Brian McBurnett Ph.D.

• Ph.D., University of Texas-Austin, in Inorganic Chemistry, August 1998
• B.S., Texas A&M University, in Chemistry, May 1994

• University of the Incarnate Word, Professor, 2011-Present
• Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Rio de Janeiro, Spring 2012
• CEIS Fulbright Scholar University of the Incarnate Word, Associate Professor, 2005-2010
• Department Chair, 2006-2010
• University of the Incarnate Word, Assistant Professor, 2004-2005
• California State University-Chico, Assistant Professor, 2000-2004
• University of Oregon, Visiting Professor Summers, 2002-2004
• Northern Arizona University, Lecturer, 1998-2000

Presentations

• McBurnett, B.G. "Research and teaching abroad: Contrasting chemical education in Brazil and the United States" 245th American Chemical Society National Meeting - International and Multicultural Perspectives symposium April 8, 2013.
• McBurnett, B.G. "The CEIS Fulbright Program and opportunities for collaboration" Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeino, RJ, Brazil, June 18, 2012.
• McBurnett, B.G. "Establishing a sister school and opportunities for exchange" Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil, June 6, 2012.
• McBurnett, B.G. "Chemistry Career Panel" 67th Southwest Regional American Chemical Society Meeting, Austin, TX November 2011.
• 5. McBurnett, B.G. "Development of a Testable Question" UIW EARDA Grant Writing Workshop, October 2010.
• 6. Obregon, A.J.; McBurnett, B.G. "Factors affecting retention in the foundation courses in chemistry" 239th American Chemical Society National Meeting, San Francisco, CA March 2010.
• McBurnett, B. G. "Best Practices and Challenges at UIW EARDA," Invited seminar, NIH Bethesda, MD October 2009.
• McBurnett, B. G. "Getting Grants-Development of a one-page research proposal," Invited seminar, California State University, Chico, CA October 2009.
• McBurnett, B. G. "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. "The Math of Molecules: Symmetry and Spectroscopy," Department of Mathematics California State University, Chico, CA 2000.
• McBurnett, B. G.; Cowley, A. H. "Synthesis of Group
• Antimonide Single Source Precursors to Electronic Materials," 214th American Chemical Society National Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, 1997.

Posters

• McBurnett, B.G. "Research and teaching abroad: Contrasting chemical education in Brazil and the United States" 245th American Chemical Society National Meeting invited Sci-Mix poster April 8, 2013.
• McQuiston, K.L.; Juarez, K.N.; McBurnett, B.G. "Synthesis and characterization of macrocyclic dimetallic complexes of copper, nickel, and zinc" 245th American Chemical Society National Meeting April 8, 2013.
• Dunne, E.; Favila, R.; Gordon, B.; Curtiss, A.B.S.; Adrian, R.A.; Davis, J.M.; Chaudhuri, A.; Coleman, D.; Gonzalez, E.; McBurnett, B.; Stankus, J.J. "UIW chemistry club: In our element" 239th American Chemical Society National Meeting, San Francisco, CA March 2010.
• Kong, S.B.,; Caraway, J.D.; Gil, K; Adrian, R.A.; Chaudhuri, A.; Davis, J.M.; Gonzalez, E. E; McBurnett, B.G.; Stankus, J.J. "UIW chemistry club: In our element" 237th American Chemical Society National Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT 2009.
• Davis, J.M.; Cavazos, A.M.; Gil, K.; Ahedo, R.; Alvarez, A.; Castillo, C.; Clark, C.; Lares, M. Gonzalez, E.E.; McBurnett, B.G.; Stankus, J.J. "UIW chemistry club: In our element" 235th American Chemical Society National Meeting, New Orleans, LA 2008.
• Obregon, A.J.; Brown, J.; Montoya, M.; McBurnett, B.G. "The determination of antioxidant and caffeine concentrations in tea: comparison of HPLC and spectral methods," 233rd American Chemical Society National Meeting, Chicago, IL 2007.
• Davis, J.M.; McBurnett, B.G.; Gonzalez, E.E.; Flores, R.O. Obregon, A.J.; Cavazos, A.M. "Learning, teaching, research, and discovery: The UIW chemistry club" 233rd American Chemical Society National Meeting, Chicago, IL 2007.
• Ferrand, M. I.; Gonzalez, E. E.; McBurnett, B. G. "Chemical composition of Senna multiglandulosa," 231st American Chemical Society National Meeting, Atlanta, GA 2006.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Ball, D. B.; Butler, T. A.; McBurnett, B. G. "Synthetic progress toward novel ferrocene ligands," 227th American Chemical Society National Meeting, Anaheim, CA 2004.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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" X-ray Spectroscopy, 2008, 37, 608.
• McBurnett, B. G., Chavira, A. A.; Lopez, C. A., Mosso, J.; Collins, S. M. "Analysis of Piper Auritum: A Traditional Hispanic Herb" Chapter 6 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 Deja 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 (-C5Me4SiMe2Nt-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 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 -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.
• Lomeli, 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.; Lomeli, V.; McBurnett, B. G. "Germylene and Stannylene Cleavage of Lawesson's Reagent," Chem. Commun. 1998, 2, 243.
• Carmalt, C. J.; Lomeli, V.; McBurnett, B. G.; Cowley, A. H. "Cyclic Phosphenium and Arsenium Cations with 6(pi) 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-7phosphaadamantane)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 1,3,5Triaza-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

• Fulbright Association Board Member
• Biomed SA Cancer Subcommittee
• Collaborative Learning Leadership Workshop
• UIW Faculty Senate
• American Chemical Society
• National Council of University Research Administrators
• UIW Heritage Retreat
• Collegium Fellow
• NIH Extramural Associate
• USDA Hispanic Serving Institutions Research Fellow

Grants

• CEIS Fulbright Fellowship to PUC-Rio Brazil
• "Enhancing Research Capabilities to Encourage Minorities in Scientific Professions" Extramural Associate Research Development award National Institutes of Health $496,800

University of the Incarnate Word, 2004-Present

• Inorganic Chemistry
• Physical Chemistry II: Quantum Chemistry
• Chemical Principles I and II
• Chemical Principles Lab
• General Chemistry Biological Chemistry I
• Biological Chemistry Lab
• Dimensions of Wellness

Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Rio de Janeiro, Spring 2012

• Quimica Inorganica Avancada II (Inorganic Chemistry II)

California State University-Chico, 2000-2004

• Chemistry Teaching Methods
• General Chemistry I and II
• Chemistry for Applied Sciences I
• Intermediate Inorganic Chemistry I and II
• Inorganic Quantitative Laboratory
• Integrated Laboratory I and II

Northern Arizona University, 1998-2000

• General Chemistry I and II
• Inorganic Chemistry I and II