Courses

2013-2014

• 18:261 Organic Chemistry I
• 18:271 Organic Chemistry II
• 18:281 Applied Organic Spectroscopy
• 18:471 Natural Product Synthesis

2012-2013

• 18:160 General Chemistry I
• 18:261 Organic Chemistry I
• 18:271 Organic Chemistry II
• 18:361 Advanced Organic Chemistry
• 18:451 Environmental Chemistry

My teaching interests center on the field of Organic Chemistry, with a quick survey of my standard courses this becomes apparent (you will also notice my courses end in the number “1”, this is no coincidence). Organic Chemistry I and II are offered every year and provide a wonderful survey of all the important families of organic compounds and some of the interesting chemistry they are involved in. These courses provide the background from which the biochemistry classes build upon. Applied Organic Spectroscopy is a new course that at its core is a high-tech mystery or problem solving affair. We get to explore some of the techniques scientists use to prove they’ve created some new molecule or determine what the structure of an unknown molecule might be. Applied Organic Spectroscopy will be offered each year, and on occasion Dr. Adrian Weber might be teaching it as well. Both Advanced Organic Chemistry and Natural Product Synthesis are cycled courses offered every other year. Natural Product Synthesis is a compare and contrast course between how Nature makes some of the fascinating molecules it does and how scientists might synthesize these in the lab. Advanced Organic Synthesis is a survey of some of the newest trends in Organic Chemistry tackling the big questions of the day. I also teach the “Organic” component of the Environmental Chemistry course, it’s amazing the amounts of Organic compounds found out there, take the course and find out! Finally I have been known to scare, torment, excite, thrill first year students in the General Chemistry I class with plenty of math, obscure concepts and big crazy sounding words.