About

Faculty profile/brief description: As a Senior Lecturer in Inorganic Chemistry at the University of Ghana, Dr. Bozumeh Som combines dedicated mentorship with innovative research. He strives to make advanced chemical concepts clear, rigorous, and approachable for his students. Professionally, his work focuses on inorganic chemistry, supramolecular chemistry, crystal engineering, and macrocyclic systems, with a focus on advancing both theoretical understanding and practical applications.

Education

Ph.D.: Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, USA

M.Sc.: Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, East Tennessee State University, USA

M.Sc.: Natural Resources Management (Specialization: Chemistry), Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway

B.Sc.: Chemistry, University of Cape Coast, Ghana

Research Interest

• Inorganic Chemistry: Synthesis, structure, and applications of coordination and organometallic complexes.
• Supramolecular Chemistry & Crystal Engineering: Non-covalent interactions, hydrogen bonding motifs, and molecular salts.
• Macrocyclic & Porous Materials: Bis-urea macrocycles and organic crystalline nanoreactor assemblies for selective chemical reactions

Publications

1.         Oluwatoba, D. S.; Islam, M. F.; Som, B.; Sindt, A. J.; Smith, M. D.; Shimizu, L. S.; Do, T. D., Evaluating the Effects of Metal Adduction and Charge Isomerism on Ion-Mobility Measurements using m-Xylene Macrocycles as Models. J. Am. Soc. Mass. Spectrom. 2022, 33 (5), 840-850. https://doi.org/10.1021/jasms.2c00033

2.         Som, B.; Smith, M. D.; Shimizu, L. S., Multi-dimensional copper(I) and silver (I) coordination polymers assembled with a pyridyl bis-urea macrocyclic ligand. Polyhedron 2021, 201, 115170. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.poly.2021.115170

3.         Som, B.; Shue, J. R.; Smith, M. D.; Shimizu, L. S., Temperature-induced pseudopolymorphism of molecular salts from a pyridyl bis-urea macrocycle and naphthalene-1,5-disulfonic acid. Acta Crystallographica Section C 2018, 74 (1), 75-81. https://doi.org/10.1107/S2053229617017600

4.         Kittikhunnatham, P.; Som, B.; Rassolov, V.; Stolte, M.; Würthner, F.; Shimizu, L. S.; Greytak, A. B., Fluorescence Polarization Measurements to Probe Alignment of a Bithiophene Dye in One-Dimensional Channels of Self-Assembled Phenylethynylene Bis-Urea Macrocycle Crystals. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2017, 121 (33), 18102-18109. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.7b07136

5.         Som, B.; Salpage, S. R.; Son, J.; Gu, B.; Karakalos, S. G.; Smith, M. D.; Shimizu, L. S., Pillars of assembled pyridyl bis-urea macrocycles: a robust synthon to organize diiodotetrafluorobenzenes. CrystEngComm 2017, 19 (3), 484-491. https://doi.org/10.1039/C6CE02392D

6.         Salpage, S. R.; Xu, Y.; Som, B.; Sindt, A. J.; Smith, M. D.; Shimizu, L. S., Pyridylphenylethynylene bis-urea macrocycles: self-assembly and utility as a nanoreactor for the selective photoreaction of isoprene. RSC Advances 2016, 6 (100), 98350-98355. https://doi.org/10.1039/C6RA18681E

7.         Salpage, S. R.; Paul, A.; Som, B.; Banerjee, T.; Hanson, K.; Smith, M. D.; Vannucci, A. K.; Shimizu, L. S., Structural, electrochemical and photophysical properties of an exocyclic di-ruthenium complex and its application as a photosensitizer. Dalton Transactions 2016, 45 (23), 9601-9607. https://doi.org/10.1039/C6DT01377E