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Joseph Michael Fox

272 Brown Laboratories
University of Delaware
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Newark, DE 19716
302-831-0191
jmfox@udel.edu

Born: 10/09/1971 in Philadelphia, PA

Education
1993-1998 Columbia University, New York, NY 10027
Degrees Awarded: Ph.D., 1998; M.Phil, 1997; M.A., 1994
Advisor: Prof. Thomas J. Katz
Dissertation Title: Synthesis of Conjugated Helical Polymers, Cyclophanes, Metal
Complexes and Phthalocyanines

1989-1993 Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, 08544
A. B., Chemistry, Magna Cum Laude
Advisor: Prof. Maitland Jones, Jr.
Thesis Title: The Phenylcarbene Rearrangement as a Source of Real Carbenes

Research Experience
9/2007–present, Associate Professor, University of Delaware, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Newark, DE 19716
7/2001-8/2007, Assistant Professor, University of Delaware, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Newark, DE 19716

August 1998-May 2001, NIH Postdoctoral Fellow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, Laboratories of Professor Stephen L. Buchwald

Awards and Honors
2007    Thieme Journal Award: from the editorial board of Synthesis and Synlett
2006     NSF CAREER Award
2005     Eli Lilly Lecturer, Northwestern University
2005    Plenary Lecturer at statewide organic symposium, University of Missouri
1999-01    National Institute of Health Postdoctoral Fellow, MIT
1998    Pegram Award: For excellence in graduate research, Columbia University
1996    Columbia Chemistry Department Award: For the advancement of undergraduate laboratory research
1995     Julian M. Miller Award for Excellence in Teaching, Columbia University
1995-97    Kanagawa Academy of Science and Technology Research Fellow,    Columbia University
1993     Magna Cum Laude, Princeton University
1992    Pfizer Undergraduate Summer Fellowship in Synthetic Organic Chemistry,    Princeton University

Publications from Delaware (as of June 2008)

37) Blackman, M. L.; Royzen, M.; Fox, J. M. "The Tetrazine Ligation: Fast Bioconjugation based on Inverse-electron-demand Diels-Alder Reactivity" J. Am. Chem. Soc. ASAP.
36) Fisher, L. A.; Fox, J. M. "Studies on the Stability of Cycloprop-2-ene Carboxylate Dianions and Reactions with Electrophiles" J. Org. Chem. accepted
35) Tarwade, V.; Dmitrenko, O.; Bach, R. D.; Fox, J. M. "The Curtius Rearrangement of Cyclopropyl- and Cyclopropenoyl Azides. A Combined Theoretical and Experimental Mechanistic Study" J. Org. Chem. accepted
34) Pallerla, M. K.; Yap, G. P. A.; Fox, J. M. “Co-complexes Derived from Alkene Insertion to Alkyne-dicobaltpentacarbonyl complexes: Insight into the Regioselectivity of Pauson-Khand Reactions of Cyclopropenes” J. Org. Chem. 73, 6137–6141
33) Panne, P.; DeAngelis, A.; Fox, J. M. “Rh-Catalyzed Intermolecular Cyclopropanation with α-Alkyl-α-diazoesters: Catalyst-Dependent Chemo- and Diastereoselectivity” Org Lett. 2008, 10, 2987–2989
32) Yan, N.; Liu, X.; Pallerla, M.; Fox, J. M. “ Synthesis of Stable Derivatives of Cycloprop-2-ene Carboxylic Acid” J. Org. Chem. 2008, 73, 4283-4286.
31) Royzen, M.; Yap, G. P. A.; Fox, J. M. “A Photochemical Synthesis of Functionalized trans-Cyclooctenes Driven by Metal Complexation” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 3760–3761.
30) DeAngelis, A.; Panne, P.; Yap, G. P. A.; Fox, J. M. “Rh-Catalyzed Formation of Dioxolanes from α-Alkyl Diazoesters: Diastereoselective Cycloadditions of Carbonyl Ylides with Selectivity over β-Hydride Elimination” J. Org. Chem. 2008, 73, 1435-1439.
29) Yan, N.; Liu, X.; Fox, J. M. “Facially Selective and Regioselective Carbometalation of Cyclopropenes by Aryl Grignard Reagents” J. Org. Chem. 2008, 73, 563-568.
28) Pallerla, M. K.; Fox, J. M. “Enantioselective Synthesis of (–)-Pentalenene” Org. Lett. 2007, 9, 5625-5628.
27) Dong, Z.; Yap, G. P. A.; Fox, J. M. “trans-Cyclohexane-1,2-diamine Is a Weak Director of Absolute Helicity in Chiral Nickel-Salen Complexes” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 11850-11853.
26) Panne, P.; Fox, J. M. “Rh-catalyzed Intermolecular Reactions of Alkynes with α-Diazoesters that Possess β-hydrogens: Ligand-based Control over Divergent Pathways” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 22-23.
25) Dong, Z.; Liu, X.; Yap, G. P. A.; Fox, J. M. “Two-Dimensional Scaffolds for the Parallel Alignment of Rod-Shaped Conjugated Molecules” J. Org. Chem. 2007, 72, 617-625.
24) Dong, Z.; Karpowicz, R. J. Jr.; Bai, S.; Yap, G. P. A.; Fox, J. M. “Control of Absolute Helicity in Single-Stranded Abiotic Metallofoldamers” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128,14242-14243.
23) Zhang, F.; Fox, J. M. “Synthesis of Cyclopropene α-Amino Acids by Enantioselective Desymmetrization” Organic Letters, 2006, 8, 2965-2968.
22) Liu, X.; Fox, J. M. “Enantioselective, Facially Selective Carbomagnesation of Cyclopropenes” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 5600-5601.
21) Yang, Z.; Xie, X.; Fox, J. M. “Diastereoselective Synthesis of Methylenecyclopropanes from Chiral Cyclopropene Derivatives” Angew. Chem. Int. Edit. 2006, 45, 3960-3962.
20) Pallerla, M. K.; Fox, J. M. “Diastereoselective Intermolecular Pauson Khand Reactions of Chiral Cyclopropenes” Organic Letters, 2005, 7, 3593-3596.
19) Zhang, F.; Bai, S.; Yap, G. P. A.; Tarwade, V.; Fox, J. M. “Abiotic Metallofoldamers as Electrochemically Responsive Molecules” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127, 10590-10599.
18) Fox, J. M.; Yan, N. “Metal Mediated and Catalyzed Nucleophilic Additions to Cyclopropenes” Current Organic Chemistry 2005, 9, 719-732. (Invited Contribution).
17) Liao, L.-a.; Yan, N.; Fox, J. M. “The Dianion Approach to Chiral Cyclopropene Carboxylic Acids” Organic Letters 2004, 6, 4937-4939.
16)    Fox, J. M.; Dmintrenko, O.; Liao, L.-a.; Bach. R. D. “Computational Studies of Nucleophilic Substitution at Carbonyl Carbon: Applications to Organic Synthesis” J. Org. Chem. 2004, 69, 7317-7328.
15)    Stone, M. T.; Fox, J. M.; Moore, J. S. “A Helicene-Containing Foldamer Displaying Highly Solvent Dependent CD Spectra” Org. Lett. 2004, 6, 3317-3320.
14)    Liao, L.-a.; Zhang. F.; Dmintrenko, O.; Bach, R. D.; Fox, J. M. “A Reactivity/Affinity Switch for Parallel Kinetic Resolution: α-Amino Acid Quasienantiomers and the Resolution of Cyclopropene Carboxylic Acids” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004, 126, 4490-4491.
13)    Liao, L.-a.; Zhang, F.; Yan, N.; Golen, J. A.; Fox, J. M. “An Efficient and General Method for Resolving Cyclopropene Carboxylic Acids” Tetrahedron 2004, 1803-1816.
12)    Liao, L.-a.; Fox, J. M. "A Copper-catalyzed Method for the Facially Selective Addition of Grignard Reagents to Cyclopropenes" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2002, 124, 14322–14323.

Publications from Postdoctoral Research
11)    Kaye, S. (undergraduate mentored by Fox); Fox, J. M.; Hicks, F. A.; Buchwald, S. L. "The Use of Catalytic Amounts of CuCl and Other Improvements in the Benzyne Route to Biphenyl-Based Ligands" Adv. Synth. Catal. 2001, 343, 789.
10)    Chieffi, A.; Kamikawa, K.; Åhman, J.; Fox, J. M. "Catalytic Asymmetric Vinylation of Ketone Enolates" Org. Lett. 2001, 3, 1897-1900.
9)    Tomori, H.; Fox, J. M.; Buchwald, S. L. "An Improved Synthesis of Functionalized Biphenyl-Based Phosphine Ligands" J. Org. Chem. 2000, 65, 5334.
8)    Fox, J. M.; Huang, X.; Chieffi, A.; Buchwald, S. L. "Highly Active and Selective Catalysts for the Formation of α-Aryl Ketones" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2000, 122, 1360.
7) Buchwald, S. L.; Fox, J. M. "Recent Progress in the Suzuki Reactions of Aryl Chlorides" Strem Chemiker 2000 Vol. XVIII No. 1.

Publications from Graduate Studies
6)    Fox, J. M.; Katz, T. J.; Van Elschocht, S.; Verbiest, T.; Kauranen, M.; Persoons, A.; Thongpanchang, T.; Krauss, T.; Brus, L. "Synthesis, Self-Assembly, and Nonlinear Optical Properties of Conjugated Helical Metal Phthalocyanine Derivatives" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1999, 121, 3454.
5)    Fox, J. M.; Katz, T. J. "Conversion of a [6]Helicene into an [8]Helicene and a Helical 1,10-Phenanthroline Ligand" J. Org. Chem. 1999, 64, 302.
4) Fox, J. M.; Goldberg, N. R. (undergraduate mentored by Fox); Katz, T. J. "Efficient Synthesis of Functionalized [7]Helicenes" J. Org. Chem. 1998, 63, 7456.
3)    Fox, J. M.; Lin, D. (undergraduate mentored by Fox); Itagaki, Y.; Fujita, T. "Synthesis of Conjugated Helical Acetylene-Bridged Polymers and Cyclophanes" J. Org. Chem. 1998, 63, 2031.
2)    Katz, T. J.; Liu, L.; Willmore, N. D.; Fox, J. M.; Rheingold, A. L.; Shi, S.; Nuckolls, C.; Rickman, B. H. "An Efficient Synthesis of Functionalized Helicenes" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1997, 119, 10054.

Publication from Undergraduate Studies
1)    Fox, J. M.; Scacheri Gillen, J. E.; Jones, K. J. L.; Jones, M., Jr.; Shevlin, P. B.; Armstrong, B.; Sztyrbicka, R. "The Phenylcarbene Rearrangement as a Source of Real Carbenes" Tetrahedron Lett. 1992, 33, 5021.

Invited Conference Presentations
1) American Chemical Society Young Investigators Symposium. Invited Seminar Presentation, Scheduled for September 10-14, 2006.
2) USA/UK International Conference on Organic Synthesis. Invited Seminar Presentation, Scheduled for January 3-8, 2007.
3) Gordon Research Conference on Stereochemistry, Invited Seminar Presentation, June 18–23, 2006.
4) Gordon Research Conference on Organic Reactions and Processes, July 31–August 4, 2005. One of 2 invited talks selected from >50 faculty (from various international institutions) who presented posters at the GRC.
5) NSF Workshop on Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Invited Seminar Presentation, June 9–June 13, 2005.
6) Scientific Update Conference: Contemporary Technologies for Large Scale Separation of Enantiomers, Invited Seminar Presentation, San Francisco, March 21-22, 2005.

Invited Seminars

36) Florida State University, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry May 1, 2008
35) NIH, Bethesda MD, February 2008
34) Astra Zeneca, Wilmington DE, January 2008
33) City College of New York, Department of Chemistry November 2007
32) Smith College, Department of Chemistry, March 5, 2007
31) University of New Mexico, Department of Chemistry, Spring 2007
30) West Virginia University, Department of Chemistry, February 2007.
29) Johns-Hopkins University, Department of Chemistry, October 17, 2006.
28) New York University, Department of Chemistry, Fall 2006
27) Symyx Technologies, San Jose CA, Fall 2006
26) Wayne State University, Department of Chemistry, May 17, 2006.
25) University of Michigan, Department of Chemistry, May 16, 2006.
24) Michigan State University, Department of Chemistry, May 15, 2006.
23) University of Pittsburgh, Department of Chemistry, April 20, 2006.
22) Princeton University, Department of Chemistry, March 7, 2006.
21) Salisbury University, Department of Chemistry, March 3, 2006.
20) Columbia University, Department of Chemistry, February 16, 2006.
19) Northwestern University, Eli Lilly Organic Seminar Series Speaker. February 6, 2005.
18) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Department of Chemistry, January 26, 2006.
17) Wake Forest University, Department of Chemistry, January 25, 2006.
16) California Institute of Technology, Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, January 18, 2006.
15) Brown University, December 9, 2005.
14) Duke University, Department of Chemistry, November 11, 2005.
13) University of Rochester, Department of Chemistry, November 4, 2005.
12) SUNY Buffalo, Department of Chemistry and Medicinal Chemistry, November 3, 2005.
11) George Washington University, Department of Chemistry, October 28, 2005.
10) University of Illinois at Chicago, Department of Chemistry, August 30, 2005.
9) Incyte Corporation, Wilmington DE. August 24, 2005.
8) University of Missouri. Plenary Lecturer at annual statewide organic chemistry symposium. April 16, 2005.
7) Merck and Co., Inc. Process Research Division Rahway, NJ. March 2005.
6) Philadelphia Organic Chemists Club, University of Pennsylvania, January 27, 2005.
5) DuPont Stine-Haskell Research Center, November 1, 2004.
4) James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA. Departmental Seminar, October 22, 2004.
3) University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn. Organic Division Seminar, October 1, 2004.
2) Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ. Departmental Colloquium, May 4, 2004.
1) Temple University, Philadelphia, PA. Departmental Seminar, November 20, 2003.

Other Presentations
• University of Delaware, Departmental Colloquium, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, April 14, 2006.
• National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Philadelphia PA, 2004.
   Talk title: Strain as a Design Principle in Synthesis
• Chemistry Biology Interface Program Seminar, University of Delaware, March 2002.
   Talk Title: Asymmetric Synthesis with Strained Molecules
• Gordon Research Conference on Stereochemistry, 2002. Poster presentation
• Gordon Research Conference on Natural Products, 2003. Poster presentation
• Gordon Research Conference on Organic Reactions and Processes, 2003. Poster
   presentation

Recruiting Presentations
• The College of New Jersey, Trenton, NJ. Departmental Seminar, October 2, 2003.
• Shepherd College, Shepherdstown, WV 25443. Seminar, September 22, 2003.
• Rider University, Departmental Seminar, Fall 2002.
• University of the Sciences in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, 19104. Departmental Seminar, October, 2001.

Student and Postdoctoral Presentations

Presentations by Graduate Students
1. National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Washington DC, 2005.
Zhang, F. and J. M. Fox
Talk title: Enantioselective desymmetrization synthesis of cyclopropene amino acids
2. National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Philadelphia, PA 2004.
Zhang, F. and J. M. Fox
Poster title: Organometallic abiotic foldamers
3. National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Washington DC, 2005.
Yan, N. and J. M. Fox
Poster title: Diastereoselective organozinc addition to cyclopropenes
4. National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Philadelphia, PA 2004.
Yan, N. and J. M. Fox
Poster title: New methods to make monosubstituted cyclopropenes and syn-disubstituted cyclopropanes starting from acetylene
5. National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Philadelphia, PA 2004.
Pallerla, M. K. and J. M. Fox
Poster Title: Intermolecular and intramolecular Pauson-Khand reactions of cyclopropenes
6. National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Washington DC, 2005.
Dong, Z. Z. and J. M. Fox
Poster title: Catalyst foldamers
7. National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Philadelphia, PA 2004.
Dong, Z. Z. and J. M. Fox
Poster title: Total synthesis of artificial surfaces
8. Delaware Section of the American Chemical Society, Newark DE, 2004
Yan, N. and J. M. Fox
Poster title: Carbometallation Reactions of Cyclopropenes
9. Delaware Section of the American Chemical Society, Newark DE, 2003
Zhang, F. and J. M. Fox
Poster title: Metallofoldamers

Presentations by Postdoctoral Researchers
10. National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Washington DC, 2005.
Liao, L. N. and J. M. Fox
Talk title: Diastereoselective and regioselective additions of Grignard reagents to cyclopropenes
11. National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Philadelphia, PA 2004.
Liao, L. N. and J. M. Fox
Talk title: New synthetic reactions from functional cyclopropenes
12. National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, San Diego, CA 2004.
Liao, L. A. and J. M. Fox
Talk title: Parallel kinetic resolution of cycloprop-2-ene carboxylic acids
13. National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Philadelphia, PA 2006
Liu, X. Z. and J. M. Fox
Talk title: Enantioselective, Facially Selective Carbometallation of Cyclopropenes
14. National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Philadelphia, PA 2004.
Liu, X. Z. and J. M. Fox
Poster title: Small molecule models of artificial surfaces
15. National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Philadelphia, PA 2004.
Yang, Z. and J. M. Fox
Poster title: Application of highly diastereoselective carbometalation of cyclopropenes and efficient parallel kinetic resolution toward the total synthesis of pycnocomolide pharmacophore
16. Delaware Section of the American Chemical Society, Newark DE, 2005
Yang, Z. and J. M. Fox
Poster Title: A novel methodology for the synthesis of enantiopure methylenecyclopropanes.
17. Delaware Section of the American Chemical Society, Newark DE, 2005
Liu, X. and J. M. Fox
Poster title: Enantioselective, Facially Selective Carbometallation of Cyclopropenes

Presentations by Undergraduate Researchers
18. Pfizer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Symposium, Groton CN, October 2005
Karpowicz, R. and J. M. Fox
Poster title: Metallofoldamers as Asymmetric Catalysts
19. Undergraduate Summer Research Symposium, Univ of Delaware, 2006
    Karpowicz, R., Dong, D. and J. M. Fox
    Talk title: Progress on the Synthesis of Asymmetric Metallofoldamer Catalysts
20. 70th Intercollegiate Student Chemists Convention, Ursinus College, Collegeville, PA, April 22, 2006
Karpowicz, R.
Talk title: Progress on the Synthesis of Asymmetric Metallofoldamer Catalysts
21. Undergraduate Summer Research Symposium, Univ of Delaware, 2005
    Schaffers, C. and J. M. Fox
    Poster title: Fun with Oranges
22. Delaware Section of the American Chemical Society, Newark DE, 2005
Yang, Z. and J. M. Fox
Poster title: Fun with Oranges
23. Undergraduate Summer Research Symposium, Univ of Delaware, 2004
    Schaffers, C. and J. M. Fox
    Poster title: Probes for Molecular Presentation in Neuron Guidance
24. Undergraduate Summer Research Symposium, Univ of Delaware, 2002
    Ricketts, S. A. and J. M. Fox
    Poster title: Facially Selective Addition of Organometallic Reagents to Cyclopropenes
25. Northeast Chemical Association Scholarship Presentation, Philadelphia, PA 2002
    Ricketts, S. A.
    Poster title: Facially Selective Addition of Organometallic Reagents to Cyclopropenes

Postdoctoral Research Supervised
• Dr. Lian-an Liao, 2001-2004. Current Position, Research Scientist, Adesis Inc, New Castle DE.
• Dr. Zhe Yang, 2003-2005. Current position: Research Scientist, Cytokinetics, Inc, South San Francisco, CA
• Dr. Zhe Zhang, 2005-2006. Research Scientist at Pharmacore, Inc, Greensboro NC
• Dr. Xiaozhong Liu, 2003–2007. Current position, Wilmington Pharmatech, DE.
• Dr. Patricia Panne 2005-2007. DFG Postdoctoral Fellow. Current Position, Research Scientist, DuPont Experimental Station, Wilmington DE
• Dr. Maksim Royzen, 2005-2008. Current Position, Research Scientist, Enzon Pharmaceuticals, Bridgewater, NJ.

Doctoral Research Supervised
• Dr. Fan Zhang. 2002-2006. Current Position, Research Scientist, Symyx Technologies, Inc., San Francisco, CA
• Ni Yan 2002-2007. Current Position, Research Scientist, Adesis Inc, New Castle DE.
• Zhenzhen Dong 2003-2007. Current Position, Research Scientist, Adesis Inc, New Castle DE.
• Mahesh Pallerla 2003-2007. Current Position. Current Position, Research Scientist, AMRI, Albany NY.
• Vinod Tarwade 2004-present.
• Xiaocong Xie 2005-present.
• James Plampin 2005-present.
• Laural Fisher 2005-present.
• Melissa Blackman 2006-present.
• Andrew DeAngelis 2006-present.
• Matt Hassink 2006-present.
• Michael Taylor 2007–present
• Dave Boruta 2008-present

Masters Theses Supervised
• Chuck Ogbuawa, 2003-2005, NSF Bridges to the Doctorate Fellow

Undergraduate Research Supervised
• Greg Blasdel (UD, ’10)
• Ann Benavidez (UD, ’09)
• Doug Desarro (UD, 08)
• Richard Karpowitz (UD, ‘07), Pfizer Undergraduate Summer Fellow
• Kaitlyn Kenney (UD, 08)
•Michael Myers (UD, ‘06)
•Chris Schaffers (UD, ‘06)
•Gary DiFillipo (UD. ‘05)
•Michael DeMartino (UD, ’03), Currently a Ph.D. student with Phil Baran at Scripps)
•Stacy Rodgen (UD, ’03), Currently a Ph.D. student with Scott Schaus at Boston Univ.)
•Susan Ricketts (UD, ’04), Currently a research associate at Pfizer, Groton)
•Bryan Franck (UD, ‘04)
•Chris Schores (UD, ‘04)
•Richard McClain (UD, ‘04)

Professional Affiliations
American Chemical Society, member since 1997
Biology Chemistry Interface Program at the University of Delaware, since 2001
Philadelphia Organic Chemists Club, since 2003

Teaching
Chem 331     Organic Chemistry I for majors. 2002F
Chem 332     Organic Chemistry II for majors. 2003S; 05S; 06S
Chem 333    Introduction to Spectroscopic Structure Determination. 2001F
Chem 334    Laboratory for Organic Chemistry II. 2003S; 05S; 06S
Chem 634    Advanced Organic Chemistry–Synthesis and Reactivity 2004S, 04F, 05F

The following initiatives were taught voluntarily and beyond the required course load
CHEM 332H is an honors section of majors organic that meets weekly, with the purpose of introducing students how to read and utilize the chemical literature. The course consists of weekly presentations by individual students on the primary literature. Students learn to use chemical databases: Beilstein, SciFinder Scholar and Web of Science.
CHEM 334 Independent study consists of five 3-hour lab periods in which all Chem 334 students attempt to carry out a two-step sequence that they found in the original chemical literature. The class uses the Beilstein database to find appropriate papers. Each member of the class writes a proposal and, upon approval, pilots a new synthesis. 1H NMR, IR, TLC and mp are used to characterize products.
CHEM 334H is an honors section that is available to students who achieved a B or higher in CHEM 331. Students who opt for this section participate in undergraduate research (~12-15 h/week) in lieu of the regular lab section. As administrator, I both recruit students and place them into the laboratories of my colleagues. I have supported 6 students in my labs through this course.

Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation Special Grant Program in the Chemical Sciences (PI). The goal of this collaborative effort with filmmaker (and UD alumnus) Matthew Radcliff is to create new tools for visualizing organic chemistry that will facilitate student learning and interest in the discipline.

National Service
• NIH Postdoctoral Fellowship Review Panel
• National Science Foundation, Proposal Reviewer.
• Petroleum Research Foundation (ACS), Proposal Reviewer.
• Department of Energy, Proposal Reviewer.
• Dr. Fox regularly reviews papers (~30/year) for The Journal of the American Chemical Society, The Journal of Organic Chemistry, Organic Letters, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, ChemComm, Advanced Synthesis and Catalysis, Tetrahedron, and Tetrahedron Letters.

University Service
• Major Research Instrumentation Grant (PI). This grant funded the acquisition of a 400 MHz spectrometer equipped with an auto sampler and computer servers located throughout the UD campus and at three neighboring colleges.
• Participant in successful NSF-CRIF proposal (Murray Johnson PI) to upgrade MS facility, 2006.
• Sigma Xi Awards Committee, 2006.
• Representative at COBRE PI research meeting, 2003
• Representative at COBRE PI research meeting, 2004
• Participant in the NIH INBRE research meeting, December 2004

Departmental Service
•Richard F. Heck Lectureship, University of Delaware, co-Chair.
• Technical Services Committee, Fall 2001-present.
• Safety Committee, Fall 2001-present.
• Coordinator of Organic Seminar Series, 2003F, 2006S.
• Computational Search Committee member, 2005.
• Biochemistry/Organic Search Committee member, 2006.
• Graduate Committee Member
1.Timothy Neubert (Prof. Douglass Taber, Chemistry and Biochemistry)
2. Karen Taluski (Prof. Douglass Taber, Chemistry and Biochemistry)
3. Kevin Frankowski (Prof. Douglass Taber, Chemistry and Biochemistry)
4. Wei Wei Tian (Prof. Douglass Taber, Chemistry and Biochemistry)
5. Ritesh Sheth (Prof. Douglass Taber, Chemistry and Biochemistry)
6. David Gerstenhaber (Prof. Douglass Taber, Chemistry and Biochemistry)
7. Chris Micklitsch (Prof. Joel Schneider, Chemistry and Biochemistry)
8. Daphne Salick (Prof. Joel Schneider, Chemistry and Biochemistry)
9. Ronak Rughani (Prof. Joel Schneider, Chemistry and Biochemistry)
10. Karthikan Rajagopal (Prof. Joel Schneider, Chemistry and Biochemistry)
11. Hongmu Pan (Prof. John Koh, Chemistry and Biochemistry)
12. Quamrul Hassan (Prof. John Koh, Chemistry and Biochemistry)
13. Daniel T. Shay (Prof. Klaus Theopold, Chemistry and Biochemistry)
14. Jerry Buffone (Prof. Klaus Theopold, Chemistry and Biochemistry)
15. Agdulmalik Bin Taleb (Prof. Klaus Theopold, Chemistry and Biochemistry)
16. Erin Heckler (Prof. Colin Thorpe, Chemistry and Biochemistry)
17. Katie Heaton (Prof. Murray Johnson, Chemistry and Biochemistry)
18. Zhanping Zhang (Prof. Tom Beebe, Chemistry and Biochemistry)
19. Julie DuPont (Prof. Charles Riordan, Chemistry and Biochemistry)
20. Yun K. Ye (Prof. Mary Wirth, Chemistry and Biochemistry)
21. Matthew Radcliff (Montana State University, outside committee member)
• Undergraduate Thesis Committee Member
      1. Timothy Martin (Prof. Douglass Taber, Chemistry and Biochemistry)
      2. Daniel Silverio (Prof. Douglass Taber, Chemistry and Biochemistry)

Sponsored Research

1) Title:        CAREER: Metallofoldamers as Asymmetric Catalysts
Source:    NSF (CHE 0547865); PI J.M. Fox
Dates:    1/15/06-12/31/10

2) Title:        The Path to Synthesis
Source:    Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation Special Grant Program in the
Chemical Sciences; PI J.M. Fox
Dates:    5/1/06-4/30/08

3) Title:        Asymmetric Synthesis with Strained Molecules
Source:    NIH (R01GM068640-01), PI J.M. Fox
Dates:    7/1/04-6/30/09

4) Title:        Acquisition of a 400 MHz spectrometer
Source:    NSF MRI (0421224), PI J.M. Fox; coPIs J. Koh, C. Riordan, T. Polenova
Dates:    8/1/04-7/31/07

5) Title:        Synthesis and Applications of Artificial Surfaces
Source:    Petroleum Research Foundation (41187-G1), PI J.M. Fox
Dates:    6/1/04-5/31/06

6) Title:        Asymmetric Synthesis with Strained Molecules
Source:    University of Delaware Research Foundation, PI J.M. Fox
Dates:    6/1/02-5/31/04

7) Title:        COBRE: Design of Hierarchical Recognition Motifs, PI: M.K. Jain
Source:    NIH (1P20RR17716-01) National Center for Research Resources
Dates:    9/1/02-8/31/07
JMF is a project leader on this center grant