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Department of Chemistry
University of California, Irvine Natural Science I Room 3304 California, 92697-2025 Phone: 1-949-824-7258 Fax: 1-949-824-2210
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Education:
Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, 1998Current Research Interests:
My research interest involves in the oxidation study of metal-bound dithiocarbamate (DTCs). DTCs are widely used as pesticides (Fe, Zn-bound DTC), treatment of alcohol aversion therapy (disulfiram), and anti-oxidants in chemotherapy. Even though DTCs have numerous applications, its bioactivity has not yet been understood explicitly. Therefore, I am focusing on studying the mechanism of S-oxygenation/peroxidation of the metal-bound DTC using simple chemical models. By using different inert transition metals, oxidizing agents, or changing different conditions, in time, a large quantity of active intermediate species will be isolated and followed by characterization.