Gina M. Chiarella

Gina Chiarella
Gina M. Chiarella, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Education                      

  • BS Chemistry – Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, 1980
  • MS Chemistry – Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru,1984
  • Ph.D. Chemistry – State University of New York at Stony Brook, 2006

Research Interests

  • Synthesis of transition metal complexes mimicking enzyme’s active centers to produce environmentally safe catalyst as an ecological alternative to current industrial catalysts
  • Transition metal complexes with SOD-like activity for environmental remediation, and remotion of peroxides and superoxides produced in industrial wastes
  • Transition metal’s role on protein misfolding for medicinal and evolutionary purposes. Protein misfolding in animals and humans is assigned as responsible for illness as Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and several other diseases.
  • General, inorganic, organometallic and bioinorganic chemistry. Courses taught in the last two years: CHEM 1304 General Chemistry, CHEM 4306 Inorganic Chemistry, CHEM 5361 Advance Inorganic Chemistry

Selected Research Publications

  1. Chiarella, GM; Murillo, CA; Young, MD. 2016. Soluble paramagnetic Ru26+ paddlewheels with alkyl-substituted bicyclic guanidinates. Polyhedron 103, 15-20.
  2. Melgarejo, DY; Chiarella, GM; Fackler Jr, JP. 2016 Cyclic trinuclear gold (I) clusters with N, N and unusual C, C mixed-ligand bridges. Inorganic chemistry 55 (22), 11883-11889.
  3. Chiarella, GM; Feng, C; Murillo, CA; Zhao, Q. 2016. Exploring the Intricacies of Weak Interactions in Metal–Metal Bonds Using an Unsymmetrical Carbonyl Precursor and a Triple-Bonded W26+ Paddlewheel. Inorganic chemistry 55 (18), 9471-9481.
  4. Chiarella. G. M., Cotton, F. A., Durivage, J. C., Lichtenberger, D. L.; and Murillo C. A. 2013. “Solubilizing the Most Easily Ionized Molecules and Generating Powerful Reducing Agents”. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 135, 17889−17896.
  5. Chiarella, GM; Cotton, FA; Murillo, CA; Ventura, K; Villagrán, D; Wang, X. 2014 Manipulating Magnetism: Ru25+ Paddlewheels Devoid of Axial Interactions. Journal of the American Chemical Society 136 (27), 9580-9589
  6. Chiarella, G. M., Cotton, F. A., Murillo, C. A. 2012. “Acetonitrile Activation Promoted by Divalent Nickel Species with Bicyclic Guanidinate Ligands: A Catalyzed Insertion”. Journal of Cluster Science. 23, 673–684.
  7. Chiarella, G. M., Cotton, F. A., Murillo, C. A., Young, M. D. 2011.  “Tuning the Electrochemistry of Re26+ Species with Divergent Bicyclic Guanidinate Ligands and by Modification of Axial π Interactions”. Inorganic Chemistry. 50(4), 1258-1264.
  8. Chiarella, G. M., Melgarejo, D. Y., Rozanski, A., Hempte, P., Pérez, L. M., Reber, C., Fackler Jr., J. P. 2010.  “A short, unsupported Cu(I)···Cu(I) interaction, 2.65 .ANG., in a dinuclear guanidine chloride complex”. Chemical Communications. 46(1), 136-138.
  9. Chiarella, G. M., Melgarejo, D. Y., Fackler Jr., J. P. 2012. “Synthesis, characterization and properties of a novel cationic hexanuclear cyclic guanidinate copper(I) cluster of high solubility in non-polar solvents”. Journal of Cluster Science. 23(3), 823-838.
  10. Chiarella, GM; Melgarejo, DY; Koch SA. 2006. Further Study of the Reaction of Fe2+ with CN-:  Synthesis and Characterization of cis and trans [FeII,III(CN)4L2]n- Complexes.  Journal of the American Chemical Society 128 (5), 1416-1417.