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Jason Gillmore joined the faculty at Hope in July 2004. Tenured and promoted in 2010 and promoted again in 2016, Professor Gillmore has also been a Schaap Research Fellow since 2013.

Jason Gillmore joined the faculty at Hope in July 2004. Tenured and promoted in 2010 and promoted again in 2016, Professor Gillmore has also been a Schaap Research Fellow since 2013. He most frequently teaches in the Organic Lecture, Discussion, and Lab courses, but also regularly contributes to first semester GenChem. He's also taught 103 Lab and occasional upper level Organic and Spectroscopy courses.

In addition to his teaching responsibilities, Dr. Gillmore maintains a research group of three to six undergraduate students in the summer and throughout the academic year. Since beginning his independent career at 熊猫在线视频 in 2004, Prof. Gillmore has published 14 peer-reviewed articles (10 of these with a total of 38 undergraduate co-authors) on his research and teaching and has had continuous external funding totaling over $1.8M. This external support, along with over $300,000 in internal funding, supports his research and pedagogy at 熊猫在线视频. Professor Gillmore is always looking for new undergraduates to join his research group! 

In addition to his teaching responsibilities, Dr. Gillmore maintains a research group of three to six undergraduate students in the summer and throughout the academic year. Since beginning his independent career at 熊猫在线视频 in 2004, Prof. Gillmore has published 13 peer-reviewed articles (9 of these with a total of 36 undergraduate co-authors) on his research and teaching and has had continuous external funding totaling over $1.34 M. This external support, along with over $280,000 in internal funding, supports his research and pedagogy at 熊猫在线视频.

Professor Gillmore is always looking for new undergraduates to join his research group! 

See Dr. Gillmore's research group page 

Areas of expertise

• Organic chemistry
• Research interests in organic photochemistry and electrochemistry, dyes & pigments, photochromism, photoinduced charge transfer, photoresponsive materials, computational modelling, and heteroaromatic synthesis
• Pedagogical interests in peer-led team learning, course-based undergraduate research experiences, using undergraduate research as a bridge to 2YC-4YC student transfers, and mentoring new and future faculty

Education

• Ph.D., organic chemistry, University of Rochester, 2003
• M.S., organic chemistry, Virginia Tech, 1998
• B.S., chemistry, Virginia Tech, 1996

Additional Experience

• Visiting professor and interim associate director of research and development, Michigan State University Bioeconomy Institute Organic Energy Storage Lab (Holland, Michigan), July 2018鈥揓uly 2019  鈥�  redox shuttles for lithium ion batteries and donor-acceptor systems for symmetric organic redox flow batteries
• Visiting research professor of chemistry at the Arizona State University (Tempe, Arizona) Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry and the Center for Bio-inspired Solar Fuel Production, with Professor Devens Gust, August 2011鈥揗ay 2012 鈥� reverse photochromes for molecular logic devices, synthesis, time-resolved spectroscopy and computational electrochemistry
• NIH postdoctoral traineeship, Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee), Department of Chemistry and the Center in Molecular Toxicology, mentor Professor Ned A. Porter 鈥� biologically relevant free radical clock reactions, lipid autooxidation kinetics
• Consultant, Eastman Kodak Company (Rochester, New York), with Drs. Samir Farid and Douglas Robello, 1999鈥�2003 鈥� photoresponsive plastics

Honors, grants and awards

• ACS Petroleum Research Fund undergraduate research grant, 2019鈥�2024 ($70,000)
• co-PI, NSF MRI to support the Midwest Undergraduate Computational Chemistry Consortium cluster, 2019鈥�2022 ($400,400), and NSF MRI to support new LC/qTOF mass spectrometer, 2020-2023 ($320,000)
• Program Director, Beckman Scholars Program award to 熊猫在线视频, 2018鈥�2021 ($104,000); co-director $2021-2024 ($104,000)
• Retroactively named to Research Corporation for Science Advancement鈥檚 Cottrell Scholar Class of 2006 (2015)
• Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award, 2014鈥�2019 ($60,000)
• NSF Faculty Early Career Development Award, 2010鈥�2016 ($549,000)
• Research Corporation Cottrell College Science Award, 2006鈥�2009 ($63,090)
• Project Kaleidoscope Faculty for the 21st Century, Class of 2006
• Dreyfus Foundation Start-up Award, 2004鈥�2009 ($30,000)
• Hope Forward Positive Impact Award (2022)
• Hope Athletics' Most Valuable Professor (2016)
• 熊猫在线视频 Janet L. Andersen Excellence in Teaching Award (2015)
• 熊猫在线视频 VanderBush-Weller Award for extraordinary contributions to the lives of students (2015)
• 熊猫在线视频 Chemistry Department, inaugural Schaap Research Fellow 鈥� research endowment (2013鈥�2028, renewable)

Selected publications

For full citations and a complete list of Professor Gillmore鈥檚 publications, see .

• 鈥�,鈥� Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2019 
• ",鈥� SynOpen, 2018
• 鈥�Chapter 6. Resourcing, Scalability, and Sustainability of CUREs,鈥� coauthor of a chapter in , edited by R. Waterman and J.M. Heemstra, Research Corporation for Science Advancement: Tucson, AZ, 2018
• 鈥�,鈥� with Professors Traci Smith & Stephen Scogin, The Chemical Educator, 2017
• 鈥�,鈥� coauthor of an invited chapter in , edited by R. Waterman and A. Feig, ACS Symposium Series: Washington, D.C., 2017
• 鈥�,鈥� Tetrahedron Letters, 2016
• 鈥�,鈥� Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry, 2015
• 鈥�,鈥� Journal of American Chemistry Society, 2014
• 鈥�,鈥� Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2012
• 鈥�,鈥� Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2012
• 鈥淪uccessful Student Transitions from the Community College to the Four-Year College Facilitated by Undergraduate Research,鈥� , 2011
• 鈥�,鈥� Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A, 2009
• 鈥�,鈥� Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 2008

professional affiliations

• American Chemical Society
• Inter-American Photochemical Society
• Materials Research Society
• Council on Undergraduate Research
• Midwestern Association of Chemistry Teachers in Liberal Arts Colleges
• Intervarsity Emerging Scholars Network

institutional service

• 熊猫在线视频 Appeals & Grievances Panel, 2017鈥�2018
• Founding Organizer, Schaap Chemistry Symposium, 熊猫在线视频, Holland, Michigan, July 2017; co-organizer July 2019
• 熊猫在线视频 Status Committee, 2014鈥�2017, (tenure/promotion, merit raises, internal grants, board and committee appointments)
• 熊猫在线视频 Strategic Planning Steering Committee, 2014鈥�2015
• 熊猫在线视频 HHMI Steering Committee, 2012鈥�2016
• 熊猫在线视频 Chemistry Faculty Search Committees: 2005, 2006, 2012 (chair), 2013 (chair)
• 熊猫在线视频 SHARP online summer research application and student management software, Development Team Faculty Coordinator, 2009鈥�2011; Chemistry Department Liaison, 2007鈥�2010
• 熊猫在线视频 Extracurricular Activities Committee, 2005鈥�2008 (chair)
• 熊猫在线视频 Health Professions Advisory Committee, 2008鈥�2010
• 熊猫在线视频 Committee on Admissions and Financial Aid, 2010鈥�2011
• 熊猫在线视频 Academic Computing Committee, 2013鈥�2014
• Seminar Coordinator, 熊猫在线视频 Chemistry Department, academic years 2007鈥�2009, 2014鈥�2015
• 熊猫在线视频 Chemistry Club/ACS Student Affiliates chapter advisor, 2005鈥�2008; reactivated national chapter status, won three consecutive honorable mention chapter awards

Outside the college

Jason enjoys weight-lifting and physical training, practicing Tang Soo Do (a Korean 'karate'), reading (mostly popular fiction), travel and enjoying life on the lakeshore year-round with his wife and school-age son and daughter. They genuinely enjoy the lake-effect snow in the winter, the wonderful beaches in the summer, and walking and biking in spring and fall. His family is also actively involved at Calvary CRC and Holland Christian Schools鈥� Rose Park Elementary.

Passionate about mentoring new and future faculty, Jason is the founding organizer of the P3 鈥淧ostdoc to PUI Prof鈥� workshop, preparing postdoctoral scholars for faculty careers in chemistry at undergraduate institutions. He has also been a frequent panelist or co-organizer of the American Chemical Society鈥檚 . He is also active in the Cottrell Scholars community on initiatives related to Course-based Undergraduate Research Experiences (CUREs). An alumnus of the 2019 National Diversity Equity Workshop, Jason is a passionate advocate for inclusive excellence in STEM, locally and nationally. 

Jason is on the Board of the Reaction Mechanisms Conference and the ACS Committee on the Petroleum Research Fund (formerly the PRF Advisory Board). He also serves as a reviewer for the National Science Foundation, the ACS-PRF, Research Corporation for Science Advancement, the M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust, CUR chemistry program reviews, Journal of Organic Chemistry, Journal of Physical Chemistry, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, Chemical Educator, Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry and Organic Preparations & Procedures International.