Washington and Lee University Chemistry Department

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Lisa T. Alty, Ph. D. Medicinal Chemistry from the Medical College of Virginia Head of the Department of Chemistry Phone Number: (540) 458-8927 E-mail: altyl@wlu.edu Office Number: A329

Courses Taught:

• Chem 341 Biochemistry
• Chem 343 Biochemistry Laboratory
• Chem 297 Medicinal Chemistry
• Chem 243 Organic Spectroscopic Methods
• Chem 241, 242 Organic Chemistry Laboratory

Research Interests:

Laboratory instruction in chemistry

Education:

• 1987 Ph.D., Virginia Commonwealth University, School of Pharmacy
  • Thesis Topic: Synthesis of Alpha Antagonists for use as Probes of Receptor Topography
• 1982 B.S., Chemistry, College of William and Mary

Awards:

• 1994 Alpha Epsilon Delta, Premedical Honor Society
• 1989 Mednick Foundation Fellowship
• 1987 Sigma Xi
• 1986 Rho Chi, Pharmacy Honor Society
• 1984-85 A. H. Robins Graduate Fellow in Medicinal Chemistry
• 1982-83 A. D. Williams Predoctoral Fellow in Medicinal Chemistry

Professional Organizations:

• Southeastern Association of Advisors for the Health Professions

  Board of Directors, 2001-3

  Program Committee for the Regional Meeting, 2004-5

  President-Elect, 2005-7

• National Association of Advisors for the Health Professions

  Program Committee for the National Meeting, 2002-4

• Virginia Academy of Sciences – Secretary, 1992

  Councilor, Medical Sciences Section, 1990

  Secretary, Medical Sciences Section, 1992

• American Chemical Society, Division of Medicinal Chemistry, Chemical Education Division

Publications:

• Alty, Lisa T.  Monoterpene Unknowns Identified Using IR, ¹H-NMR, ¹³C-NMR, DEPT, COSY, and HETCOR  J. Chem. Educ. 2005, 82, 1387-9.
• France, M.B., Alty, L.T., Earl, T.M. Synthesis of a 7-oxanorbornene Monomer: A Two-Step Sequence Preparation for the Organic Laboratory, J. Chem. Educ. 1999, 76, 659-660.
• Alty, L.T. Multitasking, J. Chem. Educ. 1993, 70, 663-665.
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