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Years Organization Function/Responsibilities
Academia    
1959-1964 Michigan State University
Chemistry Department
Teaching Assistant (4.5 years) in chemistry: general, organic, radiochemistry, qualitative, and quantitative analysis.
1970-1972 Michigan State University
Biophysics Department
Postdoctoral Cancer Research Fellow; synthesis, biodistribution studies of cisplatin and other precious metal complexes.
1977-1978 University of Tennessee
Evening School
Instructor of general chemistry for a full academic year; sole responsibility for the instruction of 25 students.
1991-present University of Michigan
Chemistry Department
Associate Research Scientist and Lecturer in General Chemistry. Model studies on the bioinorganic chemistry of vanadium.
Private Industry / Government
1965-1970 Oak Ridge National Lab. Chemical Technol. Div. Transuranium element chemistry; synthesis of theoretically dense oxides of Am, Cm for reactor production of higher mass elements.
1972-1976 Engelhard Industries Chemotherapy Program Project Leader; implemented precious metal drug discovery program involving synthesis and antitumor drug testing in-house.
1976-1983 Oak Ridge National Lab. Nuclear Medicine Group Synthesis and bioinorganic studies of radiolabeled Pt antitumor and gold antirheumatoid drugs. Environmentally-related studies of metal ion toxicity.
1983-1991 Parke-Davis Pharm. Res. Div., Chemistry Dept. Drug discovery/development of platinum antitumor drugs; manual and automated synthesis of peptides.