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I'm a professor of chemistry at Hiram College

Office: 107 Gerstacker Hall

Phone: (330) 569-5253
Email: Colleen Fried

Postal: Hiram College Department of Chemistry
P. O. Box 67
Hiram, OH 44234

my students call me Colleen

Education

Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
Doctor of Philosophy, May 1990
Major: Organic Chemistry
Thesis Advisor: Professor Richard Larock

Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota
Bachelor of Arts, June 1984
Major: Chemistry

Courses I Teach

Organic Chemistry I and II
Introduction to Chemistry
Physical Science
Murder, Magic, and Medicine
The Story of Water
The Sky is Burning: The Advent of the Nuclear Age
Solving the Crime

Castle Rock on Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore

taken during a class trip (The Story of Water) to Hiram's Northwoods Campus

Research Interests

I am a synthetic organic chemist by training. I've continuted my interest in synthetic organic chemistry at Hiram College where I have engaged a number of undergraduates in small research projects aimed at designing new methods to synthesize interesting molecules. Some of the synthetic projects my undergraduates and I have worked on during the last four years are listed below.

Kate Heemstra: Identification of Analgesics using HPLC
Melissa Geraci and Lauren Bell: Intramolecular Cyclopropanations
Ryan Lemley: A Convergent Synthesis of Quinoline Alkaloids
Heather Miller: Multi-component Coupling Reactions Using Palladium-Catalysts
Joseph Lisko: Synthesis of Quinoline Alkaloids via Aromatic Acylations
Elizabeth Alappat: Phase Transfer Catalysis in Carbonyl Condensation Reactions
Timothy Korytko: A Mild Base for the Catalysis of the Aldol Reaction
Lucas Clarke and Jack Hunter: Variations on Aldol Condensation Reactions

Several years ago, I also became interested in the distribution of plant phenolics and their role in succession. The research was part of a larger program looking at Old Field Succession at the James H. Barrow Field Station. Three students have worked on projects related to this study.

Karl Oliver A. Yu: A Study of the Price-Butler Method of Analyzing Tannins
Denise McKinney and Tami McClelland: The Effects of Nutrient Additions on Phenol Levels in Plants of an Old Field

Recent Presentations

Me and Little Me: Cloning and Beyond. Hiram Alumni College. June 13, 2003.
Just-in-Time Teaching: Technology in Service of Learning. Northeast Ohio Council on Higher Education, IT Committee. May 23, 2003.
Jitt: Using Technology to increase Faculty-Student Interaction. Hiram College Faculty Discussion. March 27, 2003.
Jitt in Chemistry. Just-in-Time Teaching; PKAL Summer Institute 2, Session A. Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort, Snowbird, UT, July 15-18, 2001.
Electrophilic Aromatic Substitutions and their Applications Towards the Synthesis of Quinoline Alkaloids. Youngstown State University, an invited lecture, February 16, 2001

Personal Interestes

I grew up in Rochester Minnesota, spending lots of time on my grandparents’ farms. I love canoeing, cross-country skiing, backpacking, hiking and bicycling. My favorite vacation area is the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in northern Minnesota. I enjoy spending time with my spouse and our two golden retrievers, Hoover and Carter.

last updated 9/2/03