Kyle N. Plunkett, Ph.D.
Southern Illinois University
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry 618-453-2758
1245 Lincoln Dr. kplunkett@chem.siu.edu
Carbondale, IL 62901 www.kyleplunkett.com
Appointments
Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL Aug. 2015-Present
Associate Professor
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL Sept. 2010-Aug. 2015
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Education
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL Oct. 2005
Ph.D. Chemistry, Advisor: Jeffrey S. Moore
Thesis Title: “Hydrogels for Biomacromolecule Immobilization and Sensing”
Texas A&M University, College Station, TX May 2000
B.S. Chemistry, Advisor: David Bergbreiter
Columbia University, New York, NY 2006 - 2010
Postdoctoral Associate, Advisor: Colin Nuckolls
Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz, Germany 2005 - 2006
Alexander von Humboldt Postdoctoral Fellow, Advisor: Klaus Müllen
Teaching Experience
Professor, Southern Illinois University 2010-Present
Chem 340 – Organic Chemistry I
Chem 541 – Organic Structure and Reactivity
Chem 341 – Organic Chemistry Laboratory I
Chem 443 – Organic Chemistry Laboratory II
Head Teaching Assistant, University of Illinois 2000 - 2002
Advanced Organic Chemistry Laboratory
Teaching Assistant, University of Illinois 2000
Organic Chemistry II and Recitation
Teaching Assistant, Texas A&M University 1999
General Chemistry Laboratory and Recitation
Publications *=corresponding author
30)Yuan, B., Zhuang, J., Kirmess, K.M., Bridgmohan, C.N., Whalley, A.C., Wang, L., Plunkett, K.N., "Diacenaphthylpentalenes: Fully Unsaturated and Stable Tetraquinanes", submitted.
29) Zhu, X., Shao, B., Vanden Bout, D.A., Plunkett, K.N., "Directing the Conformation of Oligo(Phenylene Vinylene) Polychromophores with Rigid, Non-Conjugatable Morphons", Macromolecules, DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.6b00067
28)Bheemireddy, S. R., Ubaldo, P.C., Finke, A.D., Wang, L., Plunkett, K.N., "Contorted Aromatics via a Palladium-Catalyzed Cyclopentannulation Strategy", J. Mater. Chem. C., 2016, 4, 3963-3969. 2016 Emerging Investigators Themed Issue: Novel design strategies for new functional materials.
27)Bheemireddy, S.R., Plunkett, K.N., "Dicyclopenta[cd,jk]pyrene Based Acceptors in Conjugated Polymers", Polym. Chem. 2016, 7, 292-296.
26)Zhu, X., Bheemireddy, S.R., Sambasivarao, S.V., Rose, P.W., Guzman, R.T., Waltner, A.G., DuBay, K.H., Plunkett, K.N., "Construction of Donor-Acceptor Polymers via Cyclopentannulation of Poly(arylene ethynylene)s", Macromolecules, 2016, 49, 127-133.
25)Bheemireddy, S.R., Ubaldo, P.C., Rose, P.W., Finke, A.D., Zhuang, J., Wang, L., Plunkett, K.N., "Stabilizing Pentacene via Cyclopentannulation", Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2015, 54, 15762-15766.
24)Zhu, X., Yuan, B., Plunkett, K.N., "Tunable Electron Acceptors Based on Cyclopenta[hi]aceanthrylenes", Tetrahedron Lett. 2015, 56, 7105-7107
23)Truong, M.L., Shi F., He, P., Yuan, B., Plunkett, K.N., Coffey, A.M., Shchepin, R.V., Barskiy, D.A., Kovtunov, K.V., Koptyug, I.V., Waddell, K.W., Goodson, B.M., Chekmenev, E.Y., “Irreversible Catalyst Activation Enables Hyperpolarization and Water Solubility for NMR Signal Amplification by Reversible Exchange”, J. Phys. Chem. B., 2014, 118, 13882-13889.
22)Zhu, X., Plunkett, K.N.*, “Controlled Regioregularity in Oligo(2-methoxy-5-(2’-ethylhexyloxy)-1,4-phenylenevinylenes”, J. Org. Chem, 2014, 79, 7093-7102.
21)Howe, S.E., Lickteig, D.J., Plunkett, K.N., Ryerse, J.S., Konjufca, V.H., "The uptake of soluble and particulate antigens by epithelial cells in the mouse small intestine", PLOS ONE, 2014, 9, e86656.
20)Traub, M.C., DuBay, K.H., Ingle, S.E., Zhu, X., Plunkett, K.N., Reichman, D.R., Vanden Bout, D.A., "Chromophore Controlled Self-Assembly of Highly-Ordered Polymer Nanostructures", J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2013, 4, 2520-2524.
19)Plunkett, K.N.* "What About the Five-Membered Ring? Cyclopenta-fused Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons as a Building Block for Functional Materials", Syn. Lett. (Invited SYNPACTS article), 2013, 24, 898-902.
18)Lee, C.-H., Plunkett, K.N.*, “Orthogonal Functionalization of Cyclopenta[hi]aceanthrylenes”, Org. Lett., 2013, 15, 1202-1205.
17)Jellison, J.L., Lee, C.-H., Zhu, X., Wood, J.D., Plunkett, K.N.*, "Electron Acceptors Based on an All-Carbon Donor-Acceptor Copolymer", Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2012, 51, 12321-12324.
16)Wood, J.D., Jellison, J.L., Finke, A.D., Wang, L., Plunkett, K.N.*, "Electron Acceptors Based on Functionalizable Cyclopenta[hi]aceanthrylenes and Dicyclopenta[de,mn]tetracenes, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2012, 134, 15783-15789.
15)Zhu, X., Traub, M.C., Vanden Bout, D.A., Plunkett, K.N.*, "Well-Defined Alternating Copolymers of Oligo(phenylenevinylene)s and Flexible Chains", Macromolecules, 2012, 45, 5051-5057.
Prior to SIU
14)Schiros, T., Kladnik, G., Prezzi, D., Ferretti, A., Olivieri, G., Cossaro, A., Floreano, L., Verdini, A., Schenck, C., Cox, M., Plunkett, K.N., Delongchamp, D., Nuckolls, C., Morgante, A., Cvetko, D., Kymissis, I., “Donor-acceptor Shape Matching Drives Performance in Photovoltaics”, Adv. Energy Mater., 2013, 3, 894-902.
13)Traub, M.C., Vogelsang, J., Plunkett, K.N., Nuckolls, C., Barbara, P.F., Vanden Bout, D.A., "Unmasking Bulk Exciton Traps and Interchain Electronic Interactions with Single Conjugated Polymer Aggregates", ACS Nano, 2012, 6, 523-529.
12)Bounos, G., Ghosh, S., Lee, A.K., Plunkett, K.N., DuBay, K.H., Bolinger, J.C., Zhang, R., Friesner, R.A., Nuckolls, C., Reichman, D.R., Barbara, P.F., “Controlling Chain Conformation in Conjugated Polymers Using Defect Inclusion Strategies”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2011, 133, 10155-10160.
11)Whalley, A.C., Plunkett, K.N., Gorodetsky, A.A., Schenk, C.L., Chiu, C.-Y., Steigerwald, M.L., Nuckolls, C., “Bending Contorted Hexabenzocoronene into a Bowl”, Chem. Sci., 2011, 2, 132-135.
10)Plunkett, K.N., Godula, K., Nuckolls, C., Tremblay, N., Whalley, A.C., Xiao, S., “Expeditious Synthesis of Contorted Hexabenzocoronenes”, Org. Lett. 2009, 11, 2225-2228.
9)Plunkett, K.N., Zhu, X., Moore, J.S., Leckband, D.E., “PNIPAM Chain Collapse Depends on the Molecular Weight and Grafting Density”, Langmuir 2006, 22, 4259-4266.
8)Weissman, H., Plunkett, K.N., Moore, J.S., “A Highly-Active, Heterogeneous Catalyst for Alkyne Metathesis”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2006, 45, 585-588.
7)Plunkett, K.N., “Hydrogels for Biomacromolecule Immobilization and Sensing”, Ph.D. Thesis, University of Illinois- Urbana-Champaign, IL, 2005.
6)Plunkett, K.N., Mohraz, A., Haasch, R.T., Lewis, J.A., Moore, J.S., “Light-Regulated Electrostatic Interactions in Colloidal Suspensions”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127, 14574-14575.
5)Plunkett, K.N., Berkowski, K.L., Moore, J.S., “A Chymotrypsin Responsive Hydrogel – Application of a Chemoselective Conjugation Protocol for the Preparation of Methacrylamide Containing Peptides”, Biomacromolecules 2005, 6, 632-637.
4)Berkowski, K.L, Plunkett, K.N., Yu, Q., Moore, J.S., “Introduction to Photolithography – Preparation of Microscale Polymer Silhouettes”, J. Chem. Ed. 2005, 82, 1365-1369.
3)Plunkett, K.N., Moore, J.S., “Patterned Dual pH-Responsive Core-Shell Hydrogels with Controllable Swelling Kinetics and Volumes”, Langmuir 2004, 20, 6535-6537.
2)Plunkett, K.N., Chatterjee, A. N., Aluru, N. R., Moore, J. S. “Surface-Modified Hydrogels for Chemoselective Bioconjugation”, Macromolecules 2003, 36, 8846-8852.
1)Plunkett, K.N., Kraft, M. L., Yu, Q., Moore, J. S. “Swelling Kinetics of Disulfide Cross-Linked Microgels”, Macromolecules 2003, 36, 3960-3966.
Patents
Weissman, H., Plunkett, K.N., Cho, H.-M., Moore, J.S. “Alkyne Metathesis using Molybdenum Carbyne Complexes on Metal Oxide Supports”, 2006, WO/2006/135631.
Invited Departmental Seminars
University of Houston, Apr 2016
University of Texas at Dallas, Apr 2016
Purdue University, Feb 2016
Miami University, Nov 2015
University of Kentucky, May 2015
University of Oregon, Apr 2015
University of Texas at Austin, Mar 2015
Texas A&M University, Mar 2015
Southeast Missouri State University, Oct 2014
Shanghai Jiao Tong University, May 2014
Peking University, May 2014
University of Missouri-Columbia, Mar 2014
St. Louis University, Dec 2013
University of Louisville, Oct 2013
University of Vermont, Sept 2016
“TBD”, 2nd International Symposium on the Synthesis and Application of Curved Organic pi-Molecules and Materials (CURO-pi), Eugene, OR Sept. 2016.
“Low Band Gap Materials From Cyclopenta-Fused Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons”, Materials Research Symposium, Fundamentals of Organic Semiconductors: Synthesis, Morphology, Devices, and Theory” Boston, MA Dec 2014
“Low Band Gap Materials From Cyclopenta-Fused Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons”, Fusion Conference – From Carbon-Rich Molecules to Carbon-Based Materials, El Jadida, Morocco, Sept 2014
“Synthesis and Characterization of Cyclopent-fused Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon-Based Electron Accepting Materials”, International Symposium on Advances in Computational Materials for Catalysis and Photovoltaics, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China May 2014
“Conjugated Polymer Copolymerized with Flexible Chains: A Platform to Create Highly Ordered Polymer Nanostructures”, ACS 2013, Indianapolis Sept 2013.
”Organic Polymers - A Necessity for Today’s Technology”, Think Science, Saluki Research Ambassadors, Carbondale, IL Mar 2013.
“Low Band Gap Polymers Based on Cyclopenta-fused Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons”, ACS 2012, Philadelphia, PA Aug 2012.
Contributed Presentations
“Contorted Aromatics and Polymers from Cyclopenta-fused Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons”, Pacifichem 2015, Honolulu, HI, Dec 2015
“Engineering Polymer Self-Assembly by Sidechain Modification in Phenylene Vinylene Polychromophores”, Pacifichem 2015, Honolulu, HI, Dec 2015
“Contorted Aromatics from Cyclopentafused Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons”, Fpi-12, Seattle, WA, July 2015.
“Contorted Aromatics and Polymers from Cyclopentafused Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons”, ISNA-16, Madrid, Spain July 2015. (Poster)
“Engineering Polymer Self-Assembly via Sidechain Modification in Phenylene Vinylenes”, ACS 2014, San Francisco Aug 2014.
“Functionalization Strategies of a Few Cyclopenta-fused Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons”, ACS 2014, Dallas, TX Mar 2014.
“Functionalization Strategies of a Few Cyclopenta-fused Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons”, Physical Organic Gordon Research Conference, Holderness, NH Jun 2013. (Poster)
“Tunable Electron Acceptors based on Cyclopenta-fused Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons”, ACS, 2012, Philadelphia, PA Aug 2012.
“Low Band Gap Polymers Based on Cyclopenta-fused Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons”, ICSM 2012, Atlanta, GA July 2012.
“Low Band Gap Polymers Based on Cyclopenta-fused Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons”, IUPAC MACRO 2012, Blacksburg, VA June 2012.
“Acetetrylenes: Nonalternant Cyclopentafused Aromatic Hydrocarbons”, ISNA-14, Eugene, OR July 2011.
“Preparation and Application of Borylated Hexabenzocoronenes in Organic Devices”, ACS, Boston, MA Aug 2007.
“Hydrogels with Cleavable Crosslinker as Sacrificial Structures and Sensors for Microfluidic Systems”, MicroTas, Nara, Japan Nov 2002.
“Hydrogels for Surface Localized Chemoselective Conjugation”, Allerton Conference, Monticello, IL Oct 2002.
“Fluorescently-labeled, Diblock Copolymers Useful for Probing Macromolecular Assemblies”, Texas A&M University Undergraduate Poster Symposium, College Station, TX Apr 2000.
J. Mater. Chem. Emerging Investigator themed issue 2016
NSF CAREER Award 2014
University-Level Early Career Faculty Excellence Award 2014
Thieme Chemistry Journal Award 2014
Alexander von Humboldt Postdoctoral Fellowship 2006
Dow Chemical Scholarship in connection with summer internship 1999
Monsanto Chemistry Scholarship 1998
Professional Activities
Southern Illinois Local ACS Section, Chair 2015
Cal Meyers Memorial Organic Chemistry Symposium (Ei-ichi Negishi keynote), Co-organizer 2012
NSF Proposals, Panelist and Reviewer 2012 - present
DOE Science Graduate Fellowship Program, Reviewer 2011
Alberta Ingenuity Fund, Reviewer 2011
Postdoctoral Mentoring Workshop, Columbia University, Panelist 2010
Nanohour Seminar Series, Organizer and Host 2003 - 2005
American Chemical Society, Member 1999 - Present
J. Am. Chem. Soc., Chem. Sci, Org. Lett., Langmuir, Macromolecules, J. Polym Sci. Part A
Soft Mater., J. Mater. Chem., Reviewer 2003 - Present
Activities and Community Service
IJAS State Exposition, Science Judge 2012- Present
Heartland GK-12 Science Symposium, Judge 2012- Present
SIU Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities Forum, Judge 2012- Present
Illinois Junior Science and Humanities Symposium Poster, Judge 2011- Present
Faculty University Associate (FUA) – Neely Hall 2011- Present
Beckman Open House, University of Illinois, Volunteer 2001 - 2002
Educating Tomorrow’s Chemists (ETC), Urbana Middle School, Volunteer 2001 - 2005
Science Fair, Dr. Howard Elementary School, Judge 2001 - 2003
Science Olympiad, Illinois Regional and State Competitions, Organizer 2001 - 2003
Awarded Research Funding
National Science Foundation – CHE-MSN
“CAREER: Electron Acceptor Materials Based on Cyclopenta-fused Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons”
$650,000 (PI) 02/01/14 – 01/30/19 Status: Current
SIU Competitive Collaborative Seed Grant
“Surface functionalization of titanium dioxide for electrochemical sensing and release”
$47,452 (PI) 06/01/14 – 09/01/15 Status: Completed
Illinois Clean Coal Institute
“Coal Based Solar Cells”
$44,900 (PI) 12/01/13 – 11/30/14 Status: Completed
SIU Competitive Seed Program
“N-type Semiconductors for Organic Photovoltaic Devices”
$16,725 (PI) 07/01/11 – 06/30/12 Status: Completed
University Service
Department:
Graduate Student Advisement Committee August 1, 2010 - present
Graduate Curriculum Committee August 1, 2012 - present
Meyers Memorial Symposium Organizer August 1, 2012 - present
Chemistry Lecturer Search Committee December 1, 2011 - January 1, 2012
Graduate Student Admissions Committee August 1, 2010 – August 1, 2013
College and University:
Faculty Senate April 2016-present
SIU Honorary Degree and Distinguished Service Awards Committee October 2015- present
SIU Early Career Faculty Excellence Award Committee January 2015 - present
Faculty & University Associate (FUA) July 1, 2011 - present
Master’s Fellowship Review Panel January 22, 2013 - present
MTC Director Search Committee January 1, 2011 - August 1, 2012
Saluki Move-in August 2012
Students Currently Advising
Sambasivareddy Bheemireddy (G), Gajanan Kulkarni (G), Peter Rose (G), Bingxin Yuan (G), Bridgett Ludwig (UG), Yue-Huan (Kevin) Lyu (UG)
Former Students
Ian Brown (G), Jessica Jellison (G), Ryan Chun (UG), Nicholas Klauba (UG), Che-Hsiung Lee (G)Cassandra Meadows (HS), Jameelah Muhammad (UG, REU), Harrison Oakley (UG), Jack Pertile (UG), Joshua Rathod (UG, REU), Cecilia Smith (UG, REU), Marlee Trandel (UG), Jordan Wood (UG), Xinju Zhu (G)
Xinju Zhu, Ph.D., 2015, “Synthesis of Highly Ordered Polymer Nanostructures Based on Polyphenylene Vinylenes (PPVs)”
Jessica Jellison, M.S. 2013, “Electron Accepting Materials based on Cyclopenta[h,i]aceanthrylenes and Dicyclopenta[de,mn]tetracenes”
Che-Hsiung Lee, M.S. 2014, “Orthogonal Functionalization of Cyclopenta[hi]aceanthrylenes”
Student Presentations (presenting author underlined, *=undergraduate)
Sambasiva Reddy Bheemireddy and Kyle N. Plunkett, “Utilizing Palladium Catalyzed Cyclopentannulations to Create Contorted Aromatics, ACS 2015, Boston, MA Aug 2015.
Sambasiva R. Bheemireddy, Pamela C. Ubaldo, Aaron D. Finke, Lichang Wang, and Kyle N. Plunkett, “Utilizing Palladium Catalyzed Cyclopentannulations to Create Contorted Aromatics and Pentacene-Based CP-PAHs”, Scifinder Future Leaders in Chemistry Program, Columbus, OH, Aug 2015.
Sambasiva Reddy Bheemireddy and Kyle N. Plunkett, “Utilizing Palladium Catalyzed Cyclopentannulations to Create Contorted Aromatics, 2nd Cal Meyers Organic Research Symposium, Carbondale, IL, Apr 2015.
Bingxin Yuan and Kyle N. Plunkett, “Cyclopenta-fused Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Containing Copolymers Based on Rylene Dyes”, ACS 2014, Dallas, TX Mar 2014.
Sambasivareddy Bheemireddy and Kyle N. Plunkett, “Synthesis of Dicyclopenta[cd,jk]pyrene Based Donor-Acceptor Copolymers”, ACS 2014, Dallas, TX Mar 2014.
Xinju Zhu, Shauna E. Ingle, David A Vanden Bout, and Kyle N. Plunkett, “Engineering Polymer Self-assembly via Sidechain Modification”, ACS 2014, Dallas, TX Mar 2014.
Yue-Huan Lyu*, Che-Hsiung Lee, and Kyle N. Plunkett, “Orthogonal Functionalization of Dicyclopenta[de,mn]tetracenes”, SIU Undergraduate Research Forum, Carbondale, IL Apr 2013.
Che-Hsiung Lee and Kyle N. Plunkett, “Orthogonal Functionalization of Cyclopenta[hi]aceanthrylenes”, Cal Meyers Memorial Organic Chemistry Symposium, Carbondale, IL Apr 2013.
Cecilia L. Smith* and Kyle N. Plunkett, “Controlling the Chain Conformation of Conjugated Polymers”, ACS-Southeast Regional Meeting, Raleigh, NC Nov 2012.
Xinju Zhu and Kyle N. Plunkett, “Well-Defined Alternating Copolymers of Oligo(Phenylene Vinylene)s and Flexible Morphons”, ICSM 2012, Atlanta, GA July 2012.
Che-Hsiung Lee and Kyle N. Plunkett, “Thiophene Conjugated Cyclopenta-fused Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons as Low Band Gap Materials”, ICSM 2012, Atlanta, GA July 2012.
Harrison Oakley* and Kyle N. Plunkett, “Synthesis and Characterization of Poly[3,8-bis(2-ethyhexyl)1,6-pyrene)s”, SIU Undergraduate Research Forum, Carbondale, IL Apr 2012.
Student Awards (with my contribution)
Sambasivareddy Bheemireddy – ACS DOC Graduate Research Symposium, 2016
Sambasivareddy Bheemireddy – SIU Doctoral Graduate Fellowship, 2016
Sambasivareddy Bheemireddy – SciFinder Future Leaders in Chemistry Program, 2014
Xinju Zhu – SIU Doctoral Research Fellowship, 2014
Xinju Zhu – Gower Research Fellowship, 2014
Yue-Huan (Kevin) Lyu – Saluki Scholars Research Opportunity, 2014
Yue-Huan (Kevin) Lyu – Saluki Research Rookies, 2013
Harrison Oakley – Saluki Research Rookies, 2012
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