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Angela Mammana

Associate Professor

Full-Time Faculty

College of Arts and Sciences: Chemistry

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Email: Angela Mammana
SC 291

Degrees

  • Post-doctoral Research Assistant, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands, 2009-10, in the lab of Professor Ben Feringa
  • Ph.D., Biochemical and Biomolecular Sciences, Università degli Studi di Catania, Catania, Italy, 2008, in the lab of Professor Roberto Purrello
  • Visiting Scholar at Columbia University, 2006-07, in the lab of Professor Koji Nakanishi
  • B.S. and M.S., Chemistry, Universita' degli Studi di Catania, Catania, Italy, 2003, in the lab of Professor Roberto Purrello

Profile

Dr. Mammana joined the department in 2011.

Research interests

Supramolecular Chemistry, Chirality and Photochemistry:

  • Self-assembly of organic molecules including porphyrins and molecular switches;
  • Study of the interactions of chromophores with natural and synthetic biopolymers (polypeptides and nucleic acids);
  • Design and characterization of chiral dynamic aggregates;
  • Chiroptical biosensors;
  • Photochemistry and electronic structure of bacteriorhodopsin.

Selected publications

A. Mammana, G.T. Carroll and B. L. Feringa, "Circular Dichroism of Dynamic Systems: Switching Molecular and Supramolecular Chirality." Comprehensive Chiroptical Spectroscopy, John Wiley & Sons, Ed. N. Berova, P. Polavarapu, K. Nakanishi and R. Woody, New York City, 2012.

A. Mammana, G. T. Carroll, J. Areephong and B. L. Feringa, "A photoswitchable chiroptical DNA complex," Journal of Physical Chemistry B., 115 (40) 11581-11587, 2011.

R. Lauceri, A. D’Urso, A. Mammana, R. Purrello, "Transfer of Chirality for Memory and Separation," Topics in Current Chemistry, Springer-Verlag, Ed. Naaman, Ron; Beratan, David N; Waldeck, David, Berlin, 298, 143-88, 2011.

A. Mammana, G. Pescitelli, T. Asakawa, S. Jockusch, A. G. Petrovic, R. R. Monaco, R. Purrello, N. J. Turro, K. Nakanishi, G. A. Ellestad, M. Balaz and N. Berova, "Role of environmental factors on the structure and spectroscopic response of 5' -DNA- porphyrin conjugates due to changes in porphyrin-porphyrin interactions," Chemistry - A European Journal, 15, 11853–11866, 2009.

A. D'Urso, A. Mammana, M. Balaz, A. E. Holmes, N. Berova, R. Lauceri and R. Purrello, "Interactions of a Tetraanionic Porphyrin with DNA: from a Z-DNA Sensor to a Versatile Supramolecular Device," Journal of the American Chemical Society, 131 (6), 2046–2047, 2009.

R. Randazzo, R. Lauceri, A. Mammana, A. D’Urso and R. Purrello, "Interactions of - and - Enantiomers of Ruthenium(II) Complexes with Achiral Anionic Porphyrins." Chirality, 21(1), 92-96, 2009.

R. Randazzo, A. Mammana, A. D’Urso, R. Lauceri and R. Purrello, "Reversible 'Chiral Memory' in Ruthenium Tris(phenanthroline)–Anionic Porphyrin Complexes." Angewandte Chemie, 47, 9879-9882, 2008.

A. Mammana, T. Asakawa, K. Bitsch-Jensen, A. Wolfe, S. Chaturantabut, Y. Otani, X. Li, Z. Li, K. Nakanishi, M. Balaz, G. A. Ellestad and N. Berova, "Synthesis and Characterization of Water-soluble Free-base, Zinc and Copper Porphyrin-oligonucleotide Conjugates." Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry, 16(13), 6544-6551, 2008.

R. Lauceri, A. D'Urso, A. Mammana and R. Purrello, "Chiral Memory: Induction, Amplification, and Switching in Porphyrin Assemblies." Chirality, 20(3/4), 411-419, 2008.

A. Mammana, A. D'Urso, R. Lauceri and R. Purrello, "Switching Off and On the Supramolecular Chiral Memory in Porphyrin Assemblies." Journal of the American Chemical Society, 129, 8062-8063, 2007.

M. Balaz, K. Bitsch-Jensen , A. Mammana, G. A. Ellestad, K. Nakanishi, N. Berova, "Porphyrins as Spectroscopic Sensors for Conformational Studies of DNA." Pure and Applied Chemistry, Vol. 79, No. 4, pp. 801–809, 2007.

A. Mammana, M. De Napoli, R. Lauceri, R. Purrello, "Induction and Memory of Chirality in Porphyrin Hetero-Aggregates: the Role of the Central Metal Ion." Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry, 13, 5159, 2005 (invited).

M. Balaz, M. De Napoli, A. E. Holmes, A. Mammana, K. Nakanishi, N. Berova, R. Purrello, "A Cationic Zinc Porphyrin as a Chiroptical Probe for Z-DNA." Angewandte Chemie, 44, 4006, 2005.

R. Lauceri, M. De Napoli, A. Mammana, S. Nardis, A. Romeo, R. Purrello, "Hierarchical Self-Assembly of Water-Soluble Porphyrins." Synthetic Metals, 1-3, 49, 2004 (invited).