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Research
Interests:
We
have a long-standing interest in the behavior of porphyrins as potential
diagnostic and therapeutic agents for the detection and treatment
of malignancy. Currently we are studying the intermolecular interactions
of porphyrins: their self-aggregation in aqueous media that leads
to chiral arrays; their association with polymeric co-solutes in
a manner that leads to template assisted conformational change in
the polymers; the stoichiometry of their association with b -cyclodextrins
and the structure and dynamics of the resultant guest-host complexes.
Teaching
Interests:
I'm
interested in using the available technology to change the way students
receive and respond to information. In the large introductory course
for freshmen, we're using Blackboard heavily to manage class notes,
laboratory exercises for the studio, and weekly quizzes. We've changed
the format of the class to incorporate a studio that is a combination
of laboratory and recitation and gives the students in the class
more direct experience than they had in the previous class with
translating observations and theories into chemical statements describing
the behavior of matter. Within the confines of the Clipper Project
on campus, we have also produced a version of introductory chemistry
built around modules containing, text, audio and video materials
as well as embedded quizzes, that can be used asynchronously over
the web by students on or off campus. At the graduate level, I teach
a class in spectral analysis in which we have been experimenting
with combinations of satellite TV, streaming video and web-mounted
materials to deliver graduate level education to students on and
off campus.
Selected
Publications:
C.
Z. Matthews, R. Subramanian, E. J. Woolf, N. Foster, B. K. Matuszewski:
(submitted 2004 ) Study of the Photolysis Products
of Etoricoxib Using HPLC-UV-Fluorescence, HPLC-MS/MS, NMR and HPLC-NMR.
Die Pharmazia.
J.
Waller and N. Foster: 2000 . Training via the Web:
A Virtual Instrument. Computers and Education, (35), 161-167.
L.
Stephans, N. Foster. 1998 . Magnetization Transfer
NMR Analysis of Aqueous Poly(Vinyl Alcohol) Gels: Effect of Hydrolysis
and Storage Temperature on Network Formation. Macromolecules 31
(5), 1644-1651.
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