Education

Ph.D. Inorganic chemistry- University of California, Davis

Expected graduation date: Spring 2014 Cumulate GPA: 3.83

Thesis: Low-Coordinate First Row Early Transition Metal Complexes Stabilized by Modified Terphenyl Ligands

University of Miami- Coral Gables, FL

Cum Laude: Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry/Sociology, Minor in Mathematics, 2005-2009

Cumulative GPA: 3.601

 

Professional Experience

Research

2009 – Present: University of California, Davis- Work under Dr. Philip P. Power on the synthesis of low-coordinate early transition metal complexes such as Ti, V, and Cr and investigation of these complexes tendencies towards single molecule magnetic behavior.

2008 – 2009: University of Miami Medicine, Microbiology research- Worked under Dr. Mathais Lichtenheld in the pursuit of creating a genetic construct with a reporter gene to be used as a tool in further experiments.

2008 – 2009: University of Miami Chemistry Department- Work under Dr. Angel Kaifer studying the use of various amines in beginning J and H aggregation in cationic porphyrin.

Summer 2008: University of Miami Chemistry Department- Program for Undergraduate Research for Minorities and Women- Work under Dr. Roger LeBlanc in the synthesis of polypeptides with the use of various metals to try to eliminate the harmful pesticide, paraoxon, safely from our environment.

Work

Screen Printing and Tie-Dye Instructor UC Davis Craft Center 2012 – Present

Responsibilities: Development of lesson plans, safety protocol, student evaluation

Owner      By Nickel 2010 – Present

Responsibilities: Product development and design, sales, marketing, textile research, screen printing, fabric dye, upcycling, sustainability, pricing

Sales Associate Lucky Brand Jeans 2008 – 2009

Responsibilities: Window design, mannequin styling, customer service, product organization, cashier

Product Manager CGInstructor.com  2006 – 2009

Responsibilities: Shipment, marketing, assembly, customer service

Assistant Manager South Beach Smoothie 2004 – 2009

Responsibilities: Supervised, managed, and trained employees, interviewing, hiring, payroll, stocking, ordering, shipments, customer service

 

Teaching

University of California, Davis, Chemistry Department 2009 – 2014

Teaching assistant for several inorganic and general chemistry labs, and inorganic, physical, and organic chemistry classes.

University of Miami Chemistry Department 2008 – 2009

Teaching assistant for a general chemistry lab.

 

Responsibilities: In charge of organizing labs, development of lesson plans, administering tests and evaluations, knowledge of safety protocol, and analyzing student performance.

 

Technical/Specialized Skills

Language: Fluent in English, Proficient in Spanish

 

Computer: All Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, & Etc.), Adobe Photoshop, SPSS Statistics Program, OLEX, XShell, XP, XPrep, APEXII (crystallography programs)

 

Laboratory: Micro-pipetting, distillation, synthesis of polypeptides, UV/Vis spectrometry, IR spectrometry, crystallography, electrophoresis, cutting plasmids, schlenk technique, inorganic and organic synthesis, NMR, PCR, safety protocol and toxicity.

 

Textiles: Product design, technical writing, screen-printing, fabric dye, textile research and development, batik, shibori

 

Awards

Bradford Borge Graduate Fellowship Awarded: 09/2009

Demonstrate high promise for excellence in chemical research.

Dean’s List Awarded: 05/2008

Attained high scholastic achievements.

Bowman Foster Ashe Scholarship Awarded: 08/2005

Pays 3/4 of tuition. Top five percent of class and minimum SAT I score of 1360.

Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Awarded: 06/2005

Academic achievements during high school provide funding for college.

 

Presentations

Boynton, J. N.; Power, P. P. “Two-coordinate and quasi-two-coordinate early transition metal complexes of chromium, vanadium, and titanium: Synthesis and magnetic studies” American Chemical Society National Convention, New Orleans, LA; Spring 2013

 

Boynton, J. N.; Merrill, W. A.; Reiff, W. M.; Fettinger, J. C.; Power, P. P. “Two-Coordinate Early Transition Metal Amido Complexes: Effects of Coordination on Magnetic Moments” Third Year Seminar, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, Spring 2012

 

Boynton, J. N.; Merrill, W. A.; Reiff, W. M.; Fettinger, J. C.; Power, P. P. “Low Coordinate Early Transition Metal Amido Complexes: Effects of Coordination Geometry on Magnetic Moments” American Chemical Society National Convention, San Diego, CA; Spring 2012

 

Publications

Boynton, J. N.; Guo, J. ; Grandjean, F.; Fettinger, J. C.; Nagase, S.; Long, G. J.; Power, P. P. “Bisamide Ti{N(H)AriPr6}2 (AriPr6 = C6H3-2,6-(C6H2-2,4,6-iPr3)2 and its TiCl{N(H)AriPr6}2 Precursor: Ti(II) -> Ti(IV) Cyclization “ Inorg. Chem. 2013, Accepted with revisions.

 

Boynton, J. N.; Guo, J.-D.; Fettinger, J. C.; Melton, C. E.; Nagase, S.; Power, P. P. “Linear and Non-Linear Two-Coordinate Vanadium Complexes: Synthesis, Characterization, and Magnetic Properties of V(II) Amides” Journal of the American Chemical Society. 2013135, 10720-10728

 

Caputo, C. A.; Koivistoinen, J.;Moilanen, J.;Boynton, J. N.; Tuononen, H. M.; Power, P. P. “Counterintuitive Mechanisms of the Addition of Hydrogen and Simple Olefins to Heavy Group 13 Alkene Analogues” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 1952-1960

 

Boynton, J. N.; Summerscales, O. T.; Grandjean, F.; Long, G. J.; Fettinger, J. C.; Power, P. P. “Structural and Magnetic Studies of a Quasi-Inverse Sandwich Cyclooctatetetraene Complex with Two High-Spin Chromium(II) Ions Bound Anti-Facially ” Organomet. 2012, 31, 8556–8560

 

Boynton, J. N.; Merrill, W. A.; Reiff, W. M.; Fettinger, J. C.; Power, P. P. “Two-Coordinate, Quasi-Two-Coordinate, and Distorted Three Coordinate, T-Shaped Chromium(II) Amido Complexes: Unusual Effects of Coordination Geometry on the Lowering of Ground State Magnetic Moments” Inorg. Chem. 2012, 51, 3212-3219.

 

Related Activity and Volunteer Work

American Chemical Society member, Division of Inorganic Chemistry,

Project Kial- Bridle Nail tail Wallaby Conservation Project, Locks of Love Hair Donation, SPCA Dog Foster, ABTCR Dog Foster, University of Miami Note-Taker