Faculty Profiles

Dr. Isabelle G. Haithcox

Professor of Chemistry and Chair, Department of Natural Sciences

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Phone number: (650) 508-3496
Email: ihaithcox@ndnu.edu
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Education History

  • Ph.D., Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, Analytical Chemistry, 1995
  • M.S., Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, Analytical Chemistry, Minor: Biophysical Chemistry, 1992
  • B.S., University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, Chemistry, Minor: Mathematics, 1990

Recognitions

  • 2009: GIS Research Grant
  • 2007: Dorothy Stang Scholar/ CBL Faculty Development Grant
  • 2003: Sister Catharine Julie Cunningham Teaching Project Award
  • 2002: George M. Keller Teaching Excellence Award
  • 1994: The International Society for Neutron Capture Therapy Travel Funds for Young Scientists
  • 1993: Society for Applied Spectroscopy Honorable Mention Student Award (Penn-York Section)
  • 1990-1993: National Science Foundation Minority Graduate Student Fellowship
  • 1990: American Institute of Chemists Student Award
  • 1990: The John and Melanie Rohrer Award in German
  • 1989: University of Miami Summer Research Fellowship

Professional Affiliations

  • American Association for the Advancement of Science
  • American Chemical Society
    • Analytical Chemistry Division
    • Biological Chemistry Division
    • Division of Chemical Education
  • California Association of Chemistry Teachers

Presentations

  • 239th ACS National Meeting, San Francisco, CA: March 2010, "Science in Action—Undergraduates Collaborating with Elementary School Teachers." I. Haithcox.
  • Faculty Development Luncheon, NDNU: March 2009, "The Successes and Challenges of Teaching a CBL Course." J. Berger, M. Delaporte, V. Fitzgerald, I.G. Haithcox, B. Vaughn, G. Wehrle.
  • Professional Development Day, NDNU: January 2009, "Community Engagement at NDNU." J. Berger, V. Fitzgerald, I.G. Haithcox, N. Lopez Gomez, S. Verma, G. Wehrle.
  • Faculty Development Luncheon, NDNU: October 2008, " CSI San Mateo: A semester at the Crime Lab." I.G. Haithcox.
  • Faculty Panel, NDNU: September 2008, "The Engaged Community." J. Berger, V. Fitzgerald, I.G. Haithcox, D. Stannard-Friel, B. Vaughn, and G. Wehrle.
  • Faculty Development Luncheon. NDNU: April 2004, " Forensic Science at NDNU." I. G. Haithcox.
  • Western Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society. Long Beach, CA: October 2003, "The Analysis of Alcohol in Cough Syrups Using Gas Chromatography." I. G. Haithcox and J. M. Perry.
  • Faculty Development Luncheon. NDNU: October 2002, "Adventures in Interdisciplinary Teaching." I. G. Haithcox and N. Askari.
  • Faculty Development Luncheon and Presentations. NDNU: April 2002, "Research at the San Mateo County Forensic Lab." I. G. Haithcox.
  • American Society of Cellular Biology Meeting, San Francisco, CA: April 1996, "A highly efficient and accurate method for determining the level of aggressiveness of human cancer cells using the CellStat System." I. G. Haithcox, P.Y. Desprez, J. Campisi, and P.J. Malin.
  • Sixth International Symposium on Neutron Capture Therapy for Cancer, Kobe, Japan: November 1994, (Mini-Symposium) "Subcellular localization of boronated nucleosides using ion microscopy." I. Gay, R.F. Schinazi, D.C. Liotta, and G.H. Morrison.
  • Sixth International Symposium on Neutron Capture Therapy for Cancer, Kobe, Japan: November 1994, "Imaging of sodium borocaptate uptake in mitotic cells using ion microscopy." I. Gay, S. Chandra, and G.H. Morrison.
  • American Association for Cancer Research Meeting, San Francisco, CA: April 1994, "Ion microscopy for subcellular localization and screening of cancer drugs," I. Gay, S. Chandra, and G.H. Morrison.
  • Biological Evaluation of Compounds for BNCT Workshop, Radiation Research Program, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD: September 1993, (Invited Talk) "Ion microscopy for the evaluation of compounds for BNCT," I. Gay and G.H. Morrison.
  • Fifth International Symposium on Neutron Capture Therapy, Columbus, OH: September 1992, (Mini-Symposium) "Subcellular localization study of boronated uridine and glucose derivatives in cell cultures using ion microscopy," I. Gay, B.D. Bennett, J. Mumford-Zisk, A.H. Soloway, R.F. Barth, and G.H. Morrison.

Publications

  • I. G. Haithcox and J. M. Perry, "The Analysis of Alcohol in Cough Syrup Using Gas Chromatography" Proceedings of the Western Regional ACS Meeting, (2003).
  • I. G. Haithcox, P.Y. Desprez, J. Campisi, and P.J. Malin, "A highly efficient and accurate method for determining the level of aggressiveness of human cancer cells using the CellStat System," Mol. Biol. Cell, Proceedings of 36th ASCB Annual Meeting, (1996).
  • G.H. Morrison, I. Gay, and S. Chandra, "Ion microscopy in biology," Scanning Microsc., (1995).
  • I. Gay and G.H. Morrison, "Chemical imaging using ion microscopy," in Handbook of Surface Imaging and Visualization, A.T. Hubbard, ed., CRC Press: Boca Raton, 45-53 (1995).
  • I. Gay, S. Chandra, and G.H. Morrison, "Evaluation of the toxicity of the cancer treatment drug cisplatin at single cell resolution by ion microscopy," Mol. Biol. Cell 5: 249a (1994)
  • I. Gay, S. Chandra, and G.H. Morrison, "Ion microscopy for subcellular localization and screening of cancer drugs," Proc. Am. Assoc. Cancer Res., 35: 370 (1994).
  • I. Gay, B.D. Bennett, J. Mumford-Zisk, A.H. Soloway, R.F. Barth, and G.H. Morrison, "Subcellular localization study of boronated uridine and glucose derivatives in cell cultures using ion microscopy," in The Proceedings of the Fifth International Symposium on Neutron Capture Therapy, A.H. Soloway and R.F. Barth, eds., Plenum Press: New York, 429-433 (1993).
  • B.D. Bennett, I. Gay, and G.H. Morrison, "Subcellular distribution of boron attached to potential nucleotide precursors," FASEB J. 7: A691 (1993).
  • S. Muñoz, J. Mallén, A. Nakano, Z. Chen, I. Gay, L. Echegoyen, and G.W. Gokel, "Ultrathin monolayer lipid membranes from a new family of crown ether based bola-amphiphiles," J. Am. Chem. Soc. 115: 1705-1711 (1993).
  • B.D. Bennett, X. Zha, I. Gay, and G.H. Morrison, "Intracellular boron localization and uptake in cell cultures using ion microscopy for neutron capture therapy of cancer," Biol. Cell 74: 105-108 (1992).
  • S. Muñoz, J. Mallén, A. Nakano, Z. Chen, I. Gay, L. Echegoyen, and G.W. Gokel, "Lariat ether bola amphiphiles: formation of crown ether based bola-amphisomes," J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 520 522 (1992).
  • J.C. Medina, I. Gay, Z. Chen, L. Echegoyen, and G.W. Gokel, "Redox-switched molecular aggregates: the first example of vesicle formation from hydrophobic ferrocene derivatives," J. Am. Chem. Soc. 113: 365-366 (1991).