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Stephen Arion Monti
University of Texas at Austin
Main Building, Room 201
Austin, Texas 78712-1111
Phone: 512-232-3306
Fax: 512-471-0577
Email: monti@mail.utexas.edu
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Personal:
Born: November 23, 1939, Ross, California
Married to Susan Mynarcik
Two children: Mark and Rebecca
Current Positions:
Executive Vice Provost and Professor of Chemistry
The University of Texas at Austin
Administrative Responsibilities:
Advise the Provost in the areas of academic program administration, institutional policy and procedures, and resource management. Specific duties include institutional budget development; facilities and capital project administration; institutional space assignment and facility renovation management; and tuition policy.
The Executive Vice Provost is an executive officer
of The University.
Academic Degrees
| 1961 |
B.S. (Chemistry)
The University of California at Berkeley |
| 1964 |
Ph.D. (Organic Chemistry)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(Supervisor: George Büchi) |
Administrative Positions
The University of
Texas at Austin
| February 2007—Present |
Executive Vice Provost |
| September 2006—January 2007 |
interim Executive Vice President and Provost |
| June—August 2006 |
interim Executive Vice President and
Provost designate |
| November 1998—June 2006 |
Executive Vice Provost |
| June 1997—October 1998 |
Provost ad interim |
| 1986—1997 |
Vice Provost |
| 1985—1986 |
Associate Vice President for Academic
Affairs and Research |
| 1984—1985 |
Associate Vice President for Academic
Administration |
| 1981—1984 |
Associate Vice President for Academic
Planning |
| 1974—1981 |
Assistant to the President |
| 1981 |
Acting Associate Vice President for
Academic Affairs |
| 1974 |
Organic Division Coordinator, Department
of Chemistry |
Academic Positions
| 1979—Present |
Professor of Chemistry
The University of Texas at Austin |
| 1971—1979 |
Associate Professor of Chemistry
The University of Texas at Austin |
| 1967—1971 |
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
The University of Texas at Austin |
| 1966—1967 |
National Science Foundation Postdoctoral
Fellow
Harvard University (with R. B. Woodward) |
| 1964—1967 |
Assistant Professor
of Chemistry
Michigan State University
(on leave, 1966 - 1967) |
Committees and Other Appointments
| 2003—present |
Tuition Policy Advisory Committee, non-voting member |
| 1999—present |
University Budget Council |
| 1999—present |
University Facilities and Space Council |
| 1999—present |
University Initiatives Task Forces
|
| 1998—present |
Information Technology Coordinating
Council
Chair, 1998-2000; Member, 2000-present |
| 1993—2002 |
Chair, Information Technology Advisory Committee |
| 1993—1997 |
Campus Master Planning Committee |
| 1988—1994 |
Chair, Research Infrastructure Enhancement
Committee |
| 1990 |
Coordinating Board Space Standards
Advisory Committee |
| 1988 |
Advisory Committee for the Research
Assessment Program
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board |
| 1986—1987 |
Biological Sciences Feasibility Study
Committee |
| 1985—1987 |
Chair, Research Administration Study
Group |
| 1980—1982 |
Chair, Balcones Research Center Commons
Building Design Advisory Committee |
| 1979—1983 |
Legal Advisory Committee on Integration
in Texas Higher Education,
Coordinating Board Texas College and University System |
| 1979—1981 |
Steering Committee, ad hoc
Coalition of Colleges
and Universities for Compliance with Title IX |
| 1977—Present |
LBJ Symposium Planning Committee |
| 1976—1998 |
Title IX Coordinator
The University
of Texas at Austin
|
| 1969—1973 |
University Council and Faculty
Senate-elected faculty member |
| 1969—1971 |
University Council Administrative
Committee |
| 1968—1972 |
Travis Audubon Society, Board of
Directors |
Awards and Honors
| 1975 & 1978 |
Students' Association Teaching
Excellence Award
Honorable Mention in Tenured Professor Category
|
| 1973 |
Outstanding Educator in America |
| 1972 |
Jean Holloway Award for Teaching
Excellence |
| 1966—1967 |
National Science Foundation Postdoctoral
Fellow |
| 1963—1964 |
Eastman Kodak Scientific Award (MIT) |
| 1961—1964 |
National Science Foundation Predoctoral
Fellow |
Honorary and Professional Memberships
Phi Beta Kappa
Sigma Xi
Alpha Xi Sigma
Phi Lambda Upsilon
American Chemical Society
Research Interests
Synthetic organic chemistry: new synthetic methods,
strained
molecules, synthesis and structure elucidation of natural products.
Publications
(scientific journal articles, 1963-84)
1.Buchi, G. ; Manning, R. G. ; Monti,
S. A. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1963,
85, 1893. "Voacamine."
2.Buchi, G. ; Manning, R.G. ; Monti,
S.A. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1964,
86, 4631. "Voacamine and Voacorine."
3.Monti, S. A. ; Johnson, W. O. ; White,
D. H. Tetrahedron Lett. 1966,
4459. "The Mannich Reaction of Hydroxyindoles."
4.Monti, S.A. J. Org. Chem.
1966, 31, 2669. "The Nenitzescu Condensation
of Ethly 3-Aminocrotonate and 1,4-Benzoquinone."
5.Cason, J. ; Weiss, A. ; Monti, S.A.
J. Org. Chem. 1968, 33, 3404.
"Synthesis of Four Methoxy-Substituted 1,8-Naphthalic Anhydrides
and of the Three Monomethyl-1,8-Naphthalic Anhydrides."
-Book Review: Monti, S.A. Rec.
Chem. Prog. 1968, 29, 262.
Dunitz, J .D. ; Ibers, J.A. (eds.), "Perspectives in Structural
Chemistry,
Volume I."
6.Monti, S.A.; Yuan, S-S. Tetrahedron
Lett. 1969, 3627. "The
Synthesis of Tricyclo [3.2.1.03,6] octan-7-one."
7.Monti, S.A. ; Bucheck, D.J. ; Shepard,
J.C. J. Org. Chem. 1969, 34
3080. "The Synthesis, Spectral Properties and Chemical Ring
Opening of Tricyclo [3.3.0.02,8] octan-3-one, a Rigid
Model for
Unsymmetrical Cyclopropyl Ketone Participation."
8.Monti, S.A. J. Org. Chem.
1970, 35, 380. "A Nuclear Magnetic
Resonance Evaluation of Cyclopropyl Participation in Rigid, Tricyclic
Cyclopropyl Ketones."
9.Monti, S.A. ; Johnson, W.O. Tetrahedron
1970 26, 3685. "Position
Selective Mannich Reactions of Some 5- and 6-Hydroxyindoles."
10.Monti, S.A. ; Castillo, Jr., G.D.
J. Org. Chem. 1970, 35, 3764.
"The Reverse Mannich Reaction of Some 5-Hydroxyindoles."
11.Monti, S.A. ; Ward, C.K. Tetrahedron
Lett. 1971, 697.
"Competitive Migration of sec-Alkyl Groups in the Baeyer-Villiger
Oxidation."
12.Monti, S.A. ; Schmidt III, R.R. Tetrahedron
1971, 27, 3331. "The
Reaction of Indoles with Diborane."
13.Monti, S.A. ; Yaun, S-S. J.
Org. Chem. 1971, 36, 3350. "Tricyclo
[3.2.1.03,6 ] octan-7-yl Derivatives. Synthesis, Chemistry
and
Solvolytic Studies."
14.Burshnick, E.J. ; Roberts, R.M.; Monti,
S.A.; McElwee, D.L.; Gilbert,
J.C. J. Chem. Ed. 1972, 49, 623.
"A Safe, Inexpensive Heat Source
for Undergraduate Laboratories.
15.Monti, S.A. ; Schmidt III, R. R.;
Shoulders, B.A.; Lochte, H.L. J. Org. Chem.
1972, 37, 3834. :The Structures and Synthesis of Two
Dihydropyrindines
Isolated from California Petroleum."
16.Gilbert, J.C. ; Monti, S.A., J.
Chem. Ed. 1973, 50, 369. "The Separation
of Ferrocene, Acetylferrocene, and Diacetylferrocene. A Dry-Column
Chromatography Experiment."
17.Padolina, W.G. ; Yoshioka, H. ; Nakatani,
N.; Mabry, T. J. ; Monti, S.A.; Davis,
R.E.; Cos, J. ; Sim, G.A. ; Watson, W.H. ; Wu, I.B. Tetrahedron
1974, 30, 1161.
"Glaucolide-A and -B, New Germacranolide-Type Sesquiterpene Lactones
from Vernonica (Compositae)."
18.Harless, J.M. ; Monti, S.A. J.
Am. Chem. Soc. 1974, 96, 'Tricyclo
[3.1.1.03,6]
heptane-6-carboxylic acid."
19.Padoline, W.G. ; Nakatani, N. ; Yoshioku,
H. ; Mabry, T. J. ; Monti, S.A.,
Phytochemistry 1974, 13, 2225. "Marginatin, A
New Germacranolide From
Vernonia Species."
20.Monti, S.A.; McAninch, T.W. Tetrahedron
Lett. 1974, 3239. "A Ring
Expansion Route to Cycloheptane Derivatives."
21.Watson, W.H.; Wu, I.B.; Monti, S.A.;
Davis, R.E.; Mabry, T.J.; Padolina,
W.G. Cryst. Struct. Comm. 1974, 3,
697. "Dihydrodesacetoxyglaucolide-A,
C21H28O8."
22.Monti, S.A.; White, G.L. J.
Org. Chem. 1975, 40, 215. "Intramolecular
Friedel-Crafts Reaction of 3-Cyclohexen-1-acetyl Chloride and Its
4-Methyl Analogue."
23.Monti, S.A.; Cowherd, F.G.; McAninch,
T.W. J. Org. Chem. 1975, 40,
858. "Thermal Rearrangement of Trimethylsilyl Enol Ethers of Cyclopropyl
Methyl Ketones. A Cyclopentanone Annelation Procedure."
-Book Review: Monti, S.A. J. Chem.
Ed. 1975, 52, A359. Pizey,
J.S. 'Synthetic Reagents, Volume 1" Halsted Press, New York, NY,
1974.
24.Monti, S.A.; Harless, J.M. J.
Am. Chem. Soc. 1977, 99, 2690. "Synthesis
of Tricyclo [3.1.1.03,6] heptan-6-yl Derivatives."
25.Larsen, S.D.; Monti, S.A. J.
Am. Chem. Soc. 1977, 99, 8015.
"Total
Synthesis of Racemic a-trans- and a- cis- Bergamotene
and a-Pinene."
26.Monti, S.A.; Larson, S. D. J.
Org. Chem. 1978, 43, 2282. 'Total Synthesis
of Racemic a-Santalene and of Racemic Teresantalic
Acid."
27.Monti, S.A.; Chen, S-C; Yang, Y-L;
Bourgeois, O.P. J. Org. Chem. 1978,
43, 4062. "Rearrangement Approaches to Polycyclic Skeletons.
1. Bridgehead-Stubstituted Bicyclo [3.2.1] octene Derivatives from
Bicyclo [2.2.2] octene Precursors."
28.Larsen, S.D.; Monti, S.A. Synthetic
Commun. 1979, 9, 141. "A
Stereoselective Approach to Juvabione."
29.Monti, S.A.; Yang, Y-L. J.
Org. Chem. 1979, 44, 897. "Stereoselective
Total Synthesis of Racemic Stachenone."
30.Monti, S.A.; Chen, S-C J. Org.
Chem. 1979, 44, 1170. "Rearrangment
Approaches to Polycyclic Skeletons. 2. Synthesis of the Gibberellin
Skeleton."
31.Monti, S.A.; Dean, T.R. J.
Org. Chem. 1982, 47, 2679. "An Approach
to the Quadrone Skeleton via a Tandem Aldol-Pinacol."
32.Kang, S.H.; Monti, S.A. J.
Org. Chem. 1984, 49, 3830. "Revised
Structure
of Zizanol."
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