Andreas Gebauer

Education

• 1998 - 2000 Postdoctoral Research Associate (Inorganic Chemistry)
  University of California, Berkeley , California
  Research Advisor: Professor John Arnold

• 1994 - 1997 Ph.D., Organic Chemistry (Bioorganic and Bioinorganic Chemistry)
  The University of Texas at Austin , Texas
  Research Advisor: Professor Jonathan L. Sessler
  Dissertation Title: "Bioorganic and Bioinorganic Chemistry of Linear Oligopyrroles, Expanded Porphyrins and Pyrrole-Ferrocene Conjugates"

• 1984 - 1993 Diplom Chemiker (M.S.), Organic Chemistry (Organic Synthesis)
  University of Vienna, Austria , 1984 - 1988
  University of Cologne, Germany, 1988 - 1993
  Research Advisor: Professor Dr. Emanuel Vogel
  Thesis Title: "Synthesis of Novel Thiaporphyrinoids"

Employment

• 2000 - present University of Alabama in Huntsville
  Assistant Professor

• 1998 - 2000 University of California, Berkeley, California
  Postdoctoral Research Associate

• 1994 - 1997 The University of Texas at Austin, Texas>
  Graduate Research Assistant and Graduate Teaching Assistant

• 1989 - 1993 Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation, Educational Center Eichholz, Wesseling, Germany
  Instructor, Student Helper

• 1988 - 1992 Bayer AG, Crop Protection Center, Monheim, Germany
  Intern in Organic Synthesis

• 1985 - 1987 Bayer AG, Crop Protection Center, Monheim, Germany
  Intern in Biochemistry

Accomplishments

Instruction

• Courses taught:
General Chemistry I
General Chemistry II
Quantitative Analysis with Laboratory
Organic Chemistry
Inorganic Chemistry
Inorganic Laboratory
Graduate level Advanced Inorganic Chemistry
Graduate Laboratory in Materials Science
• Maintained a Student Internal Evaluation (SIE) score average of 90.6%.
• P.I., REU program funded by the Alabama Space Grant Consortium.

Research

• Synthesized and studied inorganic metal complexes
• Designed, synthesized, and analyzed three dimensional non-covalent compounds and the metal coordination properties of novel expanded porphyrins and oligopyrroles
• Investigated the molecular recognition properties on the basis of non-covalent interactions with anions using ¹H NMR spectroscopy and electrochemical methods
• Synthesized a variety of functionalized organic molecules for application in crop protection
• Developed and applied enzymatic test systems to screen a variety of organic molecules for their application in crop protection
• Co-authored 18 scientific papers, 2 book chapters, and 1 patent

Service

• Chairman, North Alabama Section of the ACS. 2002 - present.
• Graduate Advisor, Chemistry M.S. program. 2001 - present.
• UAH Pre Professional Advisory Committee. 2001 - present.
• Chair, Chemistry M.S. Curriculum Committee, 2001 - present.
• Biotechnology Curriculum Committee. 2001 - present.
• Judge, North Alabama Science Fair. 2001, 2002.
• Organized and supervised chemical demonstrations of the undergraduate UAH Chemistry Club at the "Days of Discovery." 2001, 2002.

Skills

• Schlenck techniques
• ¹H, ¹³ C, ⁷ Li, VT, and 2D NMR spectroscopy
• UV-Vis and IR spectroscopy
• EPR spectroscopy
• Cyclic voltammetry / square wave voltammetry
• X-ray crystallography
• GC/MS
• HPLC/MS
• Fluent in German

Affiliations

• American Chemical Society
• Society of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines

Publications

A full list of 15 publications, 2 book chapters and one patent is found here.