Eric R. Abbey Chemistry Department Eastern Washington University Science Building Room 206 Cheney, WA Phone:

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1 Eric R. Abbey Chemistry Department Eastern Washington University Science Building Room 206 Cheney, WA Phone: APPOINTMENTS Assistant Professor Eastern Washington University September present Initiating undergraduate research programs for the development of borohydride and frustrated Lewis pair (FLP) chemistry Teaching General/Organic/Biochemistry Sequence and Organic Chemistry lectures and labs Lecturer Central Washington University August June 2013 Taught General/Organic/Biochemistry Sequence and Organic Chemistry lecture and labs Initiated an undergraduate research project studying frustrated Lewis pairs for dihydrogen activation Collaborated with another faculty member to synthesize 1,3-azaborine derivatives as potential HIV protease inhibitors Visiting Assistant Professor August May 2012 Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA Taught Organic Chemistry, Organic Lab, and Gen. Chem. Lab o My organic students averaged in the 82 nd percentile nationally on the ACS organic chemistry exam Mentored an undergraduate researcher in the analysis of rattlesnake venom by LC-MS Performed department functions and advising students EDUCATION Ph. D. University of Oregon, Eugene, OR July 2011 Thesis Advisor: Shih-Yuan Liu Thesis Title: Boron in Disguise: Towards BN Biomimics M. S. University of Oregon, Eugene, OR December 2006 Advisor: Shih-Yuan Liu

2 B. A. Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA May 2002 Advisor: Frank M. Dunnivant Major: Chemistry/Environmental Studies PUBLICATIONS Saif, M.; Widom, J. R.; Xu, S.; Abbey, E. R.; Liu, S. Y. Marcus, A. H. Electric Dipole Transition Moments and Solvent-Dependent Interactions of Fluorescent Boron-Nitrogen Substituted Indole Derivatives J. Phys. Chem. B. 2015, 119, Christowska, A.; Xu, S.; Maziere, A.; Boknevitz, K.; Li, B.; Abbey, E. R.; Dargelos, Graciaa, A.; Liu, S. Y. UV-Photoelectron Spectroscopy of BN Indoles: Experimental and Computational Structure Analysis J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, Abbey, E. R.; Lamm, A. L.; Baggett, A. W. Zakharov, L. N.; Liu, S. Y. Protecting Group-Free Synthesis of 1,2-Azaborines- A Simple Approach to the Construction of BN-Benzenoids J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, Abbey, E. R.; Liu, S. -Y. BN isosteres of indole Org. Biomol. Chem. 2013, DOI: /C3OB27436E Abbey, E. R.; Zakharov, L. N.; Liu, S.-Y. Boron in Disguise: The Parent Fused BN Indole J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, Highlighted in Synfacts 2011, 10, Campbell, P. G; Abbey, E. R.; Neiner, D.; Grant, D. J.; Dixon, D. A.; Liu, S.-Y. Resonance Stabilization Energy of 1,2-Azaborines: A Quantitative Experimental Study by Reaction Calorimetry. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, Abbey, E. R.; Zakharov, L. N.; Liu, S.-Y. Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution Reactions of a BN Indole. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, Featured in Chemical and Engineering News, Science and Technology Concentrates section, 2010, 88, 36. Abbey, E. R.; Zakharov, L. N.; Liu, S.-Y. Crystal Clear Structural Evidence for Electron Delocalization in 1,2-Dihydro-1,2-azaborines. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, Featured in Chemical and Engineering News, News of the Week section, 2008, 86, 12.

3 Marwitz, J. V.; Abbey, E. R.; Jenkins, J. T.; Zakharov, L. N.; Liu, S.-Y. Diversity through Isosterism: the Case of Boron-Substituted 1,2-Dihydro-1,2- azaborines. Org. Lett. 2007, 9, AWARDS RECEIVED Eastern Washington University Start Something Big Grant (Summer 2016) Eastern Washington University Faculty Grant for Research and Creative Works (Summer 2015) Eastern Washington University Faculty Grant for Research and Creative Works (Summer 2014) National Science Foundation IGERT Fellowship (Sept August 2011) National Science Foundation GK-12 Fellowship ( ) PREVIOUS RESEARCH EXPERIENCE Graduate Research, Organic Chemistry Research Advisor: Professor Shih-Yuan Liu Synthesized 1,2-azaborines with tunable boron functionality Demonstrated the structural changes that occur when rings become aromatic using XRD on a model family of pre-aromatic 1,2-azaborines Developed the synthesis and reactivity of the first BN-substituted indole analogs Explored the biological properties and hydrogen-storage capabilities of BN-heterocycles Discovered a greener synthesis of the parent 1,2-dihydro-1,2-azaborine, shortening the synthesis from eight steps to four Industrial Research & Development, Inks & coatings Hewlett Packard, Corvallis, OR Research Supervisor: Dr. Zia U. Rehman Formulated next-generation dye and pigment-based inks for inkjet printing Developed color-changing IR dye coatings for Lightscribe technology

4 Undergraduate Research, Analytical Environmental Chemistry Research Advisor: Professor Frank M. Dunnivant Assembled an HPLC with fluorescence detector from donated parts; monitored a local watershed for PAH contamination Summer Undergraduate Research, Molecular Biology Summer 2000 Research Advisor: Dr. John Mills, Montana State University Isolated and purified proteins from E. Coli and C.H.O cell cultures in an arthritis-related study of human neutrophils PREVIOUS EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE NSF-GK-12 Teaching Fellow Umatilla Morrow ESD Worked with K-12 teachers in rural classrooms on curriculum development and taught daily science lessons to their students Teaching Assistant University of Oregon Chemistry Department Taught undergraduate general chemistry lab with an emphasis on green chemistry CONSULTING Green Products Consultant Collaborated with UO s Facilities Services and the Green Product Design Network to write the Green Cleaning Policy for the University s LEED certification PATENT APPLICATIONS U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 61/228,883, filed on July 27, 2009, 1, 2- AZABORINE HETEROCYCLES

5 U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 61/228,893, filed on July 27, 2009, AZABORINE COMPOUNDS AS HYDROGEN STORAGE SUBSTRATES U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 61/301,475 filed, on February 4, 2010, AZABORINE ISOSTERES OF ACETAMINOPHEN AND L-DOPA U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 61/348,673 filed, on May 26, 2010, SYNTHESIS AND MODIFICATION OF SELECTED BN-SUBSTITUTED HETEROCYCLES PCT Patent Application No. PCT/US2010/043444, filed on July 27, 2010 SUBSTITUTED 1, 2-AZABORINE HETEROCYCLES U.S. Patent Application No. 12/844/790, filed on July 27, 2010 SUBSTITUTED 1, 2-AZABORINE HETEROCYCLES PRESENTATIONS AND POSTERS Poster: Abbey, E. R.; Bateman, C.; Beal, H.; Donovan, D.; Barker, J. New Organoborohydrides from Organotrifluoroborates, Pacifichem 2015, Honolulu, HI, December 15-20, Poster: Abbey, E. R.; Bateman, C.; Beal, H.; Arakawa, J. Conversion of Organotrifluoroborates to Organoborohydrides, IME Boron XV Conference, Prague, Czech Republic, August 24-28, Presentation: Abbey, E. R.; Liu, S.-Y. Boron in Disguise: Towards BN Biomimics, Materials Science Institute Conference, Lincoln City, OR, United States, December 12-14, Presentation: Abbey, E. R.; Liu, S.-Y. Studying the Influence of BN vs. CC Isosterism in Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution (EAS) Reactions. Abstracts of Papers, 238th ACS National Meeting, Washington, DC, United States, August 16-20, Presentation: Abbey, E. R. ; Liu, S.-Y. Azaborine Biomimics: Boron in Disguise. Abstracts of Papers, 235th ACS National Meeting, New Orleans, LA, United States, April 6-10, Poster: Abbey, E. R. ; Liu, S.-Y.; X-ray Crystallographic Studies of Bond- Delocalization in 1,2-Dihydro-1,2-azaborines. Abstracts of Papers, 235th ACS National Meeting, New Orleans, LA, United States, April 6-10, 2008.

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