Dr. Roger Sandwick
Associate
Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry
Chemistry
& Biochemistry Department
451 McCardell Bicentennial Hall
Middlebury College
Office Phone:
x 3496
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Dr. Roger Sandwick Associate
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Curriculum
Vitae
Dr. Roger
Sandwick
Associate Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry
Middlebury College
Education:
B.S. Glass Science Alfred University 1976
Ph.D. Chemistry Lehigh University 1986
Professional
Positions:
Associate Professor, Middlebury College 2003 to present
Visiting Assistant Professor, Middlebury College 2002 - 2003
Professor of Chemistry, SUNY Plattsburgh 2001 - 2003
Chairperson, Dept. of Chemistry 1997 - 2001
Associate Professor of Chemistry, SUNY Plattsburgh 1992 - 2001
Assistant Professor of Chemistry, SUNY Plattsburgh 1986 - 1992
Instructor in Chemistry, Albright College, Reading, PA (part-time) 1985 - 1986
Instructor in Chemistry, Allentown College, Center Valley, PA (part-time) 1985
Project Engineer, Assistant Manager of Laser Glass Production Schott Optical Glass, Inc. Duryea, PA 1976 - 1981
Areas of
Research Interest and Specialization:
31P NMR detection of biological compounds including PRPP and 2,3 BPG; the identification
of cellular degradative phosphatases and pyrophosphatases
Fellowships, Grants, and Awards:
American Chemical Society-Petroleum Research Fund “A Characterization of the Kinetics and Mechanisms of the Reaction of Ribose 5-Phosphate and Amino Acids” ($50,000) 09/1/06 – 8/31/09
NIH-NCRR-INBRE VGN Program “The Maillard Reaction between Ribose 5-Phosphate and Cellular Amines“ ($71,666) 06/01/05 – 05/01/06
NIH-NCRR-BRIN VGN Program “The Maillard and Amadori Reactions of Ribose 5-Phosphate“ ($10,000) 5/15/04 – 6/30/04
NIH-NCRR-BRIN VGN Program “A Stability Study of Phosphoribosamine“ ($7,800) 5/15/04 – 6/30/04
Departmental Technology Initiatives Project, "Improvement of Computerized Data Analysis in Introductory Chemistry Laboratories", Director, ($59,257) 2001 - 2002
The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation, "Chemistry Outreach to a Rural Area", PI, ($30,000) 2001 - 2002
Dwight D. Eisenhower Title IIA Higher Education Grant, "Northern New York K-6 Inquiry-Based Math/Science/Technology Framework Initiative" Project Director (with J. Haubner), ($36,670)1998 - 1999
Redcay Teaching Enhancement Award "Development of Thematic Approach For Teaching a Science Course to Non-Science Majors" with Dr. Dan Vogt, ($5000)1998 - 1999
Dwight D. Eisenhower Title IIA Higher Education Grant, "Collaborative Science Education for the North Country (CSENC)", Co-Director, ($34,000) 1998 - 1999
Dwight D. Eisenhower Title IIA Higher Education Grant, "Northern New York K-6 Inquiry-Based Math/Science/Technology Framework Initiative" Project Director (with J. Haubner), ($36,670)1997 - 1998
Dwight D. Eisenhower Title IIA Higher Education Grant, "Collaborative Science Education for the North Country (CSENC)", Co-Director, ($40,000)1997 - 1998
Phi Kappa Phi Distinguished Member Award 1998
Discovery Grant "On-Line Textbook for SCI 101", PSU Technology Funds, ($800)1998
Dwight D. Eisenhower Title IIA Higher Education Grant, "Northern New York K-6 Inquiry-Based Math/Science/Technology Framework Initiative" Project Director (with J. Haubner), ($36,670)1996 - 1997
Dwight D. Eisenhower Title IIA Higher Education Grant, "Collaborative Science Education for the North Country (CSENC)", Co-Director, ($40,000)1996 - 1997
Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching 1996
Dwight D. Eisenhower Title IIA Higher Education Grant, "Hands-On Environmental Science Program", Project Director, ($35,000)1995 - 1996
Dwight D. Eisenhower Title IIA Higher Education Grant, "Collaborative Science Education for the North Country (CSENC)", Co-Director, ($41,000)1995 - 1996
Dwight D. Eisenhower Title IIA Higher Education Grant, "Collaborative Science Education for the North Country (CSENC)", Co-Director, ($41,958)1994 - 1995
Dwight D. Eisenhower Title IIA Higher Education Grant, "Collaborative Science Education for the North Country (CSENC)", Co-Director, ($42,000) 1993 - 1994
National Science Foundation, Improvement of Laboratory Instruction, "Improvement of Biochemistry Laboratories at SUNY Plattsburgh" Principle Investigator, ($17,100)1992 - 1994
Dwight D. Eisenhower Title IIA Higher Education Grant, "Collaborative Science Education for the North Country (CSENC)", Co-Director, ($36,500) 1992 - 1993
National Science Foundation Grant, "Young Scholars Program", Co-Director ($50,264),1989 - 1991
SUNY-GRI SRAA, Co-Investigator, ($20,000) 1989 - 1991
In-House Research Mini-Grant, PSU ($1000) 1987 - 1988
In-House Research Mini-Grant, PSU ($1000) 1986 - 1987
NYS-UUP PDQWL Research Award ($750) 1986 - 1987
New Faculty Research Program Summer Stipend for Student Award ($1000) 1986 - 1987
Horner Fellowship, Lehigh University ($4850) 1985 - 1986
Student Chemistry Fellowship, Lehigh University ($6700) 1984 - 1985
Books Published:
Hackert, M.L. and Sandwick, R.K. Study Guide and Solutions Manual for Chemistry
and Life, An Introduction to General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry, Prentice
Hall, Englewood Cliffs., NJ (in press)
Hackert, M.L. and Sandwick, R.K. Study Guide and Solutions Manual for Chemistry and Life, An Introduction to General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry, Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs., NJ 1997
Baum, S.J. and Sandwick, R.K. Laboratory Exercises in Organic and Biological Chemistry, Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ 1994
Hackert, M.L. and Sandwick, R.K. Study Guide and Solutions Manual for Chemistry and Life, An Introduction to General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry, Macmillian Publishing Co., NY 1993
Hackert, M.L. and Sandwick, R.K. Study Guide and Solutions Manual for Introduction to Organic, and Biological Chemistry, Macmillian Publishing Co., NY 1993
Publications (undergraduate researchers are underlined):
Sandwick, R.K., Johanson, M., Breuer, E. (2005) in The Maillard Reaction: Chemistry at the Interface of Nutrition, Aging, and Disease, Baynes, J., Monnier, V.M., Ames, J.M., and Thorpe, S.R. (eds), Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, New York, 1043, 85 - 96
Meola,M, Yamen,B., Weaver,K., and Sandwick,RK. (2003) "The Catalytic Effect of Mg2+ and Imidazole on the Decomposition of 5-Phosphoribosyl-a-1-pyrophosphate in Aqueous Solution" (in press)
Dennis, A., Puskas, M., Stasaitis, S., and Sandwick, R.K. (2000) "The Formation of a 1-5 Phosphodiester Linkage in the Spontaneous Breakdown of 5-Phosphoribosyl-a-1-Pyrophosphate", J. Inorg. Biochem., 81, 73 - 80
Crump, J. and Sandwick, R. (1994) "A Simple Microwell Colorimeter for Use in an Introductory Chemistry Lab", J. Chem. Ed. 71, A199 - A200
Sandwick, R.K. and Baum, S.J. (1992) "Drug Course for Allied Health Students", Proceedings of the Symposium on Chemistry for Health Professionals, Washington, D.C.
Postek, K.M., LaDue, T., Nelson, C. and Sandwick, R.K. (1992) "Spectrophotometric Ribonuclease Assays Using Dinucleoside Monophosphate Substrates", Anal. Biochem., 203, 47 - 52
Mammano, N. and Sandwick, R.K. (1989) "Applications of a Spreadsheet to Advanced Chemistry Laboratory", Proceedings of the 1989 COA Conference
Sandwick, R.K. and Schray, K.J. (1988) "Conformational States of Enzymes Bound to Surfaces", J. Colloid and Interface Sci., 121, 1 - 12
Sandwick, R.K. and Schray, K.J. (1987) "The Inactivation of Enzymes upon Interaction with a Hydrophobic Latex Surface", J. Colloid and Interface Sci., 115, 130 - 138
Sandwick, R.K. and Schray, K.J. (1985) "Protein Quantitation of as Low as 10 ug/mL Concentration by Competitive Binding to Polystyrene Latexes", Anal. Biochem. 174, 210 - 216
Sandwick, R.K., Scheller, R.J. and Mader, K.H. (1979) "Production of high homogeneous fluorophosphate laser glass", Proceedings of the Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers, 171, 161 - 164
Significant Presentations (regional and national):
Sandwick, R. and Vogt, F.D. "A Thematic Approach for Instruction of an Undergraduate Science Course to Non-Science Majors" 1999 Sigma Xi Forum on Reshaping Undergraduate Science and Engineering Education: Tools for Better Learning, Minneapolis, MN, Nov, 1999
Puskas, M. and Sandwick, R.K. "The Spontaneous Degradation of 5-Phosphoribosyl-?-1-Pyrophosphate in the Absence and Presence of Mg2+" Northeast Regional Meeting, American Chemical Society, Saratoga Springs, NY, June, 1997
Puskas, M. and Sandwick, R.K. "An Undergraduate Integrated Laboratory Experience in NMR Analysis of Structural Transitions: A Study of D-Glucose in Aqueous Solution", ACS National Meeting, New Orleans, April, 1996
Courses
CHEM 0103 - General Chemistry I
CHEM 0322 - Biochemistry of Macromolecules
CHEM 0400 - Seminar in Chemical Research
CHEM 0425 - Biochemistry of Metabolism