CONDENSED VITA

 

John C. DiCesare                                 Associate Professor                        University of Tulsa

 

EDUCATION

 

Institution and Location                      Degree           Year Conferred           Field of Study

 

University of Central Florida                   B.S.                         1987                 Chemistry

         (Orlando,FL)

Georgia Institute of Technology              Ph.D.                       1992                 Organic Chemistry

         (Ga.Tech, Atlanta, GA)

Research Triangle Institute                      Post-doc             1992-1993            Medicinal Chemistry

         (Research Triangle Park, NC)

 

RESEARCH AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

 

8/01 - pres       Associate Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK

8/95 - 7/01       Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK

8/94 - 8/95       Adjunct Assistant Professor, North Carolina Central University, Durham, NC.

8/94 - 8/95       Research Associate, Center for Organic and Medicinal Chemistry, Research Triangle

                        Institute (RTI), Research Triangle Park (RTP), NC.

11/93 - 8/94     Process Development Scientist, Advanced ChemTech, Louisville, KY

7/92 - 10/93     Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Organic and Medicinal Chemistry, RTI, RTP, NC.

 

Areas of Specialization

 

Organic Chemistry:               Development of synthetic methodologies in asymmetric synthesis.

Medicinal Chemistry:            Synthesis of compounds for biological evaluation.

Combinatorial Chemistry:     Solid-phase synthetic methodology and automated library generation.

Material Science:                  Functionalization of Carbon nanotubes, Development of molecularly

                                               imprinted polymers and sol-gel chemistry

 

 

Honors/Awards

 

Recipient, Zelimir Schmidt Award for Research Excellence (2004)

Three Undergraduate Students have won Goldwater Scholarships Awards

Recipient, Residential School on Medicinal Chemistry Fellowship (1997)

Recipient, Monsanto / UCF Summer Research Fellowship (1987)

 

 

PUBLICATIONS

(University of Tulsa undergraduate authors are in bold)

 

Rheokinetics of Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization of Norbornene Based Monomers Intended

for Self-healing Applications, G. E. Larin, M. R. Kessler, N. Bernklau, and J. C. DiCesare,

Polymer Engineering and Science; Accepted. Aug. 2006.

 

The Rearrangement of a 5H-Benzocycloheptanaphthalene-5,12-Imine to5,12-Naphthacenequinone,

Suong Nguyen and John C. DiCesare, Heterocyclic Commun. In Revision. Aug. 2006.

 

Modification of the Titanium(IV) Isopropoxide Reductive Amination Reaction:  Application to Solid

Phase Synthesis, John C. DiCesare, Celesta E. White, Wendy Rasmussen, Bryan White,

Laura Craft and Charles McComas; Synth. Commun., 2005, 35, 663-668.

 

Progress in Developing Nerve Agent Sensors Using Combinatorial Techniques. John C. DiCesare, Starr N.

Horne, Jennifer L. Parker, Justin M. Kita and Christopher J. Peeples;  Mat Res. Soc. Symp.

Proc. 2004, 787, G.2.3.1.

 

Photo-Catalytic Oxidation of Isopropanol in a TiO2/SiO2 Catalytic Thin Films, Atul Kumar and John

C. DiCesare; Proceedings of the AIChE National Meeting, Advanced Materials for

Environmental Remediation Symposium, paper number 396c, 2003.

 

Development of a Sensor for the Hydrolysis Product of the Nerve Agent Soman utilizing Molecular

Imprinting and Silica Sol-Gel Techniques, Jennifer L. Parker, Starr N. Horne, Justin M. Kita,

Christopher J. Peeples and John C. DiCesare; Polym. Mater.:Sci. Eng., 2003, 88, 328.

 

Toward Molecularly-Templated Organophosphonate Sensors using Silica Sol-Gel Techniques., Starr

N. Horne, Jennifer Parker, Justin Kita, Christopher P. Peeples and John C. DiCesare,  Polym

Mater. Sci. Eng., 2002, 86,.

 

Improved Procedure for the Large Scale Synthesis of 1,2,3,4,4a,9b-Hexahydrodibenzothiophene,

DiCesare, J.C.; Thompson, L.B.; Andersen, R.J.; and Nail, J.; Org. Prep. Proced. Int.,2000,

32, 169.

 

Large Scale Reductive Cleavage of Dibenzothiophene, DiCesare, J.C.; and White, B.W.; Heterocyclic

Commun., 2000, 6, 29.

 

Identification of the Factors Affecting the Rate of Deactivation of Hypochlorous Acid by Melatonin,

Dellagar, S.M.; Murphy, S.A.; Bourne, A.E.; DiCesare, J.C.; and Purser, G.P. Biochem.

Biophys. Res. Commun., 1999, 257, 431-439.

 

Synthesis and Structural Determination of 5H-Benzocyclohepten-5,8-imines, J. Heterocyclic Chem.,

1994, 31, 187, John C. DiCesare, Jason P. Burgess, S. Wayne Mascarella, Richard Rothman

and F. Ivy Carroll.

 

The Reaction of Quaternary Ammonium Salts Derived From 2-Aryl-3-(N,N-Dimethylamino)-1-

Propenes with Oxygen Containing Nucleophiles, Synth. Commun. 1989, 19, 1413, John T.

Gupton, John C. DiCesare and Joan Brown.

 

 

          Manuscripts of Completed Work in Various Stages of Preparation

                                                (This is for motivational purposes)

 

Mechanistic Insights Into the Titanium(IV) Isopropoxide Reductive Amination Reaction, Tetrahedron

Lett. To be Submitted, Laura Craft, Holly Black, Celesta E. White and John C. DiCesare.

 

Synthesis of 1-((4-Triethoxysilyl)phenyl)-4,4,4-trifluoro-1,3-butanedione, a Novel Trialkoxysilane

        Monomer for the Preparation of Functionalized Sol-Gel Matrix Materials. Phosphorus, Sulfur

        and Silicon, To Be Submitted, Christopher J. Peeples, Raghu Ram Earni and John C. DiCesare

 

Carbohydrate Derived Enol Ethers 1: Asymmetric 1,2 Addition Reactions to Aldehydes, Synlett., To be

Submitted, John C. DiCesare, Reza J. Azadi and Patrick G. McDougal.

 

Carbohydrate Derived Enol Ethers 2: Asymmetric Reduction of Enones, Synlett., To be Submitted,

John C. DiCesare, Reza J. Azadi and Patrick G. McDougal.

 

Carbohydrate Derived Enol Ethers 3: Asymmetric Hydrogenation of Alkenes, Synlett., To be

Submitted, John C. DiCesare, Jonathan Pillow and Patrick G. McDougal.

 

 

Professional Presentations

 

         Presentations by John DiCesare                                    26

         Presentations by Undergraduates                                  65

         Presentations by graduate student and post-docs           5

 

 

                                                Funded Outside Proposals

(Out of 48 Submitted, PI-unless otherwise denoted)

 

17.   Molecular Libraries from Imidazole-4,5-dicarboxylic Acid, Funded, ($646,172),

        Sept. 06 - Aug. 09   Co-Principal Investigator with Paul Baures (P.I.-Chemistry)

 

16.   Autonomic Repair Using Nanocomposite Healing Agents Containing Functionalized

        Nanotubes, White Paper submitted to the Army Research Office, April 2006,

        Co-PI with Mike Kessler (Materials Science- Iowa State University)

 

15.   Polymer Nanocomposites:  Property Enhancement with ROMP Functionalized Carbon Nanotubes.,

Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, Funded, ($38,750), Aug. 05 - May 06.

 

14.   Second Generation Photocatalytic Oxidation Processes for the NASA Advanced Water

Recovery System, NASA EPSCoR  Years 4 and 5, (TU Share $126,500), Sept. 04 - Aug. 06,

Co-Principal Investigator with James Harmon (OSU) and Mark Nanny and Elizabeth Butler (OU).

 

13.   Lysine Decarboxylase Activity in Periodontitis Patients,  NIH-NIDCR, (TU Share $26,014),

        June 03 - Dec. 04, Sub-Contract from Martin Levine, OU- Health Sciences Center.

 

12.   Processes for In-Situ Incapacitation of Explosives, Memorial Institute for the Prevention of

Terrorism (MIPT), (TU Share $144,155), Jan. 02 - Dec. 04, Co-Principal Investigator with Allen

Apblett, Oklahoma State University.

 

11.   Development of Molecularly Imprinted Polymer Sensors for Chemical Warfare Agents

Utilizing Combinatorial Chemistry Techniques, DOD DEPSCoR, ($425,000), Apr. 01 - Dec. 04.

 

10.   Second Generation Photocatalytic Oxidation Processes for the NASA Advanced Water

Recovery System ,NASA EPSCoR, (TU Share $189,750), Sept. 01 - Aug. 04,

Co-Principal Investigator with James Harmon (OSU) and Mark Nanny and Elizabeth Butler (OU).

 

9.     Software Grant for reviewing ChemOffice Ultra 2000 Enhanced, CambridgeSoft Corporation,

($2,000), 2000.

 

8.     Used Energy Related Equipment Grant, U.S. Department of Energy, ($244,000),  Jan. 99 - Dec. 99.

 

7.     Software Grant for reviewing ChemOffice Ultra 98, CambridgeSoft Corporation,

($1,995), 1998.

 

6.     PhaseII:  Preparation of High Purity Compounds for Thermodynamic Evaluation, DOE,

($49,995), Sept 97 - Aug 98.

 

5.     Travel Grant to Attend the 1997 Residential School on Medicinal Chemistry, ($2,500),

        Summer 97.

 

4.     National Demonstration site for CombiTec Automated Synthesizer, Tecan, 2 year lease,

(approx. $40,000), 1996 - 1998.

 

3.     Acquisition of Instrumentation for an Oklahoma Statewide Shared NMR Facility, Subcontract

for purchase of UNIX workstation, National Science Foundation, ($10,000), June 96 - May 97.

 

2.     Phase I:  Preparation of High Purity Compounds for Thermodynamic Evaluation, DOE,

($60,061). Sept. 96 - Aug. 97.

 

1.     Development of Selective Opioid Antagonists, NIH, ($381,308), Principal Investigator,

Dr. Ivy Carroll, Research Triangle Institute (written as a research associate at RTI).

 

 

                                      Funded Internal Proposals

 

Development of Visible Light Packed Bed Photocatalysts, TU Faculty Research Grant, 2005, ($1,000)

 

Synthesis of Rigid Histamine H3 Compounds, TU Faculty Development Summer Fellowship, 2000,

($5,070).

 

Investigation of the Reaction Mechanism of the Titanium Isopropoxide Reductive Amination Reaction,

TU Faculty Development Summer Fellowship, 1999, ($4,555).

 

Investigation of Carbohydrates as Chiral Auxiliaries in Asymmetric Synthesis,  TU Faculty

Development Summer Fellowship, 1998, ($4,389).

 

Development of Asymmetric Synthetic Methodologies, TU Faculty Research Grant, Summer 1997,

($450).

 

Development of Solid Phase Reductive Amination Reactions, TU Faculty Research Grant, Summer

1996, ($750).

 

Development of Synthetic Methodologies in Combinatorial Chemistry: Reductive Aminations,  TU

Faculty Development Summer Fellowship, 1996, ($4,300).

 

 

                                                Teaching Experience

 

CHEM 7113 / 5113     Advanced Organic Chemistry     CHEM 3013       Organic Chemistry I

CHEM 4873/ 6873      Organic Synthesis                       CHEM 3021       Organic Chemistry Lab II

CHEM 6213 / 4213     Medicinal Chemistry                   CHEM 3011       Organic Chemistry Lab I

CHEM 4012                Qualitative Analysis                    CHEM 1013       General Chemistry I

CHEM 4012L              Qualitative Analysis Lab             CHEM 1004       Chemistry in Medicine

CHEM 3023                Organic Chemistry II                  CHEM 1003       Introductory Chemistry

                                                                                           

 

Masters and Doctoral Committees at The University of Tulsa

 

Sonali Gavali                   M.S. Chemistry                             (Current Student)          (Chair)

Vamsi Jamalapuram         M.S. Chemical Engineering            (Aug. 2006)                 (Chair)

Sireesh Boya                   M.S. Chemical Engineering            (Dec. 2005)                 (Chair)

Nathaniel Bernklau          M.S. Mechanical Engineering        (Aug. 2005)                 (Member)

Syed Ahmed                   M.S. Mechanical Engineering        (Nov. 2004)                 (Member)

Ragu Earni                       M.S. Chemistry                             (Dec.2003)                  (Chair)

Kiran Kowkuntla             M.S. Chemistry                             (Dec.2003)                  (Chair)

Atul Kumar                     M.S. Chemical Engineering            (Nov.2003)                  (Chair)

Jennifer Parker                M.S. Chemistry                             (Aug.2003)                  (Chair)

Riza Pasikki                     M.S. Chemical Engineering            (April2002)                  (Co-Chair)

Jacqueline Beers              Left for Pharmacy School              (8/99- 6/00)                 (Chair)

 

 

                                      Undergraduate Student Researchers

 

1.      Charles McComas (8/95 - 5/97)                         2.      Brian Thompson (8/96 - 8/97)

3.      Wendy Rasmussen (8/96 - 5/97)                         4.      Holly Black (8/96 - 5/98)

5.      Celesta McGee (5/96 - 5/99)  (Goldwater)        6.      Jonathan Pillow (5/96 - 5/98)

7.      Robert Sterling (5/96 - 8/96)                               8.      Bryan White (5/97 - 5/99)

9.      Ryan Andersen (5/97 - 5/99)                               10.    Leslie Prader (8/97 - 6/98)

11.    Reza Azadi (5/98 - 8/00)                                     12.    Carrie Richardson (6/99 - 5/03)

13.    Daniel Murphy (8/99 - 5/00)                               14.    Shawn Nichols (8/99 - 5/01)

15.    Trey Paschal (8/99 - 5/01)                                  16.    Laura Craft (6/99- 5/03)  (Goldwater)

17.    Ryan Davis (8/00- 6/01)                                      18.    Nazi Malik (5/01- 5/02)

19.    Justin Kita (5/01 -5/03)                                       20.    Merideth Lansdown (5/02 -5/04)

21.    Nicola Why (5/02 -5/04)                                     22.    Su Nguyen (5/02- 6/06) (Goldwater)

23.    Jennifer Daugherty (5/03 -5/04)                           24.    Erin Iski (5/03-5/04)

25.    Jennifer Lawson (8/03- 5/04)                              26.    Marianeli Rodriguez (8/03 - 5/05)

27.    Ryan Moody (6/04 - 5/05 )                                 28.    Will Underwood (1/04 - 8/06)

29.    Melinie Kiker (6/04 - 6/06)                                 30.    Andre Boustani (1/04 - ) Current

31.    Colin Kubarych (8/05 - 6/06)                              32.    Nick Hastings (6/06 - ) Current

33.    Amber Shipman (6/06 - ) Current                      33.    Phillip Burkholder (6/06 - ) Current

34.    David Huang (6/06 - ) Current                           35.    Ryan Vierling (8/06 - ) Current

 

 

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