Timothy M. Alligrant, Ph. D.

Virginia Commonwealth University 2484 Three Willows Ct.

Department of Chemistry Richmond, VA 23294 1001 West Main Street
804-720-2993
Richmond, VA 23284
804-828-7502 [1]taae2bc8@westpost.net
Objective
Stimulating research position in analytical chemistry in a
pharmaceutical, materials based research or alternate energy sources
company.
Qualifications
* Analytical chemist with extensive electrochemical, NMR and
chromatographic experience.
* Experience in synthesizing organic and inorganic compounds.
* Experience with computational chemistry.
* Experience in mechanistic and kinetic evaluations of complexations
and redox reactions.
Education/Experience
Post-doctoral Fellow, Virginia Commonwealth Univesity, Richmond, VA,
August 2010 to present
* Mentor: Dr. Julio C. Alvarez
* Research Focus: Acid/Base catalysis of Acetic Acid/Acetates in
Acetonitrile via Ferrocene Electromediation.
* Synthesized acetonitrile soluble acetates for electromediated
oxidation by ferrocene.
* Conducted both electrochemical and NMR studies for the purpose of
evaluating the mechanism of oxidation of acetates versus their
conjugate acids in electromediated oxidations by ferrocene.
Ph.D., Analytical Chemistry, Virginia Commonwealth University,
Richmond, VA, August 2010
* Advisor: Dr. Julio C. Alvarez
* Thesis: Mechanistic Studies on the Electrochemistry of Proton
Coupled Electron Transfer and the Influence of Hydrogen Bonding.
* Evaluated the thermodynamic and kinetic responses as determined by
electrochemical methods and NMR for the purpose of evaluating
proton-transfer versus hydrogen bonding reactions in redox
mechanisms.
* Synthesized organic and inorganic compounds for electrochemical
experiments.
* Experience in spectroscopic methods (FTIR (DRIFT and ATR), UV-vis,
spectroelectrochemistry, and NMR).
* Experience in use and teaching of techniques involving
chromatography (GC-FID, and some experience with Headspace-GC-MS).
* Experience with computational chemistry (Gaussian 03 software
package).
BS, Biochemistry; BA, Chemistry (cum laude), Virginia Polytechnic
Institute and State
University (Virginia Tech), Blacksburg, VA, May 2004
- Advisor: Dr. Timothy Larson (Biochemistry)
Honors
- Virginia Commonwealth Univesity Grad. School Fellowship 2004 - 2005
- Teaching Assistant of the Year 2006
- R. Gerald and Susan Bass Scholarship 2007
- Philip Morris Graduate Research Award 2008
- James V. Quagliano Fellowship 2008
Affiliations
* American Chemical Society member 2005 - Present
* American Association for the Advancement of Science member 2007 -
Present
* Electrochemical Society member 2007 - Present
Publications
Alligrant, T.M.; Hackett, J.C.; Alvarez, J.C.