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Associate Professor of Chemistry
Smith College
Office: Sabin Reed 229
Phone: (413)-585-3838
Fax: (413)-585-3786
Email: csuarez(at)email.smith.edu
Ph.D.,University of California, Davis. Physical Chemistry
Thesis: DNMR Studies of Conformational Processes in the Gas Phase
Advisor, Nancy S. True
B.S., University of California, Davis, Chemistry
Smith College, 2004-present
Associate Professor of Chemistry (Chair 2005-2008)
Smith College, 1997-2004
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Mount Holyoke College, 1996-97
Visiting Professor of Chemistry
Wellesley College, 1993-96
Postdoctoral Fellow: Departments of Chemistry and Biological Sciences
CHM 111: General Chemistry (Fall)
CHM 335: Physical Chemistry for Biological Systems (Fall)
My research interests focus on two different areas of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy. My first area of interest focuses on the application of solution NMR techniques to the analysis of interesting biochemical processes. The study and characterization of cation transport via natural, semi-synthetic and synthetic ion channels are particular emphasized. My second area of interest is the use gas-phase NMR spectroscopy to study conformationally and kinetically interesting processes in the absence of solvent interactions. The essential isolation of small molecules in the gas phase provides an excellent experimental counterpart to theoretical models. Chair-to-chair interconversions, internal rotations around partial bonds, hydrogenation reactions and isomerizations are a few examples of processes being addressed in this type of research. For more detailed information about our lab's research program, visit our web page: Suarez
* denotes Smith undergraduate co-author
"Cation transport by a redox-active synthetic ion channel", Hall, A.C., Suarez, C, Hom-Choudhury, A*., Manu, A.N.A*, Hall, C.D., Kirkovits, G.J. and Ghiriviga, I. J.Org. and Bioorg. Chem., 2003, 1(16) 2973-2982.
"Gas-Phase DNMR Study of the Internal Rotation in N-Trifluoroacetylpyrrolidine", Suarez, C., Nicholas, E.J.* and Bowman, M.R.*; J. Phys. Chem. A, 2003, 107(17) 3024-3029.
"NMR study of the metabolic 15N isotopic enrichment of cyanophycin synthesized by the cyanobacterium Synechocysitis sp. strain PCC 6308", Suarez, C., Kohler, S., Allen, M. and Kolodny, N. Biochim. Biophys. Acta, 1999, 1426, 429-438.
"Gas-Phase NMR Spectroscopy", Suarez, C. The Chemical Educator: http://chemeducator.org/ 1998, 3(2).
