2007-Present Professor of Chemistry, Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, IL
2002-Present Associate Professor of Chemistry, Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, IL
1998-2002 Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, IL
1996-1998 Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, IL
1994-1996 Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Coker College, Hartsville, SC
1992-1994 Post-doctoral Research Associate (Dr. Robert M. Coates), University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
1987-1992 Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD

Awards & Honors

(4) Nominated by the US National Research Council and Selected by CERC (Chairmen of the European Research Councils' Chemistry Committee) to attend a workshop on use of Lanthanides in organic synthesis in Belgium (Feburary 2006).
(3) International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) Young Observer Award: (selected as one of eight from the USA to participate as a young observer in the IUPAC General Assembly and Congress), Ottawa, Canada. (August 2003)
(2) The University of Maryland Baltimore County 2002 Distinguished Alumni Award.
(1) Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award for 2001 (Awarded by The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation, Inc.) (Award amount: $60,000) (November 2001)
 

External Grants

(9) National Science Foundation Research Grant ($380,000) for my proposal entitled “Applications of Bismuth Compounds in Organic Synthesis” (September 2007-2010)
(8) American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund Undergraduate Faculty Sabbatical (UFS) Grant ($45,502). “Environment-Friendly Organic Synthesis Using Ionic Liquids” (September 2005-May 2006).
(7) Research Corporation Grant ($57,000) for my proposal entitled “Use of Ionic Liquids as Environment-friendly and Novel Solvents for Organic Synthesis”(May 2004-2006)
(6) National Science Foundation Research Grant ($205,300) for my proposal entitled “Applications of Bismuth Compounds in Organic Synthesis” (January 2004-2007)
(5) National Science Foundation Research Grant ($124,000) for my proposal entitled “Applications of Bismuth Compounds in Organic Synthesis” (September 2000-2003)
(4) Faculty Travel Award. ($500) Division of Organic Chemistry, American Chemical Society, to attend the 36th National Organic Symposium (June 1999)
(3) American Chemical Society-Petroleum Research Fund (Type G) Grant ($25,000) for my proposal entitled “Involvement of Oxabicyclobutonium Ions in Reactions of Oxiranylcarbinyl Substrates: A Mechanistic Investigation” (December 1998)
(2) Faculty Travel Award. ($500) Division of Organic Chemistry, American Chemical Society, to attend the 35th National Organic Symposium (June 1997)
(1) NSF Undergraduate Faculty Enhancement Grant to participate in three workshops (at the University of Rhode Island) on NMR offered by NMR concepts (Summer 1995)

Invited Talks (Academia & Industry)

Topic: Environmentally-Friendly Organic Synthesis Using Bismuth Compounds.

(54) Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad, India (May 2007)
(53) Department of Chemistry, University of Hyderabad, India (May 2007)
(52) Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester, UK (May 2007)
(51) Department of Chemistry, University of Birmingham, UK (May 2007)
(50) Department of Chemistry, University of Pisa, Italy (March 2007).
(49) Department of Chemistry, University of Camerino, Italy (March 2007).
(48) Department of Chemistry, LeMoyne College, Syracuse, NY (March 2007).
(47) Department of Chemistry, University of Missouri St. Louis, MO (February 2007).
(46) Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India (December 2006).
(45) Department of Chemistry, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany (November 2006).
(44) Department of Chemistry, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium (November 2006).
(43) Department of Chemistry, Dublin City University, Dublin, Irelan (November 2006).
(42) Department of Chemistry, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia (May 2006).
(41) Department of Chemistry, The University of Sydney, Australia (May 2006).
(40) Department of Chemistry, Organic Chemistry Division, National Chemistry Lab, Pune, India (May 2006).
(39) Department of Chemistry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia (April 2006).
(38) Department of Chemistry, Victoria College of Pharmacy, Melbourne, Australia (April 2006).
(37) Department of Chemistry, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia (April 2006).
(36) Department of Chemistry, University of Auckland, New Zealand (November 2005).
(35) Department of Chemistry, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand (November 2005).
(34) Department of Chemistry, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia (November 2005).
(33) Department of Chemistry, University of New Castle, Australia (October 2005).
(32) Department of Chemistry, Monash University, Australia (October 2005).
(31) Department of Chemistry, Millikin University, Decatur, Illinois (April 2005).
(30) Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad, India (December 2005).
(29) Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India (December 2005).
(28) Process Technology Development Division, Defense Research and Development Establishment, Gwalior, India (December 2005).
(27) Departament de Química, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain (November 2004).
(26) Department of Chemistry, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland (November 2004).
(25) Department of Chemistry, Wright State University, Ohio (October 2004).
(24) Université Paul Sabatier and CNRS (Heterochimie Fondamentale Et Applique), Toulouse, France (March 2004).
(23) Department of Chemistry and CNRS, Université de Nice-Sophia Antipolis, Nice, France (March 2004).
(22) Department of Chemistry and CNRS, Université Joseph-Fourier, Grenoble, France (March 2004).
(21) Department of Chemistry, DePaul University, Chicago, IL (September 2003).
(20) Department of Chemistry, University of Rennes, France (March 2003).
(19) Department of Chemistry, University of Groningen, Netherlands (March 2003).
(18) Department of Chemistry, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands (November 2002).
(17) Department of Chemistry, University of Frobourg, Switzerland (November 2002).
(16) Abbott Laboratories (Process Division), North Park, Chicago, IL (July 2002).
(15) Department of Chemistry, University of Swansea, Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom (July 2002).
(14) Department of Chemistry, University of Cardiff, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
(July 2002).
(13) Department of Chemistry, University of Durham, Durham, United Kingdom (July 2002).
(12) Department of Chemistry, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, United Kingdom
(July 2002).
(11) Department of Chemistry, Northern Illinois University, De Kalb, IL (April 2002).
(10) Department of Chemistry, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD (April 2002).
(9) National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), Chandigarh, India (December 2001).
(8) Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India
(December 2001).
(7) Department of Chemistry, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA (November 2001).
(6) Department of Chemistry, University College London, United Kingdom (March 2001).
(5) Facultes Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix, Namur Belgium (March 2001).
(4) Université de Provence, Faculte des Sciences-St-Jerome, Marseille, France (March 2001).
(3) Université Paul Sabatier (Heterochimie Fondamentale Et Applique), Toulouse, France (March 2001).
(2) Sigma Xi: The Scientific Research Society (Illinois Chapter), Illinois State University (September 1997). Chemistry of Epoxides: From Epoxy Resins to Cancer.
(1) Natural Science Division Colloquium, Illinois Wesleyan University (October 1996). Chemistry of Epoxides: From Epoxy Resins to Cancer.