Faculty Profiles
Michael Drummond
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Born and raised in Colorado, Michael grew up with a love of the outdoors and mountains. He then discovered a love of chemistry at Azusa Pacific University, earning a B.S. in chemistry. He completed his doctoral work at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign studying the effects of hydrogen bonding interactions in non-heme iron enzyme models with Professor Alison Fout. He then moved up the road to the University of Illinois Chicago to work as a lecturer and postdoctoral researcher developing new battery materials with Professor Neal Mankad. Michael returned to APU as an assistant professor of chemistry in 2020, and moved to Saint Mary’s College as an assistant professor in 2022. Dr. Drummond is passionate about increasing representation in the field of chemistry, teaching in innovative ways, and lab safety. The Drummond Lab’s research interests include the development of organometallic and coordination complexes capable of efficient electron shuttling in new battery materials for the storage of renewable energy and the synthesis of biomimetic catalysts. Students conducting research in his lab will learn air-free synthesis, a variety of instrumentation for the characterization of molecules, and electrochemistry. Dr. Drummond also enjoys time with his family, running, playing tennis, eating tacos, and playing to board game Wingspan.
Education
PhD, Chemistry, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
BS, Chemistry, Azusa Pacific University
Courses Recently Taught
- Principles of Chemistry I & II
- Bio-inorganic Chemistry
- Advanced Inorganic Chemistry
Professional Experience
- Postdoctoral researcher and lecturer, University of Illinois Chicago
Creative and Scholarly Work
- Drummond, M. J., Ford, C. L., Gray, D.L., Popsecu, C.V., Fout, A.R., Radical Rebound Hydroxylation Versus H-atom Transfer in Non-Heme Iron(III)-hydroxo Complexes: Reactivity and Structural Differentiation. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 6639-6650.
- Drummond, M. J., Miller, T. J., Ford, C. L., Fout, A.R. Catalytic Perchlorate Reduction using Iron: Mechanistic Insights and Improved Catalyst Turnover. ACS Catal. 2020, 10, 3175–3182.
- Leahy, C.A.*, Drummond, M. J.* Vura-Weis, J. Fout, A.R. Synthesis of a series of M(II) (M = Mn, Fe, Co) chloride complexes with a ligand capable of inter and intra-molecular hydrogen bonding interactions. Dalton Trans. 2021, 50, 12088-12092.
Professional Memberships
- American Chemical Society