Skills:
30 years of experience in conducting multi-step organic syntheses, including acquisition and interpretation of analytical data (NMR, FT-IR, UV-VIS, Fluorescence, AAS, CD, HPLC, GC, GC/MS, LC/MS, TLC etc.) and in-depth knowledge of purification techniques, efficient in searching chemistry literature and utilizing chemistry based software; Automated and manual solid phase peptide synthesis, biophysical studies of their properties, maintenance and trouble shooting of ABI 433A peptide synthesizer, design and synthesis of materials for possible use as nano-materials, supervising student research and teaching organic chemistry. Organo-metallic reagents, glove box and schlenk techniques Small to large scale synthesis, custom synthesis, heterocyclic compounds, fluorescent dyes, biological stains for DNA/ RNA analysis, laser dyes, scintillation fluors, molecular probes, amino acids, thymidine derivatives. Bio-assay guided isolation and characterization of active ingredients in medicinal plants.