Brian G. McBurnett
Department of Chemistry
University of the Incarnate Word
4301 Broadway, San Antonio, Texas 78209
(210) 805-1202, mcburnet@uiwtx.edu

Education

     University of Texas, Austin, Texas
     Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
     Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry, August 1998
     Advisor: Dr. Alan H. Cowley

     Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas
     B.S. in Chemistry, May 1994

Teaching Experience

Associate Professor, University of the Incarnate Word, San Antonio, Texas, 2005–Present

Assistant Professor, University of the Incarnate Word, San Antonio, Texas, 2004–2005

      Chemical Principles I and II. Presented principles of chemistry to science, engineering, and pre-professional majors.

      General Chemistry. Taught a 1-semester course covering general, organic, and biological chemistry to pre-nursing majors.

      Biological Chemistry II. Developed and taught a laboratory class for pre-nursing majors.

Assistant Professor, California State University-Chico 2000–2004     

Chemistry Teaching Methods. Developed and am currently teaching a course focused on the training of undergraduate students who would like to become high school chemistry instructors.

      General Chemistry I and II. Introduced the principles of chemistry to science, engineering, and pre-professional majors.     

Chemistry for Applied Sciences I. Taught introductory chemistry to pre-nursing, construction management, and agriculture students.

      Intermediate Inorganic Chemistry I and II. Presented the properties of both main group and transition metal elements with emphasis on the application of chemical theory and reactivity.

Inorganic Quantitative Laboratory. Supervised undergraduate science majors in a quantitative analysis laboratory with emphasis on instrumentation.

Integrated Laboratory I and II. Developed and tested experiments for the integration of advanced analytical, physical and inorganic laboratories.

Lecturer, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona  1998–2000

Research Experience

Air Force Institute for Operational Health, Brooks City-Base       2004-Present
      San Antonio, TX 
      Collaboration with Dr. George Lee in the analysis of the volatile chemicals of a variety of plant species.

Hispanic Serving Institutions Research Fellow, USDA, Wash. D.C.      Summer 2005
      Collaboration with the USDA Agriculture Research Service and the USDA Eastern Regional Research Center in Wyndmoor, PA.

Visiting Professor, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon,             Summer 2002–2004
            Synthesized and characterized cobalt germanium and aluminum oxide materials.           

California State University–Chico, Chico, California       2000–2004
      Synthesized ligands for reaction with main group elements.

Research Fellow, NSF Science and Technology Center,       1995–1998
      University of Texas, Austin, Texas
      Developed novel precursors for the growth of electronic materials. Synthesized labeled compounds to       elucidate the mechanisms of growth during deposition.
      Advisor: Dr. Alan H. Cowley.

Presentations

• McBurnett, B. G.; Lopez, A. C.; Mosso, J.; Kong, S. B.; Lee G. H. “Analysis of the volatile components of Piper Auritum used in traditional Hispanic cuisine,” 229th American Chemical Society National Meeting, San Diego, CA 2005.

• McBurnett, B. G. “Synthesis and Characterization of Cobalt Germanium Materials,” Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA 2003.

• McBurnett, B. G. “Synthesis and Characterization of Cobalt Germanium Materials,” Department of Chemistry California State University, Chico, CA 2002.

• McBurnett, B. G. “The Math of Molecules: Symmetry and Spectroscopy,” Department of Mathematics California State University, Chico, CA 2000.

• McBurnett, B. G. “Inorganic Chemistry at Chico State,” Chemistry Alumni Symposium II, Chico, CA, 2000.

• McBurnett, B. G. “Synthesis, Structure, and Reactivity of Some Heavier Main Group Compounds,” Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, 1999.

• McBurnett, B. G.; Cowley, A. H. “Synthesis of Group 13 Antimonide Single Source Precursors to Electronic Materials,” 214th American Chemical Society National Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, 1997.

Posters

1. Ferrand, M. I.; Gonzalez, E. E.; McBurnett, B. G. “Chemical composition of Senna multiglandulosa,” 231st American Chemical Society National Meeting, Atlanta, GA 2006.
2. Obregon, A. J.; Mosso, J.; Ferrand, M. I.; Zapata, A. L.; McBurnett, B. G. “Antioxidant levels in sequential infusions of tea,” 231st American Chemical Society National Meeting, Atlanta, GA 2006.
3. McBurnett, B. G.; Mosso, J.; Lopez, A. C.; Kong, S. B.; Lee G. H. “Analysis of the volatile components of tea after sequential infusions,” 229th American Chemical Society National Meeting, San Diego, CA 2005.
4. McBurnett, B. G.; Lopez, A. C.; Mosso, J.; Kong, S. B.; Lee G. H. “Volatile components of  the leaves of Piper Auritum,” 229th American Chemical Society National Meeting, San Diego, CA 2005.
5. Ball, D. B.; Butler, T. A.; McBurnett, B. G. “Synthetic progress toward novel ferrocene ligands,” 227th American Chemical Society National Meeting, Anaheim, CA 2004.
6. Hilger, T. D.; McBurnett, B. G.; Phung, T. M.; Johnson, D. C. “Investigantion of Al2O3/ZnO multilayer films,” 227th American Chemical Society National Meeting, Anaheim, CA 2004.
7. McBurnett, B. G.; Silverman, J. S.; Cowley, A. H. “Synthesis and structural characterization of germanium and tin calix[4]arenas,” 216th  American Chemical Society National Meeting, Boston, MA 1998.
8. Silverman, J. S.; Cowley, A.H.; Carmalt, C.J.; McBurnett, B. G. “The synthesis of group 13 azides and amides,” 214th  American Chemical Society National Meeting, Las Vegas, NV 1997.

Publications

• Phung, T. M.; Jensen, J. M.; Johnson, D. C.; Donovan, J. J.; McBurnett, B. G. “Determination of the Composition of Ultra-Thin Ni-Si Films on Si: Constrained Modeling of Electron Probe Microanalysis and X-ray Reflectivity Data” Submitted revisions to X-ray Spectroscopy, 2006.

• McBurnett, B. G., Chavira, A. A.; Lopez, C. A., Mosso, J.; Collins, S. M. “Analysis of Piper Auritum: A Traditional Hispanic Herb” Chapter in Chemistry of Hispanic Foods, American Chemical Society, 2006.

• Assefa, Z.; Omary, M. A.; McBurnett, B. G.; Fackler, J. P., Jr.; Patterson, H. H.; Staples, R. J.; Mohamed, A. A. “Syntheses, Structure, and Photoluminescence Properties of the 1-Dimensional Chain Compounds [(TPA)2Au][Au(CN)2] and (TPA)AuCl (TPA = 1,3,5-Triaza-7 phosphaadamantane),” Inorg. Chem.; 2002; 41(24); 6274-6280.

• McBurnett, B. G.; Cowley, A. H. “Binuclear Tin and Germanium Calix[4]arenes,” Chem. Commun. 1999, 1, 17.

• Hair, G. S.; Cowley, A. H.; Jones, R. A.; McBurnett, B. G.; Voigt, A. “Arene Complexes of Al(C6F5)3. Relationship to a Déjà Vu Silylium Ion,” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1999, 121, 4922.

• Cowley, A. H.; Hair, G. S.; McBurnett, B. G.; Jones, R. A. “Novel Zwitterionic Complexes of Ti(IV) via Reaction of Lewis Acids N(C6F5)3 (M=B, Al) with a titanium diene complex (h5-C5Me4SiMe2N-t-Bu)Ti(1,3-pentadiene),” Chem. Commun. 1999, 5, 437.

•  Silverman, J. S.; Carmalt, C. J.; Cowley, A. H.; Jones R. A.; McBurnett, B. G. “Synthesis and Structural Characterization of Some Monomeric Group 13 Amides,” Inorg. Chem. 1999, 38, 296.

• Wong, K. C.; McBurnett, B. G.; Culp, R. D.; Cowley, A. H.; Ekerdt, J. G. “Homolysis Versus b-hydride Elimination in the Decomposition of Trialkylgallium on GaAs(100),” Surf. Sci. 1998, 416 (3), 480.

• Wong, K. C.; McEllistrem, M. T.; McBurnett, B. G.; Culp, R. D.; Cowley, A. H.; Ekerdt, J. G. “Direct Evidence for the b-hydride Elimination Mechanism in the Decomposition of Triethylgallium on GaAs(100),” Surf. Sci. 1998, 396 (1–3), 260. 

• Cowley, A. H.; Gorden, J. D.; Abernethy, C. D.; Clyburne, J. A. C.; McBurnett, B. G. “Preparation of a Monomeric Aluminum-Diazabutadiene Complex Via an Oxidative Addition Reaction,” J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. 1998, 12, 1937.

• Carmalt, C. J.; Whaley, S. R.; Lall, P. S.; Cowley, A. H.; Jones, R. A.; McBurnett, B. G.; Ekerdt, J. G. “Titanium(IV) Azido and Imido Complexes as Potential Precursors to Titanium Nitride.” J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. 1998, 4, 553.

• Silverman, J. S.; Carmalt, C. J.; Neumayer, D. A.; Cowley, A. H.; McBurnett, B. G.; Decken, A. “Azido and Amido Derivatives of Aluminium (III),”Polyhedron 1998, 17, 977.

• Lomelí, V.; McBurnett, B. G.; Cowley, A. H. “An Indium (II)-Indium (II) Compound with Intramolecular Donor-acceptor Bonds,” J. Organomet. Chem. 1998, 562 (1), 123.

• Carmalt, C. J.; Clyburne, J. A. C.; Cowley, A. H.; Lomelí, V.; McBurnett, B. G. “Germylene and Stannylene Cleavage of Lawesson’s Reagent,” Chem. Commun. 1998, 2, 243.

• Carmalt, C. J.; Lomelí, V.; McBurnett, B. G.; Cowley, A. H. “Cyclic Phosphenium and Arsenium Cations with 6π Electrons and Related Systems,” Chem. Commun. 1997, 21, 2096.

• Assefa, Z.; McBurnett, B. G.; Staples, R. J.; Fackler, J. P., Jr. “Structures and Spectroscopic Properties of Gold(I) Complexes of 1,3,5-triaza-7-phosphaadamantane (TPA). 2. Multiple-State Emission from (TPA)AuX (X = Cl, Br, I) Complexes,” Inorg. Chem. 1995, 34, 4965.

• Assefa, Z.; McBurnett, B. G.; Staples, R. J.; Fackler, J. P., Jr. “trans-Dicyanobis(1,3,5-triaza-7-phosphaadamantane)platinum(II), [(TPA)2Pt(CN)2],” Acta Cryst. Sec. C 1995, C51, 1742.

• Assefa, Z.; McBurnett, B. G., Staples, R. J.; Fackler, J. P., Jr.; Assman, B.; Angermaier, K.; Schmidbaur, H. “Syntheses, Structures, And Spectroscopic Properties of Gold(I) Complexes of 1,3,5-Triaza-7-phosphaadamantane (TPA). Correlation of the Supramolecular Au...Au Interaction and Photoluminescence for the Species (TPA)AuCl and [(TPA-HCl)AuCl],” Inorg. Chem. 1995, 34, 75.