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Faculty
Pedro Bernal
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B.S., Chemistry, University of Tennessee Ph.D., Physical Chemistry, University of Tennessee |
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D. Larry Eng-Wilmot
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B.S., Chemistry, Eckerd College Professor Eng-Wilmot’s interests are in bioinorganic chemistry, the coordination chemistry of transition metals, solution equilibria, and analytical chemistry. He is also interested curriculum, pedagogy, quantitative problem solving and problem-based learning, strategies for concept mastery and assessment, molecular visualization, service-learning, and teaching-learning with the general student. He regularly offers courses in general, analytical , and inorganic chemistry for chemistry, biology and biochemistry/molecular biology majors, and courses focused on the role of chemistry and society for the non science major. Dr. Eng-Wilmot's research interests are in the areas of bioinorganic chemistry and coordination chemistry; the molecular structure of microbial iron transport compounds (“siderophores”); role of siderophores in organism-organism interactions; coordination chemistry in natural water systems; molecular structure and stereochemistry by spectroscopic, chromatographic and single-crystal X-ray diffraction methods; chromatographic separations; environmental analysis. |
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Richard W. Gregor
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B.A., Chemistry, DePauw University Dr. Gregor performed his PhD. research at the University of Pittsburgh in Physical Chemistry studying crossed molecular beams of metastable noble gases. He retired from Bell Labs after a career making Integrated Circuits. His interests at Rollins are in the development of new experiments for the undergraduate Organic Chemistry curriculum. He has a particular interest in investigations of the bisphenol family of chemicals known to behave as endocrine disruptors. He is published in all of these areas and is the holder of numerous patents. His hobbies include running, biking, and playing guitar in the band Plasma Damage.
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Laurel Goj Habgood
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A.B., Chemistry, Smith College Professor Habgood’s area of specialization is organometallic chemistry. She offers courses in organic chemistry and inorganic chemistry for science majors as well forensic chemistry for the non-scientist. Her research focuses on the use of transition metal-based catalysts for useful organic transformations. Development of more efficient catalysts can have great potential impact on society. Two of the most salient reasons for this type of research are environmental conservation (reduced usage of natural resources and generation of less chemical waste) and synthetic improvements (pharmaceutical and agricultural compounds). Sabbatical AY 2012-2013 |
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Toby Long
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B.S., Chemistry, Missouri State University M.S., Chemistry, Missouri State University Ph.D., Organic Chemistry, University of Kansas Professor Long’s area of expertise is continuous-flow microfluidic synthesis and electrochemistry. His current research revolves around a unique collaboration that brings together academic, industry, and non-profit research sectors that span the globe from US to Europe and Japan to uncover new, efficient methods for drug discovery. Future areas of work will focus on natural product-based neuroprotective probes to aid in the fight against Alzheimer’s disease as well as fragment-based drug discovery approaches and the search for better small molecule-based anesthetics. |
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A.B., Chemistry, Trinity University Dr. Martínez' teaching experience includes courses in organic chemistry, medicinal chemistry and drug design, chemical biology, general chemistry, biochemistry, organometallic chemistry, biotechnology, and technology transfer. His expertise includes the use of cooperative and collaborative learning in the classroom, interdisciplinary Peer-Led Team Learning, research-like labs, the development of online visualization and organic courseware for asynchronous teaching, and the assessment of pedagogical effectiveness of 3-dimensional visualization.
An author of over a dozen peer-reviewed scientific publications and two patents, Dr. Martínez’s current research effort is focused on the synthesis and application of small molecules to probe, visualize, and study the biology of infectious disease, cancer, and immune response. His research program has been supported by the NIH, DOD, the Research Corporation, and the Texas-based Welch Foundation.
Dr. Martínez has been working nationally supporting and broadening participation of underrepresented minorities in research and the recruitment and retention university minority faculty and students in science. He also has worked with high school and middle school teachers in Brevard and Palm Beach counties (FL), and state-wide in Texas, on developing inquiry-based chemistry labs that incorporate state and national science standards. Dr. Martínez has served as a featured keynote speaker and teacher workshop leader and has served as a faculty mentor to middle school and high school teachers pursuing their MA in Teaching. Prior to his appointment at Rollins, he was a Senior Scientist at the Scripps Research Institute-Florida (Jupiter FL) and on the faculty of UT-El Paso. He was a Ford Foundation Fellow and a recipient of the Research Corporation Cottrell College Science Award. |
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B.Sc., Forestry and Soil Science, North Carolina State University |
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B.A., Chemistry, Biochemistry, & Biology, Wartburg College Ph.D., Biomedical Science: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine At Rollins, Dr. Riley teaches lab and lecture courses in general chemistry and all levels of biochemistry. Her research interests, which were initiated during her recent postdoctoral research fellowship with Dr. Joan Steitz at Yale University, focus on non-coding RNA biochemistry. Together with her students, Professor Riley is currently exploring the interplay between cancer-causing viruses and human cells. They identified and are currently exploring thousands of gene transcripts that are regulated by human and viral microRNAs: tiny non-coding RNAs that base pair with specific messenger RNAs to down-regulate them. The Riley Lab’s projects are interdisciplinary, combining foundational elements of biochemistry, bioinformatics, molecular biology, cell biology, and genetics. In her free time, Dr. Riley performs with musical groups, works with the American Cancer Society, and enjoys swimming and fishing at her family’s cabin in Wisconsin. |
Tara WilliamsAdjunct Professor of Chemistry
tnwilliams@rollins.edu 407.646.2223 |
B.S., Chemistry, Florida State University D.Phil., Chemistry, University of Sussex Dr. William’s area of specialization is in synthetic inorganic chemistry. Her D.Phil. research focused on the synthesis and reactivity of high valent low-coordinate metal centers for small molecule activation. This research is important for the development of catalysts used in the reduction of carbon dioxide and the closure of the carbon cycle. Dr. Williams is teaching an adjunct course in general chemistry this semester. |
Staff
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Beverley Bridge
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Wilbur Kersey
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Pamela Mason
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