IFEANYI SIMEON OKAFOR

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acx9tu@r.postjobfree.com, 504-***-****.

EDUCATION

Ph.D Candidate degree expected in August 2017.

Organic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia, USA.

Research Advisor: Dr. Guijun Wang.

M.Sc. degree August 2012 – July 2014

Major: Organic Chemistry

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia, USA.

Bachelor of Technology 2002-2007

Major: Industrial Chemistry, Second Class Honors, Upper Division.

Federal University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO), Imo State, Nigeria.

EXPERTISE

Proficiency in 1D (1H, 13C, 31P, 19F) and 2D NMR, UV-Vis and fluorescence spectroscopy, LCMS, GCMS, chiral HPLC, chiral GC and rheometer.

Design and syntheses of chiral ligands and their metal complexes for catalytic asymmetric transformations.

Proficiency in compound purification by preparative TLC, column flash chromatography and automated flash chromatography (CombiFlash Rf and Biotage).

Proficiency in chemical drawing, plotting data, report writing, presentation and word/data processing packages such as ChemDraw, EndNote, SciFinder, Topspin, and MS Office,

Experience in method development, syntheses of small molecules especially carbohydrate based compounds and their potential applications in drug delivery.

Syntheses and investigations of novel carbohydrate derivatives for catalytic and biomedical applications.

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Graduate Research Assistant August 2012- Present.

Carried out research in Dr. Wang’s lab from 2012, in the area of syntheses and study of monosaccharides and disaccharides derivatives as molecular gelators; Syntheses and investigations of novel carbohydrate derivatives for catalytic and biomedical applications; Design and syntheses of chiral ligands and their metal complexes for catalytic asymmetric transformations.

TRAINEE/INTERN

Department of Chemical development, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Ridgefield, CT, USA.

Dr. Daniel Fandrick’s lab (May 2015- August 2015).

Project: Copper catalyzed asymmetry propargylation; Organic syntheses method development.

Quality Control Analyst, Fidson Healthcare Plc, Lagos, Nigeria. (March 2008 – Feb. 2009).

TEACHING EXPERIENCE August 2012- present

Graduate Teaching Assistant for the following course at ODU: General Chemistry undergraduate lab and Organic Chemistry I and II undergraduate lab.

SELECTED AWARDS

Best graduating student, Department of Chemistry (FUTO), Nigeria 2007.

Old Dominion University travel award, 2016.

AFFILIATIONS

Member, American Chemical Society (ACS). 2014 – Present.

LIST OF PUBLICATIONS

Fandrick, D. F.; Hart, C. A.; Okafor, I. S, Mercadente, M.; Sanyal, S.; Masters, J. T.; Fandrick K. R, Stockdill, J. L.; Grinberg, N.; Gonnella, N.; Lee, H.; Senanayake, C. H. “Copper catalyzed asymmetry propargylation of cyclic aldimines.” Org. Lett., 2016, 18, 6192-6195.

Okafor, I. S.; Wang, G.; “Synthesis and study of the gelation properties of peracetylated disaccharide triazole analogs.” (submitted)

Okafor, I. S.; Wang, G. “Synthesis and characterization of a series of light responsive D-glucosamine derived molecular gelators.” (To be submitted to Chem. Comm.)

Mangunuru, H.; Okafor, I. S. Synthesis and characterization of α-O-benzyl D-glucosamine derivatives as organo/hydrogelators.” (In preparation)

Mangunuru, H.; Chen, A.; Okafor, I. S. Wang, G. “Synthesis and characterization of peptoid based molecular gelators by multiple component reactions.” (In preparation)

LIST OF PRESENTATIONS

Okafor, I. S.; Wang, G. “Synthesis and gelation property study of a series of peracetylated disaccharide triazole analogs.” Oral presentation, NOBCChE 43st National Conference, November 2016, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA.

Okafor, I. S.; Wang, G. “Synthesis and characterization of UV responsive D-glucosamine derived molecular Gelators.” Oral Presentation, 252nd ACS National Meeting & Exposition, August, 2016, Philadelphia, PA, United States.

Chen, A.; Okafor, I. S.; Consuelo, G.; Wang, G. “Synthesis and characterization of glycosyl triazoles from D-glucose and D-glucosamine.” Poster presentation, 252nd ACS National Meeting & Exposition, August 21-25, 2016, Philadelphia, PA, United States.

REFERENCES

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