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Rachel Angela Jameton

EDUCATION

Doctoral program Chemistry Department, University of Utah
Completed: Summer 2001
Concentration: Organic chemistry
Dissertation: Oxidations Mediated by Biologically Relevant Complexes of Manganese
Principle investigator and advisor: Dr. Cynthia J. Burrows

B.A. in Chemistry Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, PA
Completed: Spring 1993
Honors thesis: Synthesis and Bioassay of Indole-3-Acetylcholine and 1-Napthylacetylcholine
Advisor: Dr. Phyllis Leber

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Visiting faculty in chemistry The Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA, 2001-present

Research Assistant Chemistry Department, University of Utah, 1997-2001

High School Teacher Realms of Inquiry High School, Salt Lake City, UT, 1999-2001

Teaching Assistant Chemistry Department, University of Utah, 1996-1997

High School Teacher Lycee Amadou Kouran Daga, Zinder, Niger (Peace Corps), 1994-1996

OTHER EXPERIENCE

Peace Corps Recruiter Bennion Center, University of Utah, 1997-1999

NIH Training Grant Rotation Medicinal Chemistry, University of Utah, 1998

Translator (English-French) Dept. of Microbiology, Zinder Hospital, Niger, 1995-1996

Peace Corps Zinder, Niger, 1994-1996

Radio News Director WFNM, Franklin and Marshall College, 1989-1993

GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS and AWARDS

EPA STAR Fellowship To “encourage promising students to obtain advanced degrees and pursue careers in environmentally related fields,” 1998-2001

NIH Biochemistry Training Grant For cross-training between biological and chemical sciences, 1997-1998

Theodore Alexander Saulnier Chemistry Prize For an unusually searching mind, 1993

Fred A. Snavely Research Award For dedication in research, 1993

Departmental honors For “Synthesis and Bioassay of Indole-3-Acetylcholine and 1-Napthylacetylcholine”, 1993

Hackman Scholar Summer research grant recipient, 1990-93

RESEARCH SKILLS

Instrumentation EPR, NMR, HPLC, cyclic voltammetry, absorption spectroscopy, flame photometry

Other techniques Cell culture, peptide synthesis, polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE), preparation of plasmid DNA, inorganic and organic synthesis, plant assays, soil analysis

LANGUAGES Fluent in English (native) and French (in 1996)
Functional in Hausa (in 1996)

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS American Chemical Society
Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC)
Union of Concerned Scientists

PUBLICATIONS K. Weitzerbin, J.G. Muller, R.A. Jameton, G. Pratviel, J. Bernadou, B. Meunier, C.J. Burrows, “Hydroxylation, Epoxidation and DNA Cleavage Reactions Mediated by the Biomimetic MnTMPyP/O-2/Sulfite Oxidation System,” Inorg. Chem. 1999, 38, 4312 –4128.
B.A. Bozso, R.A. Fluck, R.A. Jameton, P.A. Leber, J.G. Varnes, "A Versatile and Efficient Methodology for the Preparation of Choline Ester Auxin Conjugates," Phytochemistry 1995, 40, 1027-1031.
S. Ballal, R. Ellias, R. Fluck, R. Jameton, P. Leber, R. Lirio, D. Salama, "The Synthesis and Bioassay of Indole-3-acetylcholine," Plant Physiol. Biochem. 1993, 31, 249-255.

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EDUCATION
Doctoral program	Chemistry Department, University of Utah Completed: Summer 2001 Concentration: Organic chemistry Dissertation: Oxidations Mediated by Biologically Relevant Complexes of Manganese Principle investigator and advisor: Dr. Cynthia J. Burrows
B.A. in Chemistry	Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, PA Completed: Spring 1993 Honors thesis: Synthesis and Bioassay of Indole-3-Acetylcholine and 1-Napthylacetylcholine Advisor: Dr. Phyllis Leber

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Visiting faculty in chemistry	The Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA, 2001-present
Research Assistant	Chemistry Department, University of Utah, 1997-2001
High School Teacher	Realms of Inquiry High School, Salt Lake City, UT, 1999-2001
Teaching Assistant	Chemistry Department, University of Utah, 1996-1997
High School Teacher	Lycee Amadou Kouran Daga, Zinder, Niger (Peace Corps), 1994-1996

OTHER EXPERIENCE
Peace Corps Recruiter	Bennion Center, University of Utah, 1997-1999
NIH Training Grant Rotation	Medicinal Chemistry, University of Utah, 1998
Translator (English-French)	Dept. of Microbiology, Zinder Hospital, Niger, 1995-1996
Peace Corps	Zinder, Niger, 1994-1996
Radio News Director	WFNM, Franklin and Marshall College, 1989-1993

GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS and AWARDS
EPA STAR Fellowship	To “encourage promising students to obtain advanced degrees and pursue careers in environmentally related fields,” 1998-2001
NIH Biochemistry Training Grant	For cross-training between biological and chemical sciences, 1997-1998
Theodore Alexander Saulnier Chemistry Prize	For an unusually searching mind, 1993
Fred A. Snavely Research Award	For dedication in research, 1993
Departmental honors	For “Synthesis and Bioassay of Indole-3-Acetylcholine and 1-Napthylacetylcholine”, 1993
Hackman Scholar	Summer research grant recipient, 1990-93

RESEARCH SKILLS
Instrumentation	EPR, NMR, HPLC, cyclic voltammetry, absorption spectroscopy, flame photometry
Other techniques	Cell culture, peptide synthesis, polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE), preparation of plasmid DNA, inorganic and organic synthesis, plant assays, soil analysis

LANGUAGES	Fluent in English (native) and French (in 1996) Functional in Hausa (in 1996)

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS	American Chemical Society Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) Union of Concerned Scientists

PUBLICATIONS	K. Weitzerbin, J.G. Muller, R.A. Jameton, G. Pratviel, J. Bernadou, B. Meunier, C.J. Burrows, “Hydroxylation, Epoxidation and DNA Cleavage Reactions Mediated by the Biomimetic MnTMPyP/O-2/Sulfite Oxidation System,” Inorg. Chem. 1999, 38, 4312 –4128. B.A. Bozso, R.A. Fluck, R.A. Jameton, P.A. Leber, J.G. Varnes, "A Versatile and Efficient Methodology for the Preparation of Choline Ester Auxin Conjugates," Phytochemistry 1995, 40, 1027-1031. S. Ballal, R. Ellias, R. Fluck, R. Jameton, P. Leber, R. Lirio, D. Salama, "The Synthesis and Bioassay of Indole-3-acetylcholine," Plant Physiol. Biochem. 1993, 31, 249-255.