DEPT: Chemistry
YEAR OF GRAD STUDY: 2006-2013

MENTOR(S): Prof. Daniel Quinn
SOURCE(S) OF SUPPORT: GAANN, GEM, CBB/NIH training grant, NIH Counter Act grant

EDUCATION:
Grambling State University B.S. 2006 Chemistry
University of Iowa Ph.D. 2013Organic Chemistry

HONORS:

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
2008-2009 (General Chemistry TA, University of Iowa Dept. of Chemistry)

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE (prior to entering program):
Undergraduate Research-Grambling State University Dept. of Chemistry
(Mentor: Dr. Connie Walton), 2003 Summer REU-SUNY Stony Brook, 2004 SURE Program Georgia Tech University,
Procter & Gamble (2005 R&D Summer Intern-Beauty Division), 2006  Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (GEM Fellowship Program)

CURRENT RESEARCH ACTIVITIES (brief description): Currently pursuing J.D. at the University of Iowa College of Law with an emphasis in Patent Law

COURSES TAKEN (this graduate program):
Advanced Organic Chemistry, Spectroscopic Methods for Organic Chemistry, Physical Chemistry I & II, Advanced Inorganic Chemistry, Organic Mechanisms, Synthesis, Intro to Biocatalysis, Intro to Biochemical Engineering, Bio-inorganic Chemistry, Organic Chemistry Seminar

POSTDOCTORAL TRAINING APPLIED FOR: N/A

APPLICATION(S) FOR POSTDOCTORAL FUNDING: N/A

PUBLICATIONS: PLEASE LIST BELOW AND CONTINUE ON THE BACK OF THIS FORM:
Sumana N. Yasapala, Joseph J. Topczewski, Sarah J. Gross, Alexander M. Lodge, Jason A. Morrill and Daniel M. Quinn, Sulfonium Species as Reversible Inhibitors of Human Acetylcholinesterase, (forthcoming)
Topczewski, J.J., Lodge, A.M., Yasapala, S.N., Payne, M.K., Keshavarzi, P.M., Quinn, D.M. Reversible inhibition of human acetylcholinesterase by methoxypyridinium species. Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett., 2013, 23, 5786-5789
Pierce, E.M., Wellman, D.M., Lodge, A.M., Rodriguez, E.A. Experimental determination of the dissolution kinetics of zero-valent iron in the presence of organic complexants. Env. Chem., 2007, 4, 260-270