Professor Hendrickson teaches three courses in the JHU Chemistry Department:

* Co-taught with Professor Craig Townsend

Course Descriptions

030-441 Spectroscopic Methods for Organic Structure Determination
The course provides fundamental theoretical background for and emphasizes practical application of ultraviolet/visible and infrared spectroscopy, proton and carbon-13 nuclear magnetic resonance and mass spectrometry to the structure proof of organic compounds.

030-631 Bioorganic Chemistry I
The principal biopolymers DNA, RNA, proteins, and carbohydrates will form the basis of this course with the goal od developing a broad mechanistic understanding of the organic chemistry of living systems. The structures and synthesis of these groups, catalysis by ribozymes and enzymes, the roles of cofactors, modes of kinetoc behavior and inhibition, and an introduction to the tools of bioinformatics and molecular biology will be discussed.

030-632 Bioorganic Chemistry II
Selected topics in modern bioorganic chemistry will be treated in greater depth emphasizing natural products chemistry, biosynthetic reaction mechanisms, and drug design. Carbohydrates, lipids, polyketides, polypeptides, terpenes, and alkaloids will be discussed. Specific examples of drug design will be introduced throughout and methods of synthesis, combinatorial synthesis, and genetics will be described. Prerequisites: introductory organic chemistry and biochemistry, or Bioorganic Chemistry I.