Professional Experience
2009-present Associate Professor of Chemistry
2003-2009Assistant Professor of Chemistry
2001-2003BLANCEFLOR Post-doctoral Research Associate, UM-St. Louis
1997-1998Research Assistant, University of Catania, Italy
Education
December 2001 Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry, Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, Athens
June 1997M.Sc. in Bioorganic Chemistry, University of Catania, Italy
Teaching Experience
Organic Chemistry undergraduate lecture two-semester course
Biochemistry undergraduate lecture two-semester course
Special Topics in Biochemistry-Carbohydrate chemistry-graduate lecture course
Biochemistry Laboratory
Graduate Seminar course
Conferences Attended-paper presented
2012
26th International Carbohydrate Symposium (ICS2012) Madrid, Spain, July 2012.
Invited Seminar, University of Georgia-April 2012
ASC Midwest Conference-poster by Paul Harmon
2011
Invited Seminar, University of Catania-April 2011
Invited seminar, University of Milan-Bicocca-April 2011
Invited Speaker-Gordon Research Conference-June 2011
2010
ACS St. Louis Section Undergraduate Research Symposium- poster by Matthew Stark
Invited seminar, SIUE School of Pharmacy
2009
65th Southwest ACS Regional meeting (El Paso, TX)-invited speaker
237th ACS National Meeting & Exposition (Salt Lake City, UT)-
ACS St. Louis Section Undergraduate Research Symposium- Daniel Mueller
STLAURS St. Louis Area Undergraduate Research Symposium- Harry Zollars and Daniel Mueller
2008
235th American Chemical Society National Meeting (New Orleans, LA)
SIUE Graduate Symposium- poster presentation by Uvege Priyadarshani
ACS ST. LOUIS SECTION Undergraduate Research Symposium-Dan Mueller
2007
234th American Chemical Society National Meeting (Boston, MA) –
20th University of Missouri Organic Day (Columbia, MO) –
2006
233rd American Chemical Society National Meeting (Chicago, IL) – poster by Nathan Ginder, grad.
232th American Chemical Society National Meeting (San Francisco, CA)-
XXIII International Carbohydrate Symposium (Whistler, Canada) –
Satellite Meeting on Recent Advances in Synthetic Carbohydrate Chemistry, XXIIIrd International Carbohydrate Symposium (Vancouver, Canada)
19th University of Missouri Organic Day (Columbia, MO) –
2005
18th University of Missouri Organic Day (Columbia, MO)
229th American Chemical Society National Meeting (San Diego, CA)
2004
XXII International Carbohydrate Symposium (Glasgow, Scotland)
17th University of Missouri Organic Day (Columbia, MO)
2001-2003
XIIth European Carbohydrate Symposium (Grenoble, France)-2
Gordon Research Conference on Carbohydrates (Tilton, NH)-2
16th University of Missouri Organic Day (Columbia, MO) - 2
XXIst International Carbohydrate Symposium (Cairns, Australia) - 2
XIth European Carbohydrate Symposium (Lisboa, Portugal) 1
Awards and honors
2004 Great Teacher Award, SIUE
2002 BLANCEFLOR Boncompagni-Ludovisi, neé Bildt Fellowship, Sweden.
2001 BLANCEFLOR Boncompagni-Ludovisi, neé Bildt Fellowship, Sweden.
Grants (pi)
2012 NSF-RUI '' Expanding the scope of protecting groups in chemical sialylations; -rejected
2011 American Heart Association ''Design, synthesis and evaluation of sialoconjugates as a new platform for CD14 targeting therapeutics'' -contract grant (PI AV Demchenko)-rejected.
2011 NSF - ICC - Proposal No. 1106678-International Collaboration in Chemistry between U.S. Investigators and their Counterparts Abroad-rejected due to the similar scientific expertise of the two collaborators.
2009 NSF "Isothermal Titration Calorimetry for Physical Chemistry and Biochemistry Laboratories," awarded (September 2009-August 2012).
2009 Henry Dreyfus Teacher Scholar Award- $60,000-submitted 8/12/09
2009 National Science Foundation - CCLI.- (coPI)-$198,978 awarded
2009 National Institutes of Health (C06 Institutional Construction Grant) - $14,759,725 submitted 06/17/09
2007 Summer Research Fellowship (SRF)-GRANTED
2007 Petroleum Research Funds (PRF)-Unsubmitted due to changes in applicability
2006 Summer Research Fellowship (SRF)-GRANTED
2006 Excellence in Undergraduate Education (EUE)-GRANTED
2006 Research Corporation-Granted
2005 Summer Research Fellowship (SRF)-GRANTED
2005 Excellence in Undergraduate Education (EUE)-GRANTED
2005 Excellence in Graduate Education (EGE)-GRANTED
2004 Summer Research Fellowship (SRF)-GRANTED
2004 Research Corporation-REJECTED
2004 Research and Equipment Tools (RET)-GRANTED
2003 Instructional Equipment Request (IER)-GRANTED
2003 Summer Research Fellowship (SRF)-GRANTED
Professional service
2007 Present Chemistry Club Advisor (Chair)
2007 PresentReviewer for Tetrahedron
2007 PresentReviewer for Organic Lett. and JOC
2004 PresentReviewer for Carbohydrate Research
2003 PresentReviewer for Current Organic Synthesis
2007 PresentGraduate committee member
2006 Chem. 241 Book Search Committee
2005-2007 Graduate advisor
2005 Safety Committee (Chair)
2005 Biochemist Search Committee (Chair)
2005 Panel Chair at the 229th ACS National Meeting (San Diego, CA)
2005 Chem. 120a Book Search Committee
2004 Organic Chemist Search Committee