F. Ann Walker
Curriculum Vitae

I. BIOGRAPHICAL

A. Education

• BA. The College of Wooster, 1962 Chemistry
  
• Ph.D. Brown University, 1966 Physical Inorganic Chemistry (R.L. Carlin & P.H. Rieger)
  
• Ph.D. Thesis "Thermodynamic and ESR Studies of Coordination to the Sixth Position of Vanadyl Acetylacetonate"
  

B. Professional Experience

• Assistant Professor of Chemistry: Ithaca College, 1967-70
  
• Assistant Professor of Chemistry: San Francisco State College,* 1970-72
  
• Associate Professor of Chemistry: San Francisco State University,* 1972-76
  
• Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry: San Francisco State University,* 1976-1990
  
• Professor of Chemistry: University of Arizona, 1990-Present
  
• Joint Professor of Biochemistry: University of Arizona, 1993-Present
  
• Scientific Member: UA Center for Insect Science, 1994-Present
  
• Regents Professor, Department of Chemistry: University of Arizona, 2001-
  

* Name change in 1972.

C. Awards and Honors

• DuPont Teaching Fellowship, Brown University, 1965-66
  
• NIH Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of California, Los Angeles, 1966-67
  
• NATO Senior Research Fellow in Science, University of Kent, Canterbury, U.K., Fall, 1974
  
• NIH Research Career Development Award, 1976-81
  
• Fulbright Visiting Scholar (Travel Grant), Technical University of Munich, Physics Department, Spring, 1977
  
• Visiting Professor, University of Queensland, Australia, Spring, 1984
  
• NIH National Research Service Award, Spring, 1984
  
• Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1984
  
• Meritorious Performance and Professional Promise Award, SFSU*, 1985, 1986, 1988
  
• California State University Research Leave Award, SFSU*, Spring, 1989
  
• Mortar Board Certificate of Recognition, University of Arizona, 1996
  
• Invité, Université de Rennes, October, 1996
  
• Associate Editor, J. Am. Chem. Soc., March, 1998-Present
  
• Recipient, Francis P. Garvan-John M. Olin Medal, American Chemical Society, March, 2000. View Photos of the award ceremonies.
  
• Inducted as Regents Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Arizona, February, 2001.
  
• Recipient, Luigi Sacconi Medal, Inorganic Chemistry Division, Italian Chemical Society, 2001; awarded 2002
  
• Alexander von Humboldt Senior Research Award in Science, 2003-04
• Alfred Bader Award in Bioinorganic Chemistry, American Chemical Society, March, 2006.
  

* Name change in 1972.

D. Professional Organizations

• American Chemical Society and its Inorganic Division and Bioinorganic Subdivision
  
• Society for Biological Inorganic Chemistry (SBIC)
  
• California Academy of Sciences
  
• American Association for the Advancement of Science
  
• Sigma Xi
  
• International EPR (ESR) Society
  
• Fulbright Association
• Arizona Arts, Sciences and Technology Academy
  

II. RESEARCH INTERESTS

A. Summary

Porphyrins, metalloporphyrins, metallocorrins, -chlorins, -glyoximes, -phthalocyanines and other related macrocycles. Gene synthesis and bacterial expression of heme proteins; 1- and 2-dimensional NMR spectroscopy, structures and electron transfer reactions of metalloproteins; cytochromes; nitrosylheme proteins; binding of small molecules to heme proteins; metal nucleus NMR spectroscopy, continuous wave and pulsed EPR spectroscopy, electronic, low temperature MCD, Mössbauer and PES spectroscopies, and electrochemistry of transition metal complexes; thermodynamics and kinetics of ligand addition to metal complexes; electronic properties of ligands; porphyrins and metalloporphyrins as medical imaging agents.

III. PUBLICATIONS AND BOOK CHAPTERS

From Ph.D. Research

From Research Done at Ithaca College

From Research Done at San Francisco State University

From Research Done at the University of Arizona

Book Chapters

IV. MEETINGS AND SEMINARS

A. Summary of Presentations

V. TEACHING

A. Summary

• Freshman Chemistry and the Laboratory
• Senior and Graduate Inorganic Chemistry
• Integrated Laboratory
• Inorganic Synthesis Laboratory
• Physical Chemistry
• Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
• Electron Paramagnetic Resonance
• Bioinorganic Chemistry
• Direction of Student Research Projects:
  • 109 undergraduate projects (4 IC, 67 SFSU, 38 UA)
  • 18 M.S. degrees awarded at SFSU
  • 7 Ph.D. degrees awarded at UA
  • 3 Ph.D. projects in progress at UA
    
  • 5 M.S. degree awarded at UA
  • 2 high school teacher projects
  • 4 high school student projects

VI. SERVICE

A. University Non-Teaching Activities at University of Arizona

• NMR Committee, 1990-94, 1995-96, 1999-2000 (Chair)
• Recruiting Committee, 1990-91
• Peer Review Committee, 1991, 1997
• EPR Specialist Search Committee (Chair), 1991-92
• Space Committee (Chair), 1991-96
• NMR Specialist Search Committee, 1991-92, 1995-96
• EPR Facility Faculty Advisor, 1992-
• Inorganic Division Head, 1992-95, 1997-2003
• Division Heads Committee, 1992-95, Steering Committee 1997-2002
• Coordinator, Study Abroad Exchange Program with the University of Leicester, 1992-93
• Junior Faculty Advisory Committee for Jacquelyn Gervay, 1992-1998
• ad hoc Five-Year Planning Committee for space and research facilities, 1993-94
• ad hoc Promotion Committee for Wayne Adickes (Chair), 1994
• Graduate Program Committee, Fall 1995, 1997-2002
• Undergraduate Program Committee, 1995-96
• ad hoc Promotion Committee for David E. Wigley (Chair), 1995
• Faculty Search Committee, 1995-96
• ad hoc Regents Professorship Nomination Committee for John H. Enemark (Chair), 1995-98
• Junior Faculty Advisory Committee for Jon Rainier, 1998-2000
• Chemistry Department Seminar Committee (Chair), 1997-98
• ad hoc Department Committee on Joint Appointments, 1997-2000
• ad hoc Promotion Committee for Vicki Wysocki, 1999-2000
• NMR Facility Faculty Advisor, 2000-
• ad hoc Promotion and Tenure Committee for Zhiping Zheng, 2000-
• Inorganic Faculty Search Committee, 2000-01; 2001-02
• ad hoc Regents Professorship Nomination Commitee for Jean-Luc Bredás (Chair), 2002
• Elected, 2002, but left the University of Arizona
• ad hoc committee to interface with Biochemistry Department
• ad hoc committee to develop Department guidelines for Research Professorships
• Junior Faculty Advisory Committee for Katrina Miranda, 2003 -
• Inorganic Division Head, 2004 -
  

• ad hoc Committee for development of a joint Biophysical Chemistry Graduate Degree Program, 1994-96
• ad hoc Committee for development of a Biochemistry Laboratory Course, 1994-96
• ad hocRegents Professorship Nomination Committee for Gordon Tollin (Chair), 1994-97 (Elected, 1997)
• Member, Structural Biology Search Committee, 1999-2000
• ad hoc Biological Chemistry Graduate Program Commmittee, 1999-

• Grade Appeal Committee, 1994-96
• College of Science Promotion andTenure Committee, 2001-03

• Five-Year Review Committee for Veterinary Science Department, 1990-91
• Five-Year Review Committee for Biochemistry Department, 1992
• Foreign Travel Grants Review Committee, 1992-96, 1997-2003
• Sponsored Projects Services User Group, 1993-95
• Comptroller Search Committee, 1993-94
• Provost's Advisory Committee on Promotion and Tenure, 1995-1996
• College of Science Dean Search Committee, 2000
• Center for Insect Sciences PERT Postdoctoral Candidate Interview Committee, 2002-03
• Koffler Prize Nomination Evaluation Committee, 2002-03

B. Other Professional Activities

• Review proposals for NSF, NIH, DOE, PRF, Research Corporation, etc.
• Review various faculty for tenure and/or promotion, or for awards.
• Review manuscripts for J. Am. Chem. Soc., Inorg. Chem., J. Org. Chem., J. Phys. Chem., Biochemistry, J. Inorg. Biochem., Biophys. J., Biophys. Chem., Biochim. Biophys. Acta., J. Bioinorg. Chem., New J. Chem., J. Magn. Reson., Magn. Reson. Chem., FEBS Letters, Angew. Chemie, Coord. Chem. Revs., Chemical Reviews, Inorg. Chim. Acta, Nature Structural Biology, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA.
• Science Advisor, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, San Francisco District Office, 1988-90.
• Invited Lecturer, Symposium on Research in Inorganic Chemistry at Undergraduate Institutions, 23rd Midwest Regional ACS Meeting, Iowa City, Nov., 1988.
• Invited Lecturer, Symposium on the Chemistry of Metal Ions in Biological and Biomimetic Systems, International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies, Honolulu, HI, Dec. 1989.
• Chair, Bioinorganic Subdivision of the Inorganic Division of the American Chemical Society, 1990.
• Member, Editorial Board of Inorganic Chemistry, 1990-92.
• Invited Lecturer, Symposium on Women in Chemistry, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, March 1990.
• Panel Member, NSF Undergraduate Curriculum and Course Development in Engineering, Mathematics and the Sciences, February, 1991.
• Site Visit Member, NSF Graduate Trainee Grant Review Panel, The Pennsylvania State University, June, 1991.
• NIH Special Study Section Reviewer and Chair, Fall, 1991.
• NSF Workshop on Innovation and Change in Chemistry Instruction, Washington, D.C., May,1992.
• ACS Awards Nominating Committee for Research with Undergraduates Award, 1992-94.
• NIH Special Reviewer, Metallobiochemistry Study Section, October, 1992.
• NIH Special Study Section Member, SBIR Program, November, 1992.
• DOE Panel Member, Photoelectrochemistry II: Modified Electrodes and Polymer Films, February, 1993.
• Invited Lecturer, ACS Inorganic Division Symposium on Electron Transfer Reactions of Metalloporphyrins, Denver, CO, March, 1993. (Dr. Mario Rivera presented the talk.)
• Invited Lecturer, Fifth Chianti Workshop on Magnetic Resonance, San Miniato, Italy, May, 1993.
• Invited Participant, NATO Advanced Research Workshop, Sintra, Portugal, June, 1994.
• Invited Speaker, 1995 Inorganic Biochemistry Summer Workshop, University of Georgia, August, 1995.
• Session Chair, "Hemes," 7th International Conference on Bioinorganic Chemistry, Lübeck, Germany, September, 1995.
• Invited Organizer, Symposium on Bioinorganic Chemistry (In Memory of Teddy G. Traylor), Western Biotech Meeting, October, 1995.
• Outside Examiner, Ph.D. dissertation of Orde Q. Munro, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, January, 1996.
• Invited Speaker in the Symposium on the Bioinorganic Chemistry of Nitrogen Oxides at the 211th National ACS Meeting, New Orleans, LA, March, 1996.
• Invited Speaker in the Symposium on Metalloenzymes: Structure, Function, Mechanism and Models, and session chair at the Rocky Mountain Regional ACS Meeting, Denver, CO, June, 1996.
• Visiting Scientist, Medizinische Universität zu Lübeck, Physics Department, August-September, 1996.
• "Invité" in the Laboratoire de Chimie Organométalique et Biologique at the Université de Rennes I, where research seminars were presented and discussions with individuals and groups of scientists occurred concerning their research projects, especially involving aspects related to magnetic resonance and orbital symmetry.
• Ad hoc NIH Study Section member (telephone conference), November, 1996.
• Invited Speaker for the tutorial on Spectroscopic Methods in Bioinorganic Chemistry, presented at the 213th National ACS Meeting, San Francisco, CA, April, 1997.
• Invited Speaker for the symposium honoring Dr. Marjam Behar, presented at the 213th National ACS Meeting, San Francisco, CA, April, 1997.
• Division of Inorganic Chemistry Symposium and Nominations Committee, ACS, 1997-.
• Visiting Scientist, University of Florence, June, 1997.
• Member, Editorial Board, J. Biol. Inorg. Chem. (JBIC), February 1998-
• Associate Editor, J. Am. Chem. Soc., March, 1998-
• Invited Keynote Speaker, Tenth Annual ACS Undergraduate Research Symposium, San Francisco, CA, May, 1998.
• Invited Session Lecturer, XXXIII International Conference on Coordination Chemistry, Florence, Italy, Aug/Sept. 1998.
• Invited Speaker, Second International Conference on Oxygen Binding and Oxygen Activating/Sensing Heme Proteins, Asilomar, CA, Sept./Oct. 1998.
• Five-year Review Committee Member for the Department of Chemistry, Northern Arizona University, Nov., 1998.
• Organizer and Chair, Spring 1999 ACS National Meeting Division of Inorganic Chemistry Symposium on “Metalloporphyrins in Chemistry, Biology and Medicine," Anaheim, CA, March, 1999.
• Member, International Advisory Board of the XIX International Conference on Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems, to be held in Florence, Italy, August 21-25, 2000.
• Member, International Scientific Committee of the Dijon meeting on Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines, to be held in Dijon, France, June 25-30, 2000.
• Member, Editorial Board, Inorganic Chemistry, 1999-2000.
• Member, Advisory Panel for NSF Major Research Instrumentation Program, May 13,14, 1999, Washington, D.C.
• Session Chair, "Hemes," 9th ICBIC, Minneapolis, MN, July, 1999.
• Invited Speaker, Metals in Biology Gordon Conference, Ventura, CA, January 23-28, 2000.
• Invited Awards Address, Spring 2000 ACS National Meeting, March, 2000.
• Invited Session Lecturer, Minisymposium on "Electronic Structures of Heme Proteins," First International Meeting on Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines, Dijon, France, June 25-30, 2000.
• Invited Speaker, Tetrapyrroles Gordon Conference, Newport, RI, July 16-21, 2000.
• Invited Speaker, XIX International Conference on Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems Meeting, Florence, Italy, August 20-25, 2000, but could not attend.
• Program Chair-Elect, Gordon Conference on Metals in Biology, January, 2003.
• Invited Speaker, X International Conference on Bioinorganic Chemistry, Florence, Italy, August, 2001.
• ACS Presidential Commission on Women in Chemistry (2000-2001).
• Member, International Scientific Committee of the Kyoto meeting on Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines (ICPP-2), Kyoto, Japan, July 2002.
• Member, ACS Awards Selection Committee, Francis P. Garvin-John M. Olin Medal, 2001-04.
• Invited Speaker, X International Conference on Bioinorganic Chemistry, Florence, Italy, August 2001.
• Invited Speaker, XXIX National Inorganic Divisional Meeting of the Italian Chemical Society, Taormina, Scicily, Spetember 2001 (recipient, Luigi Sacconi Medal)--unable to attend because of 9/11/01; medal awarded 7/4/02.
• Vice-Chair, Gordon Research Conference on Metals in Biology, January 2002. Invited Speaker, Metals in Biology Gordon Conference, Ventura, CA, January 2002.
• Invited Speaker, 35th International Conference on Coordination Chemistry, Heidelberg, Germany, July 2002.
• Chair, Gordon Research Conference on Metals in Biology, February 2003.
• Member, Council of the Gordon Research Conferences, 2003-2005.
• Member, Program Committee, Third International Conferences on Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines, New Orleans, LA, July 11-16, 2004.
• Invited Plenary Lecturer, Third International Conferences on Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines, New Orleans, LA, July 11-16, 2004.
• Invited Plenary Lecturer, 7th European Conference on Bioinorganic Chemistry, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, August 29-September 2, 2004.
• Invited Lecturer, First European Gordon Research Confrence on Nitric Oxide, Bari, Italy, May, 2005.
• Invited Lecturer, Fourth International Conference on Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines, Rome, Italy, June, 2006; invited to speak in two symposia.
  

C. Community Activities

• Member, Sierra Club and its Diablo Regional Group (1987-90); Grand Canyon Chapter, Rincon Regional Group (1990- )
• Member, Lafayette-Orinda Presbyterian Church (1986-91)
• Member, Refugee Committee, Lafayette-Orinda Presbyterian Church (1988-89)
• Member, Adult Ministries Committee, Lafayette-Orinda Presbyterian Church (1988-90)
• Chair, Current Affairs Forum Committee, Lafayette-Orinda Presbyterian Church (1989-90)
• Member, LOPC Evening Circle (1988-90)
• Member, Trinity Presbyterian Church (1991- )
• Member, Southern Arizona Hiking Club (1991- )
• Member, Audubon Society (1992- )
• Member, Orchid Society of Southern Arizona (1992- )
• Deaconess, Trinity Presbyterian Church (1993-95); Vice Moderator (1994); Moderator (1995)
• Program presenter ("Guatemala"), Round Table, Trinity Pres. Church, November 1994
• Nominating Committee, Trinity Presbyterian Church (1994, 1995; Moderator, 1999)
• Member, Tucson Botanical Garden (1994- )
• Elder, Trinity Presbyterian Church (1996-98, 1999-01)
• Trinity Session University Ministry Committee Vice-Moderator (1996-98), Moderator (1999-2000)
• De Cristo Presbytery University Ministry Committee (1997- )
• Trinity Session Adult/University Christian Education Ministry Moderator (2001)
• Trinity Session Stewardship/Finance Ministry (2001-2003, 2004-)
• Pastor Nominating Committee, Trinity Presbyterian Church (Dec. 2004-)
• Presbyterian Campus Ministry Board, De Cristo Presbytery (Aug. 2005-)