Dr. Richard Wallace

Office: Science Center 2006
912.344.2715
Richard.Wallace@armstrong.edu
http://chemphys.armstrong.edu/wallace/rw.htm

Courses

• CHEM 2101 - Organic Chemistry I
• CHEM 2102 - Organic Chemistry II
• CHEM 3100 - Advanced Organic Chemistry

Academic Vita

• Postdoctoral - Colorado State University, 1988-1990
• Ph.D. - Organic Chemistry, Clemson Univeristy, 1988
• B.S. - Chemistry, Armstrong State College, 1984

• Assistant Professor of Chemistry - University of Alabama, 1990-1995
• Associate Professor of Chemistry - AASU, 1995-2001
• Professor of Chemistry - AASU, 2001 - present

Research Areas

• Tropical Fruits (Bananas and dragon fruit)-Development of varieties better suited to fruit production in our climate
• Tropical Flowers (Ornamental Bananas and Plumeria)-Development of new hybrids with improved characteristics
• Plant Biotechnology-Secondary metabolite analysis from in vitro cultures (and various other in vitro projects)
• Synthetic Organic Methodolgy-Development of new methods for carrying out organic transformations