Research technologist; PhD Organic Chemist
Resume:
Julia Margaret Allen
Jersey City, NJ 07302
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Education
• Ph.D. Organic Chemistry; Columbia University; New York, NY 2011
Advisor: Tristan Lambert
• M. Phil. Chemistry; Columbia University; New York, NY 2010
Original Research Proposal: “N - Heterocyclic Carbene Catalyzed Asymmetric Diels-Alder Reactions”
• M.A. Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, NY 2007
• B.S. with Highest Honors, Chemistry; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; 2005 Chapel Hill, NC
Cumulative GPA: 3.7/4.0 (Major GPA: 3.9/4.0)
Research Advisor: Gary Glish
Work Experience
• Infineum; Research Technologist 7/2011 - current
Honors / Memberships
• NSF STEM GK-12 Fellowship 2010 - 2011
• Synthesis Literacy Group at Columbia University 2007 - 2011
• Women in Science at Columbia (WISC) 2007 - 2011
• New York Academy of Sciences 2006 - 2008
• American Chemical Society 2003 - present
• American Society for Mass Spectrometry 2004 - present
• Phi Sigma Omega National Honor Society 2004 - 2005
• E. C. Markham Research Fellowship 2003
• Golden Key International Honor Society 2003
• National Society of Collegiate Scholars 2002
Research Experience
• Graduate Research (with Tristan Lambert) 2006 – 2011
o Diaziridinium Ions: A New Functionality
• First synthesis and full characterization of a new functionality; application
to the synthesis dihydrobenzo[2,3]diazepines (a potent anticonvulsant motif)
o Tropylium-Mediated α-Cyanation of Amines
• Developed a practical, one-pot protocol for α-aminonitrile synthesis
o Multicatalysis
• Developed a Bi(OTf)3–catalyzed Mukaiyama Aldol / Hydroalkoxylation reaction to synthesize tetrahydrofuran rings
• Undergraduate Research (with Gary Glish) 2002-2005
o Honors Thesis: Peptide dissociation patterns using tandem mass spectrometry and
gas-phase ion molecule reactions.
Leadership Experience
• WISC Networking Representative 2010
• Take a Girl to College Day Co-Chair 2010
• High school student mentor for the ACS project SEED program 2009, 2010
• Girls’ Science Day Co-Chair 2008
Teaching Experience
• Teaching Assistant, Organic Chemistry Laboratory, Columbia University 2008 and 2010
• Teaching Assistant, Organic Chemistry I, Columbia University 2006 and 2010
• Teaching Assistant, Organic Chemistry II, Columbia University 2007 and 2009
• Teaching Assistant, General Chemistry Lab, UNC-CH 2006
• Teaching Assistant, Organic Chemistry Lab, UNC-CH Summer 2005
• Teaching Assistant, Analytical Methods Lab, UNC-CH Summer 2005
Presentations
• Poster Presentation at the 52nd Annual ASMS National Conference; Nashville, TN 2004
- “Do b3 ions have the Same Structure as Other bn Ions?”
Authors: Julia Allen, Ali Racine, and David Black
• Poster Presentation at local ACS Conference; Duke University 2004
- “Do b3 ions have the Same Structure as Other bn Ions?”
Authors: Julia Allen, Ali Racine, and David Black
• Poster Presentation at the 5TH Annual Celebration of Undergraduate Research; UNC-CH 2003
- “Do b3 ions have the Same Structure as Other bn Ions?”
Authors: Julia Allen, Ali Racine, and David Black
Publications
• Allen, J. M.; Lambert, T. H. Synthesis and Characterization of a Diaziridinium Ion. Conversion of 3,4-Dihydroisoquinolines to 4,5-Dihydro-3H-benzo[2,3]diazepines via a formal N-Insertion Process. In Preparation.
• Allen, J. M.; Lambert, T. H. Tropylium Ion Mediated α-Cyanation of Amines. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2011, 133, 1260.
• Kelly, B. D.; Allen, J. M.; Tundel, R. E.; Lambert, T. H. Muliticatalytic Synthesis of Complex Tetrahydrofurans Involving Bismuth(III) Triflate - Catalyzed Intramolecular Hydroalkoxylation of Unactivated Olefins. Org. Lett. 2009, 11, 1381.
• Allen, J. M.; Racine, A. H.; Berman, A. M.; Johnson, J. S.; Bythell, B. J.; Paizs, B.; Glish, G. Why are a3 ions rarely observed? J. Am. Soc. Mass Spectrom.. 2008, 19, 1764.
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