Professor of Chemistry

Email John Richardson
Phone Number: (502) 852-7069 (Office)
Fax Number: fax: (502) 852-8149

Mailing Address:

Department of Chemistry, 2320 South Brook St, Louisville KY 40292

Additional Appointments:

• Director, University Honors Program

Education:

• Ph. D. 1981, University of Western Ontario

Research Focus:

X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY

• Structure/function relationships in catalytic systems
• Molecular stacking
• Phase transitions
• Structure and bonding in main group chemistry
• Low coordinate and low valent unsaturated non-metals

MOLECULAR GRAPHICS/COMPUTATIONAL CHEMISTRY

• Solid acids such as zeolites and silico-aluminates
• Catalytic systems
• Conformational studies of oligosaccharides
• Inorganic cage compounds

Selected Publications:

• Hopkins KL, Mushtaq S, Richardson JF, Doumith M, de Pinna E, Cheasty T, Wain J, Livermore DM, Woodford N. In vitro activity of rifaximin against clinical isolates of Escherichia coli and other enteropathogenic bacteria isolated from travellers returning to the UK.Int J Antimicrob Agents. 2014 May;43(5):431-7. doi: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2014.01.026. Epub 2014 Mar 1.
• Edwards DS, Milne LM, Morrow K, Sheridan P, Verlander NQ, Mulla R, Richardson JF, Pender A, Lilley M, Reacher M. Campylobacteriosis outbreak associated with consumption of undercooked chicken liver pâté in the East of England, September 2011: identification of a dose-response risk. Epidemiol Infect. 2014 Feb;142(2):352-7. doi: 10.1017/S0950268813001222. Epub 2013 May 28.
• J. Britten; N. G. R. Hearns; K. E. Preuss; J. F. Richardson; S. Bin-Salamon, "Mn(II) and Cu(II) Complexes of a Dithiadiazolyl Radical Ligand: Monomer/Dimer Equilibria in Solution" Inorg. Chem., 46, 3934-3945 (2007).
• J. L. Brusso; S. Derakhshan; H. Kleinke; R. C. Haddon; M. E. Itkis;  R. T. Oakley; R. W. Reed; J. F. Richardson; C. M. Robertson; L. K. Thompson, "Isostructural bis-dithiazolyl and bis-Thiaselenazolyl Radicals: Trends in Bandwidth and Conductivity" Inorg. Chem., 45, 10958-10966 (2006).
• A. A. Leitch; C. E. McKenzie; R. T. Oakley; R. W. Reed; J. F. Richardson; L. D. Sawyer, "Bimodal Association of a bis-1,2,3-dithiazolyl radical" J. Chem. Soc.,Chem. Commun., 1088-1090 (2006).
• L. Beer; J. L. Brusso; R. C. Haddon; M. E. Itkis; H. Kleinke; A. A. Leitch; R. T.Oakley; R. W. Reed; J. F. Richardson; R. A. Secco; X. Yu, "Pressure Enhanced Conductivity in Bis-1,2,3-Thiaselenazolyl Dimers" J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 127, 18159-18170 (2005).
• L. Beer; J. L. Brusso; R. C. Haddon; M. E. Itkis; R. T.Oakley; R. W. Reed; J. F. Richardson; R. A. Secco; X. Yu, "The Effect of Selenium Incorporation on the Bandwidth and Conductivity of Neutral Radical Conductors" J. Chem. Soc.,Chem. Commun., 5745-5747 (2005).
• L. Beer; J. L. Brusso; R. C. Haddon; M. E. Itkis; A. A. Leitch; R. T.Oakley; R. W. Reed; J. F. Richardson; D. G. van derVeer, "Bis -1,2,3-thiaselenazolyl radicals and their σ-bonded dimers" J. Chem. Soc.,Chem. Commun., 1543-1545 (2005).
• R. T. Oakley; R. W. Reed; C. M. Robertson; J. F. Richardson, "Naphthalene-1,2,3-dithiazolyl and its Selenium Containing Variants" Inorg. Chem., 44, 1837-1845 (2005).
• L. Beer; J. L. Brusso; R. C. Haddon; M. E. Itkis; A. A. Leitch; R. T.Oakley; R. W. Reed; J. F. Richardson; D. G. VanderVeer, "Resonance Stabilized bis-thiadiazinyl Radicals" J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 1218-1220 (2005).