RESEARCH INTERESTS
Synthetic organic chemistry, reaction development and methodology, green chemistry, free radical chemistry, organic fluorine chemistry
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
· Professor of Organic Chemistry (tenured), Jacksonville University (2023-present)
· Associate Professor of Organic Chemistry (tenured), Jacksonville University (2015-2023)
· Assistant Professor of Organic Chemistry, Jacksonville University (August 2009-2015)
· Director, School of Science and Mathematics (2020-2024)
· Chair, Department of Chemistry, Jacksonville University (2010-2019)
· Chair, Bylaws Committee, Jacksonville University (2025-2026)
· Chair, Academic Standards Committee, Jacksonville University (August 2014-2015)
EDUCATION and TRAINING
The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH (2006-2007)
· Postdoctoral Fellow working on natural product total synthesis and reaction development
· Advisor: Professor Leo A. Paquette (deceased)
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
· Doctor of Philosophy: Organic Chemistry, December 2005
· Advisor: Professor William R. Dolbier, Jr.
· Doctoral Dissertation: Hydrogen Atom Abstraction Reactivity of a Primary Fluoroalkyl Radical in Water
University of North Florida, Jacksonville, FL
· Bachelor of Science: Chemistry, April 2000