Gholamhossein Hajipour
Teaching Experience
EDUCATION:
Ph.D. in Chemistry: University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas
Title of Dissertation: Oxidative Diversion of the Carbanionic Intermediate and Cosolvent Effects in Pyruvate-Decarboxylase Action: A Model for Substrate Binding and Product Release.
M.S. in Organic Chemistry: Shiraz University, Shiraz Iran
Title of Thesis: Synthesis of Some 6-a-Methylated Benzylisoquinolines and 6'a,6a-Bismethylated Bisbenzylisoquinolines.
Postdoctoral Research Associate: University of Texas at Austin, College of Pharmacy, Division of the Medicinal Chemistry, Austin, Texas. Mechanistic study of the enzymes involved in microbiol degradation of aromatic hydrocarbons. In this work, enzymes were purified by Ion-Exchange chromatography and HPLC and mechanism of the enzymatic and non-enzymatic reactions were studied by spectroscopic methods
Adjunct Faculty: Austin Community Colledge, Department of Chemistry, Austin Texas, August 2001 - present.
Teaching Assistant: University of Kansas, Department of Chemistry, Lawrence, Kansas, August 1984 - August 1986.
Professor of Chemistry (Lecturer) : Shiraz University, Department of Chemistry Shiraz Iran, September 1978 - August 1984. I taught general and organic chemistry lectures and laboratories and I was working as a Laboratory coordinator of the general and organic chemistry at Chemistry Department, Shiraz University,
Teaching Assistant: Shiraz University, Department of Chemistry, Shiraz Iran, December 1975 - September 1976.
Professional Publications
PUBLICATIONS:
1. Firouzabadi, H., Iranpoor, N., Hajipour, G., and Toofan, J. "Tris [Trinitratocerium (iv)] Paraperiodate [(NO3)3Ce]3H2IO6, an Efficient and a Versatile Oxidant in Organic Synthesis" Synth. Comm., 14(11), 1033-1042(1984).
2. Johnson Jr. W.H., Hajipour, G., and Whitman, C.P. "Characterization of a Dienol Intermediate in the 5-(Carboxymethyl)-2-Oxo-3- Hexene-1,6-Dioate Decarboxylase Reaction" J. Am. Chem. Soc., 114, 11001 -11003 (1992).
3. Whitman, C.P., Hajipour, G., Watson, R.J., Johnson Jr., W.H., Bembenek, M.E., and Stolowich, N.J., "Stereospecific Ketonization of 2-Hydroxymuconate by 4-Oxalocrotonate Tautomerase and 5-(Carboxy methyl)-2-Hydroxymuconate Isomerase" J. Am. Chem. Soc., 114, 10104- 10110 (1992).
4. Chen, L.H., Kenyon, G.L., Curtin, F., Harayama, S., Bembenek, M.E., Hajipour, G., and Whitman, C.P. "4-Oxalocrotonate Tautomerase, an Enzyme Composed of 62 Amino Acids Residues per Monomer" J. Biol. Chem. 267, 17716-17721 (1992).
5. Hajipour, G., Johnson Jr., W.H., Dauben, P.D., Stolowich, N.J., and Whitman,C.P. "Chemical and Enzymatic Ketonization of 5-Carboxy methyl-2-Hydroxymuconate" J. Am. Chem. Soc., 115, 3533-3542, (1993).
6. Johnson Jr., W.H., Hajipour, G., and Whitman, C.P. "Stereochemical Studies of 5-(Carboxymethyl)-2-hydroxymuconate Isomerase and 5-(Carboxymethyl)2-Oxo-3-Hexene-1,6-Dioate Decarboxylase from Escherichia coli C: Mechanistic and Evolutionary Implications" J. Am. Chem. Soc., 117, 8719-8726, (1995).
7. Stivers, J.T., Abeygunawardana, C., Mildvan, A.S., Hajipour, G., and Whitman, C.P. " Catalytic Role of the Amino-Terminal Proline in 4-Oxalocrotonate Tautomerase: Affinity Labeling and Heteronuclear NMR Studies" Biochemistry, 35, 803 - 813 (1996).
8. Stivers, J.T., Abeygunawardana, C., Mildvan, A.S., Hajipour, G., and Whitman, C.P."4-Oxalocrotonate Tautomerase: pH Dependence of Catalysis and pKa Values of Active Residues" Biochemistry, 35, 814 - 823 (1996).
9. Gholamhossein Hajipour, K. Barbara Schowen, and Richard L. Schowen. “The linkage of catalysis and regulation in enzyme action: oxidative diversion in the hysteretically regulated yeast pyruvate decarboxylase” Bioorganic and Medicinal chemistry, Volume 7, Issue 5, 887-894 (1999).
10. GHOLAMHOSSEIN HAJIPOUR, ANLIN REN, CARL HOGBERG"EPA Method 549.2 - Effects of Preparation, Storage, and Reporting on the Final Results for Diquat and Paraquat in Proficiency Testing Samples",Texas Department of State Health Services, USA. Presented at Gulf conference Fall 2006 at Galveston Texas.
Published: January 16, 2026