Assistant Professor

Specialty

Organic

Education

B.S. Chemistry, CSU Chico 1993
M.S. Organic Chemistry, University of California, Davis 1997
Ph.D. Organic Chemistry, University of California, Davis 2006

Office: 25-121

Phone: 756-1591

Email: hpalando@calpoly.edu

Research Interests:

• Broad field of organic synthesis
• Medicinal chemistry
  • Investigation of cell surface ion exchangers as expedient molecular targets for a new brain cancer therapy
  • Synthesis of cell surface ion exchange inhibitors and their prodrug forms
• Polymer chemistry
  • Study of the alkoxyamine (RONH2) functional grup in new materials as versatile ligating sites for carbonyl (e.g. aldehyde/ketone) substrates
  • Synthesis and characterization of alkoxyamine polymers
  • Testing the alkoxyamine polymers for the selective immobilization, molecular presentation, and controlled release of various carbony compounds (i.e. pharmaceuticals, biomolecules)