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Roles

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Cincinnati State Technical and Community College

  • Full-Time Instructor (2024–Present)

  • Chemistry College Credit Plus (CCP) Coordinator (2024–Present)

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Lorain County Community College

  • Adjunct Professor

  • Research PI

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Cuyahoga Community College

  • Adjunct Professor

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Oberlin College

  • Visiting Assistant Professor

  • Research PI

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Ursuline College

  • Adjunct Professor

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Education 

 

University of Michigan, 2016–2022

PhD, Physical Chemistry

Thesis title: Development and Application of Computational Tools to Study

Single Electron Transfer Initiated Reactions in Solution and Enzymes                   

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The University of Akron, 2014–2016

B.S. Chemistry

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Lorain County Community College, 2011–2014

Associates of Science with Honors

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Teaching

 

A student-centered approach to promote teamwork, problem-solving, and critical thinking skills by way of guided, student-led discussions was implemented for all classes. Independent mid-term feedback survey is provided to adjust teaching style to better fit student needs. Teaching model has had overwhelmingly positive feedback from students.

 

Cincinnati State Technical and Community College (2024-Present)

  • Fundamentals of Chemistry lecture/lab (7x)

  • Bio-Organic Chemistry lecture/lab (1x) 

  • General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry lecture/lab (1x) 

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Lorain County Community College (2022-2024)

  • GOB I lab (1x)  

  • General Chemistry I lecture/lab (7x)

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Cuyahoga Community College (2022-2024)

  • Intro to GOB I lecture/lab (2x)  

  • General Chemistry II lecture/lab (1x)

  • Organic Chemistry II lecture/lab (2x)  

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Oberlin College (2023-2024)

  • General Chemistry I lecture (1x/3x)

  • Organic Chemistry I lab (1x)  

  • Bioorganic Chemistry lab (2x)

  • Organic Chemistry II lecture (1x)  

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Ursuline College (2022)

  • Survey of Physical Chemistry lecture (1x)

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Modality

 

I have experience using the below modalities for instruction:

  • In-person

  • Synchronous online

  • Asynchronous online

 

Learning Management Software

 

I have experience using the below learning management software:

  • Canvas

  • Blackboard

  • Desire2Learn (D2L) ​

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Professional Development

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American Chemical Society

  • Blue Ribbon Panel on Two-Year College Chemistry Recognition (2025)

  • Two-Year Faculty Community of Practice (2025)

  • Two-Year College Faculty Workshop (2024)

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POGIL Project

  • Fundamentals of POGIL Virtual Workshop (2025)

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Professional Memberships

 

American Chemical Society, 2013–Present

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Two-Year College Chemistry Consortium 2024–Present

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Research Positions

 

Primary Investigator, Oberlin College, 2023–2024

Skinner Research Group, Computational Chemistry

 

Primary Investigator, Lorain County Community College, 2022–2023

Skinner Research Group, Computational Chemistry

 

Graduate Research Assistant, University of Michigan, 2016–2022

P.I.: Paul Zimmerman and Alison Narayan, Computational Chemistry

 

Undergraduate Research Assistant, University of Akron, 2014–2016

P.I.: Adam Smith, Optical Spectroscopy

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Poster Presentations

 

Computational Characterization of the Non-heme Iron Enzymes, CitB and ClaD

GRC – Physical Organic Chemistry, Holderness, NH, June 2019

 

Computational Studies of a Non-heme Iron Dioxygenase

Isabella & Jerome Karle Symposium, Ann Arbor, MI, August 2018

 

Growing String Method and Other Computational Tools Applied to Biocatalysis

Isabella & Jerome Karle Symposium, Ann Arbor, MI, August 2017
 

Publications
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Wititsuwannakul, T.; Skinner, K. C.; Kammeraad, J. A.; Yang, D.; Narayan, A. R. H.; Zimmerman, P. M. Uncovering the Origins of Selectivity in Non-Heme Iron Dioxygenase-Catalyzed Tropolone Biosynthesis. ChemRxiv, 2024. DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2024-k3v1v

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Wang, Y.; Das, S.; Aboulhosn, K.; Champagne, S. E.; Gemmel, P. M.; Skinner, K. C.; Ragsdale, S. W.; Zimmerman, P. M.; Narayan, A. R. H. Nature Inspired Radical Pyridoxal-Mediated C–C Bond Formation. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 33, 23321–23329. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c05997

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Skinner, K. C.; Kammeraad, J. A.; Wymore, T.; Narayan, A. R. H.; Zimmerman, P. M. Simulating Electron Transfer Reactions in Solution Radical-Polar Crossover. J. Phys. Chem. B 2023, 127, 10097–10107. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.3c06120

 

Doyon, T. J.; Skinner, K. C.; Yang, D.; Mallik, L.; Wymore, T.; Koutmos, M.; Zimmerman, P. M.; Narayan, A. R. H. Radical tropolone biosynthesis. ChemRxiv, 2020. DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv.12780044. Currently being revised for submission.

 

Doyon, T. J.; Perkins, J. C.; Baker Dockrey, S. A.; Romero, E. O.; Skinner, K. C.; Zimmerman, P. M.; Narayan, A. R. H. Chemoenzymatic o-Quinone Methide Formation. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 20269–20277. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b10474

 

Jastrzebska, B.; Comar, W. D.; Kaliszewski, M. J.; Skinner, K. C.; Torcasio, M. H.; Esway, A. S.; Jin, H.; Palczewski, K.; and Smith, A. W.; A G Protein-Coupled Receptor Dimerization Interface in Human Cone Opsins. Biochemistry 2017, 56, 61–72. DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.6b00877

 

Marita, M.; Wang, Y.; Kaliszewski, M. K.; Skinner, K. C.; Comar, W. D.; Shi, X.; Dasari, P.; Zhang, X.; and Smith, A. W. Class A Plexins Are Organized as Preformed Inactive Dimers on the Cell Surface. Biophysical Journal, 2015, 109, 1937–1945. DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2015.04.043

Cincinnati State Technical and Community College
Chemistry Department

3520 Central Parkway
Cincinnati, OH 54223

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