Academics

Meet the Faculty

James B. White
Professor of Chemistry

Division: Natural Science Division
Office: Rockwell Academic Center (RAC) 130
Phone: (310) 506-4832
E-mail: james.white@pepperdine.edu

• Ph.D., Organic Chemistry, University of Texas at Austin, 1983
• B.S., Chemistry, UCLA, 1978

Courses:

• Chemistry 310 Organic Chemistry
• Chemistry 310P
• Chemistry 311 Organic Chemistry II
• Chemistry 430 Bioorganic Chemistry

Key Awards/Affiliations:

• Phi Eta Sigma (UCLA)
• University Fellowship (Texas)
• Fellow of the Welch Foundation (Texas)
• National Research Service Award, NIH (Harvard post-doc)

Academic Interests:

• Organic chemistry, in particular organic synthesis and the development of new synthetic methodologies.