Dr. Julie Pigza
Associate Professor
Bio
Dr. Julie A. Pigza is an Associate Professor of Organic Chemistry at Â鶹´«Ã½. She received her B.S. from Allegheny College in 2002 followed by her Ph.D. from Indiana University (advisor: Dr. Jeffrey Johnston) in 2008. In 2009, she completed a postdoc with Dr. Tadeusz Molinski at the University of California, San Diego. She began her independent career as an Assistant Professor at Queensborough Community College (2010-2013) before her move to Â鶹´«Ã½ (2013-current). In 2021, Dr. Pigza was named the Chemist of the Year by the Mississippi ACS Local Section. Her research is generously supported by the NSF CAREER grant (2019-2024, award #1848257).
- Organic Chemistry (PHD) - Indiana University-Bloomington (2008)
- BS - Allegheny College (2002)
Undergraduate courses:
CHE-106 General Chemistry I
CHE-106S General Chemistry I Support
CHE-251 ElementaryOrganic Chemistry
CHE-255 Organic Chemistry I
CHE-308 Chemistry Junior Seminar
CHE-392/392H Undergraduate Research
CHE-404 Spectral Elucidation of Structure
CHE-451 Medicinal Chemistry
CHE-470 Survey of Toxicology
CHE-496/496H Senior Capstone Research
IDS-350 Topics in Interdisciplinary Studies - Opioid Epidemic (guest lecturer, Chemistry)
Graduate courses:
CHE-504 Spectral Elucidation of Structure
CHE-551 Medicinal Chemistry
CHE-570 Survey of Toxicology
CHE-652 Advanced Organic Synthesis
CHE-698 Master's Thesis
CHE-729 Methods and Techniques in Chemistry and Biochemistry
CHE-791 Graduate Student Research
CHE-898 Graduate Dissertation
- Quinolines from the cyclocondensation of isatoic anhydride with ethyl acetoacetate: preparation of ethyl 4-hydroxy-2-methylquinoline-3-carboxylate and derivatives., Beilstein journal of organic chemistry, 2018,
- Synthesis and Evaluation of Aryl Quinolines as HIV-1 Integrase Multimerization Inhibitors., ACS medicinal chemistry letters, 2018,
- An efficient method for the reductive conversion of acyclic esters to ethers via a TMS-protected acetal, Tetrahedron Letters, 2017,
- Synthesis of novel single-walled carbon nanotube-magnesium nanoparticle composites by a solution reduction method, Materials Letters, 2014,
- Total synthesis of the Lycopodium alkaloid serratezomine A using free radical-mediated vinyl amination to prepare a β-stannyl enamine linchpin., The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2013,
- A sulfone-based strategy for the preparation of 2,4-disubstituted furan derivatives., The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2011,
- Diastereoselective allylstannane additions to (S)-5,6-dihydro-2H-5-phenyloxazin-2-one. A concise synthesis of (S)-beta-methylisoleucine., Organic letters, 2010,
- Oxazoline-oxazinone oxidative rearrangement. divergent syntheses of (2S,3S)-4,4,4-trifluorovaline and (2S,4S)-5,5,5-Trifluoroleucine., The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2009,
- Total synthesis of the lycopodium alkaloid (+)-serratezomine A., Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2009,
- Mississippi Academy of Science
- Women in Science & Engineering
- American Chemical Society
- Phi Beta Kappa
- English (Native or Bilingual)