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Dr. Brandon Quillian
Dr. Brandon Quillian
Professor of Chemistry
Georgia Southern University
Dr. Quillian hails from Northeast Georgia in the small, but up-and-coming, city of Cornelia, GA. He attended Habersham Central High School and was a bit athletic, lettering in football as a strong safety and was aptly nicknamed "terminator" for his tenacity and aggression on the field. Here, in high school, Dr. Quillian found his love of chemistry, being able to sleep through the courses and make excellent grades.
Dr. Quillian is a first-generation student who took a non-traditional route to receive his PhD. His early endeavor to attend college (Savannah State University) was met with failure, as Dr. Quillian spent more time working out than studying in high school. He made a lot of poor decision-making and had a lack of support from home, which made him drop out from college and find alternative means to pay for such an expensive endeavor.
Dr. Quillian eventually enlisted in the United States Navy as an Aviation Electricians Mate working on the SH-60B helicopter for anti-submarine warfare. This tenure proved to build his true character and allowed him to realize his true potential, and gain valuable skills and money for college. During this Navy tenure, Dr. Quillian traveled to far-flung places such as Europe, South America, the Caribbean, and the Middle East.
After serving four years in the Navy, Dr. Quillian attended the now-defunct Armstrong Atlantic State University and initially majored in Computer Science. After finding out that typing proficiently (I am currently pecking the keys now), without mistakes, was kind of important, Dr. Quillian decided that this major was not a good fit. He changed his major to chemistry (since in high school he slept through his chemistry classes), where he excelled and graduated magna cum laude with his bachelor of science degree in chemistry.
After graduating with his B.S. in Chemistry degree, Dr. Quillian really didn't feel much like a chemist, just someone who took a lot of chemistry classes, so he decided to go to graduate school to further develop his skills in chemistry.
Dr. Quillian attended the University of Georgia for graduate school to pursue a Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry. He worked under the direction of Dr. Gregory H. Robinson in the area of organometallic chemistry, with an emphasis on synthesizing compounds with metal-metal multiple bonds. At the time, Dr. Quillian had no idea what organometallic chemistry was, but thought, "What the heck...there's a whole periodic table". Dr. Quillian had a fairly successful graduate career, publishing 16 articles and receiving several awards.
Dr. Quillian next completed his post-doctoral studies at the University of Virginia under the direction of Dr. T. Brent Gunnoe, studying ruthenium-based organometallic compounds for homogeneous catalytic olefin hydroarylation that operates on metal-mediated C-H activation. While Dr. Quillian prepared a great number of compounds, none of them proved to be efficient catalysts; however, Dr. Quillian's failures eventually led to breakthroughs that eventually produced very active catalysts.
Dr. Quillian began his academic career at Armstrong State University (now Georgia Southern University) to support the instruction of organic chemistry, a course that most biology majors despise. He continues to pursue the development of ruthenium-based olefin hydroarylation catalysts and dabbles in a few other areas.
I welcome you to poke around on my site to learn more about my research area and teaching. You can find my full Curriculum Vitae Here
Dr. Quillian is a first-generation student who took a non-traditional route to receive his PhD. His early endeavor to attend college (Savannah State University) was met with failure, as Dr. Quillian spent more time working out than studying in high school. He made a lot of poor decision-making and had a lack of support from home, which made him drop out from college and find alternative means to pay for such an expensive endeavor.
Dr. Quillian eventually enlisted in the United States Navy as an Aviation Electricians Mate working on the SH-60B helicopter for anti-submarine warfare. This tenure proved to build his true character and allowed him to realize his true potential, and gain valuable skills and money for college. During this Navy tenure, Dr. Quillian traveled to far-flung places such as Europe, South America, the Caribbean, and the Middle East.
After serving four years in the Navy, Dr. Quillian attended the now-defunct Armstrong Atlantic State University and initially majored in Computer Science. After finding out that typing proficiently (I am currently pecking the keys now), without mistakes, was kind of important, Dr. Quillian decided that this major was not a good fit. He changed his major to chemistry (since in high school he slept through his chemistry classes), where he excelled and graduated magna cum laude with his bachelor of science degree in chemistry.
After graduating with his B.S. in Chemistry degree, Dr. Quillian really didn't feel much like a chemist, just someone who took a lot of chemistry classes, so he decided to go to graduate school to further develop his skills in chemistry.
Dr. Quillian attended the University of Georgia for graduate school to pursue a Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry. He worked under the direction of Dr. Gregory H. Robinson in the area of organometallic chemistry, with an emphasis on synthesizing compounds with metal-metal multiple bonds. At the time, Dr. Quillian had no idea what organometallic chemistry was, but thought, "What the heck...there's a whole periodic table". Dr. Quillian had a fairly successful graduate career, publishing 16 articles and receiving several awards.
Dr. Quillian next completed his post-doctoral studies at the University of Virginia under the direction of Dr. T. Brent Gunnoe, studying ruthenium-based organometallic compounds for homogeneous catalytic olefin hydroarylation that operates on metal-mediated C-H activation. While Dr. Quillian prepared a great number of compounds, none of them proved to be efficient catalysts; however, Dr. Quillian's failures eventually led to breakthroughs that eventually produced very active catalysts.
Dr. Quillian began his academic career at Armstrong State University (now Georgia Southern University) to support the instruction of organic chemistry, a course that most biology majors despise. He continues to pursue the development of ruthenium-based olefin hydroarylation catalysts and dabbles in a few other areas.
I welcome you to poke around on my site to learn more about my research area and teaching. You can find my full Curriculum Vitae Here
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