Jack Williams
Professor
Dr. Williams received his Ph.D. in organic chemistry from Villanova University. His research interests are in the areas of natural products and forensics. Dr. Williams teaches courses in Organic Chemistry, Spectral Interpretation, Principles of Chemistry, and Forensic Chemistry.
About Dr. Williams
- Ph.D., Organic Synthesis, Villanova University
- GG, Gemological Institute of America.
- FGA, Gemological Association of Great Britain
- Organic Chemistry
- Spectral Interpretation
- CHEM 101/102: Chemical Principles/Lab
- CHEM 121/122: General Chemistry/Lab
- CHEM 240/241: Organic Chemistry I/Lab
- CHEM 242/243: Organic Chemistry II/Lab
- CHEM 335/336: Spectral Interpretation/Lab
- CHEM 314: Advanced Organic Chemistry
- CHEM 316/317: Forensic Chemistry/Lab
- CHEM 331/332: Biochemistry I/Lab
- CHEM 333/334: Biochemistry II/Lab
- Essential Oil Analysis Using Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry (GCMS)
- Plant VOC Using GCMS
- Fiber Analysis (Pigments)
- Post Mortem VOC Analysis
- Drug Analysis (GCMS)
- Aroma Analysis Roasted Coffee
- General Applications of Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry to Food and Beverage
- Kellie L. Weeks, Jack D. Williams and Gregory R. Boyce "A three-step enantioselective synthesis of (+)- and (−)-α-thujone" Org. Biomol. Chem., 2021, 19, 8018-8020. DOI: 10.1039/D1OB01505B
- Williams, J.D. Appendix 11: Pigment Analysis, in Where the Land Meets the Sea: Fourteen Millennia of Human History at Huaca Prieta, Peru. T.D. Dillehay (Ed.), University of Texas Press, Austin, TX
- Williams, J. D.; Yazarians, J. A.; Almeyda, C. C.; Anderson, K. A.; Boyce, G. R. “Detection of the Previously Unobserved Stereoisomers of Thujone in the Essential Oil and Consumable Products of Sage” J. Agric. Food Chem., 2016, 64, 4319-4326