Professional Activities

• President and CEO, Omicron Biochemicals, Inc., 1347 North Ironwood Drive, South Bend, IN 46615-3566. Biotechnology company, founded in 1982 at Cornell University. Specializes in the synthesis of stable isotopically-labeled (i.e., non-radioactive) carbohydrates, nucleosides, and their derivatives for biomedical research applications. Worldwide customer base; products sold to distributors and end-users. Currently employs seven research and development personnel. (Email: omicron@skyenet.net)
  
  
• Organizer, ACS Carbohydrate Chemistry Division Symposium, "Recent Developments in NMR Spectroscopy of Carbohydrates", 195th ACS National Meeting, Toronto, 1988.
  
  
• Organizer, ACS Carbohydrate Chemistry Division Symposium, Claude S. Hudson Award Symposium, 203rd ACS National Meeting, San Francisco, 1992.
  
  
• Co-organizer, ACS Carbohydrate Chemistry Division Symposium, "In Vivo NMR Spectroscopy of Carbohydrate Metabolism", 204th ACS National Meeting, Washington, DC, 1992.
  
  
• Conference Host, Chicago Area NMR Discussion Group, October 31, 1992.
  
  
• Conference Organizer, 1st Annual Notre Dame Biochemistry Retreat, Potawatomi Inn, Pokagon State Park, Angola, IN, June 20-21, 1996.
  
  
• Thematic Platform Session Organizer, Applications of Stable Isotopes to Study Carbohydrate Structure and Reactivity, XIX International Carbohydrate Symposium, San Diego, CA, August 9-14, 1998.