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In MemoriamThomas L. Netzel Ph.D., Yale University (1973)
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Thomas Leonard Netzel passed away on September 4, 2008 from aggressive prostate cancer.
Tom received his B.Sc. in Chemistry from the University of Wisconsin in 1968. He then went to Yale, where he received his Ph.D. in Chemical Physics studying intermolecular interactions and the electronic band structure of crystalline benzene. From 1972 - 1974 he was a member of the Chemical Physics Group at Bell Laboratories, studying photosynthetic bacteria and developing the first double-beam picosecond spectrometer. After working with the Economics Analysis Group at Bell Laboratories from 1974 - 1976, he returned to chemistry at the Brookhaven National Laboratory (1977-1985). In 1985, he joined the Physical Technology Division of the Amoco Technology Company as a Staff Chemist. In 1989, Tom moved to Atlanta to join the Department of Chemistry as a Professor of Chemistry. His work focused on synthesizing, characterizing, and modeling covalently modified DNA nucleosides, oligonucleotides, and duplexes. The goal of this work was to understand the mechanisms of electron and hole transport through DNA duplexes.
Tom was very active in service. His calm approach to problems, insightful analysis of situations, good cheer, and hard work were important in a number of venues. In addition to community involvement, he was a member of the University Senate, and active in the local section of the American Chemical Society. He is particularly remembered for his effective service as Chair of the Regional American Chemical Society meeting in Atlanta in 2003. This led to his receipt of the 2008 ACS National Award for Volunteer Service “for significant contributions to the goals and objectives of the American Chemical Society.”
He is survived by his wife, Marla, as well as daughters Adira Netzel-Abramson and Rivka Monheit and their families.
Tom will be missed as a scholar, teacher, mentor, and friend.
Curriculum vitae
Education Yale University Ph.D. - Chemical Physics 1973
Yale
University M.Phil. -
Chemical Physics 1970
Univ.
of Wisconsin B.Sc. -
Chemistry 1968
Overview My research
subjects have included
benzene crystals,
reaction center proteins, chemically
modified DNA duplexes, and organometallic catalysts. I measured the temperature-independent density-of-states for the
lowest excited singlet state of crystalline benzene and showed that a Green's
function expansion of the Hamiltonian successfully modeled exciton band mixing
in isotopically doped benzene crystals.
I measured and assigned the primary electron-transfer steps in
photosynthetic bacteria. I also
explored light-driven electron-transfer reactions and other radiationless decay
processes in porphyrin, chlorophyll, and inorganic supramolecules. Much of this work required developing new
picosecond spectroscopic instrumentation and measurement techniques. My absorption kinetics experiments cover the
near-UV to near-IR spectral and 10-11 to 10-3 s temporal
ranges with exceptionally small ∆A errors. This powerful instrumental capability makes it possible to
investigate light-driven chemical reactions in both chemical and biochemical
systems. My recent research encompasses
the synthesis and physical characterization of covalently modified DNA
nucleosides and duplexes. This work is
focused on understanding the mechanisms of electron and hole transport through
DNA duplexes and hairpins as functions of the number and type of bases
separating covalently attached donors and acceptors. In January of 2001, GSU was granted a patent on the use of
photoinduced charge separation in DNA as a detection method for biological and
medical assays. We are currently
consulting with viral immunologists and electrical engineers to develop
photonic viral sensors based on this detection technology.
Work Experience
Georgia State
University
Department of
Chemistry
Atlanta,
Georgia 30303-3083
1989-present Professor of Chemistry. Began in the summer of 1989 to design and
construct laser kinetics, synthetic, and office spaces for occupancy in the
spring of 1990. Present research
activities concentrate on synthesizing, characterizing, and modeling covalently
modified DNA nucleosides, oligonucleotides and duplexes. In this work DNA
is labeled with redox active substituents to explore fundamental aspects of
both primary photoinduced electron transfer reactions in nucleosides and
subsequent secondary electron and hole transport in DNA duplexes. Today these studies are motivated by a
desire to advance our understanding of the molecular basis of DNA damage due to
ionizing radiation and to improve nucleic acid-based medical diagnostics
assays. However, in the future they are
also likely to be relevant to the DNA engineering of molecular-electronic and
nanomechanical devices. Another
initiative in this area involves both semi-empirical and ab initio quantum mechanical studies of the electronic properties
of solvated electron transfer products in nucleoside conjugates and duplexes.
Amoco
Technology Company, Amoco Research Center
Naperville, IL
60566
1985-1989 Staff Chemist - Physical
Technology Division. Demonstrated that the hybridization
specificity of short DNA oligomers allows them to function as templates for
assembling covalently attached molecular labels. Thus chemically modified
DNA duplexes can, in principle, now be constructed with specifically located
molecular subunits to carry out energy, electron, and proton transfer
reactions.
Directly
observed the key intermediate (likely a s-complex)
which leads to alkyl hydride formation after photoactivation of RhCl(CO)(PMe3)2 in
hydrocarbon solvents. This project used
picosecond optical and FT-IR spectroscopies to explore the reaction mechanisms
of organometallic and inorganic catalysts.
In particular, I studied intramolecular charge-transfer processes in Os
and Re complexes and C-H activation chemistry in Rh, Ir, Ni, Pd, and Pt
complexes. My strategy was to combine
synthesis, reactivity screening, and mechanistic studies to develop strongly
oxidizing inorganic complexes and homogeneous organometallic catalysts.
Brookhaven
National Laboratory
Upton, New
York 11973
1977-1985 Chemist. Showed that cofacial diporphyrins mimicked the primary
charge separation in Photosystem II reaction centers and developed an
automated picosecond absorption spectrometer capable of observing chemical
intermediates from 10-11 to 10-3 s in the near-UV to near-IR spectral range. This project required coordinating
synthetic, electrochemical, and spectroscopic work among a number of
laboratories in the U.S., Canada, and England with the objective of developing
porphyrin, chlorophyll, and inorganic supramolecules capable of transforming
sunlight into chemical energy.
Bell
Laboratories
Murray Hill,
New Jersey 07974
1974-1977 Member of Technical Staff (MTS) -
Economics Analysis Group. Quantified the regulatory, economic, and
financial impacts of the Bell System's tax choices with respect to long-term
debt refunding opportunities.
1972-1974 MTS - Chemical Physics Group. Measured and assigned the primary electron-transfer
steps in reaction centers isolated from photosynthetic bacteria; developed the
first double-beam picosecond spectrometer; created software for the
simultaneous operation of three laser spectrometers with one Data General
computer; and mentored scientists new to the field of picosecond spectroscopy.
Publication List
1. Isotope Effects in Intermolecular
Interactions in Crystalline Benzene.
S.D. Colson and T.L. Netzel, Chem. Phys. Letters 16, 555 (1972).
2. Electronic Band Structure for Isotopic Mixed Benzene Crystals. T.L. Netzel, S.D. Colson and D. Fox, J. Chem. Phys. 59, 475 (1973).
3. Resolved Emission from Compound States in Heavily Doped Benzene Crystals. S.D. Colson and T.L. Netzel, Molecular Phys. 26, 119 (1973).
4. Temperature-Independent Density-of-States Function for the S1(0,0) Band of Crystalline Benzene. S.D. Colson and T.L. Netzel, J. Chem. Phys. 59, 3107 (1973).
5. Picosecond Spectroscopy. T.L. Netzel, W.S. Struve and P.M. Rentzepis, Ann. Rev. Phys. Chem. 24, 473 (1973).
6. Picosecond Kinetics of Reaction Centers Containing Bacteriochlorophyll. T.L. Netzel, P.M. Rentzepis and J. Leigh, Science 182, 238 (1973).
7. On the Nature of Exciton-Phonon Coupling in Crystalline Benzene. S.D. Colson, T.L. Netzel and J.M. van Pruyssen, J. Chem. Phys. 62, 606 (1974).
8. Picosecond Kinetics of Tetracene Dianions. T.L. Netzel and P.M. Rentzepis, Chem. Phys. Letters 29, 337 (1974).
9. Primary Events in Photosynthesis: Picosecond Kinetics of Carotenoid Bandshifts in Rhodopseudomonas Spheroides Chromatophores. J.S. Leigh, T.L. Netzel, P.L. Dutton and P.M. Rentzepis, FEBS Letters 48, 136 (1974).
10. Picosecond Kinetics of Electron Ejection and Recapture by Tetraphenylethylene Dianion. W.S. Struve, T.L. Netzel, P.M. Rentzepis, G. Levin and M. Schwarc, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 97, 3310 (1975).
11. Picosecond Kinetics of Events Leading to Reaction Center Bacteriochlorophyll Oxidation. K.J. Kaufmann, P.L. Dutton, T.L. Netzel and P.M. Rentzepis, Science 188, 1301 (1975).
12. Electron Transfer in the Photosynthetic Reaction Center. P.L. Dutton, R.G. Prince, D.M. Tiede, K.M. Petty, K.J. Kaufmann, T.L. Netzel and P.M. Rentzepis, Proceedings of the Brookhaven Symposium in Biology, No. 28, June 7-9, 1979.
13. On the Ineffectiveness of Ubiquinone to Influence the Initial Oxidation of Bacteriochlorophyll. T.L. Netzel, P.L. Dutton, K.M. Petty, E.O. Degenkolb and P.M. Rentzepis, Advances in Molecular Relaxation and Interaction Processes 11, 217-220 (1977).
14. Effect of Reduction of the Reaction Center Intermediate Upon the Picosecond Oxidation Reaction of the Bacteriochlorophyll Dimer in Chromatium Vinosum and Rhodopseudomonas Viridis. T.L. Netzel, P.M. Rentzepis, D.M. Tiede, R.C. Prince and P.L. Dutton, Biochim. et Biophys. Acta 460, 467-479 (1977).
15. Early Events and Transient Chemistry in the Photohomolysis of Alkylcobalamins. J.F. Endicott and T.L. Netzel, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 101, 4000-4002 (1979).
16. Direct Measurement of the Rate of Intramolecular Electron Transfer in a Diruthenium Mixed-Valence Complex. C. Creutz, P. Kroger, T. Matsubara, T.L. Netzel and N. Sutin, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 101, 5442-5444 (1979).
17. Electron Transfer Reactions in Cofacial Diporphyrins. T.L. Netzel, P. Kroger, C.-K. Chang, I. Fujita and J. Fajer, Chem. Phys. Lett. 67, 223-228 (1979).
18. Lifetimes, Spectra, and Quenching of the Excited States of Polypyridine Complexes of Iron(II), Ruthenium(II) and Osmium(II). C. Creutz, M. Chou, T.L. Netzel, M. Okumura and N. Sutin, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 102, 1309-1319 (1980).
19. Picosecond Kinetics Studies of Electron Transfer in Diporphyrin Models of the Photosystem II Reaction Center of Green Plants. T.L. Netzel, I. Fujita, J. Fajer and C.-B. Wang, Third Inter. Conf. on Photochemical Conversion and Storage of Solar Energy, Aug. 3-8, 1980, Golden, Colorado.
20. A Picosecond Spectrometric Search for Electron Transfer Reactions in Dimeric and Trimeric Reaction Center Models Containing Pyrochlorophyll. T.L. Netzel, R.R. Bucks, S.G. Boxer and I. Fujita, Third Inter. Conf. on Photochemical Conversion and Storage of Solar Energy, Aug. 3-8, 1980, Golden, Colorado.
21. A Report on Picosecond Studies of Electron Transfer in Photosynthetic Models. T.L. Netzel, R.R. Bucks, S.G. Boxer and I. Fujita in "Picosecond Phenomena II" (editors: R. Hochstrasser, W. Kaiser and C.V. Shank) Springer-Verlag, New York, 322-326 (1980).
22. The Primary Charge Separation and a Biomimetic Model of Photosynthetic Oxygen Evolution. M.S. Davis, A. Forman, I. Fujita, T.L. Netzel and J. Fajer, Third Inter. Conf. on Photochemical Conversion and Storage of Solar Energy, Aug. 3-8, 1980, Golden, Colorado.
23. Oxidative Substitution Reactions of the Osmochrome Os(OEP)[P(OMe)3]2 in Chlorinated Solvents. N. Serpone, M.A. Jamieson and T.L. Netzel, J. Photochem. 15, 295-301 (1981).
24. Chapter 4, Electron Transfer Reactions in Reaction Centers of Photosynthetic Bacteria and in Reaction Center Models. T.L. Netzel, Biological Events Probed by Ultrafast Laser Spectroscopy (R.R. Alfano, ed.) Academic Press, N.Y., pp. 79-177 (1982).
25. Temperature Dependence of the Lifetimes of the Ligand Field States of Tris(1,10-phenanthroline)Iron(II). M.A. Bergkamp, B.S. Brunschwig, P. Gutlich, T.L. Netzel and N. Sutin, Chem. Phys. Lett. 81, 147-150 (1981).
26. The Picosecond Photochemistry of a Cofacial Diporphyrin Containing Iron(III) and Zn(II): Mimicking Electron Transfer Between Cytochrome-c and the Primary Electron Donor in Reaction Centers of Photosynthetic Bacteria. I. Fujita, T.L. Netzel, C.-K. Chang and C.-B. Wang, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 79, 413-417 (1982).
27. A Picosecond Kinetics Study of the Excited State Properties of Some Osmium Octaethylporphyrins. N. Serpone, T.L. Netzel and M. Gouterman, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 104, 246-252 (1982).
28. Quenching of the Singlet Excited States of Meso-Substituted Porphines by p-Benzoquinone Under Unimolecular and Biomolecular Conditions: Evidence for Electron Transfer in Competition with Vibrational Relaxation. M.A. Bergkamp, J. Dalton and T.L. Netzel, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 104, 253-259 (1982).
29. Optically-Induced Electron Transfer Within Ion Pairs: The Os(5-Cl-phen)32+-Fe(CN)6-4 System. W. Rybak, A. Haim, T.L. Netzel and N. Sutin, J. Phys. Chem. 85, 2856-2860 (1981).
30. A Comparison of Ultrafast Electron Transfers in Porphyrin/Quinone and Mg/Free Base Diporphyrin Molecules: Mimicking Photosynthetic Charge Separations. T.L. Netzel, M.A. Bergkamp, C.-K. Chang and J. Dalton, J. Photochem. 17, 451-460 (1981).
31. Benzoquinone Quenching of Diporphyrin Excited States: Kinetics Evidence for Distinguishing Electron Transfer Photoproducts From (π,π*) States. T.L. Netzel, M.A. Bergkamp, C.-K. Chang, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 104, 1952-1957 (1982).
32. A Picosecond Spectroscopic Study of Chlorophyll-Based Models for the Primary Photochemistry of Photosynthesis. R.R. Bucks, T.L. Netzel, I. Fujita and S.G. Boxer, J. Phys. Chem. 86, 1947-1955 (1982).
33. Solvent and Structural Effects on Picosecond Electron Transfer Reactions in Diporphyrin Models of the Photosystem II Reaction Center of Green Plants. I. Fujita, J. Fajer, C.-K. Chang, C.-B. Wang, M.A. Bergkamp and T.L. Netzel, J. Phys. Chem. 86, 3754-3759 (1982).
34. Laser Studies of Radiationless Decay Mechanisms in Os2+/3+ Polypyridine Complexes. T.L. Netzel and M.A. Bergkamp, ACS Symposium Series "Inorganic Chemistry: Toward the 21st Century" (M.H. Chisholm, ed.) pp. 515-518 (1983).
35. Comparison of Radiationless Decay Processes in Osmium and Platinum Porphyrins. G. Ponterini, N. Serpone, M.A. Bergkamp and T.L. Netzel, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 105, 4639-4645 (1983).
36. Lifetimes of the Ligand-to-Metal Charge-Transfer Excited States of Iron(III) and Osmium(III) Polypyridine Complexes: Effects of Isotopic Substitution and Temperature. M. Bergkamp, P. Gutlich, T.L. Netzel and N. Sutin, J. Phys. Chem. 87, 3877-3883 (1983).
37. Quantum Yield Determinations for Sub-Nanosecond Lived Excited States and Photoproducts: Applications to Inorganic Complexes and Photosynthetic Models. M.A. Bergkamp, C.-K. Chang and T.L. Netzel, J. Phys. Chem. 87, 4441-4446 (1983).
38. Excited State Spectra and Lifetimes for Oxomethoxomolybdenum(V) tetraphenylporphyrin: A Comparison of d1 and d9 Metalloporphyrin Photophysics. N. Serpone, H. Ledon and T.L. Netzel, Inorg. Chem. 23, 454-457 (1984).
39. Picosecond Spectroscopic Studies of (d8-d8) Binuclear Rhodium and Iridium Complexes: A Comparison of 1B2 and 3B2 Reactivity in Bis(1,5-cyclooctadiene)bis(-pyrazolyl)-diiridium(I). J. Winkler, J. Marshall, T.L. Netzel and H.B. Gray, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 108, 2263-2266 (1986).
40. Excited-State Spectra and Lifetimes of Quadruply Bonded Binuclear Complexes: Direct Observation of a New Transient Species Following Decay of the 1(d,d*) State in Mo2Cl4(PBu3)4. J. Winkler, D. Nocera and T.L. Netzel, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 108, 4451-4458 (1986).
41. Direct Observation of Metal-to-Ligand Charge-Transfer (MLCT) Excited States of Pentaammineruthenium(II) Complexes. J. Winkler, T.L. Netzel, C. Creutz and N. Sutin, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 109, 2381-2392 (1987).
42. Synthesis and Characterization of DNA Oligomers and Duplexes Containing Covalently Attached Molecular Labels: Comparison of Biotin, Fluorescein, and Pyrene Labels by Thermodynamic and Optical Spectroscopic Measurements. J. Telser, K.A. Cruickshank, L.E. Morrison and T.L. Netzel, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 111, 6966-6976 (1989).
43. DNA Oligomers and Duplexes Containing a Covalently Attached Derivative of Tris(2,2'-bipyridine)ruthenium(II): Synthesis and Characterization by Thermodynamic and Optical Spectroscopic Measurements. J. Telser, K.A. Cruickshank, K.S. Schanze and T.L. Netzel, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 111, 7221-7226 (1989).
44. DNA Duplexes Covalently Labeled at Two Sites: Synthesis and Characterization by Steady-State and Time-Resolved Optical Spectroscopies. J. Telser, K.A. Cruickshank, L.E. Morrison, C.-K. Chan and T.L. Netzel, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 111, 7226-7232 (1989).
45. Ligand-Ligand Charge Transfer Excited States of Os(II) Complexes. T.A. Perkins, D.P. Pourreau, T.L. Netzel and K.S. Schanze, J. Phys. Chem. 93, 4511-4522 (1989).
46. Solvent Induced Excited State Quenching in a Chromophore-Quencher Complex. T.A. Perkins, W. Humer, T.L. Netzel and K.S. Schanze, J. Phys. Chem., 94, 2229-2232 (1990).
47. Dynamics of Reactive Intermediates as Probed by Flash Photolysis: The Rhodium(I) Complexes RhCl(CO)L2 (L=PPh3, P(p-tolyl)3 or PMe3). P.C. Ford, T.L. Netzel, C.T. Spillet and D.B. Pourreau, Pure and Appl. Chem., 62, 1091-1094 (1990).
48. Multiphasic Fe2+P(ZnP)+ Electron Transfer in ZnCcP/Cc Complexes: Conformational Control of Reactivity. S.A. Wallin, E.D.A. Stemp, A.M. Everest, J.M. Nocek, T.L. Netzel, and B.M. Hoffman, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 113(5), 1842-1844 (1991).
49. Substituent Effects on Carbanion Photophysics. 9-Arylfluorenyl Anions. L.M. Tolbert, S.F. Nesselroth, T.L. Netzel, N. Raya, and M. Stapleton, J. Phys. Chem. 96, 4492-4496 (1992).
50. T.L. Netzel Technical Progress Report, Year 1, Contract ID No. DE-FG05-93ER61604, United States Deparment of Energy, Project Title: "An Exploration of Sequence Specific DNA-duplex/Pyrene Interactions for Intercalated and Surface-Associated Pyrene Species." Period: 5/15/93 to 04/30/94.
51. T.L. Netzel Technical Progress Report, Year 2, Contract ID No. DE-FG05-93ER61604, United States Department of Energy, Project Title: "An Exploration of Sequence Specific DNA-duplex/Pyrene Interactions for Intercalated and Surface-Associated Pyrene Species." Period: 5/01/94 to 04/30/95.
52. An Exploration of Sequence Specific DNA-Duplex/Pyrene Interactions for Intercalated and Surface-Associated Pyrene Species. T.L. Netzel, DOE/ER-0645 Summaries of Fiscal Year 1994 Projects in Medical Applications and Biophysical Research, U. S. Dept. of Energy, Office of Health and Environmental Research, Med. Applications and Biophys. Res. Div., April, 31-32 (1995). Avail. U. S. Dept. of Commerce, Technology Admin., Nat. Technical Infor. Ser., Springfield, VA.
53. Direct Observation of Ultrafast C-C Bond Fragmentation in a Diamine Radical Cation. L.A. Lucia, Y. Wang, K. Nafisi, T.L. Netzel, K.S. Schanze, J. Phys. Chem. 99, 11801-11804 (1995).
54. Early-Time Dynamics and Reactivity of Polyoxometalate Excited States. Identification of a Short-Lived LMCT Excited State and a Reactive Long-Lived Charge Transfer Intermediate Following Picosecond Flash Excitation of [W10O32]4- in Acetonitrile. D.C. Duncan, T.L. Netzel, and C.L. Hill, Inorg. Chem. 34, 4640-4646 (1995).
55. Photophysics of 2'-Deoxyuridine (dU) Nucleosides Covalently Substituted with Either 1-Pyrenyl or 1-Pyrenoyl: Observation of Pyrene-to-Nucleoside Charge-Transfer Emission in 5-(1-Pyrenyl)-dU. T.L. Netzel, M. Zhao, K. Nafisi, J. Headrick, M.S. Sigman, and B.E. Eaton, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 117, 9119-9128 (1995).
56. Measuring Electron Transfer in DNA. N.B. Thornton, D.W. Dixon, and T.L. Netzel, Inter-Amer. Photochem. Soc. Newslett. 18, 14-19 (1995).
57. Base-Content Dependence of Emission Enhancements, Quantum Yields, and Lifetimes for Cyanine Dyes Complexed to Double-Strand DNA: Photophysical Properties of Monomeric and Bichromophoric Types of DNA Stains. T.L. Netzel, K. Nafisi, M. Zhao, J.R. Lenhard, and I. Johnson, J. Phys. Chem. 99, 17936-17947 (1995).
58. Base-Sequence Dependence of Emission Lifetimes for DNA Oligomers and Duplexes Covalently Labeled with Pyrene: Relative Electron-Transfer Quenching Efficiencies of A, G, C, and T Nucleosies Toward Pyrene*. M. Manoharan, K. Tivel, M. Zhao, K. Nafisi, and T.L. Netzel, J. Phys. Chem. 99, 17461-17472 (1995).
59. Direct Observation of Photoinduced Electron Transfer in Pyrene-Labeled dU Nucleosides and Evidence for Protonated 2'-Deoxyuridine Anion, dU(H)·, as a Primary ET Product. T.L. Netzel, K. Nafisi, J. Headrick, and B.E. Eaton, J. Phys. Chem. 99, 17948-17955 (1995).
60. Dynamic Behavior in the Light and Dark Phases of Alkane Photochemical Functionalization by [W10O32]4-. D. C. Duncan, B. S. Jaynes, T. L. Netzel, and C. L. Hill, Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. (Chem. Sci.) 107, 729-733 (1995).
61. Electron Transfer Reactions in DNA. T. L. Netzel, J. Chem. Ed. 74, 646-651 (1997).
62. An Exploration of Sequence Specific DNA-Duplex/Pyrene Interactions for Intercalated and Surface-Associated Pyrene Species. T.L. Netzel, DOE Report Number DOE/ER/61604-1, Final Report, U. S. Dept. of Energy, Office of Health and Environmental Research, March 31 (1997). Avail. U. S. Dept. of Commerce, Technology Admin., Nat. Technical Infor. Ser., Springfield, VA.
63. A Comparison of Theoretical and Experimental Studies of Electron Transfer Within DNA Duplexes. T. L. Netzel in Organic and Inorganic Photochemistry; Ramamurthy, V. and Schanze, K. S., eds.; Marcel Dekker, Inc.: New York; Molecular and Supramolecular Photochemistry Series 2, 1-54 (1998).
64. Present Status and Future Directions of Research in Electron-Transfer Mediated by DNA. T. L. Netzel, J. Biol. Inorg. Chem. 3, 210-214 (1998).
65. Intramolecular Quenching of Porphyrin Fluorescence by a Covalently-linked Ferrocene in DNA Scaffolding. N. B. Thornton, H. Wojtowicz, T. L. Netzel, and D. W. Dixon, J. Phys. Chem. B 102, 2101-2110 (1998).
66. Photoinduced Electron Transfer Mechanisms in
Covalently Labeled DNA Oligomers. T. L.
Netzel, NSF Progress Report Year 1, Grant CHE-9709318 (1998).
67. Synthesis of N6-(Anthraquinone-2"-carbonyl)-2'-Deoxyadenosine. I. M. Abdou, T. L. Netzel, and L.
Strekowski, Heterocyclic Commun. 4,
387-391 (1998).
68. Photoinduced Electron Transfer Mechanisms in
Covalently Labeled DNA Oligomers. T. L.
Netzel, NSF Progress Report Year 2, Grant CHE-9709318 (1999).
69. Effect of DNA
Scaffolding on Intramolecular Electron Transfer Quenching of a Photoexcited
Ruthenium(II) Polypyridine Naphthalene Diimide. D. W. Dixon, N. B. Thornton, V. Steullet, and T. L. Netzel,
Inorg. Chem. 38, 5526-5534 (1999).
70. CIS INDO/S SCRF Study of Electron Transfer
Excited States in a 1-Pyrenyl Substituted 1-Methyluracil-5-Carboxamide
Nucleoside Model: Dielectric Continuum
Solvation Effects on Electron Transfer States. C. D. Mitchell and T. L. Netzel,
J. Phys. Chem. B 104, 125-136 (2000).
71. Synthesis and Photophysics of a 1-Pyrenyl
Substituted 2'-Deoxyuridine-5-Carboxamide Nucleoside: Electron Transfer Products as CIS INDO/S Excited States. C. E. Kerr, C. D. Mitchell, J. Headrick, B.
E. Eaton, and T. L. Netzel, J. Phys. Chem. B 104, 1637-1650 (2000).
72. Synthesis and
Photophysics of a 1-Pyrenylmethyl Substituted 2'-Deoxyuridine-5-Carboxamide
Nucleoside: Electron-Transfer Product Lifetimes and Energies. C. E. Kerr, C. D. Mitchell, Y.-M. Ying, B.
E. Eaton, and T. L. Netzel, J. Phys. Chem. B 104, 2166-2175 (2000).
73. Synthesis of N,N-Dialkylaniline-2'-Deoxyuridine Conjugates for DNA Mediated
Electron Transfer Studies. C. E. Kerr, B. E. Eaton, and T. L. Netzel,
Nucleosides, Nucleotides & Nucleic Acids 19, 851-866 (2000).
74. Time-Resolved Optical and Infrared Spectral Studies of Intermediates Generated by Photolysis of trans-RhCl(CO)(PR3)2. Roles Played in the Photocatalytic Activation of Hydrocarbons. J. S. Bridgewater, T. L. Netzel, J. R. Schoonover, S. M. Massick, and P. C. Ford, Inorganic Chemistry 40, 1466-1476 (2001).
75. Photoinduced Electron Transfer Mechanisms in
Covalently Labeled DNA Oligomers. T. L.
Netzel, Final Project Report, NSF Award Number: 9709318 - Award Expiration Date: 07/31/2001.
76. Synthesis of 5-(Bipyridinyl and
2,2'-Bipyridiniumyl)-2'-Deoxyuridine Nucleosides: Precursors to Metallo-DNA Conjugates. S. T. Gaballah, C. E. Kerr, B. E. Eaton, and T. L. Netzel, Nucleosides,
Nucleotides & Nucleic Acids 21, 547-560
(2002).
77. Synthesis of 5-(Pyridinyl and
Pyridiniumyl)-2'-Deoxyuridine Nucleosides:
Reversible Electron Traps for DNA. S. T. Gaballah and T. L. Netzel, Nucleosides,
Nucleotides & Nucleic Acids 21, 681-694
(2002).
78. Synthesis of Two 8-[(Anthraquinone-2-yl)-linked]-2'-Deoxyadenosine 3'-Benzyl Hydrogen Phosphates
for Studies of Photoinduced Hole Transport in DNA. R. A. I. Abou-Elkhair and T. L. Netzel, Nucleosides, Nucleotides & Nucleic Acids,
24, 85-110 (2005).
79. Charge-Transfer Excited State Dynamics in DNA Hairpins Substituted With an
Ethylenylpyrenyl-dU Electron Source and Halo-dU Traps. S. T. Gaballah, J. D. Vaught, B. E. Eaton, and T. L. Netzel,
J. Phys. Chem. B 109, 5927-5934 (2005).
80. Synthesis of 5-(2-Pyren-1-yl-ethylenyl)-2'-dU as a Fluorescent Probe for Studying Electron
Transfer in DNA. S. T. Gaballah and T. L. Netzel, Heterocyclic Commun. 11, 241-248 (2005).
81. Charge Transfer Excited State Dynamics in DNA Duplexes Substituted With an
Ethynylpyrenyl-dU Electron Source and a Fluoro-dU Electron Trap. S. T. Gaballah, G. Collier, and T. L. Netzel,
J. Phys. Chem. B 109, 12175-12181 (2005).
82. Comparison of Py•+/dU•- Charge Transfer State Dynamics in
5-(1-Pyrenyl)-2'-Deoxyuridine Nucleoside Conjugates with Amido-, Ethylenyl-, and Ethynyl-Linkers.
S. T. Gaballah, Y. H. A. Hussein, N. Anderson, T. T. Lian, and T. L. Netzel, J. Phys. Chem. A 109, 10832-10845 (2005).
83. Explicit Solvent DRF INDOs/CIS Computations of Charge Transfer State Energetics in a Pyrenyldeoxyuridine Nucleoside Model.
P. Th. Van Duijnen and T. L. Netzel, J. Phys. Chem. A (2006) 110, 2204-2213 (2006).
84. Solvent and Linker Influences on AQ•-/dA•+ Charge-Transfer State Energetics and Dynamics in
Anthraquinonyl-Linker-Deoxyadenosine Conjugates. Y. H. A. Hussein, N. Anderson, T. T. Lian, I. Abdou, L. Strekowski, V. A. Timoshchuk, M. M. Vaghefi, and T. L. Netzel,
J. Phys. Chem. B 110, 4320-4328 (2006).
85. The spectroscopy, dynamics, and electronic structure of pyrenyl-dU nucleosides: P center dot+/dU(center dot-) charge transfer state photophysics.
T. L. Netzel, Tetrahedron 63, 3491-3514 (2007).
Professional Society Memberships
American Chemical Society (ACS)
Inter-American Photochemical Society
(IAPS)
Patents and Patent Filings
Template Directed Ligation of Probes, describes a
new diagnostic test for infectious diseases and genetic defects. Cruickshank-Netzel-Telser Amoco Corporation
Case 27459, Serial No. 444,021, U. S. filed 11/30/89; continued 9/16/91 and 9/7/93;
abandoned 1994 due to business interest changes.
Methods and Apparatus
for the Photo-Electrochemical Detection of Nucleic Acid. Netzel, T. L.; Georgia State University,
assign.; USA, 2001, January 30; U.
S. Patent No. 6,180,350 B1.
Awards, Community Service, and University Activities
Member (elected by the Chemistry Department) of the Georgia State University Senate, Fall 1999 - Spring 2007 (four two-year terms).
Committee Assignments: Member of the Senate Budget (Fall 2000 - Spring 2005), Research (Fall 1999 - Spring 2004), Information Systems and Technology (IS&T) (Fall 2002 - Spring 2005), Commencement (Fall 2002 - Spring 2003), and Cultural Diversity Committees (Fall 1999 - Spring 2000). Subcommitee Assignments: Chair (Fall 2002 - Spring 2004) and Member (Fall 2004 - Spring 2005) of the GSU Joint Major Renovation and Repair (MRR) Subcommittee of the University Senate Planning & Development (P&D) and Budget Committees. Member of the Internal Grants Subcommittee of the Senate Research Committee (Fall 2002 - Spring 2004). Chair of the IS&T Ad Hoc Network Notification Policy Subcommittee (Fall 2004).
Member of the Academic Program Review Committee (APRC) of APACE as part of normal cycle of reviews for all GSU academic centers and departments (Fall 2004 and Spring 2005): member of two review subcommittees, Counseling and Psychological Services (CPS) and Public Administration and Urban Studies (PAUS).
Member of the Chemistry Department's Faculty and Staff Accounting Oversight Committee (acting organizer and secretary) 2003 - 2005.
Member of the Chemistry Department's Curriculum Committee, GSU, 2000-2005.
Outstanding Service Award for 2004 presented by the American Chemical Society's Georgia Section for outstanding professional service as General Chair of the unusually successful and record-breaking 2003 Southeast Regional Meeting of ACS, May 24, 2004.
Member of the three-person Adminitrative Support Unit Review (ASUR) panel for the Library Support & Technology Initiatives (LSTI) division of GSU's Information System & Technology (IS&T) area (Spring 2004).
Member of the GSU Provost's Academic Program Evaluation Committee and its three-member subcommittee for review of the M.S. in Sports Administration and B.S. in Recreation and Leisure Services programs in the College of Education (Spring 2004).
American Chemical Society Certificate of Recognition to Thomas L. Netzel, General Chair, for Extraordinary Contributions to the Success of the 55th Southeast Regional Meeting, Atlanta, GA, November 16-19, 2003.
Member (elected) of the three-person Executive Committee of the Department of Chemistry, GSU (Fall 1997 - Spring 2001).
Departmental Representative on the College of Arts and Sciences Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) Committee, GSU.
Member of the Graduate Faculty, GSU.
Member of the Advisement Committee for Chemistry Majors, GSU, 1990-1998.
Member of the Research Initiation Grant Review Panel for Natural Sciences - FY 97 Competition - GSU, April, 1996.
Certificate of Appreciation, GSU Student Government Handicapped Services Committee.
President of the Wildcliff Homeowners' Association, Atlanta, GA.
Member of the Advisory Committee to the Dean of the Yale Graduate School.
President and Vice-President of the Yale Graduate-Professional Student Senate, Inc.
NIH Pre-Doctoral and NDEA Fellowships.
University of Wisconsin House-Fellowship (in charge of Adams Hall).
Student and Postdoctoral Research Associate Awards
Young Scientist Travel Grant to C. Denise Mitchell (1st year graduate student of Thomas L. Netzel) from the Inter-American Photochemical Society to present a poster at the XVIIth IUPAC Symposium on Photochemistry, Barcelona, Spain, July 17-24, 1998: $1,200.
Prendergrast
Fellowship to C. Denise Mitchell (2nd year graduate student of
Thomas L. Netzel) from the Department of Chemistry, GSU. Top departmental graduate student award;
partial stipend support over three years, 1998-2000: $4,500.
Dr. Charles E. Kerr (postdoctoral research associate of Thomas L. Netzel) was a First Place Winner of the 1999 Suddath Symposium Poster Competition in April 1999. His poster was titled, "Thymidine Analog Tools for the Study of Electron Transfer in DNA," C. E. Kerr, C. D. Mitchell, J. Headrick, T. L. Netzel, and B. E. Eaton, 7th Annual Suddath Symposium, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, April 9-10, 1999.
Professional Service Activities
Member of the Southeast Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society (SERMACS)
Steering Committee Executive Board, 2002-2004 and the American Chemical Society, Georgia Section's voting delegate to the SERMACS Steering Committee.
General Chair of the 55th Annual Southeast Regional Meeting of the
American Chemical Society (SERMACS 2003) held November 16-19, 2003 at the Renaissance Hotel in Atlanta, GA.
(1,626 registered attendees; 1,100 abstracts of presentations published and now archived by
ACS Chemical Abstract Services; $155,000 gross revenue; $95,000 net income to ACS)
Alternate Councilor and Executive Board Member of the
American Chemical Society, Georgia Section in 2001 - 2003.
Founder and Chair of the
American Chemical Society, Georgia Section's Committee on Legislative and Governmental Relations, 1998-2003.
On September 9, 2003, the Georgia Section was awarded the 2002 ACS President's Award for
Local Section Government Affairs Activities at the ChemLuminary Awards Ceremony during the 226th national
ACS meeting in New York City. (Established and presented by the ACS Board Committee on
Chemistry and Public Affairs, this public outreach award recognizes outstanding efforts by an
ACS Local Section to advance public policy to benefit science and society and
increase member involvement in government affairs. In December 2003, the ACS GA Local Section Board
presented this award statue to me.)
Member of the June 23-24, 2003 National Institutes of Health (NIH) Metallobiochemistry Study Section.
Invited by the
American Chemical Society to travel to Washington, DC on May 1 and 2, 2001 to speak
to congressional representatives and senators on federal science policy issues
as part of the American Chemical Society's annual Visit Congress Program. Chair-Elect,
Chair, and Past-Chair of the Georgia Section of the American Chemical Society,
1997-2000. Invited on
February 15, 1996 to serve on the organizing committee of the IX Annual
Inter-American Photochemical Society Conference held January 1-5, 1997 in
Clearwater Beach, FL. Invited on
December 4, 1995 to organize the February 26, 1996 meeting of the
Atlanta-Athens Chemical Physics Research Meeting held at Georgia State
University, Atlanta, GA. Invited on
August 7, 1995 to speak at and organize a symposium on the subject of
"Mechanisms of Electron Transfer in Biological Systems" held at the
Annual National Meeting of the American Society for Photobiology the week of
June 14-19, 1996 in Atlanta, GA. Consultant for
the Annual Science Fair of the Torah Day School of Atlanta, December 12, 1995. Upper Division
Science Fair Judge, Yeshiva High School, Atlanta, GA, April 2, 1995. Member of the
Four-person Site-visit Review Panel for the U. S. Department of Energy at New
York University, New York, NY, September 29 and 30, 1994. Member of the
Yeshiva High School of Atlanta Science Facilities Advisory Committee, 1993. Member of the
Advisory Committee for the Center for Fast Kinetics Research of the University
of Texas at Austin, 1989-1991. Theses and Dissertations Directed Experimental and Theoretical Investigation of Electron Transfer
Excited States in the 5-(N-carboxy-1-aminopyrenyl)-deoxyuridine Modified Nucleoside:
A CIS INDO/S Approach. C. D. Mitchell, M.Sc., Georgia State University (2000). Synthesis of Several Redox-active 2'-Deoxyuridine Nucleoside
Conjugates and Spectroscopic Studies of Photoinduced Electron Transfer in Pyrenyl-substituted Uridine and Several
DNA Hairpins. S. T. Gaballah, Ph.D., Georgia State University (2003). Laser Kinetics and Spectroscopic Studies of
Intramolecular and Intermolecular Photoinduced Electron Transfer in Anthraquinone and Anthraquinone Nucleoside Conjugates:
Role of Redox Potential and Solvent Protonation. Y. H. A. Hussein, Ph.D., Georgia State University (2003). Synthesis of Anthraquinone Derivatives and their Conjugates With 2'-Deoxynucleosides as New Probes for Electron Transfer Studies In DNA. Reham Abou-Elklhair, Ph.D., Georgia State University (2008). Seminars and Invited Presentations Amoco
Technology Company, Naperville, IL, February, 1986. Illinois
Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL, October, 1986. NATO Advanced
Research Workshop, Anacapri, Italy, April, 1987. University of
Missouri, Rolla, MO, January, 1989. University of
Nebraska, Lincoln, NB, February, 1989. Lawrence
Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, February, 1989. Amoco Chemical
Company, Naperville, IL, February 1989. Georgia State
University, Chemistry Department, Atlanta, GA, March, 1989. University of
Houston, Houston, TX, March, 1989. Battelle
Pacific Northwest Laboratories, Richland, WA, April, 1989. Georgia State
University Foundation Trustees Meeting, Atlanta, GA, January 31, 1990. Georgia State
University, Physics Department, Atlanta, GA, April 3, 1990. Georgia Institute
of Technology, Atlanta, GA, April 5, 1990. Emory
University, Atlanta, GA, September 27, 1990. Clemson
University, Clemson, SC, October 25, 1990. 16th
NSF Organometallic Chemistry Workshop, Snowbird, UT, May 7-10, 1992. Washington
State University, Pullman, WA, March 17, 1994. Molecular Sci.
Research Center, Pacific Northwest Laboratory, Richland, WA, March 22, 1994. University of
Florida, Gainsville, FL, April 14, 1994. University of
Georgia, Athens, GA, April 25, 1994. University of
Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, May 23, 1994. Department of
Energy Radiological and Chemical Physics Contractor's Meeting, New Orleans, LA, June 7, 1994. American
Crystallographic Society Meeting, Atlanta, GA, July 1, 1994. New York
University, New York, NY, November 17, 1994. Rutgers
University, New Brunswick, NJ, November 18, 1994. 7th-Inter-American
Photochemical Society Winter Conference, Clearwater Beach, FL, January 4, 1995. Northwestern
University, Evanston, IL, February 23, 1995. University of
Rochester, Rochester, NY, March 23, 1995. American
Chemical Society National Meeting, Chicago, IL, August 24, 1995. Boston
University, Boston, MA, September 18, 1995. Brandeis
University, Boston MA, September 19, 1995. California
Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, March 11, 1996. University of
California at Riverside, Riverside, CA, March 12, 1996. University of
California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, March 13, 1996. Isis
Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Carlsbad, CA, March 18, 1996. University of
California at Irvine, Irvine, CA, March 19, 1996. American
Society for Photobiology National Meeting, Atlanta, GA, June 18, 1996. American
Chemical Society National Meeting, Orlando, FL, August 27, 1996. The Weizmann
Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel, December 12, 2000. Bar Ilan University,
Tel Aviv, Israel, December 13, 2000. The Hebrew
University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel, December 14, 2000. North Carolina
State University, Raleigh, NC, January 26, 2001. University of
Alabama at Burmingham, Burmingham, AL, February 2, 2001. Oakland
University, Rochester, MI, March 12, 2001. Washington
University, St. Louis, MO, April 3, 2001. University of
California, San Diego, CA, March 4, 2002. Research Symposia Organized "Mechanisms
of Electron Transfer in Biological Systems", June 18, 1996 at the Annual
Meeting of the American Society for Photobiology in Atlanta, GA "Picosecond
Spectroscopic Research at GSU", February 26, 1996 at the Atlanta-Athens
Chemical Physics Research Meeting in Atlanta, GA. "Experimental
Studies of Electron and Energy Transfer in DNA", a two part symposium at
the 55th Southeastern
Regional Meeting of the America Chemical Society (SERMACS) November 16-19, 2003
in Atlanta, GA. Published Abstracts and Poster Presentations Spectroscopic
Evidence for the Mechanism of Hydrocarbon Activation by Rhodium(I)Cl(CO)
Bisphosphine Complexes in Fluid Solution.
T. L. Netzel and C. Franco, 16th NSF Organometallic Workshop,
Snowbird, Utah, May 7-10, 1992. Sequence-specific
Effects on Electron Transfer Quenching of Photo-excited Pyrene in DNA Oligomers
and Duplexes: Injecting an Excess
Electron into DNA. T. L. Netzel, U. S.
DOE Radiological and Chemical Physics Contractor's Meeting, New Orleans, LA,
June 7-9, 1994. Sequence-specific
Effects on Electron Transfer Quenching of Photo-excited Pyrene in DNA Oligomers
and Duplexes: Injecting an Excess
Electron into DNA. T. L. Netzel, M.
Manoharan, B. E. Eaton, K. Tivel, J. Headrick, M. Zhao, and K. Nafisi, 1994
American Crystallographic Association Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, June 26 -
July 2, 1994. Sequence-specific
Effects on Cyanine Dye Emission Enhancements and Lifetimes Upon Binding to DNA
Duplexes. T. L. Netzel, I. Johnson, J.
Lenhard, M. Zhao, and K. Nafisi, American Chemical Society Meeting, Washington,
D. C., August 21-26, 1994. Sequence-specific
Quenching of Pyrene* Emission in Covalently Labeled DNA Oligomers
and Duplexes. T. L. Netzel, M.
Manoharan, B. E. Eaton, K. Tivel, J. Headrick, M. Zhao, and K. Nafisi, American
Chemical Society Meeting, Washington, D. C., August 21-26, 1994. Mechanism of
Alkane Activation by the Photocatalyst W10O324-
Deduced from Picosecond Transient Absorption Kinetics Measurements. D. Duncan, T. L. Netzel and C. L. Hill,
American Chemical Society Meeting, Washington, D. C., August 21-26, 1994. Base-sequence
Dependence of Electron-transfer Quenching of Covalent Pyrene*-labels
by Nucleotide Bases in DNA Oligomers and Duplexes. T. L. Netzel, Seventh Inter-American Photochemical Society Winter
Conference, Clearwater Beach, FL, January 1-5, 1995. Dynamic Behavior in the Light
and Dark Phases of Alkane Photochemical Functionalization by [W10O32]4-. C. L. Hill, D. C. Duncan, B. S. Jaynes, and
T. L. Netzel, 3rd International Conference on Solar and Applied
Photochemistry, Cairo, Egypt, January 8-14, 1995. Photophysical
Studies of 2'-Deoxyuridine (dU) Nucleosides Covalently Substituted with Either
1-Pyrenyl of 1-Pyrenoyl: Observation of
Pyrene-to-Nucleoside Charge-Transfer Emission.
T. L. Netzel, Fifth Annual University System of Georgia Research
Symposium, "Genes - The Cure and Cause of Disease", Medical College of
Georgia, Augusta, GA, May 21-22, 1995. Direct
Observation of Photoinduced Electron Transfer in Deoxyuridine Nucleosides with
Covalent Pyrene Adducts. T. L. Netzel,
J. Headrick, K. Nafisi, and B. E. Eaton, American Chemical Society Meeting,
Chicago, IL, August 20-25, 1995. Intramolecular
Electron Transfer Reactions Within D-A Complexes Bound to Double Stranded
DNA. N. Thornton, H. Wojtowicz, T. L.
Netzel, and D. Dixon, American Chemical Society Meeting, Chicago, IL, August
20-25, 1995. Electron
Transfer Reactions in DNA. T. L.
Netzel, American Chemical Society
Meeting, Orlando, FL, August 25-29, 1996. Studies of the
Effect of DNA Binding on Intramolecular Electron-Transfer Reactions within
Ruthenium-Naphthalene Diimide Donor-Acceptor Complexes. N. B. Thornton, V. Kiselyova, D. Ebner, D.
W. Dixon, and T. L. Netzel, 48th ACS Southeast Regional Meeting,
Greenville, SC, November 10-13, 1996. Ruthenium-Naphthalene
Diimide Donor-Acceptor Complexes: DNA
Binding and Intramolecular Electron Transfer Reactions. D. W. Dixon, V. Kiselyova, N. B. Thornton,
and T. L. Netzel, Metals in Biology Gordon Conference, Ventura, CA, January
19-24, 1997. Ru(bpy)32+-Naphthalene
Diimides: Solution Structure, DNA
Binding, and Electron Transfer. D. W.
Dixon, N. B. Thornton, V. Steullet, and T. L. Netzel, American Society for
Photobiolgy National Meeting, St. Louis, MO, July 5-10, 1997. Naphthalene
Diimides: Threading Intercalation and
Electron Transfer. D. W. Dixon, V.
Steullet, N. B. Thornton, and T. L. Netzel, Gordon Conference on Metals in
Biology, Ventura, CA, January 18-22, 1998. Naphthalene
Diimides as Probes of DNA - Binding and Electron Transfer. D. W. Dixon, V. Steullet, N. B. Thornton, T.
L. Netzel, F. Tanouius, W. D. Wilson, and S. Takenaka, Second UNCW
Mini-Symposium on Chemical and Biochemical Structure and Function, Wilmington,
Delaware, January 30 - February 1, 1998. DNA-Based
Photo-Electrochemical Detection of Small Numbers of Pathogens. T. L. Netzel, 1998 Scientific Conference on
Obscuration and Aerosol Research, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, June
16-18, 1998. Computational Identification of Charge-Transfer States in
Models of Pyrene-Substituted-2'-Deoxyuridine Nucleosides. C. D. and T. L. Netzel, XVIIth
IUPAC Symposium on Photochemistry, Barcelona, Spain, July 17-24, 1998. Experimental and Theoretical Investigations of Factors
Influencing Photoinduced Electron Transfer in Pyrene-Substituted Uridine
Nucleosides. C. D. Mitchell and T. L.
Netzel, 2nd Annual Southeast Ultrafast and Spectroscopy Conference,
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, January 15-16, 1999. CIS ZINDO/S Studies of Electron Transfer States in Models of
Pyrene-Substituted-2'-Deoxyuridine Nucleosides. T. L. Netzel, C. D. Mitchell, C. Kerr, and B. E. Eaton, 39th
Sanibel Symposium, St. Augustine, Florida, February 27 - March 5, 1999. Thymidine
Analog Tools for the Study of Electron Transfer in DNA. C. E. Kerr, C. D. Mitchell, J. Headrick, T.
L. Netzel, and B. E. Eaton, 7th Annual F. L. (Bud) Suddath
Biosciences Symposium, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, April
9-10, 1999. Synthesis of
Deoxyuridine-Chromophore Conjugates as Thymidine Analogs for DNA-Mediated
Electron Transfer Studies. C.E. Kerr,
B.E. Eaton, and T. L. Netzel, 219th American Chemical Society
National Meeting, San Fransisco, California, March 26 - 30, 2000. Applications
of ZINDO/DRF. P. Th. van Duijnen, A. H. de Vries, M. Swart, and T. L. Netzel,
42nd Sanibel Symposium, St. Augustine, FL, February 23 - March 1,
2002. Synthesis and Photophysical Studies of
Pyrene-Ethylenyl-Deoxyuridine (PEdU) Nucleoside for Studying Excess Electron
Transport in DNA. S. T. Gaballah and T.
L. Netzel, 10th Annual Suddath Symposium, The Georgia Institute of
Technology, Atlanta, GA, April 19-20, 2002. Photophysical Studies of Pyrene-Ethylenyl-Deoxyuridine (PEdU)
Nucleoside and PEdU-Substituted DNA. S.
T. Gaballah, J. D. Vaught, B. E. Eaton, and T. L. Netzel, 54th
Southeast Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Charleston, SC,
November 13-16, 2002.
Research Collaborators
Dr. Bruce
E.Eaton, Dept. of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC.
Piet Th. van
Duijnen, Theoretical Chemistry and Materials Science
Centre, University of Groningen, NL
Dr.
Timothy Lian, Department of Chemistry, Emory University
Dr. Richard
Palmer, Department of Chemistry, Duke University
Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Associates
Dr. Rodney
Bucks (graduate student - Stanford), Eastman Kodak Co.
Dr. Glauco
Ponterini (postdoc, University of Modena, Italy)
Dr. Jay
Winkler (postdoc), Beckman Institute, California Institute of Technology
Dr. Michael
Bergcamp (postdoc), IBM Corporation
Dr. Daniel
Pourreau (postdoc), Atlantic Richfield Corp.
Dr. Joshua
Telser (postdoc), Department of Chemistry, Roosevelt University
Dr. Dean
Duncan (graduate student - Emory), Los Alamos, National Laboratory
Dr. Nancy
Thornton (postdoc), Department of Chemistry, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
Dr. Cristian
Franco (postdoc), Santiago, Chile
Dr. Mosmat
Kohinor Begum (postdoc), Dept. of Chemistry, Life College, Atlanta, GA
Dr. Yun-Ming
Ying (postdoc) Department of Chemistry, Rice University
Dr. Charles
Kerr (postdoc) Clincial Microsensors (Div. of Motorola), Pasadena, CA
Dr. Samir
Tawfik Ahmed Gab Allah (Ph.D. 2003, postdoc 2004), Georgia State
University
Dr. Yasser
Hussein Abdul Razek (Ph.D. 2003, postdoc 2004), Georgia State
University
Mrs. C. Denise
Mitchell (thesis Masters Degree 2000), Georgia State University
Ms. Deep Laxmi, (Masters Degree 2003), Georgia State University
Dr. Reham Abou-Elklhair (Ph.D. 2008) Georgia State University
Mr. Daniel Rabinowitz, (Masters Student), Georgia State University
Summary of
Graduate Students: 7
Summary of
Postdoctoral Associates: 12
Graduate Advisor at Yale University, New Haven, CT
Dr. Steven D.
Colson, Associate Director, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.
Postdoctoral Advisor at Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ
Dr. Peter Rentzepis,
Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine.