Faculty
 Associate Dean Associate Professor SC 2210 812-465-1268 sblunt@usi.edu |
A native of Kirksville, Missouri, I graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry from Truman State University (although at the time of graduation, the university was known as Northeast Missouri State University) in 1993.
Following in my father's footsteps (he is also an organic chemistry professor), I migrated north, became a Hawkeye fan, and completed my doctoral studies on natural product synthesis, under the direction of Dr. David F. Wiemer, at the University of Iowa in 1998. This led to a one-year (short but memorable) visiting lecturer position at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, Illinois. At the end of the academic year, I came to USI as an Assistant Professor in Chemistry in the Fall of 1999. In the Fall of 2005, I was promoted to Associate Professor of Chemistry. I recently accepted the Associate Dean of the Pott College of Science and Engineering effective August of 2006. I look forward to the challenges this new position will bring.
I enjoy teaching primarily organic chemistry courses for science majors and general, organic and biochemistry for allied health majors. I have recently started research projects with several undergraduate students (and always looking for more students) on the synthesis of novel nucleoside analogs as potential HIV drugs and on the synthesis of quinoline alkaloids as promising drugs for the treatment of breast cancer. If you are interested in working on these projects, I am always eager to discuss them.
Course Information
- CHEM 353 - Organic Chemistry I
Blackboard Course - CHEM 354 - Organic Chemistry II
Blackboard Course - CHEM 453 - Advanced Organic Chemistry
Blackboard Course
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