Postdoctoral Research Associate, 1979 to 1981, Columbia University, New York, NY
    Research Director: Gilbert Stork

Ph.D., Synthetic Organic Chemistry, 1979, University of Pittsburgh , Pittsburgh, PA
    Research Director: Paul A. Grieco

B.S., Chemistry, 1974, Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA

1992-pres. Professor, University of Georgia

1987-1992 Associate Professor, University of Georgia

1981-1987 Assistant Professor, University of Georgia

1979-1981 NIH Postdoctoral Fellow, Columbia University

Elected Co-chairman of the Latest Trends in Organic Synthesis Conference
    held biannually [1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998 and 2000].

President of Majestic Research, Inc., a custom synthesis / research-oriented corporation started in 1994.

Vice-Chairman for the 1998 Gordon Research Conference on Natural Products Chemistry

Chairman for the 1999 Gordon Research Conference on Natural Products Chemistry

Vice-Chairman for the Northeastern Georgia Section of the American Chemical Society (1998)

Chairman for the Northeastern Georgia Section of the American Chemical Society (1999)

6th Gulf Coast Chemistry Conference (an invited short talk) 9/23/83

35th Southeast Regional Meeting of the ACS (a paper) 11/10/83

187th National Meeting of the ACS (a paper) 4/11/84

1st Symposium on the Latest Trends in Organic Synthesis
    (an invited colloquium) 5/18/8

Gordon Research Conference on Organic Reactions & Processes
    (an invited short talk) 7/18/84

188th National Meeting of the ACS (a paper) 8/27/84

36th Southeast Regional Meeting of the ACS (a paper) 10/25/84

189th National Meeting of the ACS (four papers) 5/2/85

Florida Sate University (a research seminar) 9/18/85

8th Gulf Coast Chemistry Conference (an invited colloquium) 9/21/85

Mercer University (a research seminar) 10/22/85

Clemson University (a research seminar) 11/20/85

University of South Carolina (a research seminar) 11/22/85

College of Charleston (a research seminar) 1/22/86

Middle Tennessee State University (a research seminar) 2/21/86

Georgia Institute of Technology (a research seminar) 3/13/86

XX National Organosilicon Symposium (an invited short talk) 4/18/86
Georgia State University (a research seminar) 5/26/86

2nd Symposium on the Latest Trends in Organic Synthesis
    (two invited colloquia) 5/26/86

17th Annual NSF Workshop on Organic Synthesis and Natural Products Chemistry
    (an invited participant) 7/4/86

38th Southeastern Regional Meeting of the ACS (four papers) 11/4/86

Sandoz Research Institute (a research seminar) 12/1/86

University of Akron (a research seminar) 2/10/87

Case Western Reserve University (a research seminar) 2/11/87

University of Central Florida (a research seminar) 4/21/87

8th International Symposium of Organosilicon Chemistry
    (a Symposium Fellow and invited short talk) 6/6/87

194th National Meeting of the ACS (two papers) 9/2/87

Pennwalt Pharmaceuticals (a research seminar) 9/11/87

Millikan Chemicals (a research seminar) 9/14/87

Northeast New Jersey Section of the ACS

    (an invited research seminar) 9/26/87

Schering Pharmaceuticals (a research seminar) 9/27/87

39th Southeastern Regional Meeting of the ACS
    (an invited colloquium) 11/3/87

Hercules Chemical Corporation (a research seminar) 1/15/88

University of South Alabama (a research seminar) 2/15/88

Tokushima '88 Presymposium (Japan) (an invited guest speaker) 5/28/88

IUPAC 16th International Symposium on the Chemistry of Natural Products
    held in Kyoto, Japan (an invited special talk ) 6/3/88

Post-IUPAC Symposium at Kyoto (Japan) (an invited guest speaker) 6/5/88

Suntory Institute for Biooranic Research (Japan) (an invited research seminar) 6/6/88

Tokyo Institute of Technology (Japan) (a research seminar) 6/8/88

Keio University (Japan) (a research seminar) 6/9/88

Tohoku University (Japan) (a research seminar) 6/11/88

University of Salford (England) (a research seminar) 9/26/88

Southampton University (England) (a research seminar ) 9/27/88

Nottingham University (England) (a research seminar) 9/28/88

Cambridge University (England) (a research seminar) 9/30/88

NATO-Workshop held in Glyphada, Greece (a plenary lecture) 10/5/88

40th Southeastern Regional Meeting of the ACS
    (an invited colloquium & a paper) 11/9/88

Virginia Commonwealth University (a research seminar) 11/17/88

XXII Organosilicon National Symposium (an invited short talk) 4/7/89

National Organic Symposium (a poster) 6/20/89

Boston University (a research seminar) 7/21/89

Gordon Research Conference in Natural Products (an invited short talk) 7/26/89

12th Gulf Coast Conference (an invited colloquium) 9/8/89

198th National Meeting of the ACS (two papers) 9/11/89

University of Glasgow (Scotland) (a research seminar) 9/20/89
XII International Conference on Isoprenoids

    held in Poznan, Poland (a plenary lecture) 9/24/89

University of Hannover (Germany) (a research seminar) 10/2/89

University of Braunschweig (Germany) (a research seminar) 10/3/89

University of Gottingen (Germany) (a research seminar) 10/4/89

University of Heidelberg (Germany) (a research seminar) 10/5/89

University of Berlin (Germany) (a research seminar) 10/6/89

41th Southeastern Regional Meeting of the ACS
    (an invited colloquium & a paper) 10/10/89

Berlex Laboratories Inc. (a research seminar) 10/27/89

University of Toledo (a research seminar) 11/13/89

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (a research seminar) 1/25/90

University of Alabama (a research seminar) 2/8/90

Merck Sharpe & Dohme Research Laboratories (a research seminar) 3/19/90

Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science (a research seminar) 4/2/90

University of Auburn (a research seminar) 4/12/90

Rutgers University (a research seminar) 5/4/90

University of Wisconsin (a research seminar) 5/11/90

University of Illinois, at Chicago (a research seminar) 5/22/90

42nd Southeastern Regional Meeting of the ACS (two papers) 12/7/90

Carnegie-Mellon University (a research seminar) 4/9/91

201st National Meeting of the ACS (two papers) 4/16/91

Penn State University (a research seminar) 5/20/91

University of Pittsburgh (a research seminar) 5/29/91

University of South Florida (a research seminar) 10/4/91

R. W. Johnson Pharmaceuticals (a research seminar) 10/18/91

Mayo Clinic (a research seminar) 11/4/91

43rd Southeastern Regional Meeting of the ACS (a paper) 11/13/91

UpJohn Pharmaceuticals (a research seminar) 4/14/92

Gordon Research Conference on Natural Products (an invited featured speaker) 7/25/92

12th Biennial Conference on Chemical Education (an invited short talk) 8/5/92

1st World Congress of Microwave Chemistry
    held in Breukelen, The Netherlands (an invited featured speaker) 10/3/92

Duquesne University (a research seminar) 11/16/92

44th Southeastern Regional Meeting of the ACS (a paper) 12/9/92

Clemson University (a research seminar) 2/5/93

NSF / EPRI Workshop on Microwave-Induced Reactions
    (an invited featured speaker) 3/8-10/93

10th Marvel Symposium held at University of Arizona
    (a plenary lecture) 3/14/93

University of Connecticut (a research seminar) 4/15/93

Microwave Debate sponsored by Nestle Ltd and held in Lausanne, Switzerland
    (an invited featured speaker) 5/24/93

206th National Meeting of the ACS (a paper) 8/25/93

Glaxo Pharmaceuticals at Middlesex, England (a research seminar) 9/28/93

Microwave Enhanced Chemistry Conference held in Birmingham, England
    (an invited featured speaker) 9/29/93

45th SERMACS (two papers) 10/20/93

Central Florida University (a research seminar) 1/22/94

Howard University (a research seminar) 5/16/94

208th National Meeting of the ACS (a paper) 8/21/94

46th Southeastern Regional Meeting of the ACS
    (an invited colloquium and three papers) 10/16/94

Mercer University (a research seminar) 11/7/94

Georgia Institute of Technology (an research seminar) 5/ 2/95

34th National Organic Symposium (a poster) 6/11/95

Gordon Research Conference in Natural Products (a poster) 7/4/95

Glaxo-Wellcome Pharmaceuticals(a research seminar) 7/26/95

210th National Meeting of the ACS (a paper) 8/20/95

University of Florida (a research seminar) 10/13/95

Montrell Polyolfins (a research seminar) 12/4/95

6th International Symposium on Natural Product Chemistry
    held in Karachi, Pakistan (a plenary lecture) 1/4/96

Milestone, s.r.l. (Italy) (a research seminar) 2/4/96

Case Western Reserve University (a research seminar) 2/9/96

American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists 1996 Southeastern Regional
    held in Research Triangle Park, NC (an invited symposium) 6/24/96

Shanghai Institute for Organic Chemistry; Chinese Academy of Science (PRC)
    (a research seminar) 9/5/96

Nanjing University (PRC) (a research seminar) 9/6/96

Beijing Normal University (PRC) (a research seminar) 9/8/96

Beijing University (PRC) (a research seminar) 9/9/96

Tokushima University (Japan) (a research seminar) 9/12/96

University of Toyko (Japan) (a research seminar) 9/14/96

Tokyo Institute of Technology (Japan) (a rsearch seminar) 9/15/96

University of Notre Dame (a research seminar) 9/26/96

Duquesne University (a research seminar) 10/4/96

Wyeth-Ayerst Pharmaceuticals (a research seminar) 10/17/96

Erskine College (a research seminar) 11/5/96

213th National Meeting of the ACS (2 papers) 4/16/97

214th National Meeting of the ACS (an invited symposium) 9/10/97

49th Southeastern Regional Meeting of the ACS (an invited symposium)10/22/97

University of Louisville (a research seminar) 9/11/98

University of Arizona (a research seminar) 3/1/99

Montana State University (a research seminar) 4/16/99