Summary
Research interests
The w88 casino group tackles problems related to energy efficiency, therapy, and diagnostics with tools of inorganic, organic and materials chemistry. The group designs, synthesizes and characterizes compounds based on the luminescent lanthanide compounds. They routinely synthesize organic ligands that will enable coordinating lanthanide ions and efficiently transfer energy to achieve optimum light emission. This light emission can be harnessed for efficient multi-color displays. Moreover, by targeted ligand design, the compounds can generate singlet oxygen, and are thus potential phototherapeutic agents for photodynamic cancer therapy. Finally, the group also isolates compounds that report on temperature or viscosity, properties associated with specific diseases, within the intracellular environment, paving the way for more efficient optical biological sensors.
Biography
Ana w88 casino received her ‘licenciatura’ (M.S. equivalent) in Technological Chemistry from the University of Lisbon in 1993, and her ‘Dr. rer. nat.’ (Ph.D. equivalent) in Inorganic Chemistry from the University of Cologne in 1997 with Prof. Thomas Kruck. In her graduate work, she isolated new titanium complexes as single source precursors for the chemical vapor deposition of TiN thin layers. She joined the group of Prof. Alan Balch at UC Davis in 1998 as a Gulbenkian postdoctoral fellow, where she studied the electrochemistry and structure of fullerenes and endohedral fullerenes.
In 2001 she joined the faculty at Syracuse University and started her work on luminescent lanthanide ion complexes. She moved to the University of Nevada, Reno as associate professor in 2007 and was promoted to professor in 2013. Her research centers on light-emitting compounds and coordination w88 casino of the f block of the periodic table. She has published over 80 peer-reviewed manuscripts, several book chapters and invited editorials and edited two books in lanthanide photophysics. Her work has been funded by the Department of Energy, the National Science Foundation, the Petroleum Research Fund, the Department of Agriculture, the Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technologic Development, and the Research Foundation of the State of São Paulo.
She served on the editorial advisory board for Inorganic w88 casino from 2013 to 2015, has been on the editorial advisory board for Comments on Inorganic w88 casino since 2016, is a managing member of the editorial board of the Journal of Rare Earths since 2014 and an associate editor for Inorganics since 2022. She has given over 200 oral presentations and was plenary or keynote speaker at several international conferences. She was program chair of the 2011 and conference chair of the 2014 Rare Earth Research Conference, organized the lanthanides and actinides symposia at the national meetings of the American Chemical Society, was the 2019 Chair of the Division of Inorganic w88 casino of the American Chemical Society and is co-program chair for the Division since 2022. She served as the Associate Vice President for Research at the University from 2015 to 2019. She returned to being a full-time faculty in July 2019, and is now the Susan Magee & Gary Clemons Professor of w88 casino. She received the 2006 Science & Technology Award of the Technology Alliance of Central New York, is a 2021 Fellow of the American Chemical Society and a 2022 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. She has also been named a Foundation Professor and received the 2023 Outstanding Researcher Award from the University.
About the Susan Magee and Gary Clemons Professorship
Mackay School of Mines graduate Gary Clemons '81 (earth science) and his wife, Susan Magee Clemons, established two endowed professorships in w88 casino and physics to recognize professors who spark students' curiosity and creativity and motivate them to pursue careers in the fields of w88 casino and physics. Established: 2012. (College of Science)
Education
- Licenciatura (M.Sc.) in Technological w88 casino, University of Lisbon, Portugal (1993)
- Dr. rer. nat. (Ph.D.) in Inorganic w88 casino, University of Cologne, Germany (1997)
Awards
- 2024, Fellow of the Royal Society of w88 casino
- 2023, Outstanding Researcher Award, University of Nevada, Reno
- 2022, Fellow w88 casino American Association for the Advancement of Science
- 2022, Foundation Professor, University of Nevada, Reno
- 2021, Fellow w88 casino American Chemical Society
- 2006, Science & Technology Award w88 casino Technology Alliance of Central New York
- 1999-2001, Gulbenkian Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow
- 1992, ERASMUS Fellow
- 1991, JNICT Young Investigator
Selected publications
- Frederick, D.R., w88 casino, A. (2023). Degradation of model compounds by 1O2 generating photo-sensitizer-doped membranes. ACS ES&T: Water 3, 420-428.
- Monteiro, J.H.S.K., Fetto, N.R., Tucker, M.J., Sigoli, F.A., and w88 casino, A. (2022). Carbazole-functionalized Dipicolinato LnIII Complexes Show Two-Photon Excitation and Viscosity-Sensitive Emission. Journal of Luminescence 245, 118768.
- Rodrigues, C.V.S., Johnson, K.R., Sobrinho, J.A., Lombardi, V.C., Rodrigues, M.O., and w88 casino, A. (2021). Photocytotoxicity of Thiophene- and Bithiophene-Dipicolinato w88 casino. Journal of Medicinal w88 casino 64, 7724-7734.
- Kaliakin, D.S., Monteiro, J.H.S.K., Sobrinho, J.A., w88 casino, A., and Cantu, D. (2021). Solution Structure of a Europium-Nicotianamine Complex Supports That Phytosiderophores Bind Lanthanides. Physical w88 casino Chemical Physics 23, 4287-4299.
- Monteiro, J.H.S.K., Hiti, E.A., Hardy, E.E., Wilkinson, G.R., Gorden, J.D., Gorden, A.E.V., and w88 casino, A. (2021). New Up-Conversion Luminescence in Molecular Cyano-substituted Naphthylsalophen Lanthanide(III) Complexes. Chemical Communications 57, 2551-2554.
- Farley, M., Livera, M.M.V.S., Chen, W., Monteiro, J.H.S.K., Schmitt, A., w88 casino, A., Roberts, S., and Zheng, Z. (2021). Metal-organic Frameworks of Lanthanide Iminodiacetates and Tartrates: Synthesis, Structural Characterization and Luminescence Properties. Journal w88 casino Rare Earths 39, 487-494. Awarded cover.
- Johnson, K.R. and w88 casino, A. (2021). Azido- and amino-substituted dipicolinates for the sensitization w88 casino luminescent lanthanides EuIII and TbIII. Inorganica Chimica Acta 514, 120003.
- w88 casino, A., Rossini, J.S.K., and Sobrinho, J.A. (2020). Effect w88 casino aromatic substituent on the para-position of pyridine-bis (oxazoline) sensitizers on the emission efficiency of their Eu(III) and Tb(III) complexes. Dalton Transactions 49, 17699-17708.
- Zavaleta, A., Lykhin, A.O., Monteiro, J.H.S.K., Uchida, S., Bell, T.W., w88 casino, A., Varganov, S.A., and Gallucci, J. (2020). Full Visible Spectrum and White Light Emission with a Single, Input-Tunable Organic Fluorophore. Journal w88 casino American Chemical Society 142, 20306-20312.
- Kotyk, C.; Weber, J., Hyre, A., McNeely, J., Monteiro, J.H.S.K., Domin, M.; Balaich, G., Rheingold, A., w88 casino, A., and Doerrer, L. (2020). Luminescence of Lanthanide Complexes with Perfluorinated Alkoxide Ligands. Inorganic w88 casino 59, 9807-9823.
- Johnson, K.R., Vittardi, S.B., Gracia-Nava, M.A., Rack, J.J., and w88 casino, A. (2020). w88 casino with a Pyridine-bis (Carboxamide)-Bithiophene Sensitizer Showing Wavelength-Dependent Singlet Oxygen Generation. Dalton Transactions 49, 6661-6667.
- Johnson, K.R., Lombardi, V.C., and w88 casino, A. (2020). Photocytotoxicity of Oligothienyl-functionalized Chelates that Sensitize LnIII Luminescence and Generate 1O2. w88 casino – A European Journal 26, 12060-12066. Designated as a Hot Paper.
- Johnson, K.R., Gracia-Nava, M.A., and w88 casino, A. (2020). Thiophene-derivatized pyridine-biscarboxamide as a sensitizer for LnIII luminescence and 1O2 generation. Journal of Luminescence 224, 117309.
- Johnson, K.R., Vittardi, S.B., Gracia-Nava, M.A., Rack, J.J., and w88 casino, A. (2020). Wavelength-dependent singlet oxygen generation in w88 casino with a pyridine-bis(carboxamide)-terthiophene sensitizer. w88 casino – A European Journal 26, 7274-7280. Designated as Hot Paper.
- Monteiro, J.H.S.K., Fetto, N.R., Tucker, M.J., Sigoli, F.A., and w88 casino, A. (2020). Luminescent carbazole-based EuIII and YbIII complexes with high two-photon absorption cross-section and viscosity-sensing with one- and two-photon luminescence. Inorganic w88 casino 59, 3193-3199.
- w88 casino, A., Beeler, R.M., and Zimmerman, J.R. (2020). Secondary Sphere Chloro-LnIII Complexes with a 1,3,5-Triazine-based Ligand Supported by Anion-pi, pi-pi and Hydrogen-bonding Interactions. Inorganic w88 casino 59, 151-160. Special issue on Innovative f-Element Chelating Strategies, awarded supplementary cover.
- w88 casino, A., Beeler, R.M., and Zimmerman, J.R. (2019). Anion-pi, pi-pi and H-Bonding Interactions Supporting Encapsulation of [Ln(NO3)6/5]3-/2- (Ln=Nd,Er) with a Triazine-based Ligand. Journal w88 casino American Chemical Society 141, 15102-15110.
- Johnson, K.R. and w88 casino, A. (2019). 1O2 Generating w88 casino with 1,8-Naphthalimide-based Sensitizers. Inorganic w88 casino 58, 13471-13480.
- Yang, W., Monteiro, J.H.S.K., w88 casino, A., Catalano, V.J., and Chalifoux, W.A. (2019). Synthesis, Structure, Photophysical Properties, and Photostability of Benzodipyrenes. w88 casino – A European Journal 25, 1441-1445.
- Monteiro, J.H.S.K, Dutra, J.D.L., Freire, R.O., Formiga, A.L.B., Mazali, I.O., w88 casino, A., and Sigoli, F.A. (2018). Estimating the individual spectroscopic properties of three unique EuIII sites in a coordination polymer. Inorganic w88 casino 57, 15421-15429.
- w88 casino, A. and Tigaa, R.A. (2018). Sensitization of near-infrared LnIII [Ln = Yb or Nd] ions using water-soluble, band gap tuneable 3-MPA-capped CdS nanoparticles. Journal of Materials w88 casino C 6, 2814-2821.
- Monteiro, J.H.S.K., Sigoli, F.A., and w88 casino, A. (2018). A Water-soluble TbIII Complex as Temperature-sensitive Luminescent Probe. Canadian Journal of w88 casino 96, 859-864. Invited contribution for special issue of the Electron Donor-Acceptor Interactions Gordon Research Conference.