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Travis Jesse Williams

Associate Professor of Chemistry

Contact Information
E-mail: travisw@usc.edu
Phone: (213) 740-5961
Office: LHI 104

 

Education
Ph.D. Chemistry, Stanford University, 6/2005
B.S. , California Institute of Technology, 12/1998
 

Postdoctoral Training
NIH Postdoctoral Fellow, California Institute of Technology, 07/2005-07/2007  
 

Academic Appointment, Affiliation, and Employment History

Tenure Track Appointments
Associate Professor of Chemistry, University of Southern California, 02/21/2013-  
Assistant Professor of Chemistry, University of Southern California, 07/15/2007-02/20/2013  
 

PostDoctoral Appointments
NIH Postdoctoral Fellow, California Institute of Technology, 07/01/2005-06/30/2007  
 

Affiliations with Research Centers, Labs, and Other Institutions
Interdisciplinary Program in Drug Discovery, Faculty Affiliate,http://ocw201-1.usc.edu/iPIDD/
Loker Hydrocarbon Research Institute,http://www.usc.edu/dept/chemistry/loker/
Saban Research Institute, CHLA, Faculty Research Affiliate
 

Publications

Journal Article
Dawsey, A. C., Hathaway, K. L., Kim, S., Williams, T. J. (2013). Introductory Chemistry: A Molar Relaxivity Experiment in the High School Classroom. J. Chem. Educ.. Vol. 90, pp. in press.
Lu, Z., Malinoski, B., Flores, A. V., Guess, D., Conley, B., Williams, T. J. (2012). Alcohol Dehydrogenation with a Dual Site Ruthenium, Boron Catalyst Occurs at Ruthenium. Catalysts. Vol. 2, pp. 412-421. DOI: doi:10.3390/catal2040412.
Lu, Z., Conley, B. L., Williams, T. J. (2012). [Cover] A Three-Stage Mechanistic Model for Ammonia–Borane Dehydrogenation by Shvo’s Catalyst. Organometallics. Vol. 31, pp. 6705–6714. DOI: 10.1021/om300562d.
Pennington-Boggio, M. K., Conley, B. L., Williams, T. J. (2012). A Ruthenium-Catalyzed Coupling of Alkynes with 1,3-Diketones. J. Organometallic Chem.. Vol. 716, pp. 6-10. DOI: 10.1016/j.jorganchem.2012.05.017.
Conley, B. L., Williams, T. J. (2012). Dual Site Catalysts for Hydride Manipulation. Comments Inorg. Chem.. (32), pp. 195-218. DOI:10.1080/02603594.2011.642087.
Dawsey, A. C., Li, V., Hamilton, K. C., Jianmei, W., Williams, T. J. (2012). Copper-Catalyzed Oxidation of Azolines to Azoles. Dalton Trans.. Vol. 41, pp. 7994-8002. DOI: 10.1039/c2dt00025c.
Wu, X., Boz, E., Sirkis, A. M., Chang, A. Y., Williams, T. J. (2012). Synthesis and Phosphate Binding of Guanidine-Functionalized Fluorinated Amphiphiles. J. Fluorine Chem.. Vol. 135, pp. 195-218. DOI: 10.1016/j.jfluchem.2011.12.011.
Conley, B. L., Guess, D., Williams, T. J. (2011). A Robust, Air-Stable, Reusable Ruthenium Catalyst for Dehydro-genation of Ammonia Borane. J. Am. Chem. Soc.. Vol. 133, pp. 14212-14215. DOI: 10.1021/ja909858a.
Williams, T. J., Kershaw, A. D., Li, V., Wu, X. (2011). An Inversion Recovery NMR Experiment. J. Chem. Ed.. Vol. 88 (5), pp. 665-669. DOI: 10.1021/ed1006822.
Conley, B. L., Williams, T. J. (2010). Dehydrogenation of Ammonia Borane by Shvo’s Catalyst. Chem. Commun.. (46), pp. 4815-4817. DOI: 10.1039/C003157G.
Conley, B. L., Williams, T. J. (2010). Thermochemistry and Molecular Structure of a Remarkable Agostic Interaction in a Heterobifunctional Ruthenium-Boron Complex. J. Am. Chem. Soc.. Vol. 132 (6), pp. 1764-1765. DOI: 10.1021/ja909858a.
Conley, B. L., Pennington-Boggio, M. K., Boz, E., Williams, T. J. (2010). Discovery, Applications, and Catalytic Mechanisms of Shvo’s Catalyst. Chem. Rev.. Vol. 110 (4), pp. 2294-2312. DOI: 10.1021/cr9003133.
Thorson, M. K., Klinkel, K. L., Wang, J., Williams, T. J. (2009). Mechanism of Hydride Abstraction by Cyclopentadienone-Ligated Metal Carbonyls (M = Ru, Fe). Eur. J. Inorg. Chem.. (2), pp. 295-302. DOI: 10.1002/ejic.200800975.
Williams, T. J., Caffyn, A. J., Hazari, N., Oblad, P. F., Labinger, J. A., Bercaw, J. E. (2008). C—H Bond Activation Mediated by Air-Stable [(diimineMII(OH)]22+ Dimers (M = Pd, Pt). J. Am. Chem. Soc.. Vol. 130, pp. 2418-2419.
Williams, T. J., Labinger, J. A., Bercaw, J. E. (2006). Reactions of Indene and Indoles with Platinum Methyl Cations: Indene C—H Activation, Indole p vs. Nitrogen Lone-Pair Coordination. Organometallics. Vol. 26, pp. 281-287.
Wender, P. A., Paxton, T. J., Williams, T. J. (2006). Rhodium Catalyzed [3+2] Cycloaddition Reactions of Cyclopropenones and Alkynes. J. Am. Chem. Soc.. Vol. 128, pp. 14814-14815.
Wender, P. A., Deschamps, N. M., Williams, T. J. (2004). The Intermolecular Dienyl Pauson-Khand Reaction. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.. Vol. 43, pp. 3076-3079.
 

Multimedia Scholarship and Creative Works
United States Patent Application, No. PCT/US2012/044052. Pub. No. WO/2012/178184. Removable Protective Shell for Imaging Agents and Bioactive Substances, 12/27/2012-  
United States Patent Application, No. PCT/US2010/06214. Pub No. WO/2011/079317. Ultrasound-Activated Nanoparticles as Imaging Agents and Drug Delivery Vehicles. , 06/30/2011-  
 

Honors and Awards
NIH/NSF Career Development Award, NSF CAREER Award, 4/1/2011-6/30/2016  
NIH Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award, 7/2005-7/2007  
Eli Lilly Graduate Research Fellowship, 2003-2004   
Stanford Centennial Teaching Award, 2003-2004   
California Institute of Technology ASCIT Teaching Award, 1997-1998   
 
 
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