Amy J. Boone

Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics

University of North Carolina

Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7260

(919-966-8625)

Education:

Post-Doctoral, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC and Duke University, Durham, NC, (Joint Position) 2001-Present

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

1^st 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:

9^th Conference on Current Trends in Computational Chemistry, Vicksburg, MS 2000

8^th Conference on Current Trends in Computational Chemistry, Vicksburg, MS 1999

218^th 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

6^th 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 60^th Annual Meeting, Jackson, MS 1996

4^th 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 59^th 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