Floyd Russell

Education

• Ph.D., Chemistry, University of the West Indies, Jamaica, 2008
• B.Sc., Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of the West Indies, Jamaica, 2002

Responsibilities

•  Manages and maintains all departmental shared research and teaching instrumentation.

Scholarly Activites

1.  F. Russell, V. Mulabagal, D.R. Thompson, M.A. Singh-Wilmot, W.F. Reynolds, M.G. Nair V. Langer, P.B. Reese, Stemodin-derived analogues with lipid peroxidation, cyclooxygenase enzymes and human tumor cell proliferation inhibitory activities,  Phytochemistry,  72, (2011) 2361-2368.
2. P.C. Peart, K.P. McCook, F.A. Russell, W.F. Reynolds, P.B. Reese, Hydroxylation of steroids by Fusarium oxysporum, Exophiala jeanselmei and Ceratocystis paradoxa,  Steroid,  76, (2011) 1317-1330.
3. F. Russell, D. Harmody, P.J. McCarthy, S.A. Pomponi, A.E. Wright, Indole[3,2-a]carbazoles from a Deep-Water Sponge of the Genus Asteropus,  J.Nat.Prod.,  76  (2013) 1989-1992.
4. C.E, Carraher, M. Roner, R. Crichton, A. Johnson, L. Miller, K. Black, F. Russell, Synthesis and Preliminary Cancer Cell Line Results for the Product of Organotin Dihalides and Alpha-Cyano-4-Hydroxycinnamic Acid,  J Inorg Organomet Polym Mater,   26  (2016) 1351-1361.

1. C.E, Carraher, M. Roner, L. Reckleben, K. Black, J. Frank, R. Crichton, F. Russell, A. Johnson, L. Miller Synthesis, structural characterization and preliminary cancer cell line results for polymers derived from reaction of titanocene dichloride and various poly(ethylene glycols),  J. Macromol. Sci., Pure Appl. Chem,   53  (2016) 394-402.
2. C.E, Carraher, P. Slawek, M. Roner, A. Johnson, L. Miller, J. Einkauf, F. Russell, Synthesis and Structural and Initial Cancer Cell Line Characterization of Organotin Polyesters from Dipicolinic Acid, J Inorg Organomet Polym Mater,  26  (2016) 1338-1350.
3. C.E, Carraher, M. Roner, K. Black, J. Frank, A. Johnson, L. Miller Synthesis, F. Russell Synthesis, structural characterization, and initial anticancer activity of water soluble polyethers from hafnocene dichloride and poly(ethylene glycols),  Journal of the Chinese Advanced Materials Society,  5  (2017) 254-268.
4. C.E, Carraher, M. Roner, F. Mosca, A. Johnson, L. Miller, J. Einkauf, F. Russell, P. Slawek Synthesis and Characterization, Including Cancer Cell Line Inhibition, of Group VA (Group 15)-Containing Polyesters from Reaction with Camphoric Acid, J Inorg Organomet Polym Mater,  27  (2017) 1627-1639.

9. S. Davis, A.M. Cirone, J. Menzie, F. Russell, C.K. Dorey, Y. Shibata, J. Wei, C. Nan, Phagocytosis-mediated M1 activation by chitin but not by chitosan,  Am. J. Physiol. Cell Physiol.,   315  (2018) C62-C72.