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Garrett Garner
Leucadia, CA 92024 USA
Phone: 760-***-**** (cell)
*************@*****.***
Education
* Ph.D. (Synthetic Organic Chemistry), Purdue University, Fall 2001 -
Winter 2007
* B.S. (Chemistry), University of California, Davis, 1997-2001
Teaching Experience (Fall 2001 - Spring 2007)
* 1 Year General Chemistry Laboratory Practical
* 2 Years Organic Chemistry Laboratory Practical
* 2 Years Head Teaching Assistant Organic Chemistry Lecture
Research Experience
* MAST Technologies- San Diego, CA 858-***-**** (August 2009 -
current, Lead Researcher): Development and formulation of phenolic
resins with varying properties capable of high loading capacities of
carbon and magnetic particles. Development of high temperature
elastomers capable of loading >50% by volume with magnetic particles.
Process optimization and reformulation for existing products.
* May Greenhouses Inc.- San Luis Obispo, CA 805-***-**** (March 2008
-July 2009, Soil Scientist): Develop new formulations of fertilizers
for the optimized growing and production of Chrysanthemums and Calla
Lilies. Check soil deposition rates and retention rates of fertilizer
components. Develop a plant based pesticide for the treatment and
prevention of leaf miner from known resistant varieties. Assist in
the current expansion project to increase growing area by 30%.
* Herbert C. Brown Center for Borane Research, Department of Chemistry,
Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN (Fall 2001 - Winter 2007,
Graduate Student) Advisor: Prof. P. V. Ramachandran Development of new
reaction methodologies, synthesis of E- and Z-?-alkylidene-?-
butyrolactones via alkenylalumination of oxiranes, alkenylaluminums
for a general synthesis of substituted butenolides pyranones and ?-E-
alkylidenelactones, formal synthesis of -Discodermolide.
* Isis Pharmaceuticals- Carlsbad CA, (Summer 2000, Intern) Advisor: Dr.
Bruce Ross, Responsible for multi kilo scale reactions of nucleosides
to give highly functionalized phosphoramidites (12+ step syntheses).
Development of new techniques for the purification of crucial reaction
intermediates without the use of column chromatography. Process
development for multi-step synthesis without the use of purification
techniques.
* Isis Pharmaceuticals- Carlsbad CA, (Summer 1999, Intern) Advisor: Dr.
Bruce Ross, Preparative scale synthesis of drug intermediates.
* Undergraduate Research, University of California, Davis, CA (Fall 2000
- Spring 2001) Advisor: T. F. Molinski, currently at UCSD. Synthesis
of Oceanapiside, isolation of Bafilomycin A1.
Research Interests
* Synthesis of biologically active natural products and imploring their
applications in the interface of solving biological problems
* Organic Synthesis (small molecules)
* Natural Product Synthesis
* Development of new synthetic methods and reagents
Skills
* Handling air/moisture sensitive and hazardous/carcinogenic chemicals
* Large scale preparation of moisture sensitive reagents on multi-kg
scale
* Multi-step organic synthesis (Micro and Macro scale)
Instrumental Techniques: Multi-probe Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)
Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform-Infra Red (FT-IR) Spectroscopy, Ultra
Violet-Visible (UV-VIS) Spectroscopy, Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectroscopy
(GC-MS), High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC), Gas Chromatography
(GC) Analytical, preparatory, capillary and chiral), Ozonizer, Polarimeter
Computer Skills: Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point, Chemdraw, Scifinder
Scholar, Beilstein Commander, Web of Science
Publications, and Manuscripts Ready for Publication
* P. V. Ramachandran, Garrett Garner, Debarshi Pratihar "Synthesis of E-
and Z-?-alkylidene-?-butyrolactones via alkenylalumination of
oxiranes" Org. Lett. 2007, 23, 4753.
* P. V. Ramachandran, Debarshi Pratihar, Garrett Garner, B. China Raju
"Tailored Alkenylaluminums for a General Synthesis of Substituted
Butenolides, Pyranones, and ?-E-Alkylidenelactones" Submitted
Invited Lectures and Presentations
* Poster Presentation, "Synthesis of E- and Z-?-alkylidene-?-
butyrolactones via alkenylalumination of oxiranes" at Negishi-Brown
Lectures, Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, August 2007
References
* Andrew Sundsmo
President
MAST Technologies
6370 Nancy Ridge Drive San Diego, CA 92121
*.*******@****************.***
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* Amit Srivastava Ph. D.
Principal Scientist, Chemical Development
Roche Carolina Inc.
6173 E. Old Marion Highway, Florence, SC 29506
****.**********@*****.*** 843-***-****
* Professor P. V. Ramachandran
Purdue University, Department of Chemistry
Herbert C. Brown Center for Borane Research
H. C. Brown and R. B. Wetherill Laboratory of Chemistry
560 Oval Dr. BRWN 5131 West Lafayette, IN 47907-2084
********@******.*** 765-***-****
* James May
President
May Greenhouses Inc.
6860 Los Osos Valley Rd. San Luis Obispo, CA 93405
****@*******.*** 805-***-****
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