Shawn Amorde

Post-Secondary Education

University of Texas Austin
Doctor of Philosophy
Chemistry

Teaching Experience

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Associate Professor of Chemistry                                                                

Austin Community College                                                                      

• Instructor for an undergraduate general chemistry and orgainc chemistry lecture and lab courses
• Prepared lectures and published lecture notes on a course website, created and maintained a course website; wrote, administered, and graded exams, held office hours and mentored students

Teaching Assistant                                                                           

Universityof Texas at Austin                                                                       

• Instructor for an undergraduate organic chemistry lab course
• Prepared lectures, mentored students, and graded reports while maintaining a safe environment

UTeach Coordinator                                                                           

Universityof Texas at Austin                                                                                          

• Organized over a hundred elementary school teachers and paired them with undergraduate students interested in teaching science
• Supervised twelve undergraduate teaching assistants and all sections of the course

Teaching Assistant                                                                           

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute                                                                  

• Head instructor for an undergraduate organic chemistry lab course
• Prepared lectures, graded reports, and wrote quizzes while mentoring students

Marine Science Field Instructor                                                       

Newfound Harbor Marine Institute                                                            

• Conducted classes in lab and field settings, including Coral Reef Ecology, Coastal Ecology, Shark Biology, and Algal Community Ecology
• Coordinated school groups from all over the country, including planning their curricula, supervising teaching groups, and maintaining a safe learning environment for student groups in the ocean

Professional Publications

PUBLICATIONS / PRESENTATIONS

Amorde, S. M.; Jewet, I. T.; Martin, S. F., “Iminium ion cascade reactions: stereoselective synthesis of quinolizidines and indolizidines.” Tetrahedron 2009, 65, 3222-3231.

Amorde, S. M.; Judd, A. S.; Martin, S. F., “Cascade Iminium Ion Reactions for the Facile Synthesis of Quinolizidines.  Concise Syntheses of (±)-Epilupinine and (-) Epimyrtine.” Org. Lett. 2005, 7, 2031-2033.

 Amorde, S. M., Judd, A., Martin, S. F., “Cascade Iminium Ion Reactions for the Facile Synthesis of Indolizidines and Quinolizidines.  Concise Syntheses of (±)-Epilupinine, (±)-Tashiromine, (-)-Epimyrtine.”  (Full Paper) in preparation

227th ACS National Meeting, 2004, Anaheim, CA.  Martin, Stephen F.; Amorde, Shawn M. “A novel cascade reaction to form indolizidine and quinolizidine alkaloids: Facile syntheses of (±)-epilupinine and (±)-tashiromine.”

American Chemical Society Southwest Regional Meeting, 2002, Austin, TX.  Martin, S. F., Amorde, S. M., Judd, A., “A Cascade Approach Toward Indolizidines and Quinolizidine Alkaloids.”