Dr. Gavin Rustin
Gavin received his Honors in Discipline Biochemistry B.S. degree from East Tennessee State University where he performed electrochemical research for Dr. Jeffery Wardeska. He then went to the University of Tennessee Knoxville working for Dr. Ampofo Darko on Rhodium (II) ligand synthesis before getting his Masters. He took a year off to bartend before going to the University of Southern Mississippi under the tutelage of Dr. Matthew Donahue and receiving his Ph.D. Gavin’s dissertation was titled “The Effect of Sulfonamides Structural and Reactive Properties Examined through the Difunctionalization of Alkenes“. Outside of the lab, he spends time with Meg Freeman, his wife and lone member of the Gustafson Fun Committee, and their dog, Nala, playing Magic the Gathering, lifting weights, and watching football.