oanh phi lam
lab: +49 (0)9131 85-27782
oanhplam@gmail.com

education

January 2005 - present
Ph.D. Program in Chemistry, University of California @ San Diego, CA.

June 2006
M.S. in Chemistry, University of California @ San Diego, CA.

May 2004
B.S. in Chemistry (ACS Certified),University of Washington, Seattle, WA.

current research

January 2004 - present: atom- and group transfer chemistry employing uranium coordination complexes

publications

Lam, Oanh P.; Feng, Patrick L.; Heinemann, Frank W.; O'Connor, Joseph M.; and Meyer, Karsten., "Charge-Seperation in Uranium Diazomethane Complexes Leading to C-H Activation and Chemical Transformation". J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 2806-2816.

Rhile, Ian J.; Markle, Todd F.; Nagao, Hirotaka; DiPasquale, Antonio G.; Lam, Oanh P.; Lockwood, Mark A.; Rotter, Katrina; Mayer, James M., "Concerted Proton-Electron Transfer in the Oxidation of Hydrogen-Bonded Phenols". J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128(18), 6075-6088.

 P.R. Hrma, D.E. Smith, J.D. Yeager, O.P. Lam, "Thermochemical Optimization of Float Glass Composition: Low-Alumina Glass Development", U.S. Department ofEnergy PNNL-13958, Richland, WA 99352, August 2002.

research fellowships and experience

January 2005-present
GAANN Fellowship

January 2005 – present
Ph.D student @ University of California, San Diego
Small Molecule Activation Employing Uranium Complexes.

September 2004 – December 2005
Chemistry Department Teaching Assistant @ University of California, San Diego

July 2004 to September 2004
Student Intern @ Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA
Salt Cake Dissolution, Process Raman Spectroscopy Project.

October 2003 to June 2004
Research Assistant @ University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Synthesis of organic and inorganic compounds for the purpose of  studying proton-coupled-electron-transfers.

August 2003 to September 2003
Student Intern @ Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA
Waste Treatment Project for DOE operated by Battelle.  Tested
numerous dyes using UV/Vis spectrometry to help determine the volume of
mixing caverns inside waste tanks.       

June 2002 to September 2002
Student Intern in Waste Vitrification Lab @ Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA
Determined the viscosity of over 100 samples of commercial glasses.

October 2001 to December 2002
Student Helper @ Medical Genetics Lab at UW, Seattle, WA
Extraction of plasmid DNA, DNA cloning, gel electrophoresis, PCR
technique, making solutions, and general lab maintenance. 

professional societies and activities

American Chemistry Society
2004 - present

National Society of Collegiate Scholars
2004 to 2002 - scholarship, leadership, and service

Washington Promise Scholarship Award
2004 - 2002