Texas Tech University
The following was coauthored to secure funding while at Texas Tech:
- TeraGrid grant number TG-CHE110010 - 4,400,000 SUs for “Direct Dynamics Simulations of Many-Atom Complex Molecular Systems.” P.I.: William L. Hase.
The following topics were investigated in my time at Texas Tech:
- SN2 reaction of MeI + -OH.
- Simulation of ionic liquids.
- Dissociation of 1,2-diiodoethane radical cation.
- Dynamics of HBr+ + CO2.
- Simulation of photochemical properties of Adenine.
- Direct dynamics simulation of the reaction between carbenes and nitrenium ions with water.
Participation in:
- Southwest Theoretical Chemistry Conference, Session Chair, Lubbock, Texas, October 21-23, 2011.
- 2011 Partnership for International Research Collaboration and Education (PIRE), Universtat Wien, Vienna, Austria, June 23 - July 29, 2011. Guide undergraduate research on the reaction of HBr+ + CO2.
- 2010 Partnership for International Research Collaboration and Education (PIRE), Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain, May 30 - July 23, 2010. Guide undergraduate research on the photochemical properties of Adenine.
- Mesilla chemistry workshop, Mesilla, NM, February 7-10, 2010.
University of California - Davis
Professional development: “Academic Inclusion, Undoing Marginalization on Campus,” April 10 & 11, 2009
In addition to those topics that produced reports, the following areas were also investigated while at UC Davis:
- Computational prediction of 1H and 13C NMR properties.
- Formation of kinked ladderanes.
- Metal-catalyzed aza-vinyl cyclopropane to aza-cyclopentene rearrangements.
- Rh-catalyzed cyclization of allene-ynes.
- Rh(I)-catalyzed C-H activation/6π-electrocyclization cascades.
- Zwitterionic, anionic and cationic aza-Cope rearrangements.
- Fundamental properties of aziridines.
- (2+2)-cycloaddition of allene-ynes.
- Pericyclic reactions of heteroaromatic systems.