Curriculum Vitae (CV)
Professional Preparation
University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG)
Biochemistry
B.S., July 2007
Vance Granville Community College (VGCC)
College Transfer
2001-2004
Appointments
PhD Program, Dept of Chemistry, Iowa State University
August, 2007-
Publications
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Bose, Sayantan; Barnes, Charles A.; Petrich, Jacob W. Enhanced Stability and Activity of
Cellulase in an Ionic Liquid and the Effect of Pretreatment on Cellulose Hydrolysis.
Biotechnol. Bioeng. 2011 Submitted.
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Adhikary, Ramkrishna; Barnes, Charles A.; Trampel, Rachel L.; Wallace, Samuel J.; Kee, Tak
W.; Petrich, Jacob W. Photoinduced Trans-to-Cis Isomerization of Cyclocurcumin. J. of Phys.
Chem. B 2011, 115, 10707.
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Bose, Sayantan; Adhikary, Ramkrishna; Barnes, Charles A.; Fulton, Bruce D.; Hargrove, Mark
S.; Song, Xueyu; Petrich, Jacob W. Comparison of the Dielectric Response Obtained from
Fluorescence Upconversion Measurements and Molecular Dynamics Simulations for
Coumarin 153−Apomyoglobin Complexes and Structural Analysis of the Complexes by
NMR and Fluorescence Methods. J. of Phys. Chem. A 2011, 115, 3630.
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Adhikary, Ramkrishna; Barnes, Charles A.; Petrich, Jacob W. Solvation Dynamics of the
Fluorescent Probe PRODAN in Heterogeneous Environments: Contributions from the
Locally Excited and Charge-Transferred States. J. of Phys. Chem. B 2009, 113, 11999.
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Barnes, Charles A.; Chiu, Norman H. L. Accurate Characterization of Carcinogenic DNA
Adducts Using MALDI Tandem Time-of-Flight mass spectrometry.
Intern. J. of Mass Spec.
2009, 279, 170.
Synergistic Activities
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Member of American Chemical Society (ACS)
Collaborators & Other Affiliations
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Graduate advisor: Dr. Jacob W. Petrich (Iowa State University)
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Dr. Tak W. Kee (University of Adelaide in Australia)
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Mark Rasmussen (U.S. FDA)
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Undergraduate research advisor: Dr. Norman H. Chiu (UNCG)
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2009-
Research Experience
Undergraduate research assistant with Dr. Norman H. L. Chiu at UNCG
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Accurate identification, characterization, and quantitation of carcinogen-DNA adducts using
matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS)
and tandem time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF/TOF MS)
PhD work with Dr. Jacob W. Petrich at Iowa State University
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Terahertz spectroscopy of ionic liquids
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Production of fuels from cellulose using ionic liquids
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Photophysical properties of cyclocurcumin
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Solvation dynamic studies in biologically relevant environments such as proteins and micelles
with the organic fluorophores coumarin 153, ethidium bromide, and 6-propionyl-2-(N,Ndimethylamino)naphthalene (PRODAN)
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Energy transfer photophysics in hemeproteins
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Photophysics of conjugated polymer nanoparticles
Awards and Honors
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ISU Teaching Excellence Award
2010
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Carver Biophysical Training Fellowship
2008-2009
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Alliance for Graduate Education and Professoriate Fellowship
2007-2012
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UNCG Magna Cum Laude
2007
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UNCG Undergraduate Research Assistantship
2006
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Henry L. Anderson, II Award
2005
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Nancy R. Mapes Scholarship
2005
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VGCC Presidential Merit Award
2003
Presentations
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Solvation Dynamics of the Fluorescent Probe PRODAN in Heterogeneous Environments:
Contributions from the Locally Excited and Charge-Transferred States
o ACS National Conference in San Francisco, CA (Invited oral talk)
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2010
Accurate MALDI-TOF/TOF MS Measurements of Carcinogen-DNA Adducts
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Pittsburgh Conference in Chicago, IL (Invited oral talk)
2007
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UNCG OUR EXPO (poster)
2007
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North Carolina A&T (Invited oral talk)
2007
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North Carolina Undergraduate Research Symposium (poster)
2006
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Special Skills
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Proficient with instrumentation and data analysis for
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Time resolved fluorescence spectroscopy techniques of Time-Correlated Single
Photon Counting (TCSPC) and Upconversion
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Fluorescence, UV-Vis, and Terahertz Time Domain (THz-TD) Spectroscopy
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Circular Dichrosim (CD), Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC)
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MALDI-TOF and MALDI-TOF/TOF MS
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