Macduff Okuom
Graduated from	University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Year	1996-1999
Country	Kenya
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Email	okuomm@umr.edu
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Research Interests

Education:
2000-Present: University of Missouri-Rolla.
PhD: In Progress
Advisor: Frank D. Blum, Ph.D.

1996-1999: University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Dec. 1999; MS in Chemistry
Advisor: Gerard S. Harbison, Ph.D.
Thesis: Nuclear Quadrupole Coupling in Amino Acid Hydrohalides.

1991-1994: M.A. in Human Behavior,
Kean College of New Jersey.
Advisor: Henry Kaplowitz, PhD
Thesis: Alcoholism and Motivation among College Students.

1984-1987: Kenyatta University, Nairobi-Kenya.
1987: B.ED (Science) in Chemistry, Mathematics and Education.

Publications:
Okuom, M.O., Metz, A., Harbison, G. S.: Halide ion Quadrupole Coupling and Chemical Shielding Tensors in L-tyrosine Hydrohalides, J. Am. Ch. Soc. (Submitted, 2000).

Talks:
1999: American Chemical Society Regional Meeting, Quincy, Ill.
Title: ³⁷Cl and ⁸¹Br NMR Studies of L-tyrosine Hydrohalides.

Poster Presentations:
2000: 219^th American Chemical Society, National Meeting March 2000, San Francisco, CA.
Title: Nuclear Quadrupolar Interaction in Amino Acid and Peptide Hydrohalides.

44th Biophysical Society Annual Meeting, February 2000, New Orleans, LA.
Title: Nuclear Quadrupolar Coupling in L-tyrosine Hydrohalides.

Awards:
2000: Student Traveling Scholarship: 219th ACS National Meeting, San Francisco, CA.

Experience:
2000-Present: Research/Teaching Assistant,
Chemistry Department University Of Missouri-Rolla. Rolla, Missouri.

1996-2000: Research/Teaching Assistant,
Chemistry Department University Of Nebraska-Lincoln. Lincoln Nebraska

1994-1995: Laboratory Technician: Midwest Laboratories Inc, Omaha NE.

1993-1994: Laboratory Technician: Analytical Laboratories Inc, Edison NJ.

1987-1991: High School Chemistry Teacher, Ngiya Girls High School, Ngiya, Kenya