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Biochemistry Program Chair
Department of Chemistry
Beloit College
Beloit WI 53511 USA

  (608) 363-2274
FAX: (608) 363-2052
EMAIL: parmentr@beloit.edu

Experience

  • Professor of Chemistry, 2009 – present
    Beloit College, Beloit, WI
  • Visiting scientist, 2006
    Faculty of Engineering and Science
    Sogn og Fjordane University College
    Sogndal, Norway
  • Martha Peterson Associate Professor of Chemistry, 1997 – 2008
    Beloit College, Beloit, WI
  • Visiting lecturer, 2000, 2005
    Department of Chemistry, Glasgow University
    Glasgow, Scotland
  • Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Martha Peterson Jr Professor in the Sciences, 1993 –1996
    Beloit College, Beloit, WI
  • Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry, 1991-1993,
    Beloit College, Beloit, WI
  • Post-Doctoral Research Associate, 1990-1991
    Institute for Enzyme Research with Professor W. W. Cleland
    University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • Instructor of Chemistry, 1984-1985
    Northland College, Ashland, WI
  • Ph.D., Organic Chemistry, 1990
    University of Wisconsin-Madison
    Thesis Advisors: Professors Marion H. O'Leary and W. W. Cleland
    Thesis Title: Mechanistic Studies on Aspartate Transcarbamylase Using Heavy Atom Isotope Effects
  • Bachelor of Science, Summa Cum Laude, 1984
    Chemistry and Biology
    Northland College, Ashland, WI

    • Selected Publications

  • “A Guided Inquiry Approach to NMR Spectroscopy,” Parmentier, L. E., Lisensky, G. C., & Spencer, B., J. Chem. Educ. 1998, 75, 470-1.
  • "Studies on the Urea Cycle Enzyme Ornithine Transcarbamylase Using Heavy Atom Isotope Effects," Parmentier, L. E., & Kristensen, J. S. (1998) Biochimica et Biophysica Acta 1382 333.
  • “Introductory Chemistry at Beloit College,” Lisensky, G., Parmentier, L., & Spencer, B.What Works - Leadership: Challenges for the Future, Project Kaleidoscope, 1994.
  • “Radon Testing,” Gabler, C., Parmentier, L. E., & Lisensky, G. C. in Teaching General Chemistry - A Materials Science Companion, Ellis, A. B., Geselbracht, M. J., Johnson, B. J., Lisensky, G. C. & Robinson, W. R., American Chemical Society, 1993.
  • "13C Isotope Effects as a Probe of the Kinetic Mechanism and Allosteric Properties of E. coli Aspartate Transcarbamylase," Parmentier, L. E., O'Leary, M. H., Schachman, H. K. & Cleland, W. W. (1992) Biochemistry 31 6570.
  • "13C and 15N Isotope Effects as a Probe of the Chemical Mechanism of E. coli Aspartate Transcarbamylase," Parmentier, L. E., Weiss, P. M., O'Leary, M. H. , Schachman, H. K. & Cleland, W. W. (1992) Biochemistry 31 6577.
  • "13C Isotope Effects Studies of E. coli Aspartate Transcarbamylase in the Presence of the Bisubstrate Analog N-Phosphonacetyl-L-Aspartate," Parmentier, L. E., O'Leary, M. H., Schachman, H. K. & Cleland, W. W. (1992) Biochemistry 31 6598.
  • "Steady-State Kinetics and Isotope Effects on the Mutant Catalytic Trimer of Aspartate Transcarbamoylase Containing the Replacement of Histidine 134 by Alanine," Waldrop, G. L., Turnbull, J. L., Parmentier, L. E., O'Leary, M. H., Cleland, W. W. & Schachman, H. K. (1992) Biochemistry 31 6585.

    • Selected Presentations

  • "Combining an Academic Career and Motherhood on a Liberal Arts College Campus: Ensuring Models of Success,” S. M. Cox & L. E. Parmentier, Association for Research on Mothering Symposium, The Maternal Wall: Academic Mothers and Strategies of Resistance and Empowerment, Brandeis University, Boston, MA, February 2009.
  • "Eating Ancient Mud in the Name of Science - A Study of Glacier and Climate Change in Western Norway,” L. Parmentier, invited keynote presentation, Girls and Women in Science Conference, Beloit College, Beloit, WI, March 2007.
  • Graduate Women in Science Career Panelist. Invited presentation for the Graduate Women in Science Program, University of Wisconsin, Madison, February 2005.
  • "Capillary Gas Chromatographic Determination of the Fatty Acid Composition of a Series of Oils Before and After Hydrogenation,” J. J. Horger & L. E. Parmentier. 228th American Chemical Society National Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, August 2004.
  • “Explorations in Feminist Pedagogy,” L. Parmentier & J. Lewis. Annual Meeting of the American Society for Engineering Education, Montreal, Canada, June, 2002.
  • “Getting (Un)Comfortable in the Laboratory,” L. Parmentier & J. Lewis. 26th Annual University of Wisconsin-System Women’s Studies Conference, Interconnections in Women’s Studies: Teaching and Learning, Waukesha, WI, Nov., 2001.
  • “Women, Health, and Healing: An Interdisciplinary, Laboratory-Based Course in Women’s Health,” S. Cox, J. Lewis, & L. Parmentier. University of Wisconsin System Women and Science Spring Retreat, Wisconsin Dells, WI, May, 2000.
  • “Career and Family Balance in Academia,” L. E. Parmentier, K. M. White, & K. J. Zimmermann. The 218th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, New Orleans, LA, August, 1999.
  • “Making Fats Fit Your Situation: Teaching With Modules at Beloit College,” J. Lewis, H. Mernitz, L. Parmentier, B. Spencer. Spring 1999 National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Anaheim, CA, March, 1999.