Segun Dele Olubanwo, Chemistry

faculty

Olusegun Olubanwo, PhD

Associate Teaching Professor

Chemistry & Biochemistry

Curriculum Vitae

Contact

508-910-6975

508-999-9167

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Education

2010University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA, USA.PhD
2006University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, Dartmouth, MA, USA.MS
1998Moscow Institute of Fine Chemical Technology, Moscow, Russia.MSc
1996Moscow Institute of Fine Chemical Technology, Moscow, Russia.BSc

Teaching

  • CHM 251/CHM 252 - Organic Chemistry Lecture Series
  • CHM 265/CHM 266 - Organic Chemistry Laboratory Series
  • CHM 263/CHM 264 - Bioorganic Chemistry Laboratory Series
  • CHM 491/CHM 499 - Intro to Research and Undergraduate Capstone Research in Chemistry
  • CAS 101 - Introduction to College of Arts and Sciences

Teaching

Programs

Teaching

Courses

Introduction to study in the disciplines of the College of Arts & Sciences. This course facilitates a successful transition to college life by engaging students in a structured curriculum of academic and life skills enhancement and encouraging the development of enduring relationships between students, faculty and advisors, and classmates.

Continuation of CHM 251. A survey of the chemistry of carbon compounds and introduction to the basic principles of organic chemistry.

Continuation of CHM 251. A survey of the chemistry of carbon compounds and introduction to the basic principles of organic chemistry.

Continuation of CHM 251. A survey of the chemistry of carbon compounds and introduction to the basic principles of organic chemistry.

Continuation of CHM 251. A survey of the chemistry of carbon compounds and introduction to the basic principles of organic chemistry.

Continuation of CHM 263. The synthesis of organic compounds and an introduction to the organic methods of separation, purification and identification. Designed for biology and medical laboratory science majors.

Continuation of CHM 263. The synthesis of organic compounds and an introduction to the organic methods of separation, purification and identification. Designed for biology and medical laboratory science majors.

Research

Research interests

  • Asymmetric Catalysis
  • Diastereoselective/Enantioselective Synthesis
  • Organometallic catalysis
  • Synthesis of Small Molecules as potential scaffold for new class of antibiotics

Select publications

See curriculum vitae for more publications

  • Olubanwo, O., Kazez, A., Carney, D. and Sello, J. (2019).
    International Journal of Organic Chemistry
    Trisubstituted Aryl Cyclohexanecarboxylates (TACC): A Simple, New Molecular Scaffold for Antibiotics Design, 9, 142-162.
  • Olubanwo, O., Golen, J., Rheingold, A. and Nevalainen, V. (2018).
    International Journal of Organic Chemistry
    Chiral Camphor-Based 1,3- and 1,4-Amino Alcohols and Aminodiols as Ligands for Diethylzinc Addition to Aldehydes, 8, 240-263.

"Visiting Scientist, Brown University, Providence, RI (2012 – 2014)

Transfer Student Advisor."