MARIA TZAMARIOUDAKI
Post-Doctoral Research Associate
EDUCATION
8/91-8/96 Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry
State University of New York at Stony Brook
9/84-6/90 B.S. in Chemistry
Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece
RESEARCH
EXPERIENCE
7/97-today Post-doctoral Research Associate, Department of
Chemistry, SUNY at Stony Brook.
Advisor: Professor Iwao Ojima.
Total synthesis of quinolizidine alkaloids and catalysis in
supercritical fluids.
9/96-6/97 Post-doctoral Research Associate, Department of
Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Advisor: Professor Scott E. Denmark.
Stereocontrolled carbon-carbon bond formations by chiral
phosphorous stabilized anions. Decomposition of diazocarbonyl
compounds catalyzed by dirhodium
complexes.
9/91-8/96 Graduate Research, Department of Chemistry, SUNY at
Stony Brook.
Advisor: Professor Iwao Ojima.
Syntheses of piperidine and izidine alkaloid key intermediates.
Transition-metal catalyzed carbonylations and cyclizations
(silylformylation, hydrocarbonylation, silylcarbocyclization).
Synthesis of novel chiral ligands and
catalysts for resolution of meso compounds.
3/91-7/91 Research Assistant, Roussel-Uclaf, Romainville, France.
Synthesis of 6-aminopenicilic acid derivatives as precursors to
medicinally important compounds.
9/89-5/90 Senior Research, Department of Chemistry, Aristotle
University, Greece.
Study of the 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reactions of arylnitrile
oxides for the synthesis of heterocyclic propellanes.
HONORS
Lee Myers
Outstanding Graduate Student Award 1996.
SKILLS
Experience in
organic synthesis, catalyst and chiral ligand preparation and
molecular modeling. Familiar with the operation of NMR
spectrometers
(Bruker AC-250, GE QE-300, Varian 500) using advanced NMR
techniques (COSY, HETCOR, DEPT, 31P, 19F), IR, UV, GLC, HPLC.
TEACHING
EXPERIENCE
8/91-5/92 Graduate teaching assistant for general chemistry.
1/94-5/94 Graduate teaching assistant for organic chemistry
laboratory.
LANGUAGE
SKILLS
Fluent in Greek, English and French, knowledge of Italian.
PUBLICATIONS
1. "Extremely Chemoselective Silylformylation and
Silylcarbocyclization of Alkynals", I. Ojima, M.
Tzamarioudaki, and C.-Y. Tsai J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1994,
116, 3643.
2. "Transition Metal Hydrides", I. Ojima, M. Eguchi,
and M. Tzamarioudaki, In Comprehensive Organometallic Chemistry
II; L. S. Hegedus, Ed.; Pergamon
Press: Oxford, 1994; Vol. 12.
3. "Extremely Regioselective Intramolecular Silylformylation
of Alkynes", I. Ojima, E. Vidal, M. Tzamarioudaki, and I.
Matsuda J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1995,
117, 6797.
4. "New and Efficient Route to Pipecolic Acid Derivatives by
Means of Rh-Catalyzed Intramolecular Cyclocarbonylation" I.
Ojima, M. Tzamarioudaki, and M.
Eguchi J. Org. Chem. 1995, 60, 7078.
5. "Transition-Metal Catalyzed Carbocyclizations in Organic
Synthesis", I. Ojima, M. Tzamarioudaki, Z. Li, and R. J.
Donovan Chem. Rev. 1996, 635.
PRESENTATIONS
1. "Highly Chemoselective Silylformylation and
Silylcarbocyclization of Alkynals", I. Ojima, M.
Tzamarioudaki, and C.-Y. Tsai. 207th ACS National Meeting,
San Diego, March 1994: ORG 414.
2. "Synthesis of 2,6-Disubstituted Piperidines by Means of
Intramolecular Amidocarbonylation", M. Eguchi, M.
Tzamarioudaki, and I. Ojima. 208th ACS
National Meeting, Washington D.C., August 1994: ORG 318.
3. New Synthesis of 2,6-Disubstituted Piperidines via
Rhodium-Catalyzed Hydrocarbonylation", M. Tzamarioudaki, M.
Eguchi, I. Ojima. OMCOS VIII, Santa
Barbara, August 1995: 215
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