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Bruce Wilson

Faculty Member

Professor Bruce Wilson

Biography

Ph.D. Texas A&M 1998 Bioinorganic Chemistry (transition-metal enzymology)
M.S. BYU Analytical Chemistry (X-ray crystallography)
Current research interest: light research into the history of alchemy and the beginnings of chemistry
B.S. BYU

Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, South Dakota State University, 1998-2001
Assistant/Associate Professor of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, UVU, 2001-

Member, History of Science Society
Member, Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry

Current interests:
Origin of alchemy, Alexandrian alchemy.
The transfer of Arabic alchemy to Europe in the Toledo College of the Translators.
The subduction of alchemy between Robert Boyle and Antoine Lavoisier.

Education

PhD, Texas A&M University, 1998

Major: Inorganic Chemistry

Teaching

CHEM 3100

Advanced Inorganic Chemistry, Fall 2024

CHEM 1210

Principles of Chemistry I PP, Fall 2024

CHEM 1220

Principles of Chemistry II PP, Fall 2024

CHEM 1220

Principles of Chemistry II PP, Summer 2024

CHEM 1225

Principles of Chemistry II Laboratory, Spring 2024

CHEM 1220

Principles of Chemistry II PP, Spring 2024

CHEM 1220

Principles of Chemistry II PP, Spring 2024

Presentations

Wilson, Bruce (Presenter & Author), Roots of Knowledge, "When the Narrative Has Overrun the Facts_ Alchemy, Ancient and Modern", UVU Library, Utah Valley University. (February 9, 2023)
Wilson, Bruce (Presenter & Author), UVU Chemistry Seminar, "The History of Alchemy, Chemistry's Weird Uncle", UVU Department of Chemistry, Orem, Utah. (October 18, 2021)
Wilson, Bruce (Presenter & Author), ACS Chemistry Week Presentation, "The Metals at Ytterby_ How a trade War Led to the Greatest Cache of New Elements", Central Utah Section, American Chemical Society , UVU Campus. (October 24, 2019)
Wilson, Bruce , UVU Chemistry Seminar, "The Mine at Ytterby", UVU Chemistry Department, UVU Campus. (September 14, 2012)
Wilson, Bruce , UVU Chemistry Seminar, "For the first time in history, a change will be made to the atomic weights of some elements....", UVU Chemistry Department, UVU Main Campus. (September 14, 2011)
Wilson, Bruce (Presenter & Author), UVU Chemistry Seminar, "Phosphorous: From Pee to P", UVU Chemistry Department, UVU NMain campus. (September 9, 2010)

Scholarly/Creative Works

Wilson, Bruce , Lindahl, P.A. , (1999) "Array" (vol. 4). Journal of Biological Chemistry.
Wilson, Bruce , (1998) ", “The Nature of the Coenzyme A Binding Site of Carbon Monoxide Dehydrogenase from Clostridium thermoaceticum.” " . Texas A&M University.
Wilson, Bruce , Chapoteau, G. , Czech, B.P. , Kumar, A. , Pose, A. , Bartch, R.A. , Holwerda, R.A. , Dalley, N.K. , Jiang, W.N. , (1989) "Array" (vol. 54). J. Org. Chem..
Wilson, Bruce , Eichhorn, B.W. , Haushalter, R.C. , Cotton, F.A. , (1988) "Array" (vol. 27). Inorg. Chem. .
Wilson, Bruce , Bradshaw, J.S. , Guynn, J.M. , Wood, S.G. , Krakowia, K.E. , Izatt, R.M. , McDaniel, C.W. , Dalley, N.K. , Lindh, G.C. , (1988) "Array" (vol. 53). J Org. Chem. .
Wilson, Bruce , Carter, C.M. , Facelli, J.C. , Alderman, D.W. , Grant, D.M. , Dalley, N.K. , (1988) "Array" (vol. 84). J. Chem. Soc. Faraday .