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Area(s) of Expertise

Organic chemistry for cancer diagnosis and novel therapeutics. Studies of organic natural product biodiversity in cyanobacteria. Synthetic tetrapyrrole chemistry including chlorophylls.

Publications

• Designer 64Cu Porphyrin–Trastuzumab Conjugates for Imaging of HER2-Positive Breast Cancer , Chemical & Biomedical Imaging (2026)
• Digital Database of Absorption Spectra of Carotenoids Found in Food and Photosynthetic Organisms , ACS Food Science & Technology (2026)
• Preferential Formation and Stability of Copper Porphyrins amidst Other Metals in Dilute Aqueous Solution─Applications for Radiopharmaceuticals , Inorganic Chemistry (2026)
• Synthesis and characterization of 5,15-bis(hydroxymethyl)porphyrins – simple compounds distantly inspired by the chlorosomal bacteriochlorophylls , New Journal of Chemistry (2026)
• Synthesis of bacteriochlorophyll a , Chemical Science (2026)
• Synthesis of compact bifunctional trans-AB-porphyrins for diverse applications , Coordination Chemistry Reviews (2026)
• The fate of chlorophyll in hops: Profiling phyllobilins in senescent leaves of Humulus lupulus L. , Planta Medica (2026)
• Amino Acid Betaxanthins: Absorption, Fluorescence, And Stability , Journal of Natural Products (2025)
• Characterization of Phyllobilins in Hops: Antioxidant and Potentially Bitter Senescence-Related Metabolites , Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry (2025)
• Chatbots can guide measurement of absorption spectra with improved quality , (2025)

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