Biography

Dr. Krishnan Achary Damodaran

University of Pittsburgh, USA

Associate Professor


Email: DAMODAK@pitt.edu


Qualifications


2001 Ph.D., Chemistry, National Chemical Laboratory, India

1998 M.Sc., Physical chemistry, University of Pune, India

1996 B.Sc. Chemistry, University of Madras, India


Publications (selected)

  1. Dictyostatin Conformers in Solution and in the β-Tubulin Taxane Site. Journal of the American Chemical Society (2011), 133(8), 2427-2436.
  2. Fluorous diastereomeric mixture synthesis (FDMS) of hydantoin-fused hexahydrochromeno[4,3-b]pyrroles. Chemical Communications (2010), 46(40), 7578-7580.
  3. Aryl-Csp3 bond rotation barriers of 2-aryl perhydropyrrolo [3,4-c] pyrrole-1,3-diones: Journal of Organic Chemistry (2009), 74(15), 5481-5485.
  4. Molecular interactions and normal vibrations of Fe–bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide and 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium–Fe–bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide ionic liquids: A density functional study. Journal of Molecular Structure: THEOCHEM (2009), 906(1-3), 78-82.
  5. Polyhydroxylalkyleneamines: A class of hydrophilic cationic polymer-based gene transfer agents. Journal of Controlled Release (2009), 137(1), 38-45.
  6. Bond Rotation Dynamics of N-Cycloalkenyl-N-benzyl alpha.-Haloacetamide Derivatives: J. Org. Chem (2009), 74(11), 4262-4266.
  7. MichaFunctional Hyperbranched Polymers Using Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization of Dicyclopentadiene with Monoterpenes. Macromolecules (2009), 42(5), 1512-1518.
  8. Analysis of the local coordination environment of oligomers derived from polymerizing 5-Norbornene-2-Carboxylic acid. Journal of Molecular Structure: THEOCHEM (2008), 867(1-3), 5-9.
  9. A General Polymerization Method Using Hydroalkoxylation and Hydrocarboxylation Reactions Catalyzed by Triflic Acid. Macromolecules (2008), 41(3), 524-526.
  10. Studies of PLGA copolymers prepared with sequence and stereochemical control. Polymer Preprints (2007), 48(2), 890-891.
  11. Renewable chain transfer agents for metallocene polymerizations: the effects of chiral monoterpenes on the polyolefin molecular weight and isotacticity. Journal of Polymer Science, Part A: Polymer Chemistry (2007), 45(15), 3150-3165.
  12. Enforcing periodic secondary structures in hybrid peptides: A novel hybrid foldamer containing periodic -turn motifs. Journal of Organic Chemistry (2007), 72(2), 636-639.
  13. Ring-opening metathesis polymerizations in D-limonene: A renewable polymerization solvent and chain transfer agent for the synthesis of alkene macromonomers. Macromolecules (2006), 39(26), 8982-8986
  14. Modification of H-ZSM-5 zeolites with phosphorus. 2. Interaction between phosphorus and aluminum studied by solid-state NMR spectroscopy.Microporous and Mesoporous Materials(2006), 95(1-3), 296-305.
  15. Modification of H-ZSM-5 zeolites with phosphorus. 1. Identification of aluminum species by 27Al solid-state NMR and characterization of their catalytic properties.Microporous and Mesoporous Materials(2006), 95(1-3), 286-295.
  16. Rapid cold-hardening increases membrane fluidity and cold tolerance of insect cells.Cryobiology(2006), 52(3), 459-463.
  17. Probing membrane topology by high-resolution 1H-13Cheteronuclear dipolar solid-state NMR spectroscopy.Journal of Magnetic Resonance(2006), 178(2), 283-287.
  18. Solid-State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Relaxation Studies of the Interaction Mechanism of Antimicrobial Peptides with Phospholipid Bilayer Membranes.Biochemistry(2005), 44(30), 10208-10217.
  19. nvestigating the Dynamic Properties of the Transmembrane Segment of Phospholamban Incorporated into Phospholipid Bilayers Utilizing 2H and 15N Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy.Biochemistry(2004), 43(44), 13899-13909.
  20. Solid-State NMR Spectroscopic Studies of an Integral Membrane Protein Inserted into Aligned Phospholipid Bilayer Nanotube Arrays.Journal of the American Chemical Society(2004), 126(31), 9504-9505.

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