Research Interests: Synthesis of organotin/organometallic compounds and their structural characterizations using spectroscopic techniques.; Prediction of biological and/or chromatographic parameters using molecular modeling and/or quantitative structure-activity relationships.; Investigation of environmental/agricultural aspects of organotin/organometallic compounds.; Investigation of organotin compounds as anticancer agents. Selected Honors and Awards: Senior Faculty Award, College of Arts and Sciences, University of the District of Columbia, 2005. Professional Achievement Award, University of the District of Columbia, 1996 Fulbright Fellowship, Awarded for Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt, 1981. National Research Service Award, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 1979 - 1980. Career in Brief: Ph.D., Chemistry, City University of New York (1971). Director, Minority Biomedical Research Support Program, UDC, 1998 – 2008: Professor, UDC, 1979 – present; Visiting Professor, University of California, San Diego, 1992 – 1993; Chemist, National Institute of Standards and Technology 1985 - 1990; 1996 – 1997; Visiting Associate Professor, The Catholic University of America, 1979 – 1980; Chemist, United States Customs Laboratories, Summer 1977; Associate Professor of Chemistry, UDC, 1974 – 1979; Assistant Professor, UDC, 1970 - 1974. |