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EDUCATION Summer 1997:
Ph.D., Inorganic Chemistry, University of Georgia, Athens, GA. Spring 1993: B.A., magna cum laude, Chemistry and Elementary Education, Rhode Island College, Providence, RI.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE 2001 - present:
Associate
Professor, Santa Monica College, Santa Monica, CA. Primary responsibilities include teaching a
one-semester introductory general chemistry course and the general
chemistry sequence with associated laboratories.
1997 - 2000: Assistant
Professor, St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, MN. Taught senior-level
courses in inorganic and organometallic chemistry, physical science
courses for elementary education majors, an introductory chemistry course
for non-majors, and general chemistry with associated laboratories.
I also co-taught a one week workshop for high-school chemistry
teachers, entitled “Spectroscopic Techniques,” during the summer of
2000. 1996 - 1997: TA Mentor, University of Georgia, Athens, GA. Selected to participate in a one-year program which
involved discussions of teaching and teaching-related issues with other
award-winning teaching assistants from across campus, attending
teaching-development workshops, and developing peer support for TAs in the
chemistry department. Also, assisted in the implementation of programs
designed to provide career development for graduate students interested in
teaching careers. 1995 - 1996:
Laboratory Instructor, UGA Evening Classes, Athens, GA. Organized and co-organized three undergraduate
chemistry laboratories for science and non-science majors.
Responsibilities included the writing and grading of weekly quizzes and
exams, directing students in the laboratory, and delivering pre-laboratory
lectures to groups of about 25 students. 1993 - 1997: Teaching Assistant, University of Georgia, Athens, GA. Taught undergraduate chemistry laboratories,
including first-year general, first-year honors general and senior-level
inorganic chemistry. Duties included administering quizzes, grading, and
pre-laboratory lecturing to groups of about 100 students. In addition, I co-coordinated and co-taught a
one-quarter seminar course for new graduate teaching assistants. In this
capacity, I arranged for guest speakers, provided enrichment materials,
and co-conducted discussions designed to improve undergraduate teaching by
graduate students in the department. OTHER WORK EXPERIENCE 2000 - 2001: Sales
Manager, JEOL USA, Inc., San Francisco, CA. Managed sales of nuclear magnetic
resonance (NMR), electron spin resonance (ESR), and mass spectrometers for
thirteen states in the western U.S.
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE Summer 2002: Research
Assistant, University of Georgia, Athens, GA. 1997 - 2000: Assistant
Professor, St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, MN. 1993 - 1997:
Research Assistant, University of Georgia, Athens, GA. 1992 - 1993:
Research Assistant, Brown University, Providence, RI. PUBLICATIONS 1.
R. Billing,
R.J. Lavallee, B.J. Palmer, C. Kutal, G. Ferraudi, and H. Hennig.
"Efficient substitutional photochemistry of Pt(acac)2."
J. Inf. Recording, 1998,
24, 435. 2.
R.J.
Lavallee and C. Kutal. "Photosubstitutional
chemistry of sandwich and half-sandwich complexes of ruthenium(II)." J.
Organomet. Chem., 1998, 562, 97. 3.
R.J.
Lavallee, B.J. Palmer, R. Billing, H. Hennig, G. Ferraudi, and C. Kutal.
"Efficient substitutional photochemistry of a third-row transition
metal b-diketonate
complex." Inorg. Chem., 1997, 36,
5552. 4.
R.J.
Lavallee and C. Kutal. "Substitutional photochemistry of Ru(mes)22+
and Ru(mes)(CH3CN)32+ (mes =
1,3,5-trimethylbenzene)." J.
Photochem. Photobiol., A: Chem., 1997,
103, 213. 5.
G. Gamble,
P.A. Grutsch, R.J. Lavallee, B.J. Palmer, and C. Kutal. "Novel routes to ionic photopolymerization with
transition metal complexes," in Current
Trends in Coordination Chemistry, G. Ondrejovic and A. Sirota, eds.;
Slovak Technical University Press, Bratislava, 1995,
p. 239-244. 6.
R.J.
Lavallee and M.B. Zimmt. "Interaction
between electrolyte and charge-transfer states - evidence for complex
formation." J. Phys. Chem., 1994, 98,
4254. ABSTRACTS 1. M.J. Morgan, C.T. Sanderson, X. Li, R.J. Lavallee, and C. Kutal. “Photoinitiated group transfer polymerization of methyl methacrylate.” Presented at the 56th Southeast Regional of the American Chemical Society, Research Triangle Park, NC, 2004. 2. C.T. Sanderson, C. Kutal, and R.J. Lavallee. “Photoinitiated group transfer polymerization of methyl methacrylate.” Presented at the 225th ACS National Meeting, New Orleans, LA, 2003. 3. C. Kutal, X. Li, C.T. Sanderson, R.J. Lavallee, T. Mize, I.J. Amster. “Photoinitiated Anionic Polymerization of Methyl Methacrylate.” Presented at the 54th Southeast Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Charleston, SC, 2002. 4. R.J. Lavallee and T.L. Leenay. “Hands-on chemistry activities with household materials.” Workshop presented at the Minnesota Science Teachers Association Spring Conference, St. Cloud, MN, March 19, 1999. 5. T.L. Leenay and R.J. Lavallee. "Adapting Kids and Chemistry for a community education course involving students and parents." Presented at the 15th Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, Waterloo, Ontario, 1998. 6. C. Kutal, R.J. Lavallee, B.J. Palmer, and Z. Wang. "Applications of inorganic/organometallic photochemistry in the design of novel photosensitive materials." Presented at the 5th Chemical Congress of North America, Cancun, Mexico, 1997. 7. C. Kutal, P.A. Grutsch, R.J. Lavallee, and B.J. Palmer. "Coordination compounds as photocatalysts for organic reactions." Presented at the 32nd International Conference on Coordination Chemistry, Santiago, Chile, 1997. 8. R.J. Lavallee, B.J. Palmer, G.J. Ferraudi, and C. Kutal. "Efficient substitutional photochemistry of a platinum(II) b-diketonate complex." Presented at the 12th International Symposium on the Photochemistry and Photophysics of Coordination Compounds, Colchester, VT, 1997. 9. R.J. Lavallee and C. Kutal. "Sequential photochemical deligation of a ruthenium sandwich complex." Presented at the 212th ACS National Meeting, Orlando, FL, 1996. 10. B.J. Palmer, R.J. Lavallee, C. Kutal. "Substitutional photochemistry of a third-row transition metal b-diketonate complex." Presented at the 210th ACS National Meeting, Chicago, IL, 1995. 11. G. Gamble, P.A. Grutsch, R.J. Lavallee, B.J. Palmer, and C. Kutal. "Novel routes to ionic photopolymerization with transition metal complexes." Presented at the 15th Conference on Coordination Chemistry, Smolenice, Slovakia, 1995.
GRANT ACTIVITY Fall 1999: NSF
Course, Curriculum and Laboratory Improvement grant, $195,153. I was the principal investigator and co-author of
this grant proposal, entitled “Introducing
Fourier Transform Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy into the
Undergraduate Curriculum,” by Richard Lavallee, Nathan Winter, Alison
Johnson, Tamara Leenay, Melinda Lee, Michael Jeannot, and Jack McKenna. These funds were used to purchase a new high-field Fourier
Transform nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer, which was
incorporated throughout the chemistry program, including playing a major
role in a summer workshop I co-developed for high-school chemistry
teachers in the summer of 2000. Spring 1998: Minnesota
Higher Education Eisenhower grant, $9,986. I was a member of a team that was funded for a
proposal entitled “Preparing Elementary Science Teachers for
Tomorrow’s Schools.” This
team was responsible for developing a new general science course to
prepare pre-service teachers for teaching science at the elementary level.
I also designed a new physical science course, which is being
offered to elementary education majors pursuing a concentration in
science. AWARDS / HONORS 1997: Martin Reynolds Smith Award for Outstanding
Graduate Student Publication 1997:
Outstanding Teaching Assistant in Chemistry Award 1996:
Selected to participate in the UGA Teaching Assistant Mentor
Program 1996:
University of Georgia Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award 1995,
1996: University of
Georgia Graduate Assistantship Supplement 1994,
1995, 1996: University of
Georgia Graduate School Assistantship 1993,
1994: University of
Georgia Abraham Baldwin Fellowship
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
REFERENCES Dr. Tamara
Leenay
Dr. Nathan Winter Chair and
Associate Professor of Chemistry
Associate Professor of Chemistry Department
of Chemistry
Department of Chemistry St. Cloud
State University
St. Cloud State University St. Cloud,
MN 56301
St. Cloud, MN 56301 tleenay@stcloudstate.edu
nwinter@stcloudstate.edu (320)
255-3031
(320) 255-0655 Dr. Charles
R. Kutal Professor of
Chemistry Department
of Chemistry University
of Georgia Athens, GA
30602 ckutal@sunchem.chem.uga.edu (706)
542-2035
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