Nida McKee, PhD, College of Sciences and Mathematics Faculty and Staff

Professional Experience

1986–1989 (Full Time)
First Lieutenant, Indonesian Army
Education Center of the Corps of Engineers, Bogor, Indonesia
Responsibilities: Taught mathematics, chemistry and statistics.

1989–2023
Faculty Member, Department of Chemistry, North Sumatra University, Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia
Responsibilities: Taught general chemistry, organic chemistry and natural product chemistry. Conducted research in organic chemistry and natural product chemistry and taught organic chemistry laboratories for chemistry, pharmacy and engineering students.

1996–1997
Teaching Assistant, Department of Chemistry, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama
Responsibilities: Taught general chemistry and organic chemistry laboratories.

2001–2003
Teaching Assistant, Department of Chemistry, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama
Responsibilities: Taught Concepts of Science recitation courses.

2006–2008 (Part Time)
Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Poultry Science, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama
Responsibilities: Conducted laboratory research, including microbiology and wet-lab work.

2010–2016
Teaching Assistant, Department of Chemistry, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama

2016–2024
Laboratory Instructor, Department of Chemistry, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama
Responsibilities: Supervised teaching assistants and laboratory personnel and taught general chemistry laboratories.

2024–Present
Laboratory Instructor, Department of Chemistry, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama
Responsibilities: Manages and teaches general chemistry, honors general chemistry and survey of chemistry laboratories.

Innovation

PhD Research: Synthesis of steroids under the direction of Ed Parish.

Publications under maiden name (Aksara)
These publications may not be included in Google Scholar results.

1. Parish, E. J., Aksara, N., & Boos, T. L. “Remote Functionalization of the Steroid Side-Chain.” Lipids, 32 (1997), 1325.
2. Parish, E. J., Aksara, N., Boos, T. L., & Kizito, S. A. “Methodology and Synthetic Studies on the Remote Functionalization of Steroid Side Chains.” Recent Research Development in Organic Chemistry, 2 (1998), 95.
3. Parish, E. J., Aksara, N., Boos, T. L., & Kaneshiro, E. S. “Remote Functionalization of the Cholestane Side-Chain by Chromyl Acetates.” Journal of Chemical Research (S), (1999), 708.
4. Aksara, N., Kizito, S. A., & Parish, E. J. “A Facile Synthesis of Δ^7,9(11)-Steroidal Dienes.” Journal of Chemical Research (S), (2000), 454.