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Dr. Timothy J. Peelen

Timothy Peelen

Associate Professor of Chemistry

Email: peelen@lvc.edu

Phone: 717-867-6147

Office Location: Neidig-Garber 426

Expertise:
Organic Chemistry

Research & Practice Areas:
We use the tools of organic chemistry to investigate several questions: to develop new chemical reactions, to prepare molecules that can be applied as new ligands for metals with light-absorbing and light-emitting properties, and to study the interactions between chiral, “handed” molecules.

  • IRES: U.S.-Hungarian Research on Harvesting Light Energy for Redox Chemistry and Biosensors. National Science Foundation, Office of International, and Integrative Activities (NSF-OII). $177,789 from Sept. 1, 2014 to Aug. 31, 2017.
  • RUI: Synthesis of Unnatural Amino Acids using Fmoc-protected N,O-Acetals. National Science Foundation, Department of Chemistry, Research at Undergraduate Institutions (NSF-CHM). $144,374 from May 1, 2010 to April 30, 2013.
  • Diastereomeric Interactions as Stereocontrol Elements in Reactions of Chiral, Trifluoromethyl-containing Molecules. American Chemical Society, Division of Fluorine Chemistry Moissan Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF). $3,500 summer stipend for student Nick Boaz, March 2009.
  • Project-based LC-MS Experiments at the Interface of Chemistry and Biology. National Science Foundation, Department of Undergraduate Education (NSF-DUE), Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement program (CCLI) for $149,999 from Feb. 15, 2008 to Jan. 31, 2011 (Owen A. Moe and Walter Patton, co-principal investigators).
  • Direct synthesis of Fmoc-protected amines via acyl iminium chemistry. Research Corporation Cottrell College Science Award. $43,758 from June 1, 2006 to May 31, 2008.

*In December 2006, the award was designated as the Brian Andreen Cottrell College Science Award, with an additional $3000 of unrestricted funding.