Christopher Y. Switzer
Department of Chemistry
Fort Lewis College, Durango, Colorado B.S. none
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland Ph.D. 1987
University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland Postdoctoral 1987-88
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zürich, Switzerland Postdoctoral 1988-90
2002 Fulbright Visiting Professor, J. Heyrovsky Institute of Physical Chemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic (P. Hobza, host)
2000 -present Professor of Chemistry, University of California, Riverside
1998-present Director, Analytical Chemistry Instrumentation Facility, University of California, Riverside
1996-present Cooperating Faculty Member, Graduate Program, Department of Biochemistry, University of California, Riverside
1996-2000 Associate Professor of Chemistry, University of California, Riverside
1990-1996 Assistant Professor of Chemistry, University of California, Riverside
PUBLICATIONS
(i) REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS
1. Chaput, J. C., Switzer, C. "A DNA Pentaplex Incorporating Nucleobase
Quintets," Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., U.S.A., (1999) 96, 10614-10619.
2. Chaput, J. C., Switzer, C. "Non-Enzymatic Transcription of an isoG•isoC
Base-Pair," J. Am. Chem. Soc., (2000) 122, 12866-12867.
3. Chaput, J. C.; Switzer, C. “Non-Enzymatic Oligomerization on Templates
Containing Phosphodiester-Linked Acyclic Glycerol Nucleic Acid Analogues,” J.
Mol. Evol., (2000) 51, 464-470.
4. Philip R. Hardwidge, Dong-Kye Lee, Thazha P. Prakash, Beatriz Iglesias,
Robert B. Den, Christopher Switzer, and L. James Maher, III “DNA bending by
asymmetrically tethered cations: influence of tether flexibility,” Chemistry and
Biology, (2001) 8, 967-980.
5. Chaput, J. C., Sinha, S., Switzer, C. “5-Propynyluracildiaminopurine: an
efficient base-pair for non-enzymatic transcription of DNA,” Chemical
Communications, (2002), 1568-1569.
WWW:Research
Email:christopher.switzer@ucr.edu
Extension: 7266
Department of Chemistry
Fort Lewis College, Durango, Colorado B.S. none
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland Ph.D. 1987
University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland Postdoctoral 1987-88
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zürich, Switzerland Postdoctoral 1988-90
2002 Fulbright Visiting Professor, J. Heyrovsky Institute of Physical Chemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic (P. Hobza, host)
2000 -present Professor of Chemistry, University of California, Riverside
1998-present Director, Analytical Chemistry Instrumentation Facility, University of California, Riverside
1996-present Cooperating Faculty Member, Graduate Program, Department of Biochemistry, University of California, Riverside
1996-2000 Associate Professor of Chemistry, University of California, Riverside
1990-1996 Assistant Professor of Chemistry, University of California, Riverside
PUBLICATIONS
(i) REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS
1. Chaput, J. C., Switzer, C. "A DNA Pentaplex Incorporating Nucleobase
Quintets," Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., U.S.A., (1999) 96, 10614-10619.
2. Chaput, J. C., Switzer, C. "Non-Enzymatic Transcription of an isoG•isoC
Base-Pair," J. Am. Chem. Soc., (2000) 122, 12866-12867.
3. Chaput, J. C.; Switzer, C. “Non-Enzymatic Oligomerization on Templates
Containing Phosphodiester-Linked Acyclic Glycerol Nucleic Acid Analogues,” J.
Mol. Evol., (2000) 51, 464-470.
4. Philip R. Hardwidge, Dong-Kye Lee, Thazha P. Prakash, Beatriz Iglesias,
Robert B. Den, Christopher Switzer, and L. James Maher, III “DNA bending by
asymmetrically tethered cations: influence of tether flexibility,” Chemistry and
Biology, (2001) 8, 967-980.
5. Chaput, J. C., Sinha, S., Switzer, C. “5-Propynyluracildiaminopurine: an
efficient base-pair for non-enzymatic transcription of DNA,” Chemical
Communications, (2002), 1568-1569.
WWW:Research
Email:christopher.switzer@ucr.edu
Extension: 7266
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