Curriculum Vitae

Stephen Chamberland, Ph.D.

Post-Doctoral Research Associate

Department of Chemistry, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO  80523

Phone: (970) 491-6668

E-mail: stephenchamberland@hotmail.com

 

Anticipated Availability:  2006-2007                                

 

Citizenship:  United States

 

Primary Career Objective:  Full-time Ph.D.-level medicinal or synthetic (process) chemistry research in the pharmaceutical industry

 

EDUCATION:

           

 University of California, Irvine

 

 Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts

 Cumulative GPA:  3.6/4.0

 Cumulative Chemistry GPA:  3.9/4.0

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:          

 

·        September  2005 – Present     Colorado State University Department of Chemistry, Fort Collins, CO

 

Post-Doctoral Research Associate with Professor Robert M. Williams, Ph.D.

 

·        Preparation and Analysis of Early-Stage Intermediates Proposed for the Biosynthesis of FR-900482

 

·        July 1999 – June 2005           University of California, Irvine Department of Chemistry

 

Graduate Research Associate with Professor Keith A. Woerpel, Ph.D.

 

·        Synthesis of eight-membered ring lactones possessing a remote alkyl or alkoxy substituent

·        Exploiting remote stereocontrol to achieve stereoselective reactions of eight-membered ring oxocarbenium ions

·       The preparation and the computational, spectroscopic, and crystallographic analysis of stable dioxocarbenium ion salts for the purpose of understanding the general conformational preferences of charged intermediates versus neutral structures

 

·        May 1997 – May 1999           Boston College Department of Chemistry, Chestnut Hill, MA

 

Undergraduate Research Associate and Scholar of the College senior thesis project with Professor T. Ross Kelly, Ph.D. 

 

·        Scholar of the College Thesis Title:  Total Synthesis of Luotonin A and Studies Directed Toward the Total Syntheses of Louisianins C and D, and Ulupyrinone

 

PUBLICATIONS AND NATIONAL PRESENTATIONS:

 

·  Chamberland, S. Using Nucleophilic Substitution Reactions to Understand How a Remote Alkyl or Alkoxy Substituent Influences the Conformation of Eight-Membered Ring Oxocarbenium Ions and Structural Evidence that Alkoxy Substituents Adopt Electronically Preferred Pseudoaxial Orientations in Six-Membered Ring Dioxocarbenium Ions. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, June 2005.

 

· Chamberland, S.; Ziller, J. W.; Woerpel, K. A. Structural Evidence that Alkoxy Substituents Adopt Electronically Preferred Pseudoaxial Orientations in Six-Membered Ring Dioxocarbenium Ions. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127, 53225323

 

·  Chamberland, S.; Woerpel, K. A. Using Nucleophilic Substitution Reactions to Understand How a Remote Alkyl or Alkoxy Substituent Influences the Conformation of Eight-Membered Ring Oxocarbenium Ions. Org. Lett. 2004, 6, 4739–4741

 

· Kelly, T.R.; Chamberland, S.; Silva, R.A. The Total Synthesis of Luotonin A. Tetrahedron Lett. 1999, 40, 2723

 

· Synthesis and nucleophilic substitution reactions of eight-membered ring oxocarbenium ion precursors containing a remote alkyl or alkoxy substituent.  Woerpel, K. A.; Chamberland, S.  227th ACS National Meeting, Anaheim, CA, United States, March 28-April 1, 2004 (2004), ORGN-020.

 

HONORS AND AWARDS:

 

· Scholar of the College, Boston College, 1999

· Dean’s List, Boston College, 1995–1999

· Member of the Boston College Chapter of the Golden Key National Honor Society

 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

 

·  September 1999 – December 2001        University of California, Irvine

 

Teaching Assistant for Five Undergraduate Organic Chemistry Laboratory Courses and Head Teaching Assistant for an Undergraduate Organic Chemistry Lecture Course

 

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:

 

· Member of the American Chemical Society since 1999

 

REFERENCES:

 

Professor Robert M. Williams, Ph.D.                                                 Professor Keith A. Woerpel, Ph. D

Department of Chemistry                                                                   Department of Chemistry

Colorado State University                                                                  University of California, Irvine

Fort Collins, CO  80523                                                                    Irvine, CA  92697-2025

Phone:  (970) 491-6747                                                                    Phone:  (949) 824-4239

Email:  rmw@chem.colostate.edu                                                       Email:  kwoerpel@uci.edu

 

Professor David L. Van Vranken, Ph. D.                                           Professor Scott D. Rychnovsky, Ph. D.

Department of Chemistry                                                                   Department of Chemistry

University of California, Irvine                                                            University of California, Irvine

Irvine, CA  92697-2025                                                                    Irvine, CA  92697-2025

Phone:  (949) 824-5455                                                                    Phone:  (949) 824-8292

Email:  dlvanvra@uci.edu                                                                   Email:  srychnov@uci.edu