MY RESUME

P.O. Box 6045, Morgantown, WV 26506-6045, USA.

Tel: 304-293 6603 fax: 304-293 4904

Objective:

To secure and entry-level research or administrative position in any chemical-based or technical industry.

Education and Degrees Awarded:

• 1996- present    Currently a Ph.D. Candidate in Physical / Bioinorganic Chemistry at West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506.

• 1990-1993    M.Sc.Chemistry (Physical). Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria.

• 1985-1989   B.Sc. Chemistry(Hons). Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria.

Current Research Interests:

• Spatiotemporal Patterns Formation in Oxyhalogen Sulfur Chemistry.

• Video Imaging and Pattern Characterization.

• Kinetics and Mechanistic Studies of Oxidation of Oxy-Halogen Sulfur Compounds by Strong Oxidants.

• In-Vitro Studies of Oxidation of Essential Amino acids and their biologically-important derivative.

• Inorganic Reaction Mechanism: Titanium (III) and Ruthenium (II) reductions of Cobalt (III) complexes.

• Ion Selective Electrodes (Preparation and Applications)

• Biosensors and Applications.

• Purification and Characterization of Steroids.

• Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (NMR). [including 2D-NMR and COSY-NMR]

• Ultra Violet and Visible Spectroscopy

• Advanced Chemical Kinetics- Conventional and Stopped Flow Techniques

• Basic Computer programming in C++, HTML and Visual Basic 4.0

• Good working knowledge in Microsoft Office 97 suite: Word97, Excel97, Powerpoint97, and database management with Access97

• Optimas Technology (ALI programming Language) for Video Imaging.

• Adobe photoshop

• Paint Shop Pro.

• C.R. Chinake; O. Olojo; and R.H. Simoyi. Oxidation of Formaldehyde by Chlorite in Basic and Slightly Acidic Media. J.Phys.Chem.A Vol.21, No 3, 606-611, 1998.

• J.F. Ojo; O.O. Olojo; O.A. Oyetunji and O.A. Olubuyide. The reductions of Chloro-, Bromo-, and Iodopentacyanocobaltate (III) anions by Titanium (III) in aqueous acidic solution. Transition Met. Chem. Vol.21, 123-126, 1996.

• American Chemical Society Conference. New Orleans, Louisiana. (August, 1998).

• Advances in the in-vitro Reactivities of Methionine and Methionine Sulfoxide (Poster presented at the 34^th Convention of the South African Cheimcal Institute 1998).

• Oscillations and Chemical Instabilities in Dynamic Systems. Salve Regina University, Rhode Island (July, 1997)

• Thionicotinamide oxidation by bromate ion.

• Advances in the in-vitro Reactivities of Methionine.

• Cyclodextrin femtosecond dynamics.

1. Dr. Reuben H. Simoyi; Professor of Chemistry, West Virginia University, Morgantown, USA.

e-mail: rhsimoy@lab263.chem.wvu.edu

2. Dr. Segun Olubuyide; Professor of Chemistry, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria.

e-mail: tolubuy@aol.com

3. Dr. Paul Jagodzinski; Professor and Chairman, Chemistry Department, West Virginia University, USA

          e-mail: pjag@wvu.edu