Organic Chemist (a.k.a. The OChem Whisperer) with over 20 years of tutoring experience

Jason's resume

Education:

Continuing Education 2009-2010
Department: Biology
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,
Chapel Hill, NC

Postdoctoral Research 2007-2009
Advisor: Professor Harold Kohn
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,
Chapel Hill, NC

Ph.D. Graduate Student in Organic Chemistry 2001-2007
Advisor: Professor Daniel Comins
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC

M.S. Graduate Student in Organic Chemistry 1998-2001
Advisor: Professor William Allen
East Carolina University, Greenville, NC

B.S. Undergraduate Student in Chemistry 1994-1998
East Carolina University, Greenville, NC


Teaching Experience:

July 2018-May 2019: Meredith College
o Taught laboratory courses for general and organic chemistry
o Taught general chemistry lecture
o Worked with disability services to provide assistance to chemistry students

October 2011-present: The OChem Whisperer
o Created an online organic chemistry tutoring service to help students around the world effectively learn the course material
o Created a unique, highly effective and direct approach to learning organic chemistry
o Created a best-selling introductory online organic chemistry course

August 2001-2007: North Carolina State University
o Taught laboratory courses from general chemistry to organic chemistry
o Principal instructor for the 1H-NMR instrument training for all new users
o Guest lectured for graduate level advanced organic chemistry
o Mentored and trained incoming undergraduate and graduate students

August 1998-2001: East Carolina University
o Taught laboratory courses from general chemistry to organic chemistry
o Made use of everyday objects to help facilitate the learning process
o Mentored and trained incoming undergraduate in a laboratory setting


Research Experience:

September 2007-July 2009: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
o Progress towards the development of lead compounds for the treatment of
epilepsy and neuropathic pain
o Synthesized a variety of primary amino acid derivatives

August 2001-August 2007: North Carolina State University
o Development of a chiral ligand for dialkylzinc addition to aldehydes
o Progress towards the total synthesis of lycolucine
o Development of methodology towards the total synthesis of gephyrotoxin
o Development of one-pot alkene homologation utilizing 2nd generation Grubbs catalyst
o Progress towards the total synthesis of lepadiformine

August 1998- August 2001: East Carolina University
o Synthesis of ruthenium-biimidazole complexes as part of an exploratory study of their properties and potential application as synthetic nucleases
o Synthesized a variety of biimidazole structures
o Tested the ability of these structures to interact and bind with ruthenium complexes

May 1998-August 1998: Environment 1, Greenville, NC
o Laboratory preparation of pesticide and insecticide samples for GC analysis
o Collected water samples around North Carolina
o Used extraction methods to isolate the key components of interest
o Prepared the key components for GC analysis

Honors and Organizations

• Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society
• PLU Honor Society
• Burroughs-Wellcome Fellowship
• Golden Key National Honor Society


Publications and Presentations

• Baruah, P.K.; Dinsmore, J.; King, A.M.; Salomé, C.; De Ryck, M.; Kaminski, R.; Provins, L.; Kohn, H. Bioorg. Med. Chem. 2012, 3551
• King, A, M.; Salome, C.; Dinsmore, J.; Salome-Grosjean, E.; De Ryck, M.; Kaminski, R.; Valade, A.; Kohn, H. J. Med. Chem. 2011, 4815
• Comins, D.L.; Dinsmore, J.M.; Marks, L.R. Chem. Comm. 2007, 4170
• Jason Dinsmore and Daniel L. Comins, “Methodology to be used in the Total Synthesis of Gephyrotoxin,” American Chemical Society National Meeting, Washington, DC, 2005
• Daniel L. Comins, Sean O’Connor, and Jason Dinsmore, “Six-Membered Ring Systems: Pyridine and Benzo Derivatives,” in Progress in Heterocyclic Chemistry, Vol. 16, G. W. Gribble and J. A. Joule, Eds.; Pergamon Press, Oxford, England, 2004