Amy J. Boone

Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics

University of North Carolina

Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7260

Education:

• Post-Doctoral, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC and Duke University, Durham, NC, (Joint Position) 2001-2004
• Doctor of Philosophy, Physical Chemistry University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 2001. Dissertation: “Quantum-Mechanical Calculations of Spin-State Properties of Model Nitrile Hydratase Fe(III) Complexes”
• Bachelor of Science, Biochemistry Mississippi College, Clinton, MS 1996. Graduated High Honors with Distinction
• Honors Thesis: "Investigations on the Potential Energy Surfaces of Ge2H2, GeSiH2, and GeCH2"

Honors and Awards:

• NIH Postdoctoral Fellow, 2002
• 1st Place, Industrial Affiliates Research Extravaganza, 1998
• Outstanding Teaching Award, 1997
• Grinter Fellowship, 1996-1998
• Perry Academic Fitness Award, 1996
• Honors Scholarship, 1992-1996
• Charles A. Frueauff Endowed Scholarship, 1995
• IBM Scholarship, 1994
• Excellence in Physical Chemistry, 1995
• Excellence in Organic Chemistry, A.H. Germany Award, 1994
• Excellence in General Chemistry, 1993

Organizations:

• American Chemical Society
• Alpha Lambda Delta
• Omicron Delta Kappa
• American Chemical Society, Student-Affiliated Chapter, Secretary, 1994-1995
• American Chemical Society, Student-Affiliated Chapter, President, 1995-1996

Presentation of Research:

• 9th Conference on Current Trends in Computational Chemistry, Vicksburg, MS 2000
• 8th Conference on Current Trends in Computational Chemistry, Vicksburg, MS 1999
• 218th American Chemical Society National Meeting, New Orleans, LA 1999
• Research Affiliates Meeting, Department of Chemistry, University of Florida 1999
• Industrial Affiliates Research Extravaganza, Department of Chemistry, University of
• Florida, 1998
• Thirty-Eighth Sanibel Symposium, St. Augustine, FL 1998
• 6th Conference on Current Trends in Computational Chemistry, Vicksburg, MS 1997
• Theoretical Chemistry in Biology: From Molecular Structure to Functional Mechanisms
• Symposium, Savannah, GA 1997
• Mississippi Academy of Sciences 60th Annual Meeting, Jackson, MS 1996
• 4th Conference on Current Trends in Computational Chemistry, Vicksburg, MS 1995
• Joint Southeast-Southwest Regional American Chemical Society Meeting, Memphis,
• TN 1995
• Mississippi Academy of Sciences 59th Annual Meeting, Biloxi, MS 1995

Publications:

Boone, Amy J. and Richards, Nigel G.J. “Application of Density Functional Theory for Modeling Spin-State Properties of Model Non-Heme Fe(III) Complexes”, Submitted for publication.

Boone, Amy J.; Chang, Christopher H.; Greene, Shannon N.; Herz, Thomas; Richards, Nigel G.J.; “Modeling the Spin-Dependent Properties of Open-Shell Fe(III)-Containing Systems” Coordination Chemistry Reviews, In press.

Aydogan, Bulent; Marshall, David T.; Swarts, Steven; Turner, James E.; Boone, Amy J.; Richards, Nigel and Bolch, Wesley E. “Site-specific OH Attack to the Sugar Moiety of DNA: A Comparison of Experimental Data and Computational Simulation”, Radiat. Res., 2002, 157, 38-44.

Boone, Amy J.; Cory, Marshall G.; Scott, Michael J.; Zerner, Michael C.; and Richards, Nigel G.J. “Investigating the Structural and Electronic Properties of Nitrile Hydratase Model Iron(III) Complexes using Projected Unrestricted Hartree-Fock (PUHF) Calculations” Inorganic Chemistry, 2001, 40, 1837-1845

Boone, Amy J. and Magers, David H. “Searches on the Potential Energy Hypersurfaces of GeCH2, GeSiH2, and Ge2H2” Int. J. of Quantum Chem., 1998, 70, 925-932