Curriculum vitae of Bruno Ignacio Rubio
Addresses
Work
Department of Chemistry
590 Commonwealth Avenue
Boson, MA 02215
(617) 353-2500
birubio@bu.edu
Home
137 Bay State Road
Boston, MA 02215
(617) 859-3843
Education
Ph.D. in Chemistry, Boston University, 1996
Title of dissertation Photopromoted Reactions of Carbon Dioxide with Hydrogen over Transition-Metal Oxide Catalysts
Major professor Norman N. Lichtin, Ph.D.
B.S. in Chemistry, Yale University, 1979
Academic work experience
Senior Lecturer, Department of Chemistry, Boston University, 1986-2007
- Full responsibility for teaching two-semester organic chemistry course intended primarily for students in the College of Liberal Arts
- Full responsibility for teaching one-semester general chemistry course intended primarily for students in the College of Engineering
- Full responsibility for teaching general and organic chemistry courses intended primarity for students in the Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
- Full responsibility for teaching organic chemistry course in the seven-year medical program
- Full responsibility for teaching intensive organic chemistry course for chemistry majors
- Assisting instructor in organic and general chemistry courses
- Designed and coordinated general chemistry laboratory course; authored general chemistry laboratory manual
- Designed and coordinated advanced organic chemistry laboratory course stressing spectroscopic methods of analysis
- Designed and coordinated organic chemistry laboratory course
- Supervised staff of assisting instructors and lab technicians
Lecturer, Harvard University Extension School, 1996-2003
- Full responsibility for teaching organic chemistry lecture and laboratory course intended primarily for post-baccalaureate pre-med students
- Designed and coordinated organic chemistry laboratory course; authored organic chemistry laboratory manual
- Supervised staff of assisting instructors
Instructor, College of General Studies, Boston University, 1989-93
- Developed and taught calculus curriculum emphasizing business and social science applications
- Lectured on chemistry, physics and astronomy in physical science courses for non-science majors
- Contributed chapters on chemical kinetics, thermodynamics and cosmology to physical science text for non-science majors
Research Associate, Department of Chemistry, Boston University, 1987-89
Conducted photochemistry research sponsored by the U.S. Navy
Publications
- Rubio, B.I. Principles of General Chemistry: A Laboratory Manual, 2nd ed; Houghton Mifflin: Boston, 2006.
- Davis, W.E.; DeJesus, E.X.; Racciopi, J.V.; Rubio, B.I.; Schoch, R.M. Conceptual Physical Science, 10th ed.; McGraw-Hill: Pittsburgh, 2005.
- Borysenko, C.; Sommer, M.; Rubio, B.I. Introduction to Organic Chemistry: A Laboratory Manual; BookTech: Watertown, MA, 2000.
- Lichtin, N.N.; Vijayakumar, K.M.; Rubio, B.I. "Photoassisted reduction of CO2 by H2 over metal oxides in the absence and presence of water vapor", Journal of Catalysis, 1987, 104, 246.
- Lichtin, N.N.; Vijayakumar, K.M.; Rubio, B.I. "Effects of light intensity, wavelength, temperature and concentration of reactants on the photopromoted reaction of CO2 with H2 over TiO2 and Pt/TiO2", 198th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, September 10-15, 1989, Miami Beach, FL.
- Lichtin, N.N.; Vijayakumar, K.M.; Rubio, B.I. "Photopromoted solid-catalyzed hydrogenation of CO2", 7th International Conference on Photochemical Conversion and Storage of Solar Energy, July 31-August 5, 1988, Evanston, IL.
- Lichtin, N.N.; Vijayakumar, K.M.; Rubio, B.I. "Photoassisted hydrogenation of CO2 over CoOMoO3 supported on Al2O3: Dependence on wavelength and intensity of light and on reactant concentrations", 3rd Chemical Congress of North America, June 5-10, 1988, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Extra-professional activities
Faculty advisor, Orgo Prep program, Boston University, 2007
Assisted student group in developing teaching materials for prospective students of organic chemistry.
Posted 12 Feb 2007
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