Ian Taschner
Assistant Professor
itaschne@iun.edu
Marram Hall 210
(219) 980-6744
Office Hours:
By Appointment
Ian Taschner
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Year of hire: 2015
Teaching Interests
General Chemistry
Organic Chemistry
Analytical Chemistry
Instrumental Analysis
Medicinal Chemistry
Research Interests
Total synthesis of Aspernomine
Bivalent ligand synthesis targeted at cannabinoid and dopamine receptors
Analytical assessment of neonicotinoids in honey
GHB analogs and their activities in vitro
Education
Postdoctoral Research in Chemistry 2011-2013
Brock University, St. Catharines ON
Research Advisor: Professor Thomas Hudlicky
Research: Scale-up
Synthesis and scale-up of C-1 analogs of Pancratistatin for pharmacokinetic/SAR studies
Novel route to morphinans through a cascading chelatropic extrusion-cycloaddition and large -scale microbiological culture of Pseudomonas putida and E. coli JM109
Doctorate of Philosophy in Chemistry- 2011
University of New Hampshire
Research Advisor: Professor Charles K. Zercher
Research: Synthetic Organic Chemistry
Synthesis of unique hydroxy-cyclopropyl peptide isosteres for aspartic inhibition
Progress toward the synthesis of Plakortether B through tandem homologation-aldol methodologies developed within the group
