Shepherd

Professional Development

Synergistic Activities

- Chair, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, 2010 - present.

• Faculty Senate Representative for Chemistry, Chair of Academic Committee, and member of Senate Executive Committee, 2008-2010.

• Member of the HHMI Search Committee for Research Coordinator position (Fall 2008) and Tenure-track Computational Biochemist position (Fall, Spring 2008-09)

• Member of the Arts and Sciences Strategic Planning Committee, 2008-2010.

• Member of the HHMI Advisory Committee and mentor for Research Coordinator, 2008-present.

• Member of the Arts and Sciences Curriculum Committee, 2006-2007.

• Member of the PEC Committee, 2005-2007.

• Piloter for the NSF "Write Like a Chemist Project," 2005-2006.

• Coordinator of demonstration activities for MESA high school students at Gonzaga (Ferris and North Central High Schools), 2005.

• Co-organizer of the First Annual Gonzaga Science Research Program Poster Session, November 2004.

• Research Council, 2004-2005.

• Member of the Chemistry Department Search Committee, Spring 2004 and 2005.

• Chair-Elect for the Inland Northwest section of the American Chemical Society,
2004-2006.

• Arts and Science Mission and Identity Committee, 2003-2006.

• Library Committee member, Gonzaga University, 2003-2005. Member of Search Committee for a new Instructional Coordinator (Spring 2004).

• Patent Committee member, Gonzaga University, 2003-2006.

• Committee on Health Science Careers, Gonzaga University, 2000-2002, 2004-2007.

• American Dental Association Organic Test Construction Committee member, 1999-2003.

• ACS Northwest Regional Meeting, Spokane, coordinator for both a Chemical Education symposium titled, "New Approaches to Teaching Organic Chemistry: Web-Assisted Learning and Technology in the Classroom," and the "ACS Women Chemist's Luncheon," June 2002.

• Faculty Advisor for the Gonzaga Indian Education Ourtreach Program, 2001-present.

• Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) Liaison for Gonzaga University, 2000-present. Reviewer for the CUR Undergraduate Student Summer Research Fellowships, March 1999.

• ACS Student Affiliates Co-Advisor, Gonzaga University, November 2000-2002, 2004-2007.

Recent Presentations

Invited research talks in 2008: 1) Whitworth University, Department of Chemistry, October 2008; 2) University of California, Los Angeles, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, April, 2008; 3) University of California, San Diego, Division of Physical Chemistry, February 2008: Jennifer N. Shepherd, "Inhibition of Rhodoquinone Biosynthesis: A New Target for Antihelminthic Drug Design."

Poster presentation at the American Chemical Society 231st National Meeting in Atlanta, GA, March 28, 2006: Jennifer N. Shepherd, and Jason Stenzel “The Synthesis of Unsymmetrical Alkynes: An Introduction to Synthetic Design for Organic Chemistry Students.”

Honorary Speaker at the First Annual Chemistry Honors and Awards Banquet at Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, May 2004, Jennifer N. Shepherd, "My Journey from Oregon State University to the Present."

Oral presentation at the American Chemical Society 227th National Meeting in Anaheim, CA, March 2004, Jennifer N. Shepherd, “Advances in Rhodoquinone Biosynthesis.”

Invited seminar presentation at California State University, Fullerton, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, March 11, 2004, Jennifer N. Shepherd, “Rhodoquinone Biosynthesis as a Target for Anthelminthic Drug Design.”

Invited seminar presentation at Washington State University, Department of Chemistry, February 9, 2004, Jennifer N. Shepherd, “Progress Towards Elucidation of the Rhodoquinone Biosynthetic Pathway.”

Oral presentation at the Northwest Regional ACS Meeting, Bozeman, MT, June 2003, Jennifer N. Shepherd, “The Search for Precursors in the Biosynthesis of Rhodoquinone.”

Student and High School Teacher Presentations (*undergraduate researcher)

Brian Brajcich,* Andy Iarocci,* Zach Lonjers,* and Jennifer N. Shepherd, “Investigation into the biosynthetic pathway of rhodoquinone using the model organism Rhodospirillum rubrum,” poster presentation at the Northwest Regional American Chemical Society Meeting, Tacoma, WA, June 2009.

Jordan Muhs*^‡, Amanda Kieffer*^‡, Sarah M. Mandel, Bree Reynolds^‡, and Jennifer N. Shepherd, “Inhibition of Rhodoquinone Biosynthesis,” poster presentation at the Gonzaga Science Research Program, Fifth Annual Poster Session, Gonzaga University, October 2008. ^‡Wellpinit High School.

Student poster presentations at i.) The Gonzaga Science Research Program, Third Annual Poster Session, Gonzaga University, November, 2006; ii.) The 14^th Regional M. J. Murdock Conference on Undergraduate Research at Lewis and Clark College, Portland, OR. iii.) The 233^rd American Chemical Society National Meeting in Chicago, IL, March 2007:

1) Lindsey A. Johnstone,* Rory K. Morgan,* Beth Marbois^‡, Catherine F. Clarke,^‡ and Jennifer N. Shepherd, “Investigation of branch points of the biosynthetic pathway of rhodoquinone in Rhodospirillum rubrum via HPLC analysis.” ^‡From the University of California, Los Angeles. 2) Rory K. Morgan,* Jonathan L. Cape^‡, David M. Kramer^‡ and Jennifer N. Shepherd. “Elicitation of Oxidative Stress in vitro on the Cytochrome bc₁ Complex of Rhodospirillum rubrum using Rhodoquinone and Other Synthetic Quinone Species.” ^‡From the Institute of Biological Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, WA.

Student poster presentations at i.) The Gonzaga Science Research Program, Second Annual Poster Session, Gonzaga University, October 22, 2005; ii.) The 13^th Regional M. J. Murdock Conference on Undergraduate Research at Northwest Nazarene College in Nampa, ID November 11, 2005; and iii.) The American Chemical Society 231^st National Meeting, Atlanta, GA, March 27, 2006:

1) Lindsey A. Johnstone,* Rory K. Morgan,* Jonathan L. Cape^‡, David M. Kramer^‡ and Jennifer N. Shepherd, “Spectrophotometric Analysis of the Effects of Rhodoquinone on the Cytochrome bc₁ Complex of Rhodospirillum rubrum.” ^‡From the Institute of Biological Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, WA. 2)Thanh-Phuong Chu,* Florin A. Neacsu and Jennifer N. Shepherd, “The Investigation of the Biosynthetic Pathway of Rhodoquinone by Complementation of the Rhodospirillum rubrum F11 Mutant through Tri-parental Mating.”

Student poster presentations at the American Chemical Society 229th National Meeting, San Diego, March 14, 2005:
1) Colleen M. Brophy* and Jennifer N. Shepherd, “Organic Synthesis of Precursors to RQ3,” 2) Jason E. Kreutz,* Florin Neacsu and Jennifer N. Shepherd, “Construction of a DNA Library and Complementation of a Rhodospirillum rubrum mutant,” 3) Jeff R. Strahan,* Adam Lunceford‡, Catherine Clarke‡ and Jennifer Shepherd, “Elucidation of the Biosynthesis of Rhodoquinone in C. elegans by RNAi.” ‡ University of California, Los Angeles.

Student poster presentations at the Gonzaga Science Research Program, First Annual Poster Session, November 29, 2004:
1) Colleen Brophy,* Jason Kreutz* and Jennifer N. Shepherd, “Synthesis of Potential Rhodoquinone Biosynthetic Precursor;” 2) Jeff Strahan,* Adam Lunceford‡, Catherine Clarke‡ and Jennifer N. Shepherd, “Elucidation of the Biosynthesis of Rhodoquinone in C. elegans by RNAi.” ‡ University of California, Los Angeles.

Colleen Brophy,* Jason Kreutz* and Jennifer N. Shepherd, “Synthesis of Potential Rhodoquinone Biosynthetic Precursor.” Student poster presentation at the 13th Regional M. J. Murdock Conference on Undergraduate Research at Lewis and Clark College in Portland, OR November 19-20, 2004.

Student poster presentations at the 12th Regional M. J. Murdock Conference for Undergraduate Research, Tacoma, WA, November 2003 and at the 227th ACS National Meeting in Anaheim, CA, March 2004:
1) Jeff Strahan* and Jennifer N. Shepherd, “The Synthesis of Rhodoquinone-3;” 2) Garrett Poshusta* and Jennifer N. Shepherd, "The Genetic Investigation of a Possible Aminotransferase in Rhodoquinone Biosynthesis using Rhodospirillum rubrum."

Tom Varner^‡, Brian Bair*^‡ and Jennifer N. Shepherd, "Understanding the Biosynthetic Pathway of Rhodoquinone in Rhodospirillum rubrum as a Model for Studying Parasitic Helminths." High school teacher and student poster presentation at the 12th Regional M. J. Murdock Conference for Undergraduate Research, Tacoma, WA, November 2003. ^‡Wellpinit High School.

Michael J. Lenaeus* and Jennifer N. Shepherd, “An Improved Synthetic Route to Demethyl Ubiquinone-3.”
Student poster presentation at the American Chemical Society 225th National Meeting, New Orleans, LA, March 2003.

Bethany Coupens, Emily Berke,* Monica Corrigan,* Michael Lenaeus* and Jennifer N. Shepherd, “The Biosynthesis of Rhodoquinone in Rhodospirillum rubrum.” High school teacher oral presentation at the M. J. Murdock Partners in Science Conference, San Diego, CA, January 2003.

Michael J. Lenaeus*, Emily Berke*, Monica Corrigan* and Jennifer N. Shepherd, “An Improved Synthetic Route to Demethyl Ubiquinone 3.” Student poster presentation at the 11th Regional M. J. Murdock Conference for Undergraduate Research, Walla Walla, WA, November 2002.

Brook A. Yuknis*, Trieu Le* and Jennifer N. Shepherd, “Elucidation of the Biosynthetic Pathway of Rhodoquinone using R. rubrum.” Student poster presentation at the American Chemical Society 223rd National Meeting, Orlando, FL April 2002.

Bethany Hopkins, Trieu Le*, Brook A. Yuknis* and Jennifer N. Shepherd, “The Biosynthesis of Rhodoquinone in Rhodospirillum rubrum.” High school teacher poster presentation at the M. J. Murdock Partners in Science Conference, San Diego, CA, January 2002.

Trieu Le*, Brook A. Yuknis* and Jennifer N. Shepherd, “Rhodoquinone Biosynthesis in Rhodospirillum Rubrum.” Student oral and poster presentations at the 10th Regional M. J. Murdock Conference for Undergraduate Research, Spokane, WA, November 2001.

Student poster presentations at the American Chemical Society 221st National Meeting, San Diego, April 2001:
1) Matthew J. Hotchko*, Jennifer N. Shepherd and Catherine F. Clarke, “Characterization of Rhodoquinone-10 Precursors in Rhodospirillum rubrum;” 2) Tanya L. Spreier* and Jennifer N. Shepherd, “Elucidation of the Biosynthetic Pathway of Rhodoquinone Using R. rubrum Mutant Strain F11.”

Student poster presentations at the 9th Regional M. J. Murdock Conference for Undergraduate Research, Tacoma, WA, November 2000:
1) Tanya Spreier*, Paul Mataruse* and Jennifer N. Shepherd, “Synthesis of Rhodoquinone Biosynthetic Intermediates;” 2) Matthew Hotchko* and Jennifer N. Shepherd, “Identification of Rhodoquinone Biosynthetic Precursors in Rhodospirillum rubrum.”