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Dr. Karen R. Hatwell
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Dr. Karen R. Hatwell
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Location: Science Wing - 117
Phone: 443-334-2038
Email Address: f-hatwel@mail.vjc.edu
EDUCATION
B.S., Mary Washington College
M.S., Ph.D., University of Massachusetts
POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH
August 1999-2000 - The University of Basel, Switzerland
Advisor: Dr. Andreas Zuberbuehler
August 2000-2001 - Johns Hopkins University
Advisor: Dr. Ken D. Karlin
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
September 2001-2003 - Visiting Assistant Professor, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA
September 2003-2004 - Visiting Assistant Professor, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY
COURSES TAUGHT
General Chemistry (both one and two-semester courses), Chemistry for the Non-science major, Inorganic Chemistry, Protein Chemistry, Organic Laboratory, Biochemistry Laboratory
Currently - General Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry (and lab), and research
CURRENT RESEARCH
Bioinorganic chemical research based on the reduction of sulfate by certain species of the bacteria Desulfovibrio. We are replicating the three-step reduction cycle by synthetically modeling analogues of each of the active sites. The model complexes will then be studied kinetically using UV-vis and NMR. Currently, we have synthesized several flavin compounds, mimicking APS Sulfurylase, and are running reactivity studies.
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