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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
  • Bio
  • Interests
  • Courses
  • Scholarly Contributions

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

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Courses

2022-23 Courses

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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)

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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.8b00710
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    A 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.
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    Presented 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.

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