Undergraduate Classes
(Note: For class resources, see the HuskyCT pages supporting the class)
CHEM 1122 | Chemical Principles and Applications, 120 students, 3h/week + 1h/week laboratory (4 credits) | S2006 |
CHEM 1127 | General Chemistry I, ~220 students, 3h/week + 1h/week laboratory (4 credits) | F2000, F2001, F2003, F2004, Summer 2011 (50 students) |
CHEM 1128 | General Chemistry II, ~200 students, 3h/week + 1h/week laboratory (4 credits) | S2001, S2003, S2004, S2005 |
CHEM 1129 | Honors General Chemistry I, ~45 students, 3h/week + 1h/week laboratory (4 credits) | F1998, F1998 |
CHEM 3210 | Descriptive Inorganic Chemistry, ~60-95 students, 2h/week (2 credits) | F2006, F2007, F2011, F2012, F2013, F2014, F2016–F2024 |
Graduate Classes
CHEM 5235 | Advanced Inorganic Chemistry II (Coordination and Bioinorganic Chemistry), 3h/week (3 credits) | S1999, S2000, S2003, S2005, S2011, S2014, S2016 |
CHEM 5326 | Advanced Inorganic Chemistry III (Descriptive Main Group Chemistry), 3h/week (3 credits) | F2003, S2010, S2013, S2015 |
CHEM 5327 | Advanced Inorganic Chemistry VI (Organometallic Chemistry), 3h/week (3 credits) | S2000 (16 lectures for replacement of U. Mueller-Westerhoff) |
CHEM 5344 | Concepts in Organic Chemistry (Physical Organic Chemistry), 3h/week, 5-20 Students (3 Credits) | S2007, S2008, S2009, S2010, S2011, S2012 |
CHEM 5360 | Biological Chemistry I, team-taught course, 3h/week (~12 Students) | F2001 (8 lectures), F2003 (6 lectures), F2006 (4 lectures) |
CHEM 5361 | Biological Chemistry II, team-taught course, 3h/week (~12 Students) | S2000 (4 lectures) |
Chemical Education Literature
Cardetti, F.; Wagner, M.; Selampinar, F.; Brückner, C.; Peczuh, M. ‘Intercultural Competence for International Teaching Assistants: Embracing Cultural Differences for an Improved Inclusive Undergraduate Student Learning Experience in Chemistry’ J. Chem. Educ. 2022, 99, 317–322. | ||
Halepas, S.; Hamchand, R.; Lindeyer, S.E.D.; Brückner, C. ‘Isolation of Biliverdin IXα, as its Dimethyl Ester, from Emu Eggshells’ J. Chem. Educ. 2017, 94, 1533–1537. | ||
Dorazio, S. J.; Brückner, C. ‘Why is there Cyanide in my Table Salt? Structural Chemistry of the Anticaking Effect of Yellow Prussiate of Soda (Na4[Fe(CN)6·10H2O])’ J. Chem. Educ. 2015, 92, 1121–1124. | ||
Dean, M. L.; Miller, T. A.; Brückner, C. ‘Egg-citing! Isolation of Porphyrins and Biliverdins from Eggshells and their Detection by Optical Spectroscopy and Chemiluminescence’, J. Chem. Educ. 2011, 88, 788–792. | ||
Brückner, C. ‘The Silver Complexes of Porphyrins, Corroles and Carbaporphyrins: Silver in the Oxidation States +II and +III (Research Section)' J. Chem. Educ. 2004, 81, 1665–1669. | ||
Brückner, C. ‘Fighting Diseases with a Combination of Drugs and Light: Photodynamic Therapy (PDT). Drugs for PDT’ The NEACT Journal, 2000, 19(2), 17-21. | ||
Brückner, C. ‘Fighting Diseases with a Combination of Drugs and Light: Photodynamic Therapy (PDT). Part 1: The Principles of PDT’ The NEACT Journal, 2000, 19(1), 10-13. The NEACT Journal is the publication of the North-East Association of Chemistry Teachers. |
Other Teaching Activities
Involved in the revamping of the General Chemistry Program | ~2012-date | |
Creation (with A. Howell) and delivery of an Ethics and Diversity Training Training Session for incoming graduate students | F2010-F2013 | |
Creation and delivery (with G. Crundwell, CCSU) of a hands-on Single Crystal X-ray Crystallography Workshop for REU summer students | most summers 2005-2014 |