Associate Professor
Office Location: UH 255
Phone Number: (262) 472-1097
Email Address: kumpatyh@uww.edu
M.S., Chemistry, Kakatiya University, India, 1990
B.S., Chemistry, Kakatiya University, India, 1988
Appointments
Associate Professor (2004-present)
Sabbatical leave to do research at Jim Cook’s lab (2006 Jan-Aug), University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Assistant Professor (1999-present), University of Wisconsin, Whitewater
Academic Staff (1996-1999), University of Wisconsin, Whitewater
Instructor (1995-96), Rust College, Holly Springs
Research Assistant (1991-96), University of Mississippi
Research: Students in Professor Kumpaty’s group gain broad experience in Synthetic Organic Chemistry research. Her research interests include Enantiospecific synthesis of Biologically active molecules, Electroactive molecules for Self-Assembled studies, Reductive Amination reactions and Microwave-induced organic reactions. Her lab provides valuable experience in synthetic organic chemical research where students will learn the techniques of reaction set-up, execution, work-up and purification and identification of products. Over the ten years she has been at Whitewater she has trained 15+ students in undergraduate research and their work has resulted in over 30 presentations at national and international meetings. Two projects are currently underway which includes the design, syntheses and biological evaluation of novel series of active -carbolines in search of selective ligands for 1-containing GABAA/benzodiazepine receptor (gamma-aminobutyric acid A/BzR) subtypes which are targeted to treat Alcoholism and Anxiety disorders in humans. We are collaborating with Prof. Jim Cook at UW-Milwaukee on this project. Besides synthesis, a combination of spectroscopy techniques, 1D and 2D NMR, IR, mass spectrometry will be employed to characterize the molecules providing plenty of hands-on experience on major instrumentation.
Selective Publications:
H.J Kumpaty, S., Mike Vann Linn., James M.Cook “study of cis to trans isomerization of 1-phenyl substituted tetrahydro-beta carbolines, submitted, J.Org.Chem.
H.J Kumpaty, S. Bhattacharryya, “Efficient Synthesis of N-Alkyl-Tetrahydroisoquinolines by reductive amination” SYNTHESIS, 2005, Vol # 13, pp 2205-2209.
H.J Kumpaty, S. Bhattacharryya, E.W. Rehr, A.J. Gonazalez, “ Selective access to secondary amines by a highly controlled reductive mono-n-alkylation of primary amines” SYNTHESIS, 2003, Vol # 14, pp 2206-2210.
H.J Kumpaty, J. S.Williamson and S.K Bhattacharryya "Synthesis of N-Methyl Secondary Amines" Synthetic communications, Vol. 33, # 8, pp 1411-1416, 2003
Disulfide-Functionalized 3-, 4-, 5-, and 6-substituted 2,2’-bipyridines and their ruthenium complexes. C.A. Panetta, H.J. Kumpaty, N.E. Heimer, etal, published in a premier journal J.Org.Chem., 1999, 64, 1015-1021.
Academic Honors and Affiliations:
Conference Organizer/Presider, Undergraduate Research Program, ACS-GLRM-06, Milwaukee Faculty advisor for Chem. Club, the club won Honorable mention award from ACS in 2007 Session Chair and Reviewer at the International Conference on Education, San Juan, PR, 2006 Chancellor’s Award for service to disabled students, 2004 Who is Who, Strathmore & Marquis 2002, 2008 Nominee for Academic Staff Excellence in Teaching award, 1999 Chemistry Research Excellence Award, University of Mississippi, 1995 NSF Research Fellowship- Mississippi EPSCoR Grant: 91-08767, 1993-96