ذكذكتسئµ

Chemistry and Biochemistry

College of Arts and Sciences

Dr. Zhifo Guo

Dr. Zhifo Guo

Dr. Zhifo (Jeff) Guo
Assistant Profesor, Organic Chemistry
zguo1@lamar.edu
Tel: 409-880-7290
Office: CH204B

Courses Taught

  • General Chemistry I and Chemistry II - Lectures and Lab
  • Organic Chemistry I and II Labs

Research and Academic Experience

  • Postdoctoral Research Associate, Organic Chemistry at Texas A&M University (2016-2018)
  • Postdoctoral Research Associate, Organic Chemistry at ذكذكتسئµ University (2015-2016)
  • Postdoctoral Fellow, Organic Chemistry at University of New Mexico (2012-2015)

Service

  • American Chemical Society (ACS) Member
  • Reviewer of the following Journals:
    • Tetrahedron, Elsevier (June 2015-present)
    • Tetrahedron Letters, Elsevier (June 2015-present)
    • Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, Elsevier (June 2015-present)
    • Research on Chemical Intermediates, Springer (December 2015-present)

Publications

  1. Zhifo Guo, Xingen Zhou, Baohua Liu, Xiangyang Lei, “Development of novel chemical compounds for control of sheath blight of rice” Texas Rice Special Section Highlighting Research in 2017.
  2. Hao Yan, Umesh Bhattarai, Zhi-Fo Guo, Fu-Sen Liang, “Regulating miRNA-21 biogenesis by bi-functional small molecules” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 4987–4990
  3. Catherine W. Wright, Zhi-Fo Guo, Fu-Sen Liang*, “Light control of cellular processes using photo-caged abscisic acid“, ChemBioChem., 2015, 16, 254-261.
  4. Zhi-Fo Guo, Rou-Shu Zhang, Fu-Sen Liang*, “Facile functionalization of FK506 for biological studies by the thiol-ene ‘click’ reaction”, RSC Adv., 2014, 4, 11400-11403.
  5. Hua-Long Chen, Zhi-Fo Guo, Zhong-Lin Lu*, “Controlling Ion-Sensing Specificity of N-Amidothioureas: From Anion-Selective Sensors to Highly Zn2+ Selective Sensors by Tuning Electronic Effects”, Org. Lett., 2012, 14, 5070-5073.
  6. Zhi-Fo Guo, Hao Yan, Zhi-Fen Li, Zhong-Lin Lu*, “Synthesis of mono- and di-[12]aneN3 ligands and study on the catalytic cleavage of RNA model 2-hydroxypropyl-p-nitrophenyl phosphate with their metal complexes”, Biomol. Chem., 2011, 9, 6788-6796.
  7. Zhi-Fo Guo, Hao Yan, Zhi-Fen Li, Zhong-Lin Lu*, “Synthesis of New [12]aneN3 Compounds and Their Catalytic Cleavage of phosphodiester”, J. Chinese U, 2011, 32, 2128-2132
  8. Chun-Lin Ma*, Zhi-Fo Guo, Ru-Fen Zhang, “Syntheses, characterizations and crystal structures of monomeric or macrocyclic compounds of di- or triorganotin (IV) moieties with 4,4'-thiodibenzenethiol”, Polyhedron, 2008, 27, 420-428.
  9. Zhi-Fo Guo, Ming-Qing Yang, Ru-Fen Zhang* and Yu-Ying Sun, “2-Amino-5-(salicylideneamino) -1,3,4-thiadiazole”, Acta Crystallographica Section E, 2007, Volume 63, pages o4817.
  10. Zhi-Fo Guo,Ru-Fen Zhang*, “2,4,5,7,9,10-Hexathia-1,3,6,8(1,4)-tetrabenzenacyclodecaphane”, Acta Crystallographica Section E, 2007, Volume 63, pages o4465.