Education
Post-doctoral Research Associate: Boston College, Boston, Massachusetts.
Ph.D. (Chemistry): Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, August 1994.
B.S. (Chemistry): Canisius College, Buffalo, New York, May 1988.
Teaching Experience
Saint Anselm College
August 2002 - present Associate Professor of Chemistry
August 1995 - 2002 - Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Pennsylvania State University
1990-1991 - Teaching Assistant for the Organic Chemistry Laboratory
1989-1990 - Teaching Assistant for the General Chemistry Laboratory
Research Experience
Saint Anselm College
August 1995 - present - Research interests include organic synthesis and methodology, molecular recognition and the design and implementation of new undergraduate laboratory experiments.
Boston College:
January 1994 - July 1995 - Post-doctoral Research Associate with Dr. T. Ross Kelly. Major research interest: Synthesis of Quinone Based Natural Products Pradimicinone and PD116740.
Pennsylvania State University
May 1989 - May 1994 - Doctoral student under the direction of Dr. Ken Feldman. Thesis: Tetraethynylmethane and Studies Directed Toward Carbon Network Synthesis and Vinylcyclopropane Oxygenation; Transition State Analysis and Studies Directed Toward the Synthesis of Denticulatin B.
Canisius College
Summer 1988 - Summer Undergraduate Research, Oxy Chem, research with Dr. Karl Seper.
June 1987 - May 1988 - Dana Foundation Grant, Canisius College, research with Dr. Frank J. Dinan, developing microscale experiments for the undergraduate laboratory.
Summer 1986 - Undergraduate Research, Canisius College, under the direction of Dr. Joseph F. Bieron.
Courses Taught
CH131H General Chemistry II; CH210 Chemistry of Food; CH250-251 Organic Chemistry I & II; CH350 Organic Chemistry III; CH355 Polymer Chemistry; CH370 Synthesis and Characterization; CH410 Research; CH420-421 Research and Seminar I & II.