Bob Houser
Emeritus
Chemistry and Biochemistry
Education
BS, 1987, Colorado State University
PhD, 1996, University of Minnesota
Postdoc, 1996-1999, California Institute of Technology
Research/Areas of Interest
Dr. Houser came to Â鶹´«Ã½ in 2012 with experience in both faculty and administrative
roles at the University of Oklahoma (OU), having served on the faculty since 1999
and as Assistant Chair of his department from 2006-2010. Specializing in synthetic
inorganic and bioinorganic chemistry, he has a distinguished record in his discipline,
authoring or co-authoring over 40 research publications, a number of which have been
collaborative works with students and postdoctoral researchers, and garnering as PI
or Co-PI more than $1.5 million in extramural research funding. Among his extramural
support has been a highly regarded CAREER award from the National Science Foundation.
Research in Dr. Houser's laboratory focuses on synthetic inorganic and coordination
chemistry, modeling of bioinorganic active sites with small molecule synthetic chemistry,
and coordination polymers. Recent projects in the Houser lab include the design and
synthesis of models for copper enzymes in denitrifying bacteria and for binuclear
iron centers in proteins and enzymes; and the design and synthesis of coordination
polymers and metal-organic frameworks.
Publications/Creative Works
Recent Publications
- Jozwiuk, A.; Myers, A. L.; Powell, D. R.; Houser, R. P. " Redox and Acid/Base Properties
of Unsupported, Asymmetric Hydr(oxo)-Bridged Non-heme Diiron Complexes " Dalton Trans.,
2014, 43, 9740-9753.
- Houser, R. P.; Wang, Z.; Powell, D. R.; Hubin, T. J. " Copper(I) and copper(II) complexes
with pyrazine-containing pyridylalkylamide ligands N-(pyridin-2-ylmethyl) pyrazine-2-carboxamide
and N-(2-(pyridin-2-yl)ethyl) pyrazine-2-carboxamide " , J. Coord. Chem. 2013, 66,
4080-4092.
- Pal Chaudhuri, U.; Shakya, R.; McClain, J. M.; Klein, E. L.; Powell, D. R.; Grohmann,
A.; Houser, R. P. "Copper(II), iron(II), and manganese(II) complexes of 2-methyl-2-(2-pyridinyl)-1,3-propanediamine
" Polyhedron, 2013, 54, 84-90.
- Jozwiuk, A.; Wang, Z.; Powell, D. R.; Houser, R. P. "Copper(II) complexes of symmetric
and asymmetric bis(imine) ligands: Tuning the Cu(I)/Cu(II) redox couple."2012, Inorg.
Chim. Acta, 394, 415-422.
- Shakya, R.; Wang, Z.; Powell, D. R.; Houser, R. P. "Tetra- vs. Pentadentate Coordination
in Copper(II) Complexes of Pyridylbis(aminophenol) Ligands Depends on Nucleophilicity
of Phenol Donors " Inorg. Chem., 2011, 50, 11581-11591.
- Yang, L.; Powell, D. R.; Houser, R. P. "Copper(II) coordination chemistry of 2-methyl-2-(2-pyridyl)-1,3-propan-diol:
Syntheses and structures of mono-, di-, and tricopper complexes " Polyhedron, 2010,
29, 1946-1955.
- Wang, Z.; Powell, D. R.; Houser, R. P. "Bis{2-hydroxy-N-[2-(2-pyridyl)ethyl]- benzamide}copper(I)
tetrafluoridoborate " Acta Crystallogr. E, 2010, E66, m173.