Dr. Christian S. Hamann
Associate Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry

Education

A.A.- Ocean County College, 1986
B.S. Chemistry - Lebanon Valley College, 1988
Ph.D. - University of Pennsylvania, 1994

Courses Taught

• Organic Chemistry I & II (CHE 207/208)
• Advanced Organic Chemistry (CHE 411)
• Biophysical Chemistry (CHE 322 w/ lab)
• Health, Safety & Asset Protection (CHE 200)
• Uncertainty & the Creation of Knowledge (IDS 100)

Research Areas

Organic synthesis
Physical organic chemistry
Natural products isolation

Recent Publications

Circular Dichroism Investigation of Dess-Martin Periodinane Oxidation in the Organic Chemistry Laboratory. Reed, NA; Rapp, RD, Hamann, CS, Artz, PG. Journal of Chemical Education (2005) 82, 1053-1054.

2-Arylindole-3-acetamides: FPP-competitive Inhibitors of Farnesyl Transferase. Trotter BW, Quigley AG, Lumma WC, Sisko JT, Walsh ES, Hamann CS, Robinson RG,  Bhimnathwala H, Kolodin DG, Zheng W, Buser CA, Huber HE, Lobell RB, Kohl NE, Williams TM, Graham SL, Dinsmore CJ. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters (2001) 11, 865-9.

Probing a tRNA Core that Contributes to Aminoacylation.
Christian S. Hamann and Ya-Ming Hou. Journal of Molecular Biology (2000) 295, 777 – 789.

Recent Student Research Collaborators

2006-2007

James DeBlasio '07, Analysis of Structure-Function Relationships in Activated Methylene Compounds

Cassandra Ritchie '08, Synthesis of Ambrox from Abietic Acid Isolated from Pine Rosin

Matthew Stafford '07, Using Nuclear Magnetic Resonance and Ultra-Violet-Visible Spectroscopy to Measure the Kinetics of Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization (with Ian Rhile, Ph.D.)

2005-2006

Gary Willman '06, Synthesis of Ambrox from Abietic Acid Isolated from Pine Rosin

Jeanette Young '06, Verifying the Predicted Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Signals of Specifically Deuterated Molecules

Sherri Young '07, Analysis of Structure-Function Relationships in Activated Methylene Compounds

2004-2005

Gary Willman ’06, “Synthetic Approaches to Ambrox”

2003-2004

Matthew H. Long ’04, “Isolation and Identification of Photovessicants in Heracleum Mantegazzium (Giant Hogweed)”

Ryan Lutz ’04, “Synthetic Approaches to Ambrox”

Nicole A. Reed ’04, “Kinetic Study of the Interconversion of Enantiomers Using Circular Dichroism Spectrometry”

Nicholas J. Pagano ’04, “Synthesis of Azatyrosine”

2002-2003

Nicole A. Reed ’04, “Circular Dichroism Investigation of Dess-Martin Periodinane Oxidation in the Organic Chemistry Laboratory”

Ariel Franks ’03, “Synthesis of Amino Acid Analogs with Antibiotic and Anti-Cancer Activity”

2001-2002

Audrey Smeltzer ’02, “New Molecular Architectures Designed to Verify Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Signals”