Dr. Jim Bolender


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Office: Shiley Center for Science and Technology – ST 380
Phone: (619) 260-4792
E-Mail Address: bolender@sandiego.edu
AIM:  jamesbolender
Office Hours - Spring Semester 2005:    Monday 1300-1500, Tuesday 1500-1700, Wednesday 1100-1230, and by appointment


Course Schedule - Fall Semester 2004:
MWF 1000 - 1055 Chemistry 152, Section 3 - General Chemistry,     Click here for the Chemistry 152 web page
TTh 0800 - 1200 Chemistry 220 - Analytical Chemistry    Click here for the Chemistry 220 web page

Academic Background
Bachelor of Arts: Wittenberg University ; 1988; Majors: Chemistry and Physics

Doctor of Philosophy: University of Virginia ; 1994; Physical Chemistry; Advisor : Dr. Frederick S. Richardson

Postdoctoral Research Pennsylvania State University ; Bio-physical and Bio-inorganic Chemistry; Advisor: Dr. William DeW. Horrocks, Jr.

Courses Taught
Chemistry 11 Chemistry and Society
Chemistry 151/152 General Chemistry Lecture
Chemistry 152H  Honors General Chemistry Lecture
Chemistry 151L General Chemistry Laboratory
Chemistry 220 Analytical Chemistry
Chemistry 311 Physical Chemistry - Quantum Mechanics, Structure and Spectroscopy
Chemistry 312 Physical Chemistry - Thermodynamics and Kinetics
Chemistry 396 Methods of Chemical Research
Chemistry 422W Advanced Integrated Laboratory Physical/Inorganic
Chemistry 425W Instrumental Analysis
Chemistry 495 Senior Seminar
 Pollution in the Sand , a team-taught Honors Course with Dr. Michel Boudrias, Marine and Environmental Studies

Research Interests
Chiral Recognition
Environmental Chemistry

Current Funding

Daniel and Lucille Packard Foundation – Pollution Remediation in Bahia Magdalena

National Science Foundation – Acquisition of Laser Instrumentation for Undergraduate Research and Teaching

Coca Cola Foundation – International Environmental Research and Education

Danvera Foundation - International Environmental Pollution Studies

Current Research Students:
Jennifer Schollee
Margaret Valenzuela
Tara O'Leary
Kelsey Watters
Katie Noble
Christo Dru
Will Lewis
Joanna Kinsey
Erica Hewitt

Former Research Students (Where are they now??)
Ryan S. Ries - UCLA Chemistry
Joseph Cordaro - UC - Berkeley - Chemistry
Chris Dumlao
Robin Bareng - Uniformed Services Medical School, Bethesda Maryland
Andy Meyers - Southwestern Law School
Tim Clark - UC-Irvine Chemistry
Jamie Lucia - Law School
Hailey Russell – San Diego State University
Jonathan Tallant - Class of 2002
Peter  Mann - Class of 2004
Kate DeKraay - Fisher Scientific
Alicia Glassco - Catalina Island Marine Institute

Recent Publications

"Chirality-Dependent Interactions between Molecular Propeller Structures in Solution. Chiral Recognition and Discrimination Processes Modulated by Temperature and Incremental Changes in Structural Chirality." James P. Bolender and F.S. Richardson, Biophysical Chemistry , 105 (2003) 293 - 322.

“Field Research at the Core of an Interdisciplinary Science Course.” James P. Bolender and Michel A. Boudrias, Council for Undergraduate Research – Quarterly, 22 (2002) 180-185.

"Chiral Recognition Probed Stern-Volmer Quenching Kinetics" James P. Bolender, Andrew Meyers, Joseph Cordaro, and Ryan S. Ries, Chirality
, 14 (2002) 456-464.

"Pore Formation by Apoptotic Cytoplamic Peptide of Neurotrophin Receptor p75NTR", Martha L. Medina, Barbara S. Chapman, James P. Bolender, and Leigh A. Plesniak, Journal of Peptide Research
, (2002) 59, 149-158.

“Lanthanide Ions as Redox Probes of Long-Range Electron Transfer in Proteins.” Ronald M. Supkowski, James P. Bolender, Wendy D. Smith, Lewis E.L. Reynolds, and William DeW. Horrocks, Jr.; Coord. Chem. Rev., 185-186 (1999) 307-319.

"Photosensitized Near Infrared Luminescence of Ytterbium(III) in Proteins and Complexes Occurs Via an Internal Redox Process." William DeW. Horrocks, Jr., James P. Bolender, Wendy D. Smith, and Ronald M. Supkowski; Journal of the American Chemical Society
119 (1997) 5972-5973.
 


Recent Travels: Puerto San Carlos, Baja California Sur, Mexico


Coffee of the Month : Peet's New Guinea

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