Personal profile

About

Dr. Hamper received his B.A. from Kalamazoo College and his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois-Urbana. He began working with Monsanto in St. Louis and then later joined G.D. Searle to pursue discovery medicinal chemistry.  This led to research assignments in Pharmacia and Pfizer, following a number of industry mergers and acquisitions. In 2010, he joined the faculty at UMSL and is now an associate teaching professor.

Education/Academic qualification

BA, Kalamazoo College

PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Research Interests

  • Organic Chemistry
  • Chiral Compounds
  • Chromatography
  • Continuous Flow Chemistry
  • Medicinal Chemistry
  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Chiral Separations
  • Enantioselective Processes
  • Drug Discovery
  • NMR
  • HPLC
  • Spectroscopy
  • Gas Phrase Analytical Chemistry
  • Synthesis of Compounds
  • Drug Discovery
  • Spectroscopic Techniques: UV-Vis, FTIR, and Polarimetry
  • Evaluation: Experimental Studies

Disciplines

  • Chemistry