Department of Chemistry

Edward Turos

Edward Turos
Professor

Contact Information

Department of Chemistry
University of South Florida
4202 E. Fowler Avenue, CHE 205A
Tampa, FL 33620-5250

Office: (813) 974-7312, NES 330B
Lab: NES 329, 330
Email: eturos@cas.usf.edu

Education

B.S. in Chemistry (Summa Cum Laude), Towson State University, 1982
Ph.D. in Chemistry, Penn State University, 1986
Dissertation Title: Stereoselective Synthesis of Vicinal Diamines Using Sulfur Bis(imide) Dienophiles
Advisor: Steven Weinreb
Postdoctoral Research, Yale University, 1987-89
Synthetic Organic Chemistry and Natural Products Total Synthesis
Mentor: Samuel Danishefsky

Research Areas

Our research group is focusing on the synthesis and evaluation of new antibacterial and anticancer agents, as well as development of nanoparticle polymers as drug delivery vehicles and biomedical plastics.

Graduate Researchers

Biplob Bhattacharya, Ryan Cormier, Faeez Mahzamani, Katie Prosen, Praveen Ramaraju

Postdoctoral Researchers

Dr. Sampath Abeylath, Dr. Raphael Labruere, Dr. Renaud Sicard

Undergraduate Students

Hollie Gaeto (Honors), Cynthia Lichorowic (Honors), Jordan Markel (Honors), JoAnn Tran (Honors), Ayesha Farooq (Honors), Jennifer Pequero (Honors), Neiman Principio, Danielle Gergeres

Current Courses (Fall 2009)

REF	PRX CRS	SEC	Course Title	CR	Day	Time	Bldg	Room
81650	CHM 2210	901	Organic Chemistry I M 7:35pm-9:45pm, scheduled exam time. You can register in organic lecture w/out the lab, but not	3	M T TR	7:35pm-9:45pm 5:15pm-6:05pm 6:30pm-7:45pm	BSF CHE BSF	100 303 100
81651	CHM 2210	902	Organic Chemistry I M 7:35pm-9:45pm, scheduled exam time. You can register in organic lecture w/out the lab, but not	3	M T TR	7:35pm-9:45pm 5:15pm-6:05pm 6:30pm-7:45pm	BSF CHE BSF	100 303 100
84064	CHM 2210	903	Organic Chemistry I M 7:35pm-9:45pm, scheduled exam time. You can register in organic lecture w/out the lab, but not	3	M TR R	7:35pm-9:45pm 6:30pm-7:45pm 5:15pm-6:05pm	BSF BSF CHE	100 100 303
84065	CHM 2210	904	Organic Chemistry I M 7:35pm-9:45pm, scheduled exam time. You can register in organic lecture w/out the lab, but not	3	M R TR	7:35pm-9:45pm 5:15pm-6:05pm 6:30pm-7:45pm	BSF CHE BSF	100 303 100
89317	CHM 2210	905	Organic Chemistry I M 7:35pm-9:45pm, scheduled exam time. You can register in organic lecture w/out the lab, but not	3	TR T M	6:30pm-7:45pm 5:00pm-5:50pm 7:35pm-9:45pm	BSF CHE BEH	100 103 103
89318	CHM 2210	906	Organic Chemistry I M 7:35pm-9:45pm, scheduled exam time. You can register in organic lecture w/out the lab, but not	3	TR T M	6:30pm-7:45pm 5:00pm-5:50pm 7:35pm-9:45pm	BSF CHE BEH	100 103 103