Associate Professor of Chemistry: Organic Chemistry
I place an emphasis on encouraging students to take part in research projects as a
part of their undergraduate career, and as a result have averaged roughly three undergraduate
research advises per semester over the past five years. In recognition of my efforts,
I have recently been awarded the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching.
While not directly related to chemistry, I also act as the music director for the
SUNY Plattsburgh College Gospel Choir, a diverse group of students and faculty involved
in the presentation of the American experience through the performance of its musical
heritage to both campus and regional community groups. My involvement with the Gospel
Choir has helped us, in the chemistry program, to present a welcoming and inclusive
image which has attracted a number of students to chemistry.
Beard, D.J., Criss, D.L., Fisher, T.H., Ingram, Jr. L.L., & Schultz, T.P., (2000). A Room-Temperature â-O-4
to á-O-4 Rearrangement. In Glasser, Northey, Schultz, (Eds.), ACS Symposia Series 742, Lignin: Historical, Biological, and Material Perspectives (p. 65). Washington, DC: American Chemical Society.
Criss, D.L., Fisher, T.H., & Schultz, T.P. (1998). Alkaline hydrolysis of nonphenolic á-carbonyl
â-O-4 Lignin dimers substituted on the leaving Phenoxide ring: Comparison with Benzylic
Hydroxyl analogues. Holzforschung, 52, 75.
Collier, W.E., Criss, D.L., Fisher, T.H., & Schultz, T.P. (1998). Alkaline hydrolysis of nonphenolic â-O-4 model
diastereomers: Substituent effect on the leaving Phenoxide. Holzforschung, 52, 171.
Criss, D.L., Fisher, T.H., Ingram, Jr. L.L., Schultz, T.P., & Saebo, D.B. (1997). A low-temperature
internal nucleophilic aromatic substitution reaction on a â-O-4 Lignin model dimer.
J. Organic Chemistry, 62, 7885.
Criss, D.L., Fisher, T.H., Ingram, Jr. L.L., Schultz, T.P., & Saebo, D.B. (1998). Investigation
of an internal SNAr reaction on nonphenolic â-O-4 Lignin model dimers with a 4’-CHO
group. National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Dallas, TX.
Criss, D.L., Fisher, T.H., & Schultz, T.P. (1996). Alkaline hydrolysis rates of nonphenolic â-O-4
Lignin model ketones. National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, New Orleans,
LA, 1996.
Criss, D.L., Fisher, T.H., Ingram, Jr. L.L., Schultz, T.P., & Saebo (1997). D.B. A low temperature
internal nucleophilic aromatic substitution reaction on an â-O-4 Lignin model dimer.
Southeast Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Roanoke, VA.