Chiharu Konda Department of Chemistry Purdue University 560 Oval Drive West Lafayette, IN 47907-2084 Phone: (765) 494-5261 FAX: (765) 494-0239 Email: ckonda@purdue.edu

Education:

• B.S. Chemistry, Magna Cum Laude, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA, 2005-2009
• PhD student, Chemistry,  Purdue university (2009 to present)

Research Projects:

• Gas-phase ion chemistry of carbohydrates

Teaching:

Purdue University, Department of Chemistry

• Fall 2009: Chemistry 111
• Spring 2010: Chemistry 111
• Fall 2010: Chemistry 115
• Spring 2011: Chemistry 224
• Fall 2011: Chemistry 321
• Spring 2012: Chemistry 224

Undergraduate Research Experience:

• Valdosta Optics Laboratory, Incorporated, Valdosta, GA
  Fall 2008 – Spring 2009, Research Internship
• Valdosta State University, Department of Chemistry
  Fall 2006 -Spring 2009

Awards and Honors:

• President’s Award 2009, GA
  
• Undergraduate Analytical Chemistry Award 2009

Publications:

1.   Chiharu Konda, Brad Bendiak, and Yu Xia, " Differentiation of the Stereochemistry and Anomeric Configuration for 1-3 Linked Disaccharides Via Tandem Mass Spectrometry and ¹⁸O-labeling", J. Am. Soc. Mass Spectrom., 2012, 23, 347-358, DOI: 10.1007/s13361-011-0287-5

2.   Tammy T. Fang, Chiharu Konda, Yu Xia, and Brad Bendiak, "Unimolecular Dissociation of 2-linked Disaccharide Anions: Details of Localization of Fragmentation Events to Either Side of the Glycosidic Linkage as Revealed by ¹⁸O-labeling and Tandem Mass Spectrometry", J. Mass Spectrom., Submitted.

3.   Thomas Manning, Rupa R. Gokal, Chiharu Konda, Reinhold Hetzel, Derek Lovingood, and Dennis Phillips, "Nomenclature System for Planar, Spherical and Tubular Chemical Strctures", Fullerenes, Nanotubes and Carbon Nanostructures, 2013, 21, 1-11.