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Long B. Thai
1903 Dartmouth Street, #108
College Station, Texas 77840
Day/Night Phone: 979-574-7726
Email: lbthai@hotmail.com
HIGHLIGHTS
 Experienced with several instrumentation skills, including NMR, IR, GC, UV, HPLC, AA, and Fluorescence.
 Maintained and troubleshot research lab equipment, instrumentation, and chemical inventories
 Maintained research and teaching lab safety protocols
 Demonstrated versatility to operate in a variety of research laboratories and to learn numerous standard methods and
procedures
 Interdisciplinary training (Chemistry/Biology Interface Training Program) at Texas A&M University across the
Departments of Chemistry, Biochemistry/Biophysics, and Medical Biochemistry & Genetics
 Extensive communication/teaching/student management skills from many laboratory courses including Introductory
Chemistry Labs (CHEM 101, 107), Organic Chemistry Labs (CHEM 237, 238, 242), and Instrumental Analysis Lab
(CHEM 320).
 Provided immediate support and management of laboratory course materials, equipment, and instrumentation
 Maintained student grades from quizzes, assignments, and lab reports.
 Coordinated laboratory discussions/quizzes with professors’ lectures
EDUCATION
M.S., Organic Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
Thesis title: “Synthesis and purification of a modified uridine triphosphate for application toward DNA sequencing”
B.A., Chemistry with Honors, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
Minor Concentration: Mathematics
Honors Project title: Farnesol is utilized for isoprenoid biosynthesis in plant cells via farnesyl pyrophosphate
RESEARCH/RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
2000-2003
Undergraduate Laboratory Instructor, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
2000-2002
Graduate Research Assistant, Texas A&M University; College Station, TX,
1998-2000
NIH-supported Chemistry/Biology Interface Program Trainee, Texas A&M University, Center for
Macromolecular Design
1996-1998
Undergraduate Research Assistant, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY,
PUBLICATIONS
Thai, L.; Rush, J.S.; Maul, J.; Devarenne, T.; Rodgers, D. L.; Chappell, J.; Waechter, C. J. Farnesol is utilized for
isoprenoid biosynthesis in plant cells via farnesyl pyrophosphate formed by successive monophosphorylation
reactions. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 1999, 96, 13080-13085.
Thai, L.; Burgess, K. N- and O-Arylations of Arylboronic Acids Mediated by Copper (II) Acetate. Chemtracts. 1998,
1037-1040.
Chen, J.; Burghart, A.; Wan, C.-W.; Thai, L.; Ortiz, C.; Reibenspies, J.; Burgess, K. Synthesis and Spectroscopic
Properties of 2-Ketopyrrole-BF2 Complexes: A New Class of Fluorescent Dye. Tetrahedron Lett. 2000, 41, 23032307.