Amanda K. Nelson
Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Librarian
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I am a science librarian for Chemistry and Chemical Engineering. I work closely with these departments to provide services and resources for students, researchers, postdocs, staff, and faculty. I manage our chemistry and chemical engineering collections, as well as the science software privileges for Stanford affiliates.
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Amanda K. Nelson
Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Librarian
I am a science librarian for Chemistry and Chemical Engineering. I work closely with these departments to provide services and resources for students, researchers, postdocs, staff, and faculty. I manage our chemistry and chemical engineering collections, as well as the science software privileges for Stanford affiliates.
Education
- PhD, Chemistry, Virginia Tech, 2016
- BA, Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 2010
- BA, Criminal Justice, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 2010
- BS, Psychology, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 2010
Professional activities
Advisor for the Stanford collegiate chapter of Alpha Chi Sigma, a professional chemistry fraternity
Member of the Laboratory Safety Committee
Selected publications
Feder, Sandra. Stanford chemistry team delivers hands-on learning to remote students, Stanford Daily, 2020, August. https://chemistry.stanford.edu/news/stanford-chemistry-team-delivers-hands-learning-remote-students
Chisholm, D.R.; Lamb, R.; Pallett, T.; Affleck, V.; Holden, C.; Marrison, J.; 'Toole, P.; Ashton, P.D.; Newling, K.; Steffen, A.; Nelson, A.K.; Mahler, C.; Valentine, R.; Blacker, T.S.; Bain, A.J.; Girkin, J.; Marder, T.B.; Whiting, A.; Ambler, C.A. Photoactivated cell-killing involving a low molecular weight, donor–acceptor diphenylacetylene, Chemical Science, 2019, 10, 4673-4683. https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2019/sc/c9sc00199a
Gala De Pablo, J.; Chisholm, D., Steffen, A.; Nelson, A.; Mahler, C.; Marder, T.; Peyman, S.; Girkin, J.; Ambler, C.; Whiting, A.; Evans, S. Tandem Fluorescence and Raman (fluoRaman) characterization of a novel photosensitizer in colorectal cancer cell line SW480, Analyst, 2018, 143, 6113-6120. https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2018/an/c8an01461b
Nelson, A.K.; Peck, C.L.; Rafferty, S.M.; Santos, W.L. Chemo-, Regio-, and Stereoselective Copper(II)-Catalyzed Addition of B(dan) to Acetylenic Esters and Amides in an Aqueous Medium, J. Org. Chem., 2016, 81, 4269-4279. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acs.joc.6b00648
- Advances in Organic and Inorganic Chemistry – Enhancing International Cooperation, Würzburg, Germany, November 16, 2015. (Poster Contribution)
Guo, X.; Nelson, A.K.; Slebodnick, C.; Santos, W.L. Regio- and Chemoselective Diboration of Allenes with Unsymmetrical Diboron: Formation of Vinyl and Allyl Boronic Acid Derivatives, ACS Catal., 2015, 5, 2172-2176. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acscatal.5b00387
- “Chemo- and Regioselective Diboration of Allenes with Differentially Protected Diboron.” BORAM XIV, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ, June 15-19, 2014. (Oral Contribution)
Shanaiah, N.; Nelson, A.K.; Patwardhan, N.; Slebodnick, C.; Carlier, P.R.; Santos, W.L. “An NMR Investigation of Atropisomerism in ortho-Substituted 1,1-dibromo-2,2-diphenylcyclopropane.” 56th Experimental Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Conference, Pacific Grove, CA, United States, April 19-24, 2015.
Nelson, A.K.; Ogle, C. “New Methodology for Generating Allene Analogs.” Abstracts of Papers, 239th ACS National Meeting, San Francisco, CA, United States, March 21-25, 2010 (2010), ORGN-1168. (Poster Contribution)