Dr. Laurie S. Starkey E-Mail: lsstarkey@csupomona.edu Phone: 909.869.3670 Fax: 909.869.4396 Schedule
Assistant Professor, teaching Organic Chemistry lecture and laboratory classes. As the Organic Chemistry Lab (CHM 317L) coordinator, I also design and maintain the WebCT online prelab quizzes.

• Ph.D., Chemistry, UC Los Angeles, 1996
• B.S., Chemistry, University of Connecticut, Storrs, 1991

Course Materials

• Answer Keys and Sample Exams

• Syllabus for CHM 316 - Organic Chemistry (F01)

• Online Resources:
  • WebCT homepage (online prelab quizzes seminar slides)
  • Fractional Distillation apparatus
  • Practice with Line Drawings
  • Chemistry Resources on the Internet

• Handouts: Functional Group Summary

• Some additional recommended course materials:
  • Organic model kits are available for $13 through the SAACS club. For others, contact Darling: (330) 688-2080 http://www.webcom.com/darling
  • "The Organic Chem Lab Survival Manual" by James W. Zubrick (5th Ed.). $38.95, published by Wiley (800) 225-5945, item #0-471-38732-0.

Background

I grew up in Connecticut and moved to Southern Cal for graduate school at UCLA. I love this area and I managed to find the perfect job, here at Cal Poly Pomona.

2000 NCAA Women's Basketball National Champions! 1999 NCAA Men's Basketball National Champions!

Interests & Activities

My personal and professional interests overlap for me to serve as the Webmaster for the Chemistry Department at Cal Poly Pomona. In this capacity, I have been developing the Department's Web page and helping other faculty members create their own Home pages. See the list of Chemistry Resources on the Internet I've compiled. Any suggestions? I'll be updating it as necessary.

I am actively involved as an advisor to Cal Poly's chemistry club, the Student Affiliates of the American Chemical Society (SAACS). The American Chemical Society has many useful resources on the web.

My research interests lie in the area of Synthetic Organic Chemistry and Methodology development. For my Ph.D., I worked with Professor Mike Jung at UCLA.

My personal interests include golf, racquetball, camping, snorkeling, going whale watching and watching football (I'm a big Dallas Cowboys fan). My biggest hobby is collecting PEZ dispensers! My husband and I have over 250 of them. Come visit my Photo Gallery and see my two nieces, Nicole and Jenine.

Publications & Presentations

"The Total Synthesis of (S,S)-Isodityrosine." Jung, M. E.; Starkey, L. S. Tetrahedron 1997, 53, 8815-8824; and as a poster presented at the 212th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Orlando, Florida, August 1996; abstract ORGN 85.

"New Preparation of ortho-Aryloxyphenols via Cyclohexenone Oxide." Jung, M. E.; Starkey, L. S. Tetrahedron Lett. 1995, 36, 7363-7366; and as a poster presented at the 209th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Anaheim, California, April 1995; abstract ORGN 417.

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