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Expert in Organic & Analytic Chemistry: Applied Synthetic Procedures, Aldehydes, Ketones and Esters, NMR, etc.
Available for your Consulting and Expert Witness Needs
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Summary of Expertise:
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Expert has expertise in many aspects of organic chemistry. He is skilled in applied synthetic procedures. He is also knowledgeable about rare and fine chemical intermediates. Expert has experience with: aldehydes, ketones, and esters; many types of alcohols; and amides and amines. He is familiar with many kinds of hydrocarbons, including aromatic, aliphatic, and halogenated hydrocarbons, including chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs). He has worked with nitrogen organic compounds; organic solvents; and organic acids, including aliphatic, dibasic, and aromatic. He has mastered numerous mechanisms of organic reactions. He is also experienced with naturally occurring organic compounds, particularly alkaloids, and has studied the biogenetic relationships of the alkaloids of the amanita muscaria mushroom. Expert is adept with several analytical procedures, especially extraction, titration, gas chromatography, NMR, infrared and mass spectroscopy, distillation, and crystallization. He is also experienced with column, thin-layer, liquid and gas chromatography, radiochemistry, and radioactive labeling.
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Expert has been a professional glassblower since 1976. He has extensive experience making custom scientific glassware and ran a scientific glassblowing company from 1976-78.
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Show Secondary and Basic Areas of Expertise | Localities:
Expert may consult nationally and internationally, and is also local to the following cities: Raleigh, North Carolina;
Greensboro, North Carolina;
Durham, North Carolina;
Winston Salem, North Carolina;
Fayetteville, North Carolina;
Cary, North Carolina;
High Point, North Carolina;
Greenville, North Carolina;
Rocky Mount, North Carolina;
and Lynchburg, Virginia.
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1971
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Ph.D.
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Organic Chemistry
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University of South Carolina
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1967
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A.B.
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Chemistry
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East Carolina University
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1972
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Post Doctoral Fellow
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Natural Products
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University of Zurich, Switzerland
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1999 to 2000
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King's Laboratory
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Research and Development
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Director
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1978 to 1999
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The Scientific Consulting Associates
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Consultant
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1992 to 1998
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Morris Brown College, Atlanta
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Chemistry
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Professor
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1991 to 1992
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West Virginia State College
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Organic Chemistry
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Associate Professor
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1989 to 1990
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Pikeville College
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Department of Math & Science
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Associate Professor
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1988 to 1989
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Lees-McRae College
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Department of Natural Science & Mathematics
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Associate Professor
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Associations/Societies
He is a member of the American Chemical Society.
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Publications and Patents Summary
He has written several publications in chemical journals and magazines.
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Selected Publications and Publishers
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- Journal of Organic Chemistry
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- South Carolina Wildlife Magazine
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| Selected Consulting Examples: |
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He was an expert witness for a proposed High Rock Nuclear facility in North Carolina.
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He was involved in analysis and recommendations involving alkaline discharge at Cumberland Gap tunnel project.
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He has proposed and written many procedures for preparation of organic chemical intermediates.
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Expert Witness Experience Summary:
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Has written documents for litigation and have appeared in court as an expert witness.
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1971 to 1972
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Zurich, Switzerland
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He was a Post-Doctoral Fellow. He conducted research on the metabolites of the European Magic Mushroom, amanita muscaria.
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German
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Expert knows some German.
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As Head of R & D, he has written chemical procedures for laboratory and industrial preparations of a large variety of organic intermediates and fine chemicals.
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| Additional Skills and Services: |
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Training/Seminars
Taught University General & Organic Chemistry at various small colleges throughout the Southern Appalachians.
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Supplier and Vendor Location and Selection Expert has experience locating vendors of organic chemicals (intermediate, samples, etc.), inorganic chemicals, fine chemicals, scientific glass apparatus, and fossils. He has access to personal contacts for assistance in vendor location.
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Other Skills and Services
Expert glassblower. Has designed and made a variety of scientific and ornamental glass objects.
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