate, Penn State University Dr. Annie Butler-Ricks 2012-2013 Visiting Lecturer, Albion College

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Current group consists of 1 post-doctoral associate and 10 graduate students.

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List of Publications 82. “Zero-field Splitting Effects on the EPR Spectra of Low-Symmetry, Magnetically Dilute

Chromium(III) Compounds”, Joel N. Schrauben, Dong Guo, John L. McCracken, and James K. McCusker, Inorg. Chem., manuscript in preparation.

81. “Experimental Methodologies for Probing Ultrafast Electron Injection in Dye-Sensitized Solar

Cells”, Jennifer Miller, Allison M. Brown, and James K. McCusker, manuscript in preparation as an invited Perspective for J. Phys. Chem. Lett.

80. “The Application of Time-resolved Spectroscopies to the Study of the Photophysics and

Photochemistry of Inorganic Systems”, Catherine E. McCusker and James K. McCusker, manuscript in preparation for submission as an invited Tutorial Review in Chem. Soc. Rev.

79. “Charge Transfer-state Mediation of Energy Transfer in Metal Polypyridyl-Porphyrin Dyads”,

Shenshen Li, Eileen M. Dixon, and James K. McCusker, Chem. Sci., manuscript in preparation. 78. “Charge Transfer-State Formation and Deactivation in d6 Metal Polypyridyl Complexes:

Fundamental Issues and Applications in Solar Energy Conversion”, James K. McCusker, manuscript in preparation as an invited Perspective in Chemical Science.

77. “The Influence of Electronic-State Mixing on Ultrafast Dynamics: The Curious Case of

[Cr(bpy)3]3+”, Eric A. Juban and James K. McCusker, J. Am. Chem. Soc., manuscript in preparation.

76. “The Inorganic Chemistry of Photoredox Catalysis”, Daniela Arias-Rotondo and James K.

McCusker, submitted for publication as a Tutorial Review in Chem. Soc. Rev. 75. “Vibrational Relaxation and Redistribution Dynamics in Ru(II) Polypyridyl-based Charge-

Transfer Excited States: A Combined Ultrafast Electronic and Infrared Absorption Study”, Allison M. Brown, Catherine E. McCusker, Ana Maria Blanco-Rodriguez, Michael Towrie, Ian P. Clark, Antonin Vlcek, Jr. and James K. McCusker, J. Am. Chem. Soc., submitted for publication.

74. “Ultrafast Excited-State Processes in Inorganic Systems”, James K. McCusker and Antonin

Vlcek, Jr., Acc. Chem. Res. 2015, 48, 1207-1208. 73. “Preface to the Special Issue on the 20th International Symposium on the Photophysics and

Photochemistry of Coordination Compounds”, Felix N. Castellano and James K. McCusker, Coord. Chem. Rev. 2015, 282-283, 1.

72. “Spectroelectrochemical Identification of Charge-Transfer Excited States in Transition Metal-

based Polypyridyl Complexes”, Allison M. Brown, Catherine E. McCusker, and James K. McCusker, Dalton Transactions, 2014, 43, 17635-17646.

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71. “Enlightened State”, James K. McCusker, Nature Physics 2014, 10, 476-477. 70. “Synthesis and Characterization of a High-Symmetry Ferrous Polypyridyl Complex:

Approaching the 5T2/3T1 Crossing Point for Fe(II)”, Lindsey L. Jamula, Allison M. Brown, Dong Guo, and James K. McCusker, Inorg. Chem. 2014, 53, 15-17.

69. “Ligand Field Symmetry Effects in Fe(II) Polypyridyl Compounds Probed by Transient X-Ray

Absorption Spectroscopy”, Hana Cho, Matthew L. Strader, Kiryong Hong, Lindsey Jamula, Eric M. Gullickson, Tae Kyu Kim, Frank M.F. de Groot, James K. McCusker, Robert W. Schoenlein, and Nils Huse, Faraday Discussions 2012, 157, 463-474.

68. “Angular Momentum Conservation in Dipolar Energy Transfer”, Dong Guo, Troy E. Knight, and

James K. McCusker, Science 2011, 334, 1684-1687. 67. “Femtosecond Soft X-Ray Spectroscopy of Solvated Transition Metal Complexes: Deciphering

the Interplay of Electron and Structural Dynamics”, Nils Huse, Hana Cho, Kiryong Hong, Tae Kyu Kim, Lindsey Jamula, Frank M. F. de Groot, James K. McCusker, and Robert W. Schoenlein, J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2011, 2, 880-884.

66. “Synthesis and Spectroscopic Characterization of CN-Substituted Bipyridyl Complexes of

Ru(II)”, Catherine E. McCusker and James K. McCusker, Inorg. Chem. 2011, 50, 1656-1669. 65. “Vibrational Coherence in the Excited-State Dynamics of Cr(acac)3: Probing the Reaction

Coordinate for Ultrafast Intersystem Crossing”, Joel N. Schrauben, Kevin L. Dillman, Warren F. Beck, and James K. McCusker, Chem. Sci. 2010, 1, 405-410.

64. “Photo-induced Spin-State Conversion in Solvated Transition Metal Complexes Probed by Time-

resolved Soft X-Ray Spectroscopy”, Nils Huse, Tae Kyu Kim, Lindsey Jamula, James K. McCusker, Frank M. F. de Groot, and Robert W. Schoenlein, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 6809-6816.

63. “Orbital-specific Energy Transfer”, Troy E. Knight and James K. McCusker, J. Am. Chem. Soc.

2010, 132, 2208-2221. 62. “Photo-induced Spin-State Conversion in Solvated Transition Metal Complexes Probed by Time-

resolved Soft X-Ray Spectroscopy”, Nils Huse, Munira Khalil, Tae Kyu Kim, Amanda L. Smeigh, Lindsey Jamula, James K. McCusker, and Robert W. Schoenlein, J. Phys: Conf. Ser., 2009, 148, 012043.

61. “Differential Polarization of Spin and Charge Density in Substituted Phenoxy Radicals”, Richard

J. Fehir, Jr. and James K. McCusker, J. Phys. Chem. A 2009, 112, 9249-9260. 60. “Probing Reaction Dynamics of Transition-Metal Complexes in Solution via Time-Resolved Soft

X-Ray Spectroscopy”, Nils Huse, Tae Kyu Kim, Munira Khalil, Lindsey Jamula, James K. McCusker, and Robert W. Schoenlein, in Ultrafast Phenomena XVI, Springer Series in Chemical

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Physics, P. Corkum, S. de Silvestri, and K. Nelson, eds., Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 2009, pp. 125-127.

59. “Femtosecond Time-Resolved Optical and Raman Spectroscopy of Photo-induced Spin-

Crossover: Temporal Resolution of Low Spin-to-High Spin Optical Switching”, Amanda L. Smeigh, Mark Creelman, Richard A. Mathies, and James K. McCusker, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 14105-14107.

58. “Effect of the Presence of Iodide on the Electron Injection Dynamics of Dye-Sensitized TiO2-

Based Solar Cells”, Amanda L. Smeigh, Jordan E. Katz, Bruce S. Brunschwig, Nathan S. Lewis, and James K. McCusker, J. Phys. Chem. C. 2008, 112, 12065-12068.

57. “Energy Transfer Dynamics in ReI-Based Polynuclear Assemblies: A Quantitative Application of

Förster Theory”, Troy E. Knight, Dong Guo, Juan-Pablo Claude, and James K. McCusker, Inorg. Chem. 2008, 47, 7249-7261.

56. “Electronic Structure of [Ga2(tren)2(CAsq,cat)](BPh4)2(BF4): An EPR, ENDOR, and Density

Functional Theory Study”, Joel N. Schrauben, Dong Guo, John L. McCracken, and James K. McCusker, Inorg. Chim. Acta 2008, 361, 3539-3547 (invited contribution to a Special Issue in honor of Professor Dante Gatteschi).

55. “Distinguishing Between Dexter and Rapid Sequential Electron Transfer in Covalently Linked

Donor-Acceptor Assemblies”, Monica Soler and James K. McCusker, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 4708-4724.

54. “Picosecond X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy of Photochemical Transient Species in Solution”,

Munira Khalil, Matthew A. Marcus, Amanda L. Smeigh, James K. McCusker, Henry H.W. Chong, and Robert W. Schoenlein, in Ultrafast Phenomena XV, Springer Series in Chemical Physics 88, P. Corkum, D. Jonas, D. Miller, and A.M. Weiner, eds., Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 2007, pp. 722-724.

53. “Ultrafast Dynamics of Fe(II) Polypyridyl Chromophores: Design Implications for Dye-

Sensitized TiO2-Based Photovoltaics”, Amanda L. Smeigh and James K. McCusker, in Ultrafast Phenomena XV, Springer Series in Chemical Physics 88, P. Corkum, D. Jonas, D. Miller, and A.M. Weiner, eds., Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 2007, pp. 273-275

52. “Spin Exchange Effects on the Physicochemical Properties of Tetraoxalene-Bridged Bimetallic

Complexes”, Dong Guo and James K. McCusker, Inorg. Chem. 2007, 46, 3257-3274 51. “Ultrafast Dynamics of Ligand-Field Excited States”, Eric A. Juban, Amanda L. Smeigh, Jeremy

E. Monat, and James K. McCusker, Coord. Chem. Rev. 2006, 250, 1783-1791. 50. “Picosecond X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy of a Photo-induced Iron(II) Spin-Crossover

Reaction in Solution”, Munira Khalil, Matthew A. Marcus, Amanda L. Smeigh, James K. McCusker, Henry H.W. Chong, and Robert W. Schoenlein, J. Phys. Chem. A 2006, 110, 38-44.

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49. “Intramolecular Energy Transfer involving Heisenberg Spin-Coupled Dinuclear Iron-Oxo Complexes”, Laura B. Picraux, Amanda L. Smeigh, Dong Guo, and James K. McCusker, Inorg. Chem. 2005, 44, 7849-7856.

48. “Ultrafast Dynamics of 2E State Formation in Cr(acac)3”, Eric A. Juban and James K. McCusker,

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127, 6857-6865. 47. “Time-Resolved Relaxation Studies of Spin-Crossover Systems in Solution”, Clare Brady, John

J. McGarvey, James K. McCusker, Hans Toftlund, and David N. Hendrickson, in Spin Crossover in Transition Metal Compounds, Topics in Current Chemistry vol. 235, P. Gütlich and H.A. Goodwin, eds., Springer-Verlag, 2004, pp. 1-22.

46. “Femtosecond Absorption Spectroscopy of Transition Metal Charge-Transfer Complexes”, James

K. McCusker, Acc. Chem. Res. 2003, 36, 876-887. 45. “Ultrafast Intersystem Crossing in a Transition Metal Complex”, Eric A. Juban and James K.

McCusker, in Ultrafast Phenomena XIII, Springer Series in Chemical Physics 71, R.D. Miller, M.M. Murnane, N.F. Scherer, and A.M. Weiner, eds., Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 2003, pp. 444-446.

44. “Intramolecular Excimer Formation in a Naphthalene-Appended Dinuclear Iron-Oxo Complex”,

Laura B. Picraux, Brandon T. Weldon, and James K. McCusker, Inorg. Chem. 2003, 42, 273-282. 43. “Electron Injection Dynamics of Ruthenium and Osmium Polypyridyl Complexes Adsorbed Onto

Nanocrystalline TiO2 Photoelectrodes”, Darius Kuciauskas, Jeremy E. Monat, Randy Villahermosa, Harry B. Gray, Nathan S. Lewis, and James K. McCusker, J. Phys. Chem. B 2002, 106, 9347-9358.

42. “Ground- and Excited-State Electronic Structure of the Solar Cell Sensitizer bis(4,4’-

dicarboxylato-2,2’-bipyridine)bis(isothiocyanato)ruthenium(II)”, Jeremy E. Monat, Jorge H. Rodriguez, and James K. McCusker, J. Phys. Chem. A 2002, 106, 7399-7406.

41. “Synthesis of Mono-Substituted 2,2’-bipyridines”, Joseph G. Cordaro, James K. McCusker, and

Robert G. Bergman, Chem. Comm. 2002, 1496-1497. 40. “Density Functional Theory of Spin-Coupled Models for Diiron-Oxo Proteins: Effects of Oxo

and Hydroxo Bridging on Geometry, Electronic Structure, and Magnetism”, Jorge H. Rodriguez and James K. McCusker, J. Chem. Phys. 2002, 116, 6253-6270.

39. “Ultrafast Solvent-Induced Charge Localization in Tris(2,2’-bipyridine)ruthenium(II)”, Alvin T.

Yeh, Charles V. Shank, and James K. McCusker, in Ultrafast Phenomena XII, Springer Series in Chemical Physics 66, T. Elsässer, S. Mukamel, M.M. Murnane, and N.F. Scherer eds., Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg, 2001, pp. 494-496.

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38. “Bimolecular Electron and Energy Transfer Reactivity of Exchange-Coupled Dinuclear Fe(III) Complexes”, Brandon T. Weldon, Daniel E. Wheeler, James P. Kirby, and James K. McCusker, Inorg. Chem. 2001, 40, 6802-6812.

37. “Fuel from Photons”, James K. McCusker, Science 2001, 293, 1599-1601. 36. “An Attenuated Total Reflection Design for in Situ FTIR Spectroelectrochemical Studies”,

Hendrik Visser, Aimee E. Curtright, James K. McCusker, and Kenneth Sauer, Anal. Chem. 2001, 73, 4374-4378.

35. “Blue-Fluorescent Antibodies”, Anton Simeonov, Masayuki Matsushita, Eric A. Juban, Elizabeth

H. Z. Thompson, Timothy Z. Hoffman, Albert E. Beuscher IV, Matthew J. Taylor, Peter Wirsching, Wolfgang Rettig, James K. McCusker, Raymond C. Stevens, David P. Millar, Peter G. Schultz, Richard A. Lerner, and Kim D. Janda, Science 2000, 290, 307-313.

34. “Ultrafast Electron Localization Dynamics Following Photo-Induced Charge Transfer”, Alvin T.

Yeh, Charles V. Shank, and James K. McCusker, Science 2000, 289, 935-938. 33. “Femtosecond Excited-State Dynamics of an Iron(II) Polypyridyl Solar Cell Sensitizer Model”,

Jeremy E. Monat and James K. McCusker, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2000, 122, 4092-4097. 32. “Ultrafast Dynamics in the Metal-to-Ligand Charge Transfer State Evolution of [Ru(4,4’-

diphenyl-2,2’-bipyridine)3]2+”, Niels H. Damrauer and James K. McCusker, J. Phys. Chem. A 1999, 103, 8440-8446.

31. “Variable-Temperature Emission Studies of Solvation Dynamics: Evidence for Coupling of

Solvation to Chromophore Structural Dynamics in the Evolution of Charge-Transfer Excited States”, Niels H. Damrauer and James K. McCusker, Inorg. Chem. 1999, 38, 4268-4277.

30. “Static and Time-Resolved Spectroscopic Studies of Low-Symmetry Ru(II) Polypyridyl

Complexes”, Aimee E. Curtright and James K. McCusker, J. Phys. Chem. A 1999, 103, 7032-7041.

29. “Density Functional Theory Analysis of Electronic Structure Variations Across the

Orthoquinone/ Semiquinone/Catechol Redox Series” Daniel E. Wheeler, Jorge H. Rodriguez, and James K. McCusker, J. Phys. Chem. A 1999, 103, 4101-4112.

28. “Dynamics of Excited-State Evolution in Transition Metal Complexes: Time Resolving Electron

Delocalization”, Niels H. Damrauer, Giulio Cerullo, Alvin Yeh, and James K. McCusker, in Ultrafast Phenomena XI, Springer Series in Chemical Physics 63, T. Elsässer, J.G. Fujimoto, D.A. Wiersma, and W. Zinth, eds., Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1998, pp. 627-629.

27. “Density Functional Studies of a Heisenberg Spin Coupled Chromium-Semiquinone Complex

and its Chromium-Catechol Analog”, Jorge H. Rodriguez, Daniel E. Wheeler, and James K. McCusker, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1998, 120, 12051-12068.

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26. “Experimental Observation of Excited-State Electron Transfer Quenching Involving Exchange-

Coupled Dinuclear FeIII Complexes”, James P. Kirby, Brandon T. Weldon, and James K. McCusker, Inorg. Chem. 1998, 37, 3658-3659.

25. “Theoretical Studies of Steric Effects on Intraligand Electron Delocalization: Implications for the

Temporal Evolution of MLCT Excited States”, Niels H. Damrauer, Brandon T. Weldon, and James K. McCusker, J. Phys. Chem. A 1998, 102, 3382-3397.

24. “Electron Exchange and the Photophysics of Metal-Quinone Complexes. 1. Synthesis and

Spectroscopy of Chromium-Quinone Dyads”, Daniel E. Wheeler and James K. McCusker, Inorg. Chem. 1998, 37, 2296-2307.

23. “New Tetranuclear Metal Carboxylate Clusters with the [M4(µ3-O)2]8+ (M = MnIII or FeIII) Cores:

Crystal Structures and Properties of [Mn4O2Cl2(O2CC6H3F2-3,5)6(py)4], [Fe4O2Cl2(O2CMe)6-(bpy)2] and [NBun

4][Fe4O2(O2CMe)7(pic)2]”, Michael W. Wemple, DeAnna K. Coggin, John B. Vincent, James K. McCusker, William E. Streib, John C. Huffman, David N. Hendrickson, and George Christou, J. Chem. Soc. Dalton 1998, 719-725.

22. “Effects of Intraligand Electron Delocalization, Steric Tuning, and Excited-State Vibronic

Coupling on the Photophysics of Aryl-Substituted Bipyridyl Complexes of Ru(II)”, Niels H. Damrauer, Thomas R. Boussie, Martin Devenney, and James K. McCusker, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1997, 119, 8253-8268.

21. “Femtosecond Dynamics of Excited-State Evolution in [Ru(bpy)3]2+”, Niels H. Damrauer, Giulio

Cerullo, Alvin Yeh, Thomas R. Boussie, Charles V. Shank, and James K. McCusker, Science 1997, 275, 54-57.

20. “Tetranuclear and Pentanuclear Vanadium(IV/V) Carboxylate Complexes: [V4O8(NO3)(O2CR)4]2-

and [V5O9X(NO3)(O2CR)4]2- (X = Cl-, Br-) Salts”, Gail B. Karet, Ziming Sun, Dwight D. Heinrich, James K. McCusker, Kirsten Folting, William E. Streib, John C. Huffman, David N. Hendrickson, and George Christou, Inorg. Chem. 1996, 35, 6450-6460.

19. “Variable-Temperature Laser Photolysis Studies of Laser-Initiated 5T2 → 1A1 Intersystem

Crossing in Spin Crossover Complexes: Empirical Correlations Between Activation Parameters and Ligand Structure in a Series of Polypyridyl Ferrous Complexes”, James K. McCusker, Arnold L. Rheingold, and David N. Hendrickson, Inorg. Chem. 1996, 35, 2100-2112.

18. “Ligand Conformational Changes Affecting Spin-State Relaxation in a Ferrous Spin-Crossover

Complex”, James K. McCusker, Hans Toftlund, Arnold L. Rheingold, and David N. Hendrickson, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1993, 115, 1797-1804.

17. “Picosecond Excited-State Dynamics in Octahedral CoIII Complexes: Intersystem Crossing versus

Internal Conversion”, James K. McCusker, Kevin N. Walda, Douglas Magde, and David N. Hendrickson, Inorg. Chem. 1993, 32, 394-399.

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16. “Sub-Picosecond 1MLCT → 5T2 Intersystem Crossing in Ferrous Polypyridyl Complexes”, James K. McCusker, Kevin N. Walda, Robert C. Dunn, John D. Simon, Douglas Magde, and David N. Hendrickson, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1993, 115 , 298-307.

15. “Sub-Picosecond ∆S = 2 Intersystem Crossing in Low-Spin Ferrous Complexes”, James K.

McCusker, Kevin N. Walda, Robert C. Dunn, John D. Simon, Douglas Magde, and David N. Hendrickson, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1992, 114, 6919-6920.

14. “Ground State Variability in µ3 - Oxide Trinuclear Mixed-Valence Manganese Complexes: Spin

Frustration”, James K. McCusker, Ho G. Jang, Sheyi Wang, George Christou, and David N. Hendrickson, Inorg. Chem. 1992, 31, 1874-1880.

13. “Electron Transfers in FeIIFeIII Model Complexes of Iron-Oxo Proteins”, Mark S. Mashuta,

Robert J. Webb, James K. McCusker, Edward A. Schmitt, Kenneth J. Oberhausen, John F. Richardson, Robert M. Buchanan, and David N. Hendrickson, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1992, 114, 3817-3827.

12. “Attenuation of Antiferromagnetic Exchange Interactions via Hydrogen Bonding of H2O in Oxo-

Bridged Diiron(III) Complexes”, Kenneth J. Oberhausen, James K. McCusker, Robert J. Webb, John F. Richardson, Robert M. Buchanan, and David N. Hendrickson, Inorg. Chem. 1992, 31, 1123-1125.

11. “Studies on Bis(catecholato)iron(III) Complexes. Structure and Bonding in Members of the

Fe(bpy)(SQ)(Cat)/Fe(bpy)(Cat)2- Redox Couple Prepared with the Tetrachlorocatecholate

Ligand”, Ding Zirong, Samaresh Bhattacharya, James K. McCusker, Paula M. Hagen, David N. Hendrickson and Cortlandt G. Pierpont, Inorg. Chem, 1992, 31, 870-877.

10. “Preparation and Properties of Models for the Photosynthetic Water Oxidation Center: Spin

Frustration in the [Mn4O2(O2CR)7(pic)2]- Anion”, Eduardo Libby, James K. McCusker, Edward A. Schmitt, Kirsten Folting, John C. Huffman, David N. Hendrickson, and George Christou, Inorg. Chem. 1991, 30, 3486-3495.

9. “Spin Frustration: A Hexanuclear Ferric Complex with a S = 5 Ground State”, James K.

McCusker, Cheryl A. Christmas, Paula M. Hagen, Raj K. Chadha, Daniel F. Harvey, and David N. Hendrickson, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1991, 113, 6114-6124.

8. “High-Spin Inorganic Clusters: Spin Frustration in Polynuclear Manganese and Iron Complexes”,

James K. McCusker, Edward A. Schmitt, and David N. Hendrickson, in Magnetic Molecular Materials, D. Gatteschi, O. Kahn, J.S. Miller, and F. Palacio, eds., Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, 1991, pp. 297-319.

7. “Hexanuclear Ferric Complex with a Novel S = 5 Ground State”, Daniel F. Harvey, Cheryl A

Christmas, James K. McCusker, Paula M. Hagen, Raj K. Chadha, and David N. Hendrickson, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl. 1991, 30, 598-600.

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6. “Valence Trapping of Mixed-Valence [Fe3O(OAc)6(py)3] · S at High Pressure”, James K. McCusker, Ho G. Jang, Maruta Zvagulis, Walter Ley, Harry G. Drickamer, and David N. Hendrickson, Inorg. Chem. 1991, 30, 1985-1990.

5. “Molecular Spin Frustration in the [Fe4O2]8+ Core: Synthesis, Structure, and Magnetochemistry of

[Fe4O2(O2CR)7(bpy)2](ClO4) (R = Me; Ph)”, James K. McCusker, John B. Vincent, Edward A. Schmitt, Marion L. Mino, Koo Shin, DeAnna K. Coggin, Paula M. Hagen, John C. Huffman, George Christou, and David N. Hendrickson, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1991, 113, 3012-3021.

4. “Synthesis and Characterization of Dinuclear Copper(II) Complexes of the Binucleating Ligand

2,6-Bis[(bis((1-methylimidazole-2-yl)methyl)amino)-methy1]4-methylphenol”, Kenneth J. Oberhausen, John F. Richardson, Robert M. Buchanan, James K. McCusker, David N. Hendrickson, and Jean-Marc Latour, Inorg. Chem. 1991, 30, 1357-1365.

3. “Chloride-Induced Conversion of [Mn4O2(OAc)6(py)2(dbm)2] to [Mn4O3Cl(OAc)3(dbm)3]:

Potential Relevance to Photosynethetic Water Oxidation”, Sheyi Wang, Kirsten Folting, William E. Streib, Edward A. Schmitt, James K. McCusker, David N. Hendrickson, and George Christou, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl. 1991, 30, 305-306.

2. “Tetrakis(2-pyridylmethyl)ethylenediamineiron(II) Perchlorate, the First Rapidly Interconverting

Ferrous Spin-Crossover Complex”, Hsiu-Rong Chang, James K. McCusker, Hans Toftlund, Scott R. Wilson, Alfred X. Trautwein, Heiner Winkler, and David N. Hendrickson, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1990, 112, 6814-6827.

1. “Pressure-Induced Spin-State Phase Transitions in Fe(dppen)2Cl2 and Fe(dppen)2Br2”, James K.

McCusker, Maruta Zvagulis, Harry G. Drickamer, and David N. Hendrickson, Inorg. Chem. 1989, 28, 1380-1384.

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Seminars and Presentations Graduate Student • Southern California Inorganic Photochemistry Conference, July 21 – 23, 1989, Catalina,

California • 8th International Symposium on the Photochemistry and Photophysics of Coordination

Compounds, August 13 - 17, 1989, University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California

• American Chemical Society National Meeting, August 26 - 31, 1990, Washington, D.C. • Southern California Inorganic Photochemistry Conference, September 20 - 22, 1991, Pacific

Palisades, California • University of California at San Diego - Department of Chemistry, November 8, 1991 • Western Spectroscopy Association Conference, January 29 - 31, 1992, Pacific Grove, California • American Chemical Society National Meeting, April 6 - 10, 1992, San Francisco, California Post-doctoral Associate • Cornell University – Department of Chemistry, November 14, 1992 • Columbia University – Department of Chemistry, January 8, 1993 • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill – Department of Chemistry, January 21, 1993 • University of California at Berkeley – Department of Chemistry, February 16, 1993 • American Chemical Society National Meeting, March 28 - April 2, 1993, Denver, Colorado • American Chemical Society National Meeting, 1994, San Diego, California • University of Bern – Department of Chemistry, April 7, 1994 • University of Ferrara – Department of Chemistry, April 12, 1994 • University of Florence – Department of Chemistry, April 18, 1994 Assistant Professor at the University of California at Berkeley • University of California at Berkeley – Department of Chemistry, October 21, 1994 • University of the Pacific – Department of Chemistry, February 21, 1995 • Coherent Laser Corporation, Mountain View, California, May 12, 1995 • American Chemical Society National Meeting, March 23 - 28, 1996, New Orleans, Louisiana • Symyx Technologies, Sunnyvale, CA, September 3, 1996 • University of Michigan - Department of Chemistry, April 1, 1997 • Michigan State University - Department of Chemistry, April 2, 1997 • Indiana University - Department of Chemistry, April 3, 1997 • American Chemical Society National Meeting, April 13 - 17, 1997, San Francisco, California • 21st Department of Energy Solar Photochemistry Research Conference, June 7 - 11, 1997, Copper

Mountain, Colorado • 12th International Symposium on the Photochemistry and Photophysics of Coordination

Compounds, June 28 - July 3, 1997, St. Michael's College, Colchester, Vermont • University of California at Berkeley - Department of Chemistry, August 29, 1997

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• 3rd Elmau Workshop, "Electronic and Vibrational Transitions in Metal Complexes - Theory and Optical Spectra", September 28 - October 2, 1997, Oberbayern, Germany (invited plenary and tutorial lectures)

• 5th NSF Materials Chemistry Workshop, October 16 - 19, 1997, Pasadena, California (invited talk)

• 1998 Inter-American Photochemical Society Winter Meeting, December 31, 1997 - January 4, 1998, Clearwater Beach, Florida (invited plenary lecture)

• Gordon Research Conference: “Metals in Biology”, January 18 - 23, 1998, Ventura, California • Roger Williams University - Department of Chemistry, February 19, 1998 • University of Alabama at Birmingham - Department of Chemistry, March 26 - 27, 1998 • American Chemical Society National Meeting, March 29 - April 2, 1998, Dallas, Texas • 22nd Department of Energy Solar Photochemistry Research Conference, June 7 - 10, 1998,

Washington, D.C. (invited talk) • University of Amsterdam - Department of Chemistry, July 6, 1998 • University of Strasbourg - Department of Chemistry, July 8, 1998 • Ultrafast Phenomena ‘98, July 12 - 17, 1998, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany • Gordon Research Conference: “Electron Donor-Acceptor Interactions”, August 9 - 14, 1998,

Newport, Rhode Island • American Chemical Society National Meeting, August 23 - 27, 1998, Boston, Massachusetts • 33rd ICCC Meeting, August 28 - September 4, 1998, Florence, Italy • University of California at San Diego - Department of Chemistry, October 30, 1998 • University of California at Irvine - Department of Chemistry, December 3, 1998 • University of California at Los Angeles - Department of Chemistry, December 9, 1998 • Gordon Research Conference: “Metals in Biology”, January 24 - 28, 1999, Ventura, California

(invited talk) • University of California at Santa Barbara - Department of Chemistry, February 17, 1999 • Stanford University - Department of Chemistry, February 23, 1999 • Yale University - Department of Chemistry, March 5, 1998 • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - Department of Chemistry, March 12, 1999 • The Johns Hopkins University - Department of Chemistry, March 15, 1999 • University of Pennsylvania - Department of Chemistry, March 16, 1999 • Princeton University - Department of Chemistry, March 18, 1999 • American Chemical Society National Meeting, March 21 - 25, 1999, Anaheim, California • Boston University - Department of Chemistry, March 29, 1999 • University of Minnesota - Department of Chemistry, April 9, 1999 • Northwestern University - Department of Chemistry, April 12, 1999 • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Chemistry, April 13, 1999 • Colorado State University - Department of Chemistry, April 22, 1999 • University of Colorado at Boulder - Department of Chemistry, April 23, 1999 • Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Department of Chemistry, May 12, 1999 • Boston College - Department of Chemistry, May 13, 1999 • Brown University - Department of Chemistry, May 14, 1999

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• California Institute of Technology - Department of Chemistry, May 24, 1999 • 23rd Department of Energy Solar Photochemistry Research Conference, June 6 - 9, 1999, Lake

Tahoe, Nevada • Gordon Research Conference: “Inorganic Chemistry”, July 18 - 23, 1999, Newport, Rhode Island

(invited talk) • XIXth International Conference on Photochemistry, August 1 - 6, 1999, Durham, North Carolina

(invited talk) • American Chemical Society National Meeting, August 22 - 26, 1999, New Orleans, Louisiana • University of California at Berkeley - Department of Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry Division,

September 3, 1999 • University of California at Berkeley - Department of Chemistry, Physical Chemistry Division,

September 14, 1999 • Symposium: Ultrafast Lasers in Chemistry, 15th Annual Interdisciplinary Laser Science Meeting

(ILS-XV), American Physical Society, September 26 - 30, 1999, Santa Clara, California • Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - Departmental Colloquium, November 5, 1999 • Michigan State University - Department of Chemistry, December 13, 1999 • Indiana University - Department of Chemistry, February 10, 2000 • Contemporary Inorganic Chemistry II, March 12 - 15, 2000 Texas A&M University, College

Station, Texas • Bucknell University - Department of Chemistry (Merck-Bucknell Lecture Series), April 13, 2000 • The Pennsylvania State University - Department of Chemistry, April 14, 2000 • University of California at Riverside - Department of Chemistry, May 17, 2000 • 34th International Conference on Coordination Chemistry, July 9 - 14, 2000, Edinburgh, Scotland • 13th International Conference on Photochemical Conversion and Storage of Solar Energy, July 30

- August 4, 2000 (IPS-2000), Snowmass/Aspen, Colorado (plenary lecture) • Symposium: Density Functional Theory in Inorganic Chemistry, American Chemical Society

National Meeting, August 20 - 24, 2000, Washington, D.C. (invited talk) • PacifiChem 2000, December 14 - 19, 2000, Honolulu, Hawai’i Associate Professor at Michigan State University • University of Washington - Department of Chemistry (Inorganic Division), January 16, 2001 • Gordon Research Conference: “Inorganic Reaction Mechanisms”, February 25 - March 2, 2001,

Ventura, California (invited talk) • University of Notre Dame - Department of Chemistry, April 19, 2001 • University of Florence - Department of Chemistry, April 30, 2001 • University of Ferrara - Department of Chemistry, May 2, 2001 • Institute for Photochemistry and Radiation Energy (FRAE), Bologna, Italy, May 3, 2001 • The Swedish Consortium for Artificial Photosynthesis, May 7, 2001, Uppsala University,

Uppsala, Sweden • University of Stockholm - Department of Chemistry, May 8, 2001 • Lund University - Department of Chemistry, May 9, 2001 • Uppsala University - Department of Chemistry, May 10, 2001

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• Symposium: Inorganic Chemistry into the New Millennium, May 17 - 19, 2001, Santa Fe, New Mexico (invited speaker)

• 14th International Symposium on the Photochemistry and Photophysics of Coordination Compounds, July 7 – 12, 2001, Veszprém, Hungary

• 7th International Symposium on Magnetic Field and Spin Effects in Chemistry and Related Phenomena (SCM2001), July 15 - 20, 2001, Tokyo, Japan (invited speaker)

• Symposium: Multidentate Ligand Design, American Chemical Society National Meeting, August 26 – 30, 2001, Chicago, Illinois (invited speaker)

• COST Meeting, September 6 – 7, 2001, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (guest speaker) • Wayne State University – Department of Chemistry, September 20, 2001 • St. Lawrence University – Department of Chemistry, October 23, 2001 • SUNY - Potsdam – Department of Chemistry, October 23, 2001 • 13th Inter-American Photochemical Society Winter Meeting, January 2 – 5, 2002, Phoenix,

Arizona • Gordon Research Conference: “Metals in Biology”, January 20 – 25, 2002, Ventura, California • Purdue University – Department of Chemistry, February 11, 2002 • Bowling Green State University – Department of Chemistry, February 20, 2002 • University of Missouri at Rolla – Department of Chemistry, March 11, 2002 • Symposium: Non-linear Spectroscopy and Polarization, American Physical Society Annual

Meeting, March 18 – 22, 2002 Indianapolis, Indiana (invited speaker) • Symposium: ACS Award Symposium for Thomas J. Meyer, American Chemical Society National

Meeting, April 7 – 11, 2002 (invited speaker) • Workshop: New Opportunities in Ultrafast Science Using X-rays, Lawrence Berkeley National

Laboratory, April 14 – 17, 2002, Napa, California • NSF Inorganic Workshop, April 25 – 28, 2002, Santa Fe, New Mexico • Ultrafast Phenomena ’02, May 12 – 17, 2002, Vancouver, Canada • 25th Department of Energy Solar Photochemistry Research Conference, June 9 – 12, 2002,

Warrenton, Virginia • Gordon Research Conference: “Electron Donor-Acceptor Interactions”, August 11 – 16, 2002,

Newport, Rhode Island • International Conference on Molecular Magnetism, October 5 – 10, 2002, Valencia, Spain • Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (Newark Campus) – Department of Chemistry,

November 1, 2002 • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill – Department of Chemistry, November 14, 2002 • North Carolina State University – Department of Chemistry, November 15, 2002 • Western Michigan University – Department of Chemistry, December 2, 2002 • Oakland University – Department of Chemistry, January 29, 2003 • The Ohio State University – Department of Chemistry, February 5, 2003 • Gordon Research Conference: “Inorganic Reaction Mechanisms”, February 16 – 20, 2003,

Ventura, California • Symposium: Frontiers in Ultrafast Dynamics of Complex Systems, American Physical Society

National Meeting, March 3 – 7, 2003, Austin, Texas (invited speaker)

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• Symposium: From Mixed-Valency to Single-Molecule Magnets, American Chemical Society National Meeting, March 23 – 27, 2003, New Orleans, Louisiana (organizer and speaker)

• Symposium: Spectroscopy and Dynamics in Liquids, American Chemical Society National Meeting, March 23 – 27, 2003, New Orleans, Louisiana

• 26th Department of Energy Solar Photochemistry Research Conference, June 8 – 12, 2003, Tahoe City, California

• 8th International Symposium on Magnetic Field and Spin Effects in Chemistry and Related Phenomena (SCM2003), September 21 – 26, 2003, Chapel Hill, North Carolina (invited speaker)

• Emory University – Department of Chemistry, November 10, 2003 • 15th Inter-American Photochemical Society Winter Meeting, January 1 – 4, 2004, Tempe,

Arizona • Boston College – Department of Chemistry, March 12, 2004 • The State University of New York at Buffalo (SUNY-Buffalo) – Department of Chemistry, April

16, 2004 • 27th Department of Energy Solar Photochemistry Research Conference, June 6 – 9, 2004,

Warrenton, Virginia • 15th International Conference on Photochemical Conversion and Storage of Solar Energy, July 4 –

9, 2004, Paris, France • Gordon Research Conference: “Electron Donor-Acceptor Interactions”, August 8 – 13, 2004,

Newport, Rhode Island (invited speaker) • Workshop: Time Domain Science Using X-Ray Techniques, Argonne National Laboratory,

August 29 – September 1, 2004, The Abbey, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin (invited speaker) • University of Detroit-Mercy – Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, October 19, 2004 • University of Chicago – Department of Chemistry, November 12, 2004 • Troisieme Cycle Lectureship, 2005: University of Geneva (January 24-25), University of

Lausanne (January 26), and University of Bern (January 27-28) • Gordon Research Conference: “Inorganic Reaction Mechanisms”, February 13 – 17, 2005,

Ventura, California • Symposium: Dynamics and Conductivity of Nanoparticles and their Assemblies, American

Chemical Society National Meeting, March 13 – 17, 2005, San Diego, California (invited speaker)

• University of Northern Colorado – Department of Chemistry, March 31, 2005 • University of Colorado at Boulder – Department of Chemistry, April 1, 2005 • University of Pennsylvania – Department of Chemistry, April 12, 2005 • Princeton University – Department of Chemistry, April 14, 2005 • 16th International Symposium on the Photochemistry and Photophysics of Coordination

Compounds, July 2 – 6, 2005, Pacific Grove, California (invited speaker) • Gordon Research Conference: “Photochemistry”, July 10 – 15, 2005, Smithfield, Rhode Island

(invited speaker) • Symposium: Excited-State Processes in Electronic and Bio-Nanomaterials (ESP2005), Los

Alamos National Laboratory, August 8 – 11, 2005, Santa Fe, New Mexico (invited speaker) • The Scripps Research Institute – Department of Chemistry, October 7, 2005 • University of California at Santa Barbara – Department of Chemistry, October 10, 2005 • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill – Department of Chemistry, November 16, 2005

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• Symposium: Spin-Crossover in Coordination Chemistry: Recent Advances and the Future Outlook, PacifiChem 2005, December 15 – 20, 2005, Honolulu, Hawaii

• Gordon Research Conference: “Metals in Biology”, January 30 – February 3, 2006, Ventura, California

• University of Florida – Department of Chemistry, February 20, 2006 • Florida State University – Department of Chemistry, February 21, 2006 • Kalamazoo College – Department of Chemistry, April 17, 2006 • University of Windsor – Department of Chemistry, April 21, 2006 • Argonne National Laboratory – Department of Chemistry, May 15, 2006 • 28th Department of Energy Solar Photochemistry Research Conference, June 4 – 7, 2006,

Warrenton, Virginia • 16th International Conference on Photochemical Conversion and Storage of Solar Energy, July 2 –

7, 2006, Uppsala, Sweden • Ultrafast Phenomena ’06, July 31 – August 4, 2006, Pacific Grove, California • Gordon Research Conference: “Electron Donor-Acceptor Interactions”, August 13 – 17, 2006,

Newport, Rhode Island • MIT Spectroscopy Laboratory – Independent Activities Period Lectures, Massachusetts Institute

of Technology, January 11, 2007, Cambridge, Massachusetts (invited speaker) • Gordon Research Conference: “Renewable Energy: Solar Fuels”, January 21 – 26, 2007, Ventura,

California • 29th Department of Energy Solar Photochemistry Research Conference, June 10 – 13, 2007,

Warrenton, Virginia • 2nd North America-Greece-Cyprus Workshop on Paramagnetic Materials, June 18 – 21, 2007,

Syros, Greece (invited speaker) • 17th International Symposium on the Photophysics and Photochemistry of Coordination

Compounds, June 24 – 28, 2007, Dublin, Ireland • 13th International Conference on Unconventional Photoactive Systems, August 5 – 9, 2007,

Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois • Symposium: Solar Energy and Applications, SPIE Optics and Photonics Conference, August 26 –

30, 2007, San Diego, California (invited speaker) • Symposium: Excited-State Processes in Electronic and Bio-Nanomaterials (ESP2007), Los

Alamos National Laboratory, October 1 – 4, 2007, Santa Fe, New Mexico (discussion leader) • Michigan State University – Department of Chemistry, October 29, 2007 • Kodak Invited Lecture Series – Eastman Kodak, Rochester, NY, November 16, 2007 • University of California at Berkeley – Department of Chemistry, November 30, 2007 • 18th Inter-American Photochemical Society Winter Meeting, January 3 – 6, 2008, St. Petersburg,

Florida • Gordon Research Conference: “Metals in Biology”, January 27 – February 1, 2008, Ventura,

California • Symposium: Spectroscopy of Inorganic Systems, American Chemical Society National Meeting,

April 6 – 10, 2008, New Orleans, Louisiana (invited speaker) • University of Florence – Department of Chemistry, May 8, 2008 • Uppsala University – Department of Physical Chemistry, May 16, 2008

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• 30th Department of Energy Solar Photochemistry Research Conference, June 1 – 4, 2008, Wintergreen, Virginia

• University of Ferrara – Department of Chemistry, June 13, 2008 • LENS (European Laboratory for Non-Linear Spectroscopy), University of Florence, June 16,

2008 • European Science Foundation Workshop: Ultrafast Excited-State Processes in Condensed

Phases, June 18 – 22, 2008, Sicily, Italy (invited guest speaker) Professor at Michigan State University • Gordon Research Conference: “Electron Donor-Acceptor Interactions”, August 3 – 8, 2008,

Newport, Rhode Island (discussion leader) • Gordon Research Conference: “Renewable Energy: Solar Fuels”, February 1 – 6, 2009, Ventura,

California • Symposium: ACS Award in Inorganic Chemistry: A Symposium Honoring Daniel G. Nocera,

American Chemical Society National Meeting, March 22 – 26, 2009, Salt Lake City, Utah (invited speaker)

• Symposium: Capturing the Sun: Inorganic Chemistry to the Rescue, American Chemical Society National Meeting, March 22 – 26, 2009, Salt Lake City, Utah (invited speaker)

• North Carolina State University – Department of Chemistry, April 17, 2009 • 31st Department of Energy Solar Photochemistry Research Conference, June 7 – 10, 2009,

Annapolis, Maryland (invited speaker) • Symposium: Excited-State Processes in Electronic and Bio-Nanomaterials (ESP2009), Los

Alamos National Laboratory, June 29 – July 2, 2009, Santa Fe, New Mexico (invited speaker) • 18th International Symposium on the Photochemistry and Photophysics of Coordination

Compounds, July 4 – 9, 2009, Sapporo, Japan (invited keynote lecture) • Pat Sullivan Memorial Symposium, August 2 – 4, 2009, The University of Wyoming (invited

speaker) • Symposium: The Physical Chemistry of Photon to Fuel Conversion, American Chemical Society

National Meeting, August 16 – 20, 2009, Washington, D.C. (invited speaker) • University of North Texas – Department of Chemistry, September 18, 2009 • University of Michigan – Department of Chemistry, October 16, 2009 • 1st Department of Energy Photosynthetic Systems Research Conference, October 25 – 28, 2009,

Annapolis, Maryland (invited plenary lecturer) • International Conference on Molecular Science for Solar Fuels, November 1 – 5, 2009, Sigtuna,

Sweden • Calvin College – Department of Chemistry, November 12, 2009 • Hope College – Department of Chemistry, November 13, 2009 • Bowling Green State University – Department of Chemistry, November 18, 2009 • Western Michigan University – Department of Chemistry, November 23, 2009 • University of California at San Diego – Department of Chemistry, January 8, 2010 • Gordon Research Conference: “Metals in Biology”, February 1 – 5, 2010, Ventura, California • Dow-Corning Corporation – Solar PV Group, Midland, Michigan, February 18, 2010 • Symposium: Solar Cells and Solar Fuels, American Chemical Society National Meeting, March

21 – 25, 2010, San Francisco, California (invited speaker)

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• Workshop: Multidisciplinary Workshop on Third-Generation Solar Technologies, Materials Research Society National Meeting, April 5, 2010, San Francisco, California (invited speaker)

• 32nd Department of Energy Solar Photochemistry Research Conference, June 6 – 9, 2010, Annapolis, Maryland

• 23rd IUPAC Symposium on Photochemistry, July 11 – 16, 2010, Ferrara, Italy • Gordon Research Conference: “Electron Donor-Acceptor Interactions”, August 8 – 13, 2010,

Newport, Rhode Island (Vice-Chair; invited speaker) • Symposium: Poly and Polymer Electrolytes for Energy Conversion: Ab Initio, Molecular, and

Continuum Models, August 22 – 27, 2010, The Lorentz Center – University of Leiden, Leiden, The Netherlands (invited plenary speaker)

• Massachusetts Institute of Technology – Department of Chemistry, Graduate Student Seminar Series, October 27, 2010

• Victoria University of Wellington – School of Chemical and Physical Sciences, November 11, 2010

• 6th Asian Photochemistry Conference, November 14 – 18, 2010, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand (invited plenary lecture)

• Symposium: Light-driven Hydrogen Generation from Water, PacifiChem 2010, December 15 – 20, 2010, Honolulu, Hawaii (invited speaker)

• Gordon Research Conference: “Renewable Energy: Solar Fuels”, January 16 – 21, 2011, Ventura, California

• Simon Fraser University – Department of Chemistry, February 16, 2011 • University of Victoria – Department of Chemistry, February 17, 2011 • Princeton University – Department of Chemistry, March 11, 2011 • Symposium: Solar Energy Conversion and Utilization for Fuels and Energy Production,

American Chemical Society National Meeting, March 27 – 31, 2011, Anaheim, California (invited speaker)

• Indiana University – Department of Chemistry, April 22, 2011 • 21st Inter-American Photochemical Society Meeting – Satellite Symposium, May 16 – 17, 2011,

Mendoza, Argentina (invited speaker) • 21st Inter-American Photochemical Society Meeting, May 17 – 20, 2011, Mendoza, Argentina

(invited speaker) • University of Washington – Department of Chemistry, May 31, 2011 • 33rd Department of Energy Solar Photochemistry Research Conference, June 5 – 8, 2011,

Wintergreen, Virginia • Symposium: Excited-State Processes in Electronic and Bio-Nanomaterials (ESP2011), Los

Alamos National Laboratory, June 19 – June 24, 2011, Santa Fe, New Mexico (invited speaker) • 19th International Symposium on the Photochemistry and Photophysics of Coordination

Compounds, July 3 – 7, 2011, Strasbourg, France (invited speaker) • The Royal Society of Chemistry: 4th International Conference on Advancing the Chemical

Sciences (ISACS 4): Challenges in Renewable Energy, July 5 – 8, 2011, Cambridge, Massachusetts (invited plenary lecture)

• Symposium: Solar Solutions to Energy and Environmental Problems, August 8 – 12, 2011, Telluride Science Research Center, Telluride, Colorado (invited speaker)

• Symposium: Solar Energy and the Michigan Workforce, August 15, 2011, Northern Michigan University, Traverse City, Michigan (invited speaker)

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• Symposium: Toward Earth Abundant Solar Photocatalysis, American Chemical Society National Meeting, August 28 – September 1, 2011, Denver, Colorado (invited speaker)

• Symposium: Computational Modeling of Photo-catalysis and Photo-induced Charge Transfer Dynamics on Surfaces, American Chemical Society National Meeting, August 28 – September 1, 2011, Denver, Colorado (invited speaker)

• Symposium: From Molecules to Molecular Devices, September 10 – 14, 2011, Santa Margherita di Pula (Cagliari), Sardinia, Italy (invited speaker)

• Northwestern University – International Institute for Nanotechnology, October 27, 2011 • University of Southern California – Department of Chemistry, November 1, 2011 • University of California at Los Angeles – Department of Chemistry, November 2, 2011 • University of Massachusetts at Amherst – Department of Chemistry, November 10, 2011 • University of Ottawa – Department of Chemistry, November 16, 2011 • Symposium: Next-Generation Photovoltaics: From Ideas to Applications, December 12 – 14,

2011, Friedrich-Alexander University, Erlangen, Germany (invited speaker) • Symposium: Energy Science, Policy, and Engineering, University of North Carolina Energy

Frontier Research Center on Solar Fuels and Next Generation Photovoltaics, January 10 – 11, 2012, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina (invited speaker)

• 16th Mesilla Chemistry Workshop: Ligand-based Control of Spin and Reactivity in Metal Complexes, February 11 – 15, 2012, Mesilla, New Mexico (invited speaker)

• North Carolina State University – Department of Chemistry, March 2, 2012 • Symposium: ACS Award in Inorganic Chemistry: Symposium in Honor of Clifford P. Kubiak,

American Chemical Society National Meeting, March 25 – March 29, 2012, San Diego, California (invited speaker)

• Gordon Research Conference: “Renewable Energy: Solar Fuels”, May 13 – 18, 2012, Lucca, Italy • University of Oregon – Department of Chemistry, May 25, 2012 • 34th Department of Energy Solar Photochemistry Research Conference, June 3 – 6, 2012,

Annapolis, Maryland (invited speaker) • University of Calgary – Department of Chemistry, June 22, 2012 • Symposium: Electronic and Magnetic Properties of Chiral Structures and their Assemblies, June

26 – 30, 2012, Telluride Science Research Center, Telluride, Colorado (invited speaker) • Symposium: Solar Fuels Institute (SOFI) Launch Event, August 13 – 15, 2012, Telluride Science

Research Center, Telluride, Colorado (invited attendee) • Symposium: Photochemistry, November 16, 2012, Southeast Regional Meeting of the American

Chemical Society (SERMACS), Raleigh, North Carolina (invited speaker) • Ohio University – Department of Chemistry, November 26, 2012 • European XFEL Science Lecture Series: Femtochemistry – Photosynthesis and Catalysis,

University of Hamburg, February 15, 2013, Hamburg, Germany (invited speaker) • University of California at Irvine – Department of Chemistry, February 21, 2013 • University of Chicago – Department of Chemistry, March 15, 2013 • Emory University – Department of Chemistry, March 25, 2013 • Duke University – Department of Chemistry, March 27, 2013 • Michigan State University – Department of Physics and Astronomy, March 28, 2013

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• Symposium: ACS Award for Distinguished Service in the Advancement of Inorganic Chemistry: Symposium in Honor of Peter C. Ford, American Chemical Society National Meeting, April 7 – 11, 2013, New Orleans, Louisiana (invited speaker)

• The Ohio State University – Department of Chemistry, April 22, 2013 • The University of British Columbia – Department of Chemistry, April 29, 2013 • Symposium: Photonics for Energy, American Chemical Society Central Regional Meeting, May

15 – 17, 2013, Mount Pleasant, Michigan (invited speaker) • 35th Department of Energy Solar Photochemistry Research Conference, June 2 – 5, 2013,

Annapolis, Maryland • Symposium: Surface Chemistry for Photocatalysis, American Chemical Society National

Meeting, September 8 – 12, 2013, Indianapolis, Indiana (invited speaker) • University of California at Santa Barbara – Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, October

16, 2013 • CEREL Energy Innovation Conference (Argonne National Lab), November 4 – 6, 2013 (invited

speaker) • Argonne-Northwestern Solar Energy Research (ANSER) Center, Northwestern University,

December 5, 2013 • 23rd Inter-American Photochemical Society Meeting, January 2 – 5, 2014, Sarasota, Florida

(invited speaker) • Gordon Research Conference: “Renewable Energy: Solar Fuels”, January 19 – 24, 2014, Ventura,

California (invited speaker) • Marquette University – Department of Chemistry, March 7, 2014 • Symposium: Molecular Inorganic Chemistry at the Frontiers of Energy Research, American

Chemical Society National Meeting, March 16 – 20, 2014, Dallas, Texas (invited speaker) • Goshen College – Department of Chemistry, April 4, 2014 • Symposium: Materials and Energy Applications of Coordination Compounds, Canadian Society

of Chemistry National Meeting, June 1 – 5, 2014, Vancouver, Canada (invited speaker) • XXV IUPAC Symposium on Photochemistry, July 13 – 18, 2014, Bordeaux, France (invited

speaker) • Workshop: Chemistry of Energy Conversion: From Molecular Design to Advanced Materials,

July 22 – 23, 2014, Singapore, Singapore (invited speaker) • Gordon Research Conference: “Electron Donor-Acceptor Interactions”, August 3 – 8, 2014,

Newport, Rhode Island (invited speaker) • Symposium: Renewable Energy Generation at the Interface between Theory and Experiment,

American Chemical Society National Meeting, August 10 – 14, 2014, San Francisco, California (invited speaker)

• Iowa State University: Signature Research Themes Workshop in Complex Materials, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, October 20, 2014 (invited speaker)

• Cornell University – Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, November 3, 2014 • University of California at Berkeley – Department of Chemistry, February 20, 2015 • Symposium: Chemical Approaches to Spintronics Research, American Chemical Society

National Meeting, March 22 – 26, 2015, Denver, Colorado (invited speaker) • International Solar Fuels Conference, April 26 – May 1, 2015, Uppsala, Sweden • 36th Department of Energy Solar Photochemistry Research Conference, May 31 – June 3, 2015,

Annapolis, Maryland (invited speaker)

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• Symposium: Zero-field Spin Effects in Molecular Systems, June 23 – 27, 2015, Telluride Science Research Center, Telluride, Colorado (speaker and co-organizer)

• 21st International Symposium on the Photochemistry and Photophysics of Coordination Compounds, July 5 – 9, 2015, Krakow, Poland (invited plenary lecture)

• Gordon Research Conference: “Photochemistry”, July 19 – 24, 2015, Easton, Massachusetts (invited speaker and discussion leader)

• Symposium: Chemistry Colors Our World, American Chemical Society Midland Sectional Meeting, October 24, 2016, Saginaw Valley State University, Saginaw, Michigan (invited speaker)

• North Carolina State University – Department of Chemistry, October 29, 2015 • University of Geneva – Department of Chemistry, December 1, 2015 • University of Basel – Department of Chemistry, December 2, 2015 Future Talks and Conference Presentations (as of December 1, 2015) • Virginia Technical University – Department of Chemistry, January 29, 2016 • Mesilla Chemistry Workshop: Electrochemical Processes: Photovoltaics and Charge Transfer in

Nanomaterials, January 30 – February 3, 2016, Mesilla, New Mexico (invited speaker) • Fusion Conference: Molecules and Materials for Artificial Photosynthesis, February 25 – 28,

2016, Cancun, Mexico (invited speaker) • Symposium: Frontiers in Solar Light Harvesting Processes, American Chemical Society

National Meeting, March 13 – 17, 2016, San Diego, California (invited speaker) • Symposium: ACS Award in Inorganic Chemistry: Symposium in Honor of Mercouri Kanatzidis,

American Chemical Society National Meeting, March 13 – 17, 2016, San Diego, California (invited speaker)

• DOE Workshop: Optimal Coherence in Chemical and Biophysical Dynamics, April 4 – 5, 2016, Washington, DC (invited speaker and participant)

• Ohio Northern University – Department of Chemistry (Kritzler Lecturer), April 7 – 8, 2016 • The University of Texas at Austin – Department of Chemistry, April 27, 2016 • Gordon Research Conference: “Inorganic Chemistry”, June 19 – 24, 2016, Biddeford, Maine

(invited speaker) • Gordon Research Conference: “Electron Donor-Acceptor Interactions”, August 7 – 12, 2016,

Newport, Rhode Island (discussion leader) • 15th International Conference on Molecule-based Magnets (ICMM2016), September 4 – 8, 2016,

Sendai, Japan (invited speaker)