Catherine E. McCusker, Ph.D.
Associate Professor (Inorganic Chemistry and Photochemistry)
- mccusker@etsu.edu
- 423-439-4306
- 463 Brown Hall
McCusker Research Group Website
Education and Training
| Years | Degree/Role | Institution |
| 2003 | B.S. Chemistry and Biology | Roger Williams University |
| 2010 | Ph.D. Chemistry | Michigan State University |
| 2011–2013 | Postdoctoral Fellow | Bolwing Green State University |
| 2013–2016 | Postdoctoral Fellow | North Carolina State University |
Courses Taught
CHEM 1120: General Chemistry Lecture II
CHEM 3110: Descriptive Inorganic Chemistry
CHEM 3611: Introductory Integrated Lab
CHEM 4110: Advanced Inorganic Chemistry
CHEM 4010/5010: Seminar in Chemistry
CHEM 5120: Advanced Inorganic Chemistry II
Selected Publications
- McCusker, C. E.; Mohseni, R. Reflections on Transitioning to Online General Chemistry in Southern Appalachia. Journal of Chemical Education 2020, 97 (9), 2913–2916. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jchemed.0c00743.
- Alqahtani, N. Z.; Blevins, T. G.; McCusker, C. E. Quantifying Triplet State Formation in Zinc Dipyrrin Complexes. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A 2019, 123 (46), 10011–10018. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpca.9b08682.
- Yarnell, J. E.; McCusker, C. E.; Leeds, A. J.; Breaux, J. M.; Castellano, F. N. Exposing the Excited-State Equilibrium in an IrIII Bichromophore: A Combined Time Resolved Spectroscopy and Computational Study. European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry 2016, 2016 (12), 1808–1818. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejic.201600194.
- Khnayzer, R. S.; McCusker, C. E.; Olaiya, B. S.; Castellano, F. N. Robust Cuprous Phenanthroline Sensitizer for Solar Hydrogen Photocatalysis. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2013, 135 (38), 14068–14070. https://doi.org/10.1021/ja407816f.
- McCusker, C. E.; Castellano, F. N. Design of a Long-Lifetime, Earth-Abundant, Aqueous Compatible Cu(I) Photosensitizer Using Cooperative Steric Effects. Inorganic Chemistry 2013, 52 (14), 8114–8120. https://doi.org/10.1021/ic401213p.