Vita
Sharon Cruse
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Educational History
1991
Chemistry Department
University of Louisiana at Monroe (ULM)
Monroe, LA 71209-0530
(318) 342-1834 (office)
(318) 342-1859 (fax) e-mail: chcruse@alpha.ulm.edu
(318) 343-5144 (home)
108 Westchester Drive
Monroe, LA 71203-3329
April 12, 1948
Olla, LA
1984
1970
University: Northeast Louisiana
University (NLU)
Major: Medicianl Chemistry
Degree: Ph.D.
Dissertation: Benz[e]indoles: Potential
Dopaminergic Analogs
Director: A. M. Crider, Ph.D.
University: NLU
Major: Chemistry
Degree: M.S.
Thesis: An Investigation of Pesticide and Polychlorinated Biphenyl
Residues in Human Adipose Tissue from Northeast Louisiana
Director: R. L. Holt, Ph.D.
University: NLU
Major: Chemistry Education
Degree: B.S.

Professional Positions
1991-Present
1990-1991
ULM
Chemistry Department
Assistant Professor
NLU
Chemistry Department
Instructor
1984-1985
1982-1983
NLU
Chemistry Department
Instructor
NLU
Soil/Plant Lab
Lab technician
Areas of Expertise
Teaching
Organochlorine residue analysis
Laboratory management
NMR, HPLC
Competence in modern synthetic chemistry
Publications
Holt, RL, Cruse, SF, Greer, ES: Pesticide and Polychlorinated
Biphenyl Residues in Human Adipose Tissue from Northeast
Louisiana. Bul Environ Contam Toxicol 36:651-655, 1986.
Crider, AM, Andersen, PH, Cruse, SF, Ghosh, D, Harpalani, A:
3-Phenylpyrrolidines: Syntheses and Evaluation of the In Vitro
Binding Affinity at D1 and D2 Receptors. Eur J Med Chem 27:407-
411, 1992.
Cruse, SF, Lear, J, Klein, CL, Andersen, PH, Dick, RM, Crider,
AM: cis1,2,3a,4,5,9b-Hexahydro-3 H -benz[e]indoles: Synthesis and In Vitro Binding Affinity at Dopamine D1 and D2 Receptors.
J Pharm Sci 82:334-339, 1993.
Scheideler, MA, Martin, J, Hohlweg, R, Rasmussen, JS, N_rum, L,
Ludvigsen, TS, Larsen, PJ, Korsgaard, N, Crider, AM, Ghosh, D,
Cruse, SF, Fink-Jensen, A: The Preferential Dopamine D
3
Receptor
Agonist cis -8-OH-PBZI Induces Limbic Fos Expression in Rat Brain.
Eur J Pharm 261-270, 1997.
Ho, B, Venkatarangan, PM, Cruse, SF, Hinko, CN, Andersen, PH,
Crider, AM, Adloo, AA, Roane, DS, Stables, JP: Synthesis of 2-

Piperidinecarboxylic Acid Derivatives As Potential
Anticonvulsants. Eur J Med Chem 33:23-31, 1998.
Grants
1994
1995
“Chemical Analysis of Fogwater and Rainwater in the
Monroe, Louisiana Area”: $6000 from the Louisiana Water
Resources Research Institute
“Chemical Analysis of fogwater and Rainwater in the
Monroe, Louisiana Area”: $24,000 from the Louisiana
Water Resources Research Institute