Assistant Professor
Office: 237 Haggerty Science Center
Phone: 972-721-5013
E-Mail: boegeman@udallas.edu

CHEMISTRY DEPARTMENT
Phone: 972-721-5374
Fax: 972-721-4094

Professor Boegeman earned his B.S. at Harvey Mudd College, M.S. at Cornell University, and his Ph.D. in biochemistry from the University of California at San Diego. After teaching stints at the University of Puget Sound, Harvey Mudd College, and Eckerd College, he joined the faculty at the University of Dallas in 2000.

He has been the Co-faculty Advisor for U.D. Chapter of the Student Affiliates of the American Chemical Society since 2002.

Dr. Boegeman is a protein chemist whose area of specialty is the study of protein-lipid interactions.

Currently he is teaching biochemistry and general chemistry. In the past he has also taught environmental chemistry, basic ideas in chemistry, and chemistry seminar.

Dr. Boegeman's research involves the study of the metabolism and regulation of lipids and lipid metabolites through the mapping of the responsible pathways and characterization of the enzymes involved.

Of particular interest are the enzymes phospholipase D and phospholipase A2.

Streptomyces Chromofuscus." D. Vincent West ('04), José Arvizu ('05), and Scott C. Boegeman. 225th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, New Orleans, LA, March 23-27, 2003.

"Phospholipase D Activity in the Presence of Primary Alcohol Acceptors and Inhibitors," D. Vincent West ('04) and Scott C. Boegeman. 35th Meeting-in-Miniature, Dallas-Ft. Worth Section of the American Chemical Society, University of Dallas, April 2002.

"Phospholipid Binding and the Activation of Group IA Secreted Phospholipase A2." S.C. Boegeman, R.A. Deems, and E.A. Dennis, Biochemistry 43, 3907-3916, (2004).

"Interaction of Phospholipase A2 with Thioether Amide Containing Phospholipid Analogues." L.A. Plesniak, S.C. Boegeman, B.W. Segelke, and E.A. Dennis, Biochemistry 32, 5009-5016 (1993).

"The solid-phase synthesis of dendritic polyamides." K.E. Ulrich, S.C. Boegeman, J.M.J. Frchet, and S.R. Turner, Polym. Bull. 25, 551-558, (1991).

"Formation of Carboxylic Acid Halides by the Reaction of Halogens with Acetyl-, (Phenylacetyl)-, and Benzoylchlorobis(triphenylphosphine)platinum(II) and Acetyl-, (Phenylacetyl)-, and Benzoylchloro(triphenylphosphine)-palladium(II) Complexes." M. Kubota, S.C. Boegeman, R.N. Keil, and C.G.Webb, Organometal. 8, 1616-1620, (1989).

"Quenching of chlorophyll fluorescence by substituted anthraquinones." K.K.Karukstis, S.M.Gruber, J.A. Fruetel, and S.C. Boegeman, Biochim. Biophys. Acta 932, 84-90, (1988).

"Multivariate analysis of Photosystem II fluorescence quenching by substituted benzoquinones and naphthoquinones." K.K. Karukstis, S.C. Boegeman, J.A. Fruetel, S.M. Gruber, M.H. Terris, Biochim. Biophys. Acta 891, 256-264, (1987).

Dr. Boegeman teaches the Biochemistry and General Chemistry sequences at the University of Dallas, as well as Environmental Chemistry, Chemistry Seminar, and Basic Ideas in Chemistry.

This semester Dr. Boegeman is teaching Biochemistry I and General Chemistry II.

Please direct questions and comments to: boegeman@udallas.edu

Professor

Office: Academic Dean Braniff Bldg.
Phone: (972) 721-5108
Fax: (972) 721-4039

Professor Eaker obtained his Ph.D. in physical chemistry at the University of Chicago in 1974. His thesis was titled A Semiempirical Multiconfigurational Self-Consistent Field Theory. He was a R.A. Welch Postdoctoral Fellow with Professor Christopher Parr at the University of Texas at Dallas in 1974-76. He joined the faculty at University ofDallas in 1976.

Dr. Eaker is a theoretical chemist whose area of speciality is reaction dynamics. He makes extensive use of computers and computer graphics in his research. He teaches general chemistry and physical chemistry at the University of Dallas. He has written 22 interactive computer units for the general chemistry course and teaches this course using a "discovery-learning" approach.

In addition to his teaching and research activities, Professor Eaker serves on the Academic Council for the Teachers Teaching with Technology (T3) program of Texas Instruments. He is the Academic Coordinator of the Chem/Bio and the Connecting Biology and Algebra (CBA) Institutes. These institutes teach science and mathematics teachers how to use TI graphing calculators and the Calculator-Based Laboratory (CBL) interface. Teachers learn new and innovative ways to teach science concepts and new methods of scientific data collection and analysis.

Dr. Eaker's research involves the use of computers to study the dynamical aspects of chemical reactions. This work requires the calculations of forces of interaction between atoms and molecules, the solution of differential equations governing the motion of the reacting atoms and molecules in a reaction, and the analysis of the product molecules. Two particular interests are nonadiabatic reactions and fast Fourier transform techniques for the quantization of reactants and the analysis of products.

"Quasiclassical State-Selected Trajectory Study of O + H3+ Reaction," Richard E. Cook and Charles W. Eaker. J. Phys. Chem. A 108, 10252 (2004).

"Fitting and Analyzing pH Titration Curves on a Graphing Calculator," Charles W. Eaker. Chem. Educator 5, 1 (2000).

"A Fast Fourier Transform Method for the Quasiclassical Selection of Initial Ro-vibrational States of Triatomic Molecules," Charles W. Eaker and David W. Schwenke. J. Chem. Phys. 103, 6984 (1995).

"A Quasiclassical, Surface Hopping Trajectory Study of the Reaction Na(2P) + HCl --> NaCl + H(2S)," Charles W. Eaker. J. Chem. Phys. 93, 8073 (1990).

"Collision Induced Dissociation of H2+ and D2+ with H2 Using a Surface Hopping Trajectory Method," Charles W. Eaker and George C. Schatz. J. Chem. Phys. 89, 6713 (1988).

"Fourier Transform Methods for Calculating Action Variables and Semiclassical Eigenvalues for Coupled Oscillator Systems," Charles W. Eaker, George C. Schatz, Nelson DeLeon, and Eric J. Heller. J. Chem. Phys. 81, 5913 (1984).

Dr. Eaker usually teaches the General Chemistry and Physical Chemistry sequences at the University of Dallas. He also teaches the Chemical Literature and Basic Ideas of Chemistry courses.

Please direct questions and comments to: eaker@udallas.edu

Professor and Chair

Office: 239 Haggerty Science Center
Phone: (972) 721-5069
Fax: (972) 721-4094

Professor Hendrickson received his Ph.D. in organic chemistry from Louisiana State University in 1974. He was a postdoctoral fellow at Johns Hopkins from 1975 to 1977. From 1977 to 1979 he was a Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of Alabama in Birmingham. He has been at the University of Dallas since 1979. Dr. Hendrickson is a physical organic chemist whose area of specialty is the mechanisms of free radical reactions. In 1993 he served as the Chairman of the ACS Dallas-Ft. Worth Section.

Dr. Hendrickson's leisure time is spent hiking in the mountains and maintaining the cabin he built in Bosque County, TX. He has a son, David, a graduate student in Chemical and Systems Biology at Stanford, and a daughter, Emily, a 2004 Texas A&M graduate, who is an English teacher at the School of Science and Engineering at Yvonne A. Ewell Townview Center. His wife, Dr. Connie Hendrickson, is a consulting chemist who specializes in surfactants. Dr. C. Hendrickson was the 2007 recipient of the Daughtery award given by the Dallas/Ft. Worth Section of the American Chemical Society.

Single electron transfer, organic free radicals, alkyl hypochlorites, mechanisms of alcohol and aldehyde oxidation by bleach and peroxide decomposition pathways.

"Competing Reactions of Secondary Alcohols with Sodium Hypochlorite Promoted by Phase-Transfer Catalysis," Bright, Z. R.; Luyeye,C. R.; Morton, A. S.; Sedenko, M.; Landolt, R. G.; Bronzi, M. J.; Bohovic, K. M.; Gonser, M. W. A; Lapainis, T.; Hendrickson, W. H. J. Org. Chem. 2004, 70, 684-687.

"Mechanism of the Oxidation of Alcohols with Sodium Hypochlorite in Acetic Acid," Sakai, S.; Hendrickson. D. G.; Hendrickson; W. H.Tetrahedron Lett. 2000, 41, 2759-2763.

"Beta-Scission of Tertiary Alkyl Hypochlorites Promoted by Phase Transfer Catalysis," Dailey, J. I.; Hays, R. S.; Lee, H.; Mitchell, M. M.; Ries, J. J.; Landolt, R. G.; Husmann, H. H.; Lockridge, J. B.; Hendrickson, W. H. J. Org. Chem. 2000, 65, 2568-2571.

"Steric and Electronic Substituent Effects in Tertiary Alkyl Peroxide Decompositions," Hendrickson, W. H..; Nguyen, C. C.; Nguyen, J. T.; Simons, K. T. Tetrahedron Lett. 1995, 36, 7217-7220.

"Inert-Molecule-Separated Ion Pairs. Stereochemical, 18O, and Product Studies," White, E. H.; Field, K.; Hendrickson W. H.; Dzadzic, P.; Roswell, D. F.; Paik, S.; Mullen, P. W. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1993, 114, 8023-8031.

Dr. Hendrickson teaches the Organic Chemistry sequence at the University of Dallas: CHE 3121, CHE 3321,CHE 3122, CHE 3322. He also teaches Chemical Literature and Physical Organic Chemistry.
Please direct questions and comments to: hendrick@udallas.edu

Visiting Assistant Professor

Office: 241 Haggerty Science Center
Phone: (972) 721-5110

Professor Beckles received his Ph.D. in organometallic chemistry from Baylor University in 2005. Prior to coming to UD, Dr. Beckles was a research associate at Macrocyclics where he designed and synthesized chealating agents for medical imaging.

Synthesis and characterization of rhenium carbonyl complexes obtained by ligand exchange reactions.

"Synthesis and Characterization of Binuclear Rhenium(I)Complexes Containing Bifunctiional Ligands," Klausmeyer, K.K.; and Beckles, F. R. Inorganica Chemica Acta, 2007, 360, 3241.

"Tetraammonium dimethoxopyridin-2-olato-bis[tricarbonylrhenium(I)]," Klausmeyer, K. K.; Beckles, F. R. ,Acta Cryst., 2006, E62, m2417-m2418.

"Synthesis, Characterization and X-ray Structure of Several Aryloxide and Alkoxide Derivatives of [Et4N][Re2(CO)6(OR)3] (R=H or Me)," Klausmeyer, K. K.; Beckles, F. R. Inorganica Chemica Acta, 2005, 358, 1050.

Dr. Beckles teaches Analytical Chemistry,Instrumental Analysis and Basic Ideas of Chemistry.

Please direct questions and comments to:
fbeckles@udallas.edu