Hamish S Christie
- Associate Professor of Practice
- Coordinator, Organic Laboratory
- Member of the Graduate Faculty
Contact
- (520) 626-8311
- Henry Koffler Building, Rm. 322
- Tucson, AZ 85721
- hamishc@arizona.edu
Degrees
- Ph.D. Chemistry
- University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California, United States
- Total syntheses of halichlorine, pinnaic acid, and tauropinnaic acid
Awards
- Distinguished Career Teaching Award
- UA College of Science, Fall 2021
Interests
No activities entered.
Courses
2022-23 Courses
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Honors Organic Chem Lab II
CHEM 244B (Spring 2023) -
Organic Chemistry Lab
CHEM 247B (Spring 2023) -
Honors Organic Chem Lab
CHEM 244A (Fall 2022) -
Lab Methods: Organic Chemistry
CHEM 545 (Fall 2022) -
Organic Chemistry Lab
CHEM 247A (Fall 2022)
2021-22 Courses
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Adv Synth Organic Chem
CHEM 548 (Spring 2022) -
Honors Organic Chem Lab II
CHEM 244B (Spring 2022) -
Organic Chemistry Lab
CHEM 247B (Spring 2022) -
Honors Organic Chem Lab
CHEM 244A (Fall 2021) -
Lab Methods: Organic Chemistry
CHEM 545 (Fall 2021) -
Organic Chemistry Lab
CHEM 247A (Fall 2021)
2020-21 Courses
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Lecture Organic Chem
CHEM 241A (Spring 2021) -
Organic Chemistry Lab
CHEM 247B (Spring 2021) -
Lab Methods: Organic Chemistry
CHEM 545 (Fall 2020) -
Organic Chemistry Lab
CHEM 247A (Fall 2020)
2019-20 Courses
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Adv Synth Organic Chem
CHEM 548 (Spring 2020) -
Organic Chemistry Lab
CHEM 247B (Spring 2020) -
Lab Methods: Organic Chemistry
CHEM 545 (Fall 2019) -
Lecture Organic Chem
CHEM 241B (Fall 2019) -
Organic Chemistry Lab
CHEM 247A (Fall 2019)
2018-19 Courses
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Adv Synth Organic Chem
CHEM 548 (Spring 2019) -
Organic Chemistry Lab
CHEM 247B (Spring 2019) -
Lab Methods: Organic Chemistry
CHEM 545 (Fall 2018) -
Organic Chemistry Lab
CHEM 247A (Fall 2018)
2017-18 Courses
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Organic Chemistry Lab I
CHEM 243A (Summer I 2018) -
Organic Chemistry Lab II
CHEM 243B (Summer I 2018) -
Organic Chemistry Lab
CHEM 247B (Spring 2018) -
Lab Methods: Organic Chemistry
CHEM 545 (Fall 2017) -
Organic Chemistry Lab
CHEM 247A (Fall 2017)
2016-17 Courses
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Honors Lect Organic Chem
CHEM 242B (Spring 2017) -
Honors Preceptorship
CHEM 491H (Spring 2017) -
Organic Chemistry Lab
CHEM 247B (Spring 2017) -
Honors Independent Study
BIOC 399H (Fall 2016) -
Lab Methods: Organic Chemistry
CHEM 545 (Fall 2016) -
Organic Chemistry Lab
CHEM 247A (Fall 2016)
2015-16 Courses
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Honors Preceptorship
CHEM 291H (Spring 2016) -
Lecture Organic Chem
CHEM 241A (Spring 2016) -
Organic Chemistry Lab
CHEM 247B (Spring 2016) -
Organic Chemistry Lab I
CHEM 243A (Spring 2016) -
Organic Chemistry Lab II
CHEM 243B (Spring 2016) -
Preceptorship
CHEM 291 (Spring 2016) -
Preceptorship
CHEM 491 (Spring 2016)
Scholarly Contributions
Books
- Christie, H. S., & Padias, A. B. (2016). Organic Chemistry Laboratory Manual. Hayden-McNeil.
Journals/Publications
- Christie, H. S., Saavedra, S. S., Aspinwall, C. A., Teran Arce, P. F., & Fonseka, N. M. (2022). Nanomechanical Properties of Artificial Lipid Bilayers Composed of Fluid and Polymerizable Lipids. Langmuir, 38, 100-111. doi:https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.1c02098
- Christie, H. S., & Vitaku, E. (2019). Improved Procedure for Bleach-Based Alcohol Oxidation in Undergraduate Laboratories. Journal of Chemical Education, 96(5), 1042-1045. doi:10.1021/acs.jchemed.8b00710More infoA publication describing a useful oxidation experiment for use in second-year organic chemistry undergraduate laboratory classes.
- Christie, H. S., Aspinwall, C. A., Saavedra, S. S., Fonseka, M. N., Liang, B., Orosz, K. S., Jones, I. W., & Hall Jr, H. (2019). Nanodomain Formation in Planar Supported Lipid Bilayers Composed of Fluid and Polymerized Dienoyl Lipids. Langmuir, 35, 12483-12491. doi:10.1021/acs.langmuir.9b02101
Presentations
- Christie, H. S., Lachance, Z. T., & Pemberton, J. E. (2018, July/summer). Teaching Green Chemistry and Sustainability in the Secondary Classroom – A Course for In-Service High School Teachers. 25th Biennial Conference on Chemical Education. Notre Dame, IN: American Chemical Society Division of Chemical Education.More infoPresented a talk at the 25th Biennial Conference on Chemical Education
- Lachance, Z. L., Christie, H. S., & Pemberton, J. E. (2016, Summer). Green and Sustainable Chemistry in Secondary Education. 252nd American Chemical Society National Meeting & Exposition. Philadelphia, PA: American Chemical Society.
- Christie, H. S. (2014, August). Safe, easily constructed apparatus for liquid CO2 extractions. 2014 Biennial Conference on Chemical Education. Grand Valley State University, Allendale MI, August 3-7, 2014: American Chemical Society.
- Christie, H. S., & Vitaku, E. (2014, August). Straightforward procedure using bleach for the green oxidation of alcohols. 2014 Biennial Conference on Chemical Education. Grand Valley State University, Allendale MI, August 3-7, 2014.: American Chemical Society.
Poster Presentations
- Lachance, Z. L., Christie, H. S., & Pemberton, J. E. (2016, Summer). Green and Sustainable Chemistry in Secondary Education. 2016 Biennial Conference on Chemical Education (BCCE). Greeley, CO: BCCE.
