Curriculum vitae

POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION

University of Texas Austin

Doctor of Philosophy

Chemistry

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Associate Professor of Chemistry

Austin Community College

• Instructor for an undergraduate general chemistry and orgainc chemistry lecture and lab courses

• Prepared lectures and published lecture notes on a course website, created and maintained a course website; wrote, administered, and graded exams, held office hours and mentored students

Teaching Assistant

University of Texas at Austin

• Instructor for an undergraduate organic chemistry lab course

• Prepared lectures, mentored students, and graded reports while maintaining a safe environment

UTeach Coordinator

University of Texas at Austin

• Organized over a hundred elementary school teachers and paired them with undergraduate students interested in teaching science

• Supervised twelve undergraduate teaching assistants and all sections of the course

Teaching Assistant

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

• Head instructor for an undergraduate organic chemistry lab course

• Prepared lectures, graded reports, and wrote quizzes while mentoring students

Marine Science Field Instructor

Newfound Harbor Marine Institute

• Conducted classes in lab and field settings, including Coral Reef Ecology, Coastal Ecology, Shark Biology, and Algal Community Ecology

• Coordinated school groups from all over the country, including planning their curricula, supervising teaching groups, and maintaining a safe learning environment for student groups in the ocean

PROFESSIONAL PUBLICATIONS

PUBLICATIONS / PRESENTATIONS

Amorde, S. M.; Jewet, I. T.; Martin, S. F., “Iminium ion cascade reactions: stereoselective synthesis of quinolizidines and indolizidines.” Tetrahedron 2009, 65, 3222-3231.

Amorde, S. M.; Judd, A. S.; Martin, S. F., “Cascade Iminium Ion Reactions for the Facile Synthesis of Quinolizidines. Concise Syntheses of (±)-Epilupinine and (-) Epimyrtine.” Org. Lett. 2005, 7, 2031-2033.

Amorde, S. M., Judd, A., Martin, S. F., “Cascade Iminium Ion Reactions for the Facile Synthesis of Indolizidines and Quinolizidines. Concise Syntheses of (±)-Epilupinine, (±)-Tashiromine, (-)-Epimyrtine.” (Full Paper) in preparation

227th ACS National Meeting, 2004, Anaheim, CA. Martin, Stephen F.; Amorde, Shawn M. “A novel cascade reaction to form indolizidine and quinolizidine alkaloids: Facile syntheses of (±)-epilupinine and (±)-tashiromine.”

American Chemical Society Southwest Regional Meeting, 2002, Austin, TX. Martin, S. F., Amorde, S. M., Judd, A., “A Cascade Approach Toward Indolizidines and Quinolizidine Alkaloids.”