Deirdra Evers-Mcgregor, Phd Email & Phone Number

Richmond, California

- Subject matter expert in petroleum diesel, renewable diesel and biodiesel chemistry, performance testing, industry standards, common additives and common issues throughout the supply chain.

Marlborough, MA

• Electroplated Al onto copper surfaces from ionic liquid solutions in an air free environment, plated 100+ samples
• Responsible for DOE style project researching the effects of alloy metals and additives in electrolytes on Al coatings on copper substrates, reported weekly updates during team meetings
• Supervised and trained two bachelor-level Plating Engineers, managed their day to day experiments and analysis

Waltham, MA

• Gave one 90 minute lecture a week, per course, preparing students for lab and reviewing important concepts
• Supervised 15 teaching assistants and 5 grading assistants including weekly TA meetings
• Wrote exams and supervised grading, assisted students with problems and difficult concepts during office hours

Waltham, MA

• Co-ran the annual SPROUT Awards, awarding funds to Brandeis entrepreneurs encouraging translational research
• Ran meetings, organized mentoring sessions to assist teams with their written application and pitches
• Performed preliminary searches for licensing partners for new technology patented by inventors at Brandeis
• Wrote technology summaries for marketing

Christine Thomas

• Synthesis and design of novel pincer-type ligands incorporating an N-heterocyclic phosphenium moiety - Coordination and characterization of late transition metals (Ni, Pd, Pt) to our ligand framework - Mono-, bi-, and.
• Progress in coordination of NHP tridentate type ligands to group 10 metals. Talk at annual Supergroup meeting of local inorganic academic labs, Brandeis University, July 2013
• Synthesis and reactivity of late transition metal complexes ligated by tridentate pincer ligands containing NHCs and their phosphorus analogs. Talk at 245th ACS national meeting, New Orleans April 2013
• Synthetic routes to heterobimetallic Nb/Co and Ta/Co complexes. Poster presentations at 245th ACS national meeting, New Orleans, April 2013; Boston Regional Inorganic Colloquium, Northeastern University, October 2012.
• Ferrocene based molecular wire candidates: Synthesis and characterization. Poster presentations at 233rd ACS national meeting, Chicago, March 2007; Undergraduate Conference, Rochester Institute of Technology, Spring.

• Prepared for and led two sections of General Chemistry laboratory including pre-lab talks and demonstrations
• Held office hours and assisted students in and outside of class time
• Graded lab reports and exams

Danvers, MA

• Taught Introductory Chemistry 1
• Enrollment was 32 students
• Prepared and gave three 50 minute lectures a week
• Prepared for and supervised two laboratory lectures a week
• Wrote and graded exams, quizzes and homework assignments
• Assisted students with problems, and difficult concepts during office hours

Greater Boston Area

• Synthesized 14C labeled small molecules as part of the 14C precursor lab for use by the customSynthesis often involved vacuum line techniques as well as flame sealing for final packaging
• Performed cGMP HPLC analytical analysis: adapted and created methods for each new customer, certified and validated methods, performed HPLC analysis for final cGMP products, created in depth customer reports
• Developed methods and performed final HPLC analysis for the 14C custom synthesis department and created analytical reports for customers
• Six sigma green belt candidate and continuous improvement project leader: Process flow improvement of the 14C precursor lab. Team included fellow labmates, my direct supervisor, overseeing manager and materials.
• Maintained the inventory of 14C starting materials and worked with a team to audit the inventory for the shipping department on a semi-regular basis
• Received materials provided to my department from the customers and member of a 5S auditing team to ensure lab cleanliness

Geneva, NY

• Assisted students in Intro and Organic chemistry lab sections and aided the professor in general tasks
• Graded written lab reports, homework and quizzes

Christine Dedenus

-Synthesized ferrocene derivatives -Synthesized novel Fe/Ru bimetallic compounds bridged by linear aliphatic chains as potential molecular wire candidates -Demonstrated electronic communication between the two metal centers by Cyclic Voltammetry

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Inorganic Chemistry

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Chemistry