Michael L. Denniston, Ph.D.

Georgia Perimeter College

Clarkston campus [CC2160]

678)-891-3752 Office

 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Georgia Perimeter College, Clarkston, GA (6.87 to present)

general chemistry, environmental science, chemistry for the health sciences, analytical chemistry.

Associate Professor (tenured)
NSF Instrumentation and Laboratory Improvement Grantee 1989, 1994

Chancellor's Awardee, USG European Council Faculty Enrichment Seminar: (Eger, Hungary) May 2004

Georgia Tech: Visiting Professor of Chemistry 1995-6:
[general and inorganic chemistry]

Maple Woods Community College, North Kansas City, MO
general and health science chemistry

University of Kansas, Lawrence
general chemistry laboratories

University of Texas, Arlington
general chemistry laboratory and lecture.

East Mississippi Jr. College, Scooba, MS
general and organic chemistry.

The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
recitation and laboratory for general and health science chemistry.

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Current research interests are in the areas of course development, use of technology (WebCT, Spartan, MeasureNet, Mathematica, Linux) to teach general chemistry lecture and laboratory. (17 publications in refereed journals and monographs).

Recent projects include development of a lab safety program for the City Schools of Decatur and construction of physical science courses for middle school teachers and for students of early childhood development.

Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia

NSF Research Opportunity Award Fellow: Biochemistry, Summers 1988-9. (studied aldehyde oxidase, a molybdoenzyme, from rabbit liver for use in ENDOR studies, monoclonal antibody production with D. Edmondson)

University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City

Research Associate: Pharmacology, Toxicology & Therapeutics (chromate ion genotoxicity utilizing cultured cells, explored cellular components such as nucleotides and nucleic acids using reverse-phase and anion exchange chromatography. Used radiochemical techniques extensively, especially chromium-51, sulfur-35 and tritium isotopes with E. Uyeki)

Research Associate: Biochemistry (enzyme studies pertaining to an iron-containing acid phosphatase found in yeast; developed methods for determining inorganic nutrient levels with flame and graphite furnace atomic absorption spectroscopy with W. Arnold)

University of Kansas, Lawrence

Research Associate: Pharmaceutical Chemistry (determined micro quantities of anticancer drugs and their metabolites in biological fluids using chromatographic and spectroscopic means; developed an assay in tissue for cisplatin, a platinum-containing drug used for cancer of the reproductive organs with L. Sternson and A. Repta)

Research Associate: Kansas Geological Survey (solid state chemistry of transition metal phosphate sulfates; ceramics with D. Grisafe)

University of Texas, Arlington

Postdoctoral fellow: Chemistry (chemistry of boron halides, tellurium perfluoroalkyls and derivatives thereof; supervised undergraduate research with D. Martin)

University of Virginia, Charlottesville

Research assistant: Chemistry (chemistry of five-membered carboranes with R.N. Grimes)

EDUCATION

M.B.A., University of Kansas, Lawrence (business interests include finance, capital budgeting, environmental economics and quantitative methods[1978])

 M.Sc, Ph.D. The Ohio State University, Columbus (inorganic chemistry, structure and properties of Lewis acid-base adducts of pentaborane(9) and hexaborane(10) with S.G. Shore, [1970])

B.A., Knox College, Galesburg, IL (chemistry, cum laude with college honors [1966])