ALVIN A. HOLDER, Ph.D., MRSC, CChem

Assistant Professor in Chemistry

Professor Alvin A. Holder received his B.S. in Special Chemistry from The University of the West Indies (U.W.I.), Mona Campus, Jamaica in 1989, followed by his Ph.D. in inorganic chemistry, with Prof. Tara P. Dasgupta as his advisor, from The Department of Chemistry, U.W.I., Mona Campus, Jamaica in 1994.

He was on faculty in The Department of Biological and Chemical Sciences at U.W.I., Cave Hill Campus, Barbados effectively from 1994-2003. During that period, he spent several summers with Prof. A. Geoffrey Sykes in The Department of Chemistry at Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, U.K., carrying out research on the chemistry of incomplete and cuboidal clusters of molybdenum and purple acid phosphatase.

He was a postdoctoral fellow at ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company (the late Dr. Edward I. Stiefel, 1996-1997), Virginia Tech (Prof. Karen J. Brewer, 2002-2003), Ohio State University (Prof. Peng George Wang, 2003-2004), and Colorado State University (Prof. Debbie C. Crans, 2004-2006).

On August 21, 2006, he happily joined the faculty in The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at The University of Southern Mississippi.

His research revolves around biological and inorganic chemistry, bioinorganic and inorganic reaction mechanisms.

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Selective Publications (* independent publications)

Holder, Alvin A.; Dasgupta, Tara P. “Synthesis, acid hydrolysis and formation of the [(H₃N)₅CoOMoO₃]⁺ ion in aqueous solution.” J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. 1996, 2637-2643.

Varey, Jane E.; Lamprecht, Gert J.; Fedin, Vladimir P.; Holder, Alvin A.; Clegg, William; Elsegood, Mark R.J.; Sykes, A. Geoffrey. “Interconversion and Reactivity of Two Heterometallic Tin-Containing Cuboidal Clusters from [Mo₃S₄(H₂O)₉]⁴⁺: X-ray Structure of the Single Cube with an Mo₃SnS₄ Core.” Inorg. Chem. 1996, 35, 5525-5530.

Holder, Alvin A.; Dasgupta, Tara P.; McFarlane, William; Rees, Nicholas H.; Enemark, John H.; Pacheco, Andy; Christensen; Kenner. “Syntheses, Characterisation, Infrared and ⁹⁵Mo NMR of Some Coordinated Oxo-Molybdenum(VI) Complexes.” Inorg. Chim. Acta 1997, 260, 225-228.

*Holder, Alvin A.; Brown, Ross F.G.; Marshall, Sophia C.; Payne, Vince C.R.; Cozier, Maria D.; Alleyne, Walter A.; Bovell, Christopher O. “Mechanism of the oxidation of L-ascorbic acid by the bis(pyridine-2,6-dicarboxylate)cobaltate(III) ion in aqueous solution.” Transition Met. Chem. 2000, 25, 605-611.

Fang, Zhenglai; Swavey, Shawn; Holder, Alvin; Winkel, Brenda; Brewer, Karen J. “DNA Binding of Mixed-Metal Supramolecular Ru,Pt Complexes.” Inorg. Chem. Commun. 2002, 5, 1078-1081.

*Holder, Alvin A.; Marshall, Sophia C.; Wang, Peng George; Kwak; Chee-Hun “The Mechanism of the Decomposition of a Bronchodilator, S-Nitroso-N-acetyl-D,L-penicillamine (SNAP) by a Bronchoconstrictor, Aqueous Sulfite:- Detection of the N-nitrosohydroxylamine-N-sulfonate ion.” Bull. Korean Chem. Soc. 2003, 24, 350-356.

Holder, Alvin A.; Swavey, Shawn; Brewer, Karen J. “Design Aspects for the Development of Mixed-Metal Supramolecular Complexes Capable of Visible Light Induced Photocleavage of DNA.” Inorg. Chem. 2004, 43, 303-308.

*Holder, Alvin A.; Stibrany, Robert T.; Bolotina, Nadejda; Hall, Martin; Payne, Vince C.R.; Kirschbaum, Kristin; Pinkerton, A. Alan; Newton Anthony M. “Synthesis and structure of [(nitrito-O,O')bis(di-2-pyridylamine)copper(II)] nitrite.” J. Chem. Cryst. 2004, 34, 383-386.

*Holder, Alvin A. “Chromium, molybdenum, and tungsten.” Annu. Rep. Prog. Chem., Sect. A 2005, 101, 161-163.

Bakir, M.; Harewood, G.R.; Holder, Alvin; Hassan, I.; Dasgupta, T.; Maragh, P.; Singh-Wilmot, M. “Synthesis, spectroscopic and structural analysis of 5-(4-methylphenyldiazenyl)salicylaldehyde.” Acta Crystallogr. 2005, E61, o1611-o1613.

Wilkins, Patricia C.; Johnson, Michael D.; Holder, Alvin A.; Crans, Debbie C. “Reduction of Vanadium(V) by L-Ascorbic Acid at Low and Neutral pH: Kinetic, Mechanistic and Spectroscopic Characterization.” Inorg. Chem. 2006, 45, 1471-1479.

Cohen, Mitchell D.; Prophete, Colette; Sisco, Maureen; Chen, Lung-chi; Zelikoff, Judith T.; Smee, Jason J.; Holder, Alvin A.; Crans, Debbie C. “Pulmonary Immunotoxic Potentials of Metals Are Governed by Select Physicochemical Properties: Chromium Agents.” J. Immunotoxicol. 2006, 3, 69-81.

Storrie, Brian; Holder, Alvin; Brewer, Karen J. “Ru, Os, Rh mixed-metal complexes are a potential novel class of oxygen independent photosensitizers for photodynamic therapy (PDT).” Proc. SPIE-The International Society for Optical Engineering 2006, 6139, 336-342.

*Holder, Alvin A. “Chromium, molybdenum, and tungsten.” Annu. Rep. Prog. Chem., Sect. A 2006, 102, 194-220.

*Payne, Vince C.R.; Headley, Oliver St.C.; Stibrany, Robert T.; Maragh, Paul T.; Dasgupta, Tara P.; Newton, Anthony M.; Holder, Alvin A. "The Crystal Structure of a Bis(2,6-pyridinedicarboxylato)chromate(III) Anion with an Elaborate Network of Hydrogen Bonding and Stacking." J. Chem. Cryst. accepted for publication.

Cohen, Mitchell D.; Sisco, Maureen; Prophete, Colette; Chen, Lung-chi; Zelikoff, Judith T.; Smee, Jason J.; Holder, Alvin A.; Ghio, Andy J.; Stonehuerner, J.D.; Crans, Debbie C. "Pulmonary Immunotoxic Potentials of Metals Are Governed by Select Physicochemical Properties: Vanadium Agents." J. Immunotoxicol. 2007, 4, in press.

CHAPTERS IN TEXTBOOKS

“NO and NO Donors” Cai, Tingwei Bill; Wang, Peng George; Holder, Alvin A. in “Nitric Oxide Donors for Pharmaceutical and Biological Applications.” Wang, Peng George; Cai, Tingwei Bill, Taniguchi, Naoyuki, Eds, Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KgaA., Weinheim, Germany, 2005, Chapter 1, pp. 3-31.

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Positions

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E-mail: alvin.holder@usm.edu

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