Associate Professor of Chemistry

Greg T. Spyridis Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Northwest University

College of Arts and Sciences

Kirkland, WA 98033

Phone: 425-***-****

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Education:

Ph.D. Organic Chemistry, University of Washington, 1996.

B.Sc. Chemistry, (minor in Mathematics) Seattle University, 1985.

Postgraduate Training:

University of Washington, Department of Anesthesiology, Senior Fellow, 1996 –1998.

Positions:

Associate Professor, Northwest University, Department of Natural Sciences, 2015 - present

Assistant Professor, Northwest University, Department of Natural Sciences, 2009 - 2015

Assistant Professor, University of South Alabama Department of Chemistry, 2004 – 2008.

Visiting Assistant Professor, Seattle University, Department of Chemistry, 1998 – 2004.

Senior Fellow, University of Washington, Department of Anesthesiology, 1996 –1998

Independent Contract Chemist 1995-1998

Proficient In:

Running a chemical research laboratory and supervising lab workers

Carbon-Carbon bond coupling reactions

Polymer chemistry

Protection and deprotection of functional groups

Multistep organic synthesis

Compound purification using Column Chromatography, Flash Chromatography, TLC, GC, GCMS, LC, LCMS

Compound characterization utilizing FTNMR (1H, 13C, 19F, 31P), FTIR, UV-Vis., MS

Handling air- and moisture-sensitive reagents.

Schlenk line techniques.

Quantum mechanical calculations utilizing Spartan

ChemDraw (PC and Mac), Microsoft Office (PC and Mac), Pages, Numbers and Keynote (Mac)

Publications:

1.Purdon, J, Spyridis, GT, and Meany JE. Activation Parameters for the Reversible Hydration of Pyruvic Acid. Current Topics in Catalysis 2018, 13:57.

2.Sykora RE, McDonald L, and Spyridis GT. Triphenylmethyl Benzoate. Acta Cryst. 2009 E65:o2026.

3.Sykora RE, Kalachnikova K, and Spyridis GT. 3-Triphenylmethyl-2,4-pentanedione. Acta Cryst. 2007 E63: o4075.

4.Blice-Baum A, Van Dyke A, Sigmon I, Salter, EA, Wierzbicki A, Pocker Y, and Spyridis GT. Computational and Spectroscopic Studies Concerning the Solvatochromic Behavior of 1,3-Disubstituted Azulenes. Int. J. Quantum Chem. 2006; 106:2331.

5.Pocker Y, and Spyridis GT. The Modulation of Tautomeric Equilibria by Ionic Clusters: Acetylacetone in Solutions of Lithium Perchlorate-Diethyl Ether. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2002; 124:10373.

6.Pocker Y, and Spyridis GT. Electrostatic Modulation by Ionic Aggregates: Charge Transfer Transitions in Solutions of Lithium Perchlorate-Diethyl Ether. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2002; 124:7390.

7.Anderson J, Byrne T, Woelfel KJ, Meany JE, Spyridis GT, and Pocker Y. The Hydrolysis of p-Nitrophenyl Acetate: A Versatile Reaction to Study Enzyme Kinetics. J. Chem. Educ. 1994; 71:715.

8.Spyridis GT, and Meany JE. Tautomerization of Acetylacetone Enol. J. Chem. Educ. 1988; 65:461.

9.Spyridis GT, Meany JE, and Pocker Y. Carbonic Anhydrase Catalysis: An Experiment in Enzyme Kinetics. J. Chem. Educ. 1985; 62:1124.

Posters and Presentations:

1. Delapp, P, Duffy, B, McFarland, K, Orwiler T, Paullin A, Stensland, M, Spyridis, GT. The Trifluoroacetylation of Azulene: An Undergraduate Organic Experiment 65th American Chemical Society Northwest Regional Meeting, 2010, abstract 121.

2. Miller K, Sykora, RE, and Spyridis, GT. Sterically Hindered Diketones 64th American Chemical Society Northwest Regional Meeting, 2009, abstract 162.

3. Gros B, Blice-Baum A and Spyridis GT. Synthesis of Halogenated Azulenic Ketones. 235th American Chemical Society National Meeting, 2008, chemical education abstract 487.

4. Blice-Baum A, Kalachnikova K, Salter EA, Wierzbicki A, Sykora RE, and Spyridis GT. Crystallographic and Quantum Mechanical Studies of Azulene and Guaiazulene Carboxylic Acids. 231st American Chemical Society National Meeting, 2006, chemical education abstract 370.

5. Velazquez HA, Hollingsworth J, Spyridis GT, and Pocker Y. Heterolytic Bond Cleavage in Solutions of Lithium Perchlorate-Diethyl Ether. 231st American Chemical Society National Meeting, 2006, chemical education abstract 403.

6. Van Dyke A, Blice-Baum A, Benedict JB, Kaminsky W, Salter EA, Wierzbicki A, and Spyridis GT. Crystallographic and Quantum Mechanical Studies of 1,3-Disubstituted Azulenes. 229th American Chemical Society National Meeting, 2005, organic abstract 440.

7. Goode RD, Spyridis GT, and Pocker Y. Charge Transfer Transitions of Fulvenes in Solutions of Lithium Perchlorate-Diethyl Ether. 229th American Chemical Society National Meeting, 2005, organic abstract 439.

8. Warner L J-A, Spyridis GT, and Pocker Y. Charge Transfer Transitions of Nitroethylenes in Solutions of Lithium Perchlorate-Diethyl Ether. 227th American Chemical Society National Meeting, 2004, organic abstract 236.

9. Pocker Y, and Spyridis GT. Acetylacetone in Solutions of Lithium Perchlorate-Diethyl Ether. 225th American Chemical Society National Meeting, 2003, organic abstract 657.

10. Pocker Y, and Spyridis GT. Charge Transfer Transitions in Solutions of Lithium Perchlorate-Diethyl Ether. 225th American Chemical Society National Meeting, 2003, organic abstract 702.

11. Van Dyke A, and Spyridis GT. Solvaltochromatic Behavior of Azulene and its Derivatives: Developing a Solvent Polarity Scale. 225th American Chemical Society National Meeting, 2003, chemical education abstract 804.

12. Purdon J, Meany JE, and Spyridis GT. Determination of the Kinetic Parameters for the Reversible Hydration of Pyruvic Acid. 225th American Chemical Society National Meeting, 2003, chemical education abstract 753.

13. Purdon J, Meany JE, Spyridis GT, and Pocker Y. Determination of the Kinetic Parameters for the Hydration of Pyruvic Acid Using a Stopped-Flow Apparatus. American Chemical Society Puget Sound Section Student Affiliate Symposium, 2003, chemical education abstract 4.

14. Sigmon I, Van Dyke A, Spyridis GT, and Pocker Y. The UV-Visible Spectra of Azulenes in Solvents of Increasing Polarity. American Chemical Society Puget Sound Section Student Affiliate Symposium, 2003, chemical education abstract 5.

15. Pocker Y, Spyridis GT, Bolinger J, and James KA. Modulation of Charge Transfer Transitions by Solutions of Lithium Perchlorate-Diethyl Ether. 56th American Chemical Society Northwest Regional Meeting, 2001; abstract 358.

16. Spyridis GT, Maciek W, Nelson M, Meany JE, and Pocker Y. The Inhibition of Carbonic Anhydrase by Sulfonamides. 56th American Chemical Society Northwest Regional Meeting, 2001; abstract 361.

17. Meany JE, Jackels S, Skogerboe K, Spyridis GT, and Thorsell D. Aqueous Solutions of Methyl Pyruvate: Spectroscopic Methods to Monitor Four Reactions in Laboratory Activities. 56th American Chemical Society Northwest Regional Meeting, 2001; abstract 337.

18. Shelby JP, and Spyridis GT. The Nitration of Azulene: An Organic Laboratory Experiment. 219th American Chemical Society National Meeting, 2000; chemical education abstract 71.

19. Spyridis GT, and Pocker Y. Spectroscopic Studies of the Interactions of Fullerenes with Ionic Clusters. 1st International and Interdisciplinary Colloquium on the Science and Technology of the Fullerenes, 1993; poster 10A, abstract 138.

20. Pocker Y, Spyridis GT, and Rogers K. A Theoretical Study of C60 and C60O. 1st International and Interdisciplinary Colloquium on the Science and Technology of the Fullerenes, 1993, Poster 13, abstract 199.

21. Spyridis GT, Pocker Y, and Rogers K. Fullerenes and Ionic Clusters. 48th American Chemical Society Northwest Regional Meeting, 1993; abstract 70.

22. Spyridis GT, and Pocker Y. Effects of Self-Assembled Ionic Aggregates on Tautomeric Equilibria. 48th American Chemical Society Northwest Regional Meeting, 1993; abstract 71.

23. Anderson J, Byrne T, Woelfel KJ, Meany JE, Spyridis GT, and Pocker Y. The Hydrolysis of p-Nitrophenyl Acetate: Team Laboratory Projects. 47th American Chemical Society Northwest Regional Meeting, 1992; abstract 55.

24. Spyridis GT, and Pocker Y. Interaction of Dipolar Molecules and Visual Pigments with Ionic Clusters. 47th American Chemical Society Northwest Regional Meeting, 1992; abstract 126.

25. Pocker Y, and Spyridis GT. Spectroscopy of Retinal, Other Aldehydes, and Their Pyrrolidinium Salts in Ionic Clusters. Proc. Int. Biophys. Congress, 1990; 10, 188.

26. Spyridis GT and Pocker Y. Preferential Solvation by Ionic Aggregates: Implications for Tautomeric Equilibria in Biochemistry and Biophysics. 3rd Symposium of the Protein Society, 1989; T90.

27. Spyridis GT and Meany JE. The Reversible Tautomerization of Acetylacetone. 40th American Chemical Society Northwest Regional Meeting, 1985; abstract 162.

28. Spyridis GT and Meany JE. The Reversible Tautomerization of Acetylacetone. American Chemical Society Puget Sound Section Student Affiliates Meeting, 1985; abstract 15.

Society Memberships:

American Chemical Society (ACS)

Hellenic American Academic Community (HAAC)

Editorial Responsibilities:

Reviewer for Journal of Chemical Education, 2002 – present.

Reviewer of Schoffstall, AM; Gaddis, BA; Druelinger, ML. Microscale and Miniscale Organic Chemistry Laboratory Experiments 2nd ed. McGraw-Hill, New York, New York © 2004.

Honors:

Outstanding Commitment to Teaching and Service, Certificate, Seattle University, 2004.

Leadership Conference, American Chemical Society, Certificate, 2002.

Outstanding Alumni, School of Science and Engineering, Seattle University, 1991.

Best Presentation, American Chemical Society Regional Research Competition, 1985.

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