Cristina De Meo, PhD

College of Arts and Sciences

Department of Chemistry

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

Edwardsville, Illinois 62026

+1 (618) 650 3170 (office)

+1 (618) 650 3556 (fax)

cdemeo@siue.edu (e-mail)

Professional Experience

2003-present   Assistant Professor of Chemistry

2001-2003       BLANCEFLOR Post-doctoral Research Associate, UM-St. Louis

1997-1998       Research Assistant, University of Catania, Italy

Education

December 2001 Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry, Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, Athens

June 1997        M.Sc. in Bioorganic Chemistry, University of Catania, Italy

Conferences Attended-paper presented

April 16, 2005        18^th University of Missouri Organic Day (Columbia, MO) - 3

March 13-17, 2005 229^th American Chemical Society National Meeting (San Diego, CA) - 1

July 22-27, 2004     XXII International Carbohydrate Symposium (Glasgow, Scotland) - 1

April 24, 2004             17^th University of Missouri Organic Day (Columbia, MO) - 1

July 6-11, 2003            XII^th European Carbohydrate Symposium (Grenoble, France)-2

June 22-27, 2003         Gordon Research Conference on Carbohydrates (Tilton, NH)-2

April 26, 2003             16^th University of Missouri Organic Day (Columbia, MO) - 2

July 7-12, 2002            XXIst International Carbohydrate Symposium (Cairns, Australia) - 2

September 2-7, 2001   XI^th European Carbohydrate Symposium (Lisboa, Portugal) 1

March 27-31, 1998     The Joint Spring Meeting of RSC. Carbohydrate Group and Biochemical Society Glycobiology  Group (Birmingham, UK)

October 24, 1997        The Meeting on Chromatographic Techniques for Analysis of Foods and Pharmaceuticals  Products, (Messina, Italy).

Awards and honors

2004    Great Teacher Award, SIUE

2002    BLANCEFLOR Boncompagni-Ludovisi, neé Bildt Fellowship, Sweden.

2001    BLANCEFLOR Boncompagni-Ludovisi, neé Bildt Fellowship, Sweden.

Grants (pi)

2006    Summer Research Fellowship (SRF)-GRANTED

2006    Research Corporation-GRANTED

2005    Summer Research Fellowship (SRF)-GRANTED

2005    Excellence in Undergraduate Education (EUE)-GRANTED

2005    Excellence in Graduate Education (EGE)-GRANTED

2004    Summer Research Fellowship (SRF)-GRANTED

2004    Research Corporation-REJECTED

2004    Research and Equipment Tools (RET)-GRANTED

2003    Instructional Equipment Request (IER)-GRANTED

2003    Summer Research Fellowship (SRF)-GRANTED

2003-Present   Reviewer for   Current Organic Synthesis