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Francis Bartholomew Panosyan

Curriculum Vitae 

(PDF version)

 

Email: francis@panosyan.com

 

 

Scholastic History

 

2004-present

Medical Degree

·        Undergraduate Program

 

Queen’s University

School of Medicine

(Kingston, Canada)
 

2003-2004

Post Doctoral Fellow

·        Design and Synthesis of Drugs Targeting RNA.

Prof. Stephen Hanessian

Universite de Montreal

Department of Chemistry

(Montreal, Canada)
 

2000-2003

Doctor of Philosophy

  • Molecular Recognition and Catalysis.                          “Asymmetric Reduction Using C2-symmetric Metal Complexes: The First Autocatalytic Asymmetric Reduction”.

 

Prof. Jik Chin

University of Toronto

Department of Chemistry

(Toronto, Canada)

1998-2000

Master of Science

  • Synthetic Organic Chemistry. “Total Synthesis of Xestomanzamine A: An efficient route to 5-iodo-1-methylimidazole”.

Prof. Ian W.J. Still

University of Toronto

Department of Chemistry

(Toronto, Canada)

 

1994-1998

 

Honours Bachelor of Science

  • Chemistry and Biochemistry specialist

 

University of Toronto

Faculty of Arts and Science

(Toronto, Canada)

 

1992-1993

 

Pnds certificate

  • Germanistic studies entry level

 

Humboldt University

(Berlin, Germany)

 

1988-1990

 

Science Advanced Levels

 

New English School

University of London School Board

(Kuwait city, Kuwait)

 

Languages

 

 

 

English, Armenian, German, Arabic and Persian.

 

 

 

 

Publications

 

 

Chin, J.; Kim, D. C., Kim, H.J., Panosyan, F. B. and Kim, K. M. “Chiral shift reagent for amino acids based on resonance-assisted hydrogen bonding”

Organic Letters, 2004, 6(15), 5291-2593.

 

Panosyan, F. B. and Chin, J. "Autocatalytic Asymmetric Reduction of 2,6-Diacetylpyridine" 

Organic Letters, 2003, 5(21), 3947-3949.

 

Panosyan, F. B.; Lough, A. J. and Chin, J. "{2,6-Bis[(4R)-(+)-4-isopropyl-4,5-dihydro-1,3-oxazol-2-yl]pyridine-k3N} dichlorozinc(II)" 

Acta Crystallographica, 2003, E59, m864-866.

 

Panosyan, F. B.; Lough, A. J. and Chin, J. "[(S,S)-N-(1-{6-[1-(Dimethylamino)ethyl]-pyridin-2-yl}ethyl)-N,N-dimethylamine-k3N]dibromozinc(II)"

Acta Crystallographica, 2003, E59, m827-829.

 

Panosyan, F. B.; Lough, A. J. and Chin, J. “{2,6-Bis[(4R)-(+)-4-isopropyl-4,5-dihydro-1,3-oxazol-2-yl]pyridine-k3N}trinitrocobalt(III) monohydrate”

Acta Crystallographica, 2003, E59, m695-m697.

 

Panosyan, F. B. and I. W. J. Still “An efficient route to 5-iodo-1-methylimidazole: synthesis of xestomanzamine A”

Canadian Journal of Chemistry-Revue Canadienne De Chimie, 2001, 79(7), 1110-1114.

 

 

 

Awards

 

 

2005

Canadian Leukemia Society Scholarship

(Queen’s University)

2003

University of Toronto Open Fellowship

(University of Toronto)

2002

University of Toronto Open Fellowship

(University of Toronto)

1994

Dean’s List in Academic Excellence

(University of Toronto)

 

 

 

Administrative Experience

 

1999-2000

co-President

Association of Graduate Students and Assistants at Erindale (AGSAE)

University of Toronto

1999-2000

Member of the Erindale College Council

University of Toronto

 

 

Professional Experience

 

Course Marker

 

2001-2003

CHM361

Structural Biochemistry

Dept. of Chemistry (University of Toronto)

2001-2003

CHM347

Organic Chem. of Bio. Compounds

Dept. of Chemistry

(University of Toronto)

1998-2001

CHM240/247Y

Introduction to Organic Chemistry

Dept. of Chemistry

(University of Toronto)

 

 

 

Supervision of fourth year thesis project students

 

1999-2000          Iain Watson, “Synthetic transformations of thiols and thiocyanates”.

1999-2000     Patrick Osei-Owusu, “Carbon-carbon coupling using aryl thiocyanates”.                                       

 

 

Laboratory Demonstration

 

2001-2002

CHM 257

Qualitative Organic Chemistry

Faculty of Pharmacy (University of Toronto)

1997-2001  

CHM 240Y

Introduction to Organic Chemistry

Dept. of Chemistry (University of Toronto)

2001-2003   

1998-1999

CHM 140/138Y

Introduction to General Chemistry

Dept. of Chemistry (University of Toronto)

1999-2000   

CHM 393Y

Synthesis Laboratory (Organic & Inorganic)

Dept. of Chemistry (University of Toronto)

 

 

Computer Tutor

 

1997-1998   

Willow Glen Elementary School

(Peel Board of Education)

 

Organic Chemistry Research

 

1997 (summer)

Dr. I.W.J. Still

(University of Toronto)

 

Automobile Transmission Technician

 

1990-1992

Transmission Division

(Gomlas Transmissions)