<img height="197" border="" width="230" alt="Dr. Norma K. Dunlap " src="http://www.mtsu.edu/chemistry/images/dunlap.jpg" align="right" /><span style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:12px;"><strong>CONTACT INFO:</strong><br /><br /> <span style="color:#333333;"><strong>E-mail:</strong></span> <a href="mailto:ndunlap@mtsu.edu">ndunlap@mtsu.edu</a></span><span style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:12px;"><br /> <strong><span style="color:#333333;">Phone:</span></strong> (615)</span> <span style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:12px;">898-2954</span> <span style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:12px;"><br /> <span style="color:#333333;"><strong>Office:</strong></span> Davis Science Bldg. 225<br /> <strong><span style="color:#333333;">P.O. Box</span></strong>: X074</span>
<p><span style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:12px;"><strong>EDUCATION/INTERESTS:</strong><br /><br /> (1998) B. S. Eastern College, St. Davids, PA (1977); Ph. D. University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY(1985). Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (Amos B. Smith, III). (Senior Scientist, Hoffmann-La Roche, Nutley, NJ (1987-1992). Lecturer, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN (1992-1998). Organic Synthesis and Medicinal Chemistry.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:12px;"><strong>RESEARCH INTERESTS :</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:12px;">Organic synthesis: peptidomimetics of D-ala-D-ala as potential antibacterials, novel analogs of epi-podophyllotoxin as antitumor agents, nucleoside adducts of meso-butadiene diepoxide</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:12px;"><strong>TEACHING:</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:12px;">Organic Chemistry (3010/3020), Medicinal Chemistry (4000), Advanced Organic Chemistry (6100), Honors Organic Chemistry (3010H/3020H).</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:12px;"><strong>PUBLICATIONS:</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:12px;">1. N. K. Dunlap, J. Drake, A. Ward, T. L. J. Salyard and L. Martin "A Concise Synthesis of Enantiomers of 4-Aminobutane-1,2,3-triol" <em>J. Org. Chem</em>. 2008<strong>,</strong> <em>73</em>, 2928-2930.<br /><br /> 2. R. P. Bender, M. J. Jablonsky, M. Shadid, I. Romaine, N. Dunlap C. Anklin, D. E. Graves and N. Osheroff "Substituents on Etoposide that Interact with Human Topoisomerase IIa in the Binary Enzyme-Drug Complex: Contributions to Etoposide Binding and Activity" <em>Biochemistry</em> 2008 , <em>47</em>, 4501-4509.<br /><br /> 3. N. K. Dunlap, W. Mergo, J. M. Jones and L. Martin "Use of 13C-NMR in a Dehydration Experiment for Organic Chemistry", <em>The Chemical Educator</em> 2006, 11, 378-379.<br /><br /> 4. N. K. Dunlap "m-Trifluoromethylbenzoyl chloride", <em>Electronic Encyclopedia of Reagents for </em><em>Organic Synthesis</em> 2005.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:12px;"><strong>PATENTS:</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:12px;">N. K. Dunlap, D. D. Keith and C.-C. Wei, "Antibacterial Penem Compounds", U. S. Patent Application Serial No. 07/630,694.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:12px;"><strong>PRESENTATIONS:</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:12px;">August 2008: National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Philadelphia, PA "Undergraduate Medicinal Chemistry from the Pharmaceutical Industry Perspective" N. Dunlap (talk).</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:12px;">August 2008: National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Philadelphia, PA "Novel Dimers of epi-podophyllotoxin" N. Dunlap and T.L.J. Salyard (poster).</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:12px;">June 2008: National Conference of the Council on Undergraduate Research, St. Joseph, MN. "Synthesis of novel aminopolyols from carbohydrates" N. Dunlap (poster).</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:12px;">March 2007: National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Chicago, IL "Synthesis of 1-amino-2,3,4-butanetriol from glucose" N. K. Dunlap, J. Drake and A. Martin (poster).</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:12px;">March 2007: National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Chicago, IL "Synthesis of cyclopropyl and tetrazole peptidomimetics of D-ala-D-ala" N. K. Dunlap, D. Jones, J. Huo, A. Pegram, L. Waldrop and J. Lamb (poster).</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:12px;">March 2005: National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, San Diego, CA. "Synthesis of 1-amino-2,3,4-butanetriol from glucose" N. K. Dunlap, T. Johnson and K. Summar. (poster)</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:12px;">March 2005: National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, San Diego, CA. "Synthesis of tetrazole analogs of D-ala-D-ala" N. K. Dunlap, and G. Jones. (poster)</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:12px;">August 2004: National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Philadelphia, PA. "Hands-On NMR in the Undergraduate Curriculum" N. K. Dunlap, A. C. Friedli and J. Howard. (talk)</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:12px;">June 2005: National Conference of the Council on Undergraduate Research, La Crosse, WI. "Synthesis of peptidomimetics of D-ala-D-ala" N. K. Dunlap, D. Jones, G. Jones and C. Meyer. (poster)</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:12px;"><strong>GRANTS AND AWARDS:</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:12px;">NIH AREA Grant #1 R15 AI051350-01A1 "Peptidomimetics of D-Ala-D-Ala as Novel Antibacterials" $110,300. 2003-2006.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:12px;">NSF MRI(RUI) Grant #0321211 "RUI: 400 MHz NMR for Research and Research Training in Chemical Synthesis" $380,079. 2003-2005.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:12px;">NSF CCLI "Hands-on Experiences with NMR in the Undergraduate Chemistry Curriculum" $145,459. 2003-2005.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:12px;">MTSU Academic Year Grant # 2-21013. $7,000.00</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:12px;">NIH-NRSA Postdoctoral Fellowship, 1985-1986. Grant #1 F32 CA08098-01.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:12px;">American Cancer Society Postdoctoral Fellowship.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:12px;"><strong>PROPOSALS:</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:12px;">April 2005 (PI) $175,319 MTSU TAF proposal "Upgrade of Organic Chemistry Laboratories"</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:12px;"><strong>AFFILIATIONS:</strong></span></p>
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<li><span style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:12px;">American Chemical Society, Organic and Medicinal Divisions</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:12px;">American Association for the Advancement of Science</span></li>
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