Paul H. Scudder
Chair, Division of Natural Sciences
Professor of Chemistry
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin
B.S., Stanford University
His current research is in the synthesis of interesting organic compounds for electrochemical and spectroscopic studies, chiral catalysis, and enzymatic model studies.
Professor Scudder is the author of the text Electron Flow in Organic Chemistry.
Selected Publications
Books:
Electron Flow in Organic Chemistry, John Wiley & Sons: New York, 1992, 374 pages.
Selected Publications:
"Study of the non-covalent interactions in Langmuir–Blodgett films: An interplay between π-π and dipole–dipole interactions." Zhexiong Tang, Malkiat S. Johal, Paul Scudder, Niña Caculitan, Rudolph J. Magyar, Sergei Tretiak, and Hsing-Lin Wang. Thin Solid Films 2007, 516, 58-66
"In Situ Kinetics of Layer-by-Layer Assembled Nonlinear-Optical-Active Amphiphiles from Dynamic Surface Force Measurements." Niña G. Caculitan, Paul H. Scudder, Analiz Rodriguez, Joanna L. Casson, Hsing-Lin Wang, Jeanne M. Robinson, and Malkiat S. Johal; Langmuir 2004, 20, 8735-8739
"A Decision-Based Course in Organic Chemistry," Paul H. Scudder, in Instructors' Manual for Organic Chemistry Structure and Reactivity Fourth Edition Seyhan Ege, Brian Coppola, Roberta Kleinman, and Peggy Zitek, 1999, 1-7, Houghton Mifflin Co.
"'Generate and Select' as an Active-Learning Approach to Teaching Chemistry," Paul H. Scudder, in Student-Active Science: Models of Innovation in College Science Teaching. Ann P. McNeal and Charlene D'Avanzo, editors, 1997, 337-351, Saunders College Publishing.
"Database vs. Expert System Teaching Paradigms: Using Organic Reaction Mechanisms to Teach Chemical Intuition." Paul H. Scudder; J. Chem. Educ. 1997, 777-781.
"A Chemical Model for the Activation of Pyruvate-Formate-Lyase." Jack E. Baldwin, David Brown, Paul H. Scudder, and Mark E. Wood; Tetrahedron Letters, 1995, 2105-2108.
"Use of Reaction Cubes for Generation and Display of Multiple Mechanistic Pathways." Paul H. Scudder; J. Org. Chem., 1990, 55, 4238-4240.
