Professor Peter Y. Johnson, IIT

Prof. Johnson

Peter Y. Johnson

Professor of Chemistry

B.S.: University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Ph.D.: Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Office: 296 Life Sciences Building

Phone: (312) 567-3440 Fax: (312) 567-3210

e-mail: johnson@charlie.cns.iit.edu

WWW page: http://www.iit.edu/~johnson/

Peter Y. Johnson
Professor of Chemistry
B.S.:	University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Ph.D.:	Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Office:	296 Life Sciences Building
Phone: (312) 567-3440 Fax: (312) 567-3210
e-mail:	johnson@charlie.cns.iit.edu
WWW page: http://www.iit.edu/~johnson/

Professional Interests

Research interests centered on syntheses of penicillin related compounds and on photochemical and/or transannular reactions as routes to make these and other biologically interesting systems. Work on phencyclidines is part of a study on the binding and molecular modeling of these drug systems. More recent work centers on the use of expert systems to predict organic syntheses and other chemical properties. Most recent interests relate to conceiving, funding, and implementing urban educational programs involving SEM (science, engineering, and math) subjects. My resume contains more information.

Representative Publications and Presentations

He has published 40 plus articles in refereed publications ranging from organic synthesis and mechanisms to the use of experts systems in chemistry and co-authored two chapters for the ACS Symposium Series and given over professional presentations.

"Palladium Catalyzed Vinylic Substitution Reactions An Approach to Amino Alkyl Phencyclidines", P. Y. Johnson and J. Q. Wen, J. Org. Chem., 46 2767 (l98l).
"Designing an Expert System for Organic Synthesis: The Need for Strategic Planning," Peter Y. Johnson, I. Burnstein, J. Crary, M.Evens, and T. Wang, Published in the ACS Symposium Series 408 ";Expert System Applications in Chemistry, p102-124, edited by Bruce Hohne and Thomas Pierce, 1989, Los Angeles, California

Recent Accomplishments

Was an invited speaker at the N.S.F. sponsered Diversity Conference in Washington DC. and spoke on "Using Technology and the Information Highway to Improve Scientific Writing."
Was Director of the First Annual IIT Undergraduate Research Conference.