JENNIFER A. CARROLL 
Division of Science and Mathematics 
University of the Virgin Islands 
St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands 00802 
Tel 340-693-1239, fax 340-693-1245, jcarrol@uvi.edu  
 
Education: 
Ph.D. in Chemistry, 2001 
B.S. in Chemistry, 1995 
 
 
University of California  
Sonoma State University 
 
 
 
Santa Cruz, California  
Rohnert Park, California 
 
Professional Employment: 
 
2001 - Present Division of Science and Mathematics 
 
 
University of the Virgin Islands 
 
2001 
Instructor of Chemistry 
 
 
West Valley Community College 
 
1997-2001 
Graduate Research Assistant 
 
 
University of California, Santa Cruz 
 
 
1996-1997 
Teaching Assistant 
 
 
University of California, Santa Cruz 
       Courses Taught: 
• 
Organic Chemistry, General Chemistry, Quantitative Analysis, Chemistry for Nursing,  Seminar 
and Natural Science (a required General Education physical science course emphasizing basic physics 
and chemistry). 
Research Experience: 
• 
Isolation and characterization of biologically interesting natural products from marine sponges. 
• 
Extensive use of a variety of MS, 1 and 2-dimentional NMR techniques to elucidate the structures 
of unknown compounds.    
 
Publications, Patents and Presentations: 
1. 
Presentation:  Carroll, J; Isovitch, R.; Rinehart, F.; Whitten, M. “A Semester Based General 
Chemistry Laboratory Experience at the University of the Virgin Islands” American Chemical Society 
Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, 2003. 
2. 
Carroll, J.; Jonsson, E. N.; Ebel, R.; Hartman, M. S.; Holman, T. R.; Crews, P. "Probing Sponge-
Derived Terpenoids for Human 15-Lipoxygenase Inhibitors," J. Org. Chem., 2001, 66, 6847-6851. 
3. 
Patent: Sponge-derived Terpenoids and Methods of Use.- No.US 6,750,247 B2.  
4. 
Presentation: Carroll, J.; Crews, P.; Jonsson, E. N.; Holman, T. R. “Lipoxygenase Active 
Terpense from a Suberea sp. Marine Sponge” American Society of Pharmacognosy Annual Meeting, 
Seattle, WA, 2000. 
5. 
Wood, W. F.; Hanke, F. J.; Kubo, I.; Carroll, J.; Crews, P. “Buzonamine, a New Alkaloid from the 
Defensive Secretion of the Millipede, Buzonium crassipes.” Biochemical Systematics and Ecology, 2000, 
28, 305-312. 
6. 
Clark, D. P.; Carroll, J.; Naylor, S.; Crews, P.  ”An Antifungal Cyclodepsipeptide, Cyclolithistide A, 
from the Marine Sponge Thonella swinhoei,” Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1998, 63, 8757-8764.  
7. 
Poster: Carroll, J.; Sanders, M.; Crews, P. “Potent Sources of Marine Derived Actin Inhibitors: 
Latrunculin A and Jasplakinolide” 9th Annual Marine Natural Products Symposium, Townsville Australia, 
1998. 
 
 
University Activities 
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Faculty Mentor MARC program and NSF program Univ. of the Virgin Islands2002-2003. 
• Volunteer Teaching Assistant. MBRS Summer Internship Program, Chemistry Workshops, 1997-2001. 
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Mentor CAMP Program, 2000, and NSF Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Program 
1999. 
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Scientific Research SCUBA Diver, UCSC Marine Natural Products Collection Expeditions: Papua 
New Guinea 1998; Fiji, Madagascar and Papua New Guinea 2000. 
• 
Diving Control Board Member. Development of safe diving procedures for UCSC scuba divers. 
Institute of Marine Sciences, 1998-2001. 
• 
ACCESS Program Seminar Series: Presentations “Drugs from the Sea: USCS, Hartnell and West 
Valley Community Colleges 1999-2000. 
 
Professional Memberships and Awards: 
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American Society of Pharmacognosy 1998-present. 
• 
American Chemical Society 1995-present. 
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GAANN Fellowship 2000-2001. 
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NOAA-Sea Grant-Galileo Laboratories Industrial Fellowship 1999-2001. 
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NSF Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship 1995.