William C. Pomerantz
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- School: University of Minnesota
- Campus: Twin Cities
- Department: Chemistry
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Location:
100 Church St. S.E.
Minneapolis, MN - 55455 - Dates at University of Minnesota: June 2015 - June 2020
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Great lecturer. You can tell he really cares about what he teaches and is very engaged with students. He tries his best to call everyone he knows by name! If you can get him for OCHEM 2, I definitely would recommend taking his class. He has a lot of connections with the industry in Minnesota so it is a good contact for a job opportunity as well.
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Professor Pomerants is probably your best option for Organic Chemistry 2. At the beginning of the semester he was clearer and easier to follow. However, he started to go really fast. Definitely read ahead of time for you to follow him. Also, there are lots of memorization of reactants, reagents and reaction types. You have to practice a lot, because exams test for mastery.
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Professor Pomerantz is very caring and kind. He really wants each of his students to do well in the course. And he shows it by his learning the names of the students in the lecture. Mind you that he has 300 students in a lecture setting. The course is difficult and requires you to really strive. Fortunately, he's making it easy by presenting in a way that it's easy to understand.
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He's a hilarious professor who gets to know his students by trying to remember their names. Since the content of this class is very difficult and there is a lot to understand, he rushes through it, which is actually the essence of the course. He knows how to respond to questions and is always courteous and polite. He's honestly a good prof for this course!
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He's a great guy who wants his students to succeed. Read the textbook and work on the practice problems because they might actually appear on exams. You'll do fine as long as you study the material!
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Professor Pomerantz is an incredible teacher and person. He cares very much about his students and does his best to adapt to all learning styles during lessons. His exams are quite long and difficult. So, I recommend taking the OChem Connect class and taking notes from the book to prepare. Overall, he's great at teaching and does engaging and memorable lectures.
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Doctor Pomerantz was probably the best teacher I've had. He made the class that everyone dreads really enjoyable. Your grades will basically depend on the test. However, if you study the notes, it's surprisingly not difficult. He also raps.
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Professor Pomerantz is very friendly and always willing to help. He answers questions in class clearly and makes the material understandable. The exams are the biggest part of your grade. So, make sure you understand the material, don't fall behind and you will do well. That said, I was well behind because of Covid-19 and it shows in my grade. Overall, he's a good choice.
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He's easily a top-notch c=Chemistry teacher. He really cares for his students, even when he's teaching a big group of 300 people. If you go ahead and ask him a question, he'll do his best to remember who you are. By the time the class ends, he seems to know a lot of the students personally. His lectures are super exciting and he keeps everyone engaged, even though Chemistry 2302 is a tough class no matter who's teaching it.
Biography
University of Minnesota Twin Cities - Chemistry
Experience
Mapp Lab
Postdoc
William worked at Mapp Lab as a Postdoc
University of Minnesota, Department of Chemistry
Associate Professor
William worked at University of Minnesota, Department of Chemistry as a Associate Professor
University of Michigan
NIH Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Study and design of small molecule transcriptional activators for regulating gene expression in mammalian systems and development of fluorine NMR methods for detecting protein-ligand interactions
Protein targets studied using: Fluorescence polarization assays (FP), Protein and ligand observed NMR spectroscopy, reporter assays in mammalian cells, and disulfide-tethering.
Research includes: Expression of isotope-labeled protein and use of auxotrophic bacteria for incorporation of unnatural amino acids, mammalian cell culture, organic synthesis of small molecule heterocycles, and solid-phase peptide synthesis.
Research highlight: Engineered protein expression for incorporation of fluorine-labeled amino acids to study a protein-protein interaction domain of coactivator protein CBP.University of Michigan
Organic Chemistry Lecturer
Lecturer for the University of Michigan's first semester organic chemistry course (Structure and Reactivity). This position is part of UM Future Faculty program as preparation for becoming an effective teacher at a large research university.
University of Minnesota
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
William worked at University of Minnesota as a Assistant Professor of Chemistry
ICBS conference
rising star
William worked at ICBS conference as a rising star
Education
Ithaca College
B.S., summa cum laude
Chemistry
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Ph.D.
Organic Chemistry (bioorganic/materials)
Graduate Research Assistant, University of Wisconsin-Madison Advisors: Professor Sam Gellman and Professor Nick Abbott Design and synthesis of unnatural amino acids and beta-peptide foldamers to investigate folding and function. Recently interested in using fluorine labels as biophysical probes: See publication: ”Streamlined monitoring of backbone thioester exchange by 19F NMR” W. C. Pomerantz, E. B. Hadley, C. G. Fry, S. H. Gellman, ChemBioChem 2009, in press.
