Advisor Evonne M. Rezler, Ph.D.

Dr. Rezler received her Bachelor of Science with Honors (1996) and Doctor of Philosophy (2001) degrees in Chemistry at the University of Sydney, Australia. She then moved to Tucson, Arizona and carried out Postdoctoral research at the Arizona Cancer Center in the laboratory of Dr. Laurence Hurley investigating the formation and structure of G-quadruplexes in the promoter regions of oncogenes and their putative role in the onset and progression of various cancers (2002-2003).

In January 2004 Dr. Rezler joined the research group of Dr. Gregg Fields at Florida Atlantic University where she worked on various projects including: development of liposomes specifically targeted to cellular receptors or proteases in metastatic melanoma cells, establishment and characterization of melanoma cell lines from patient tissues and investigation of the mechanism of drug delivery by cell selective cell penetrating peptides (the last project is ongoing in collaboration with the Fields and Terentis Labs).

In May 2006 Dr. Rezler joined the Chemistry and Biochemistry Department as a full-time Instructor and Director of the Organic Chemistry Laboratories at Florida Atlantic University. In July 2007 Dr. Rezler was appointed Assistant Scientist in the Department.

Dr. Rezler teaches the Organic Chemistry I (CHM2210), Organic Chemistry II (CHM2211) and Organic Chemistry Lab (CHML2211) courses and has research opportunities available for undergraduate students in the Directed Independent Study, DIS, (CHM 4905) course. Prospective applicants must have completed both the the Organic Chemistry I (CHM2210) and Organic Chemistry Lab (CHML2211) courses. DIS researchers can take part in the following projects: 1. the development of new and redevelopment of current Organic Chemistry Lab experiments with the specific goal of implementing a wider range of analytical and spectroscopic techniques in the undergraduate Organic Chemistry curriculum 2. "Innovations in Chemical Education" working on the development of peer-to-peer educational technology.