Edith Nwakaego Ndubuaku Onyeozili

CHM 2210L_L03. Organic Chemistry I Lab • Tu. 8:00 am - 10:30 am
CHM 2210L_L02. Organic Chemistry I Lab • Tu. 2:00 pm - 4:30 pm
CHM 2211L_L06. Organic Chemistry II Lab • Th. 2:00 pm - 4:30 pm
CHM 2211L_L08. Organic Chemistry II Lab. • Wed. 8:00 am - 10:30 am

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Dr. Edith Ndubuaku Onyeozili is a professor of chemistry in the Department of Chemistry, College of Science & Technology, at Florida A & M University. Dr. Ndubuaku Onyeozili has expertise in organic synthesis (Ph.D.), in inorganic chemistry (M.Sc.) and in bioremediation (MS). Her research goals are centered on finding new lead compounds for drug discovery. She works in the areas of natural products chemistry, investigating biological activities of extracts from African plant materials such as roots, barks, and leaves; synthesis of small organic molecules, and transition metal chelates of 4-acylpyrazol-5-ones (coordination chemistry). In research projects that investigate biological activities of organic and inorganic compounds, Dr. Ndubuaku Onyeozili collaborates with the biology research group in the Biology Department. She also collaborates on projects with the Department of Chemical Engineering in the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering. Dr. Ndubuaku Onyeozili is experienced in working with graduate and undergraduate students.

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• Reading
• Gardening
• Sewing

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• Professor. 08/2018 – Present
  Florida A&M University, Tallahassee FL
• Associate Professor. 08/2012 – 07/2018
  Florida A&M University, Tallahassee FL
• Assistant Professor. 8/2006 – 07/2012
  Florida A&M University, Tallahassee FL
  

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• Prakash K. Shee, Nishanka Dilini Ratnayake, Tyler Walter, Olivia Goethe, Edith Ndubuaku Onyeozili, and Kevin D. Walker. “Exploring the Scope of an α/β-Aminomutase for the Amination of Cinnamate Epoxides to Arylserines and Arylisoserines”. ACS Catal. 2019, 9, 7418−7430.
• Joel Sankar, Edith N. Onyeozili and Egwu E. Kalu. “Oxidation of Glycerol with Unactivated Electroless CuNiMoP Catalyst”. ChemEngineering, 2017, 1, 11, 1-14.
• Amoo, K. O. Amoo, Onyeozili, E. N., Kalu, E. E., Omoleye, J. A., Efeovbokhan, V. E. “Activity of varying compositions of Co-Ni-P catalysts for the mathanolysis of ammonia borane”, Int. J. Hydrogen Energy. 2016, 41(46) 21221 – 21235.
• Shannon Anderson, Egwu Erick Kalu and Edith N. Onyeozili. “Synthesis of Co-Deposited Electroless Pd-Cu Catalyst for Nitrate Reduction.” ECS Trans. 2014 volume 61, issue 10, 15-23.
• Onyeozili, E. N., Mori-Quiroz, L., Maleczka, R. E. Jr. [1,2]- and [1,4]-Wittig Rearrangements of -Alkoxysilanes: Effect of Substitutions at both the Migrating Benzylic Carbon and the Terminal sp2 Carbon of the Allyl Moiety. Tetrahedron, 2013, 69(2), 849-860.

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HONORS, AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS

• Fulbright Scholar, Nigeria, 2019-2020.
• Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship (CADF), Nigeria, 2017.
• Visiting Research Associate, Department of Chemistry, Michigan State University – 2012, 2013, 2014.
• Gordon L. Galloway Distinguished Lecturer in Chemistry, Michigan State University – 2013.
• Recipient, Local RCMI Research Development Fund Minority Investigator Research Supplement – 2010, 2011.
• “Process for Producing Oxazole, Imidazole, Pyrrazole Boryl Compounds” Smith, M. R., III; Maleczka, R. E., Jr.; Kallepalli, V.; Onyeozili, E. U.S. Patent 7,709,654; May 4, 2010.
• Recipient of RCMI Grant from Florida A&M University, 2009, 2010.
• “Process for Producing N-Protected Boryl Compounds” Smith, M. R., III; Maleczka, R. E., Jr.; Kallepalli, V.; Onyeozili, E. U.S. Patent Application 2008-0146814; June 19, 2008.
• Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award for Green Chemistry for Preparing Boronic Esters – 2008.

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• CHM 5225 Advanced Organic Chemistry
• CHM 4220 Advanced Organic Chemistry
• CHM 2210 Organic Chemistry I
• CHM 2211 Organic Chemistry II