Professor Jason Masuda
Current Position
2018-Present: Department Chair
2015: Promoted to Full Professor
2010: Promoted to Associate Professor
2008: Joined the Chemistry Department at Saint Mary's University as an Assistant Professor
2015: Promoted to Full Professor
2010: Promoted to Associate Professor
2008: Joined the Chemistry Department at Saint Mary's University as an Assistant Professor
Education
2007: Seaborg Postdoctoral Fellow, Los Alamos National Lab, organolanthanoid chemistry with Dr. Jacqueline Kiplinger
2005-2007: NSERC PDF, University of California, Riverside, carbene chemistry with Prof. Guy Bertrand
2002-2005: Ph.D., Inorganic Chemistry, University of Windsor, main group and transition metal chemistry with Prof. Douglas Stephan
2000-2002: M.Sc., Inorganic Chemistry, University of Lethbridge, phosphorus chemistry with Prof. René Boeré
1996-2000: B.Sc., Chemistry, University of Lethbridge
2005-2007: NSERC PDF, University of California, Riverside, carbene chemistry with Prof. Guy Bertrand
2002-2005: Ph.D., Inorganic Chemistry, University of Windsor, main group and transition metal chemistry with Prof. Douglas Stephan
2000-2002: M.Sc., Inorganic Chemistry, University of Lethbridge, phosphorus chemistry with Prof. René Boeré
1996-2000: B.Sc., Chemistry, University of Lethbridge
Honors
2014: CNC-IUPAC Travel Award
2012: Finalist in Emerging Professional Category Annual Discovery Awards for Science and Technology
2007: Director’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Los Alamos National Laboratory
2007: G.T. Seaborg Institute for Transactinium Science Postdoctoral Fellowship (declined) Los Alamos National Laboratory
2005: Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council Postdoctoral Fellowship Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council
2003-2005: Ontario Graduate Scholarship
2004: Macromolecular Science and Engineering Division/Bayer Incorporated Award
2002: Medal of Merit Graduate Studies, University of Lethbridge
2001: Alberta Heritage Scholarship for Graduate Students
2001: Graduate Student Travel Award Canadian Society for Chemistry, Inorganic Division
2012: Finalist in Emerging Professional Category Annual Discovery Awards for Science and Technology
2007: Director’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Los Alamos National Laboratory
2007: G.T. Seaborg Institute for Transactinium Science Postdoctoral Fellowship (declined) Los Alamos National Laboratory
2005: Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council Postdoctoral Fellowship Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council
2003-2005: Ontario Graduate Scholarship
2004: Macromolecular Science and Engineering Division/Bayer Incorporated Award
2002: Medal of Merit Graduate Studies, University of Lethbridge
2001: Alberta Heritage Scholarship for Graduate Students
2001: Graduate Student Travel Award Canadian Society for Chemistry, Inorganic Division
Teaching
CHEM 2322: Inorganic Chemistry I
This course will examine the structure and bonding of the main group elements. Topics covered will include electronic structure of atoms, bonding theories, ionic solids, and an introduction to point group symmetry and group theory; descriptive chemistry of the main group elements and their compounds.
CHEM 3424: Inorganic Chemistry II
This course examines the structure, bonding, and reactivity of transition metal complexes. Topics will include crystal field theory, ligand field theory, magnetism and electronic structure of coordination compounds; oxidation and reduction and substitution reactions of square planar and octahedral complexes. Ligands and an introduction to organometallic chemistry will also be covered.
CHEM 3445: Organic Spectroscopy
An introduction to the interpretation of 1H and 13C nuclear magnetic resonance spectra. Infrared spectroscopy, mass spectrometry, and ultra-violet spectrophotometry will also be applied to the problems of organic and organometallic structural determination.
CHEM 4421: Organometallic Chemistry
This course will deal with synthesis, structure, and reactivity or organotransition metal complexes. Topics will include transition metal-alkyls, -carbonyls, -alkenes, -alkynes and - bonded complexes, fundamental reactions and applications to organic synthesis and catalysis. Characterization of organometallic complexes using spectroscopic techniques (IR, Raman, NMR, and ESR) and X-ray crystallography will also be covered.
CHEM 4422: Advanced Topics in Inorganic Chemistry
Current topics and applications of inorganic chemistry will be covered, and may include the following: cluster chemistry, chemistry of the lanthanides and actinides, inorganic and organometallic materials, bioinorganic chemistry and inorganic photochemistry.
CHEM 4500: Research Thesis
Students will carry out a research project under the direction of one of the Chemistry Department faculty members and will prepare a thesis on their work. The thesis is presented orally.
This course will examine the structure and bonding of the main group elements. Topics covered will include electronic structure of atoms, bonding theories, ionic solids, and an introduction to point group symmetry and group theory; descriptive chemistry of the main group elements and their compounds.
CHEM 3424: Inorganic Chemistry II
This course examines the structure, bonding, and reactivity of transition metal complexes. Topics will include crystal field theory, ligand field theory, magnetism and electronic structure of coordination compounds; oxidation and reduction and substitution reactions of square planar and octahedral complexes. Ligands and an introduction to organometallic chemistry will also be covered.
CHEM 3445: Organic Spectroscopy
An introduction to the interpretation of 1H and 13C nuclear magnetic resonance spectra. Infrared spectroscopy, mass spectrometry, and ultra-violet spectrophotometry will also be applied to the problems of organic and organometallic structural determination.
CHEM 4421: Organometallic Chemistry
This course will deal with synthesis, structure, and reactivity or organotransition metal complexes. Topics will include transition metal-alkyls, -carbonyls, -alkenes, -alkynes and - bonded complexes, fundamental reactions and applications to organic synthesis and catalysis. Characterization of organometallic complexes using spectroscopic techniques (IR, Raman, NMR, and ESR) and X-ray crystallography will also be covered.
CHEM 4422: Advanced Topics in Inorganic Chemistry
Current topics and applications of inorganic chemistry will be covered, and may include the following: cluster chemistry, chemistry of the lanthanides and actinides, inorganic and organometallic materials, bioinorganic chemistry and inorganic photochemistry.
CHEM 4500: Research Thesis
Students will carry out a research project under the direction of one of the Chemistry Department faculty members and will prepare a thesis on their work. The thesis is presented orally.