Former Student, Pangbewindin Honore Bonavent Ouedraogo, presented his research in the dela Cerna lab entitled "Development of a novel antimicrobial drug targeting a protein tyrosine phsophate from S. pyogenes 

Dr. Quillian and Students (Kennedy Musso and Ellen Teixeira Arantes present their research at the joint 2025 SERMACS/SWRM conference in Orlando, Fl. 

The titles of their talks were: 

BQ: Synthesis, structure, and bonding of phenylated ruthenium complexes supported by 4,4 -di-tert-butyl-2,2 -dipyridyl (t-bipy) and 4',5,5''-tri-tert-butyl-2,2':6',2''-terpyridine (tBu3-terpy) ligands.

KG: Photothermal Modulation of Coordination Geometry and Catalytic Performance in Ru(II) Complexes for Olefin Hydroarylation

ETA: Preparation of phenylated ruthenium complexes supported by 4',5,5''-tri-tert-butyl-2,2':6',2''-terpyridine (tBu3-terpy) : Structure, reactivity and characterization.

It was a great time. Dr. Quillian was able to catch up with old colleagues 

Cover art for Dalton Transactions has been accepted for the recently published article "On the chemistry of cymene ruthenium iodide complexes: Entry into octahedral phenylated ruthenium(II) complexes supported by chelating bidentate N,N′-donor ligands" 

The Quillian Group publishes an article in Dalton Transactions entitled "On the chemistry of cymene ruthenium iodide complexes: Entry into octahedral phenylated ruthenium(II) complexes supported by chelating bidentate N,N′-donor ligands" 

Congratulations to Kennedy Musso, who received the Joanne Holbrook Patton Military Spouse Scholarship.  

Dr. Quillian provides a demonstration of the thermite reaction and sugar dehydration for the S.T.E.M, Academy

Congratulations to Allison Marks for successfully interviewing and receive a job offer from Kraton industries

Congratulations to Mrs. Kennedy Musso. She received her bachelor's degee in chemistry. 

Kennedy Musso gives a talk at the Southeastern Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society Conference in Atlanta, GA  on a paper entitled "Synthesis of diisopentyl (1R, 4S)-7-oxabicyclo[2.2.1]hept-5-ene-2,3-dicarboxylate"

Allison Marks shares a paper entitled "Advanced NMR Spectroscopic Analysis of Asymmetric Ruthenium(II) Complexes Supported by 4,4’-Di-tert-butyl-2,2’-bipyridine"  explaining her detailed characterization of a ruthenium(II) catalyst at the Southeastern Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society Conference in Atlanta, GA. 

Dr. Quillian gives a talk entitled "Understanding the Transition Metal Binding Properties of N,N’-(1,2-phenylene)bis(pyrazol-1-yl)acetamide Ligands and Their Partially Reduced Congeners using Single Crystal X-ray Diffraction Studies" at the 2024 Southeastern Meeting of the American Chemical Society in Atlanta, GA. 

Dr. Quillian, Allison Marks, and Kennedy Musso travel to Denver, CO to present their research at the Fall 2024 American Chemical Society Meeting. Kennedy Musso's poster was also selected for the SCIMIX function. 

Honore Ouedraogo makes the August 2024 Elevating Excellence Newsletter for the Quillian Group efforts in supporting the Georgia Southern University Center for Advanced Materials Science 

Dr. Quillian and coauthors publishes article on the synthesis and structure of diisoamyl (1R,4S)-7-oxabicyclo[2.2.1]hept-5-ene-2,3-dicarboxylate in the Journal Molbank

 Diisoamyl (1R,4S)-7-oxabicyclo[2.2.1]hept-5-ene-2,3-dicarboxylate MolBank, (2024) M1852. https://doi.org/10.3390/ M1852.

Dr. Quillian and coauthors publishes article on a unique copper dimer complex in Molbank 

 Artis, Rylan; Padgett, Clifford W.; Musso, Kennedy; Shank, Nathaniel; Marks, Allison; Quillian, Brandon A (2-(pyrrolidin-1-yl)ethan-1-olate)(1-oxo-3-phenyl-1,4-dihydronaphthalen-2-olate) μ-oxo-bridged dicopper(II) dimeric complex, MolBank, 2024, M1846. https://doi.org/10.3390/M1846.

Congratulations to Rylan Artic and Gavin Roberts for completing the requirements for the Biochemistry degree

Congratulations to Allison Marks, Gavin Robert, Rylan Artis, and Kennedy Gaines-Musso for resenting their research at the 2024  Georgia Southern Student Scholars Symposium. a Link to abstracts can be found here  

Dr. Quillian Host Dr. Robert Gilliard (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) as the 2024 Sigma Xi Distinguished Speaker for the Georgia Southern University Chapter of Sigma Xi

Congrats to Gavin Roberts for being accepted into the University of Tennessee College of Pharmacy

Dr. Quillian and Co-authors published an article in Tetrahedron Letters entitled Condensation reactions  of dialkoxy-2-phenylchroman-4-ones with 1,2-diamines:  a method for the preparation of chromenoquinoxalines.

Condensation reactions of dialkoxy-2-phenylchroman-4-ones with 1,2-diamines:  a method for preparing chromenoquinoxalines” Tetrahedron Letters,2023, 132. 154820 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tetlet.2023.154820 

Dr. Quillian discussed the preparation of a new ligand-type at the 2023 SERMACS meeting in Durham, NC entitled " Preparation, characterization, reactivity, and coordination properties of N,N’-(1,2-phenylene)bis(pyrazol-1-yl)acetamide ligands derivatives    

Rylan Artis presents his research at the 2023 SERMACS meeting in Durham, NC entitled " Durham, NC, “Preparation of Chromenoquinoxiline Derivates: New Leads for treating er+ Cancers”   

Congratulations to Honore (Pangbewindin Honore Bonavent Ouedraogo ) for graduating with his BS in chemistry.

Rylan Artis travels to Las Vegas for the 100 Black Men Annual National Conference 

Rylan Artis receives a COUR Grant to study the synthesis and anti-cancer assays of a new class of molecules called Chromenoquinoxalines

Artis, Rylan, Padgett, Clifford W., Quillian, B. “1-(Pyrrolidin-1-yl)ethan-1-iminium  chloride”. IUCrData, 2023 (in press, https://doi.org/10.1107/S2414314623007903)

Dr. Quillian (PI) receives a NSF-RUI grant to develop Ru(II) organometallic olefin hydroarylation  catalysts over 3 years

Dr. Quilllian (Co-PI) and team receives a NSF Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) grant  to purchase a state-or-the-art Single Crystal X-ray Instrument that provides free structural analysis  for PIs at PUIs in the state of Georgia