The University of Texas at Arlington

               Dmitry M. Rudkevich

                                                             (1963-2007) 

Phone:
(817) 272-5245

FAX:
 (817) 272-3808

E-Mail:
rudkevich@uta.edu

B. S., Kharkov Polytechnic Institute, Ukraine (1986)

Cand. Chem. Sci., National Academy of Sciences,
 Ukraine (1989)

Ph. D., University of Twente, The Netherlands (1995)

Postdoc:  University of Twente, The Netherlands (1992-1995);

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (1996);

The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA (1996-1997)

Research Assistant Professor:  The Scripps Research Institute,
La Jolla, CA (1997-2001)

Assistant Professor:  University of Texas at Arlington, TX  (2001-2004)

Associate Professor.  University of Texas at Arlington, TX 
(2004-...)

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Funding:  National Science Foundation (NSF)

                 Texas Advanced Technology Program (Texas ATP)

                 Petroleum Research Fund, administered by the American Chemical Society (PRF, AC-type)

Current Research Interests:

• Supramolecular Chemistry of Gases

• Chemistry and Application of Calixarenes

• Molecular Recognition and Sensing

Current Group Members:

Dr. Alex V. Leontiev – Postdoctoral Associate

Zak Nixon – Ph. D. Student

Luis Reyes – Ph. D. Student

Jennifer Rojas – Undergraduate Student

Anas Saleh – Ph. D. Student

Dustin Stanley – Undergraduate Student

Eranda Wanigasekara  – Ph. D. Student

Hexiang Zhang – Ph. D. Student

Former Group Members:

   Postdocs:

Dr. Valentina Sgarlata  – 2004-2006; currently postdoc at Bristol University, UK

Dr. Vaclav Stastny – 2005-2006; currently at RE&D VUFB, Inc. in Czech Republic

Dr. Grigory V. Zyryanov – 2001-2003; currently a postdoc at Bowling Green State University

   Graduate Students:

Erin M. Hampe – M.S. received 2003; Undergraduate Labs Coordinator at the Chemistry Department
                              UTA (2004-2006)

Dr. Yanlong Kang – Ph. D. received 2005; currently a postdoc at The Sloan-Kettering Memorial Cancer
                                  Center

Dr. Voltaire G. Organo – Ph. D. received 2006; currently a postdoc at Tuft University

Getachew A. Woldemariam – currently with the biochemistry division UTA.

Dr. Heng Xu – Ph. D. received 2005); currently a postdoc at NIH/NCI

   Undergraduate Students:

Anjenique Anderson – McNair Scholar (2004-2005)

Rachel Dalton (2003-2004)

Farhood Firouzbakht (2005-2006)

Curtis Grayson (2004)

Zumera Ravjani (2003-2004)

Windy Smith (2006)

Stephen P. Stampp – McNair Scholar (2002-2004)

Tim N. Tonguet (2002)

Brandon Zuniga (2004)

Albert Wong (2005-2006)

Recent Reviews:

1.   Rudkevich,* D. M.; Xu, H. “Carbon dioxide and supramolecular chemistry”,
      Chem. Commun. 2005, 2651-2659 (Feature article).

2.   Rudkevich,* D. M.; Kang, Y.; Leontiev, A. V.; Organo, V. G.; Zyryanov, G. V. “Molecular
      containers for NO_X gases”, Supramolecular Chemistry 2005, 17, 93-99.

3.    Rudkevich, D. M. “Emerging supramolecular chemistry of gases”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.
       2004, 43, 558-571.

4.    Rudkevich, D. M.,* Leontiev, A. V. “Molecular encapsulation of gases”, Aust. J. Chem. 2004, 57, 
       713-722.

5.    Rudkevich,* D. M. “Nanoscale molecular containers”, Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 2002, 75,
       393-413.

6.    Rudkevich,* D. M. “Intramolecular hydrogen bonding in calixarenes”, Chem. Eur. J. 2000,
       6, 2679-2686.

Recent Papers:

1.      Zhang, H., Rudkevich,* D. M. “A FRET approach to phosgene detection”, Chem. Commun. 2007,
 1238-1239.

2.     Stastny, V., Rudkevich,* D. M. “Separations using carbon dioxide”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 1018-1019.

3.     Wanigasekara, E., Leontiev, A. V., Organo, V. G., Rudkevich,* D. M. “Supramolecular, calixarene-based complexes that release NO gas”, Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2007, 2254-2256.

4.     Leontiev, A. V., Saleh, A. W., Rudkevich,* D. M. “Hydrophobic encapsulation of hydrocarbon gases”, Org. Lett. 2007, 9, 1753-1755.

5.     Organo, V. G., Sgarlata, V., Firouzbakht, F., Rudkevich,* D. M. “Long synthetic nanotubes from calix[4]arenes”, Chem. Eur. J. 2007, in press.

6.     Stastny, V., Anderson, A., Rudkevich,* D. M. “Supramolecular structures from lysine peptides and carbon dioxide”, J. Org. Chem. 2006, 71, 8696-8705.

7.     Leontiev, A. V.; Dias, H. V. R.; Rudkevich,* D. M. “Sulfamides and sulfamide polymers directly from sulfur dioxide” Chem. Commun. 2006, 2887-2889.

8.     Leontiev, A. V.; Rudkevich,* D. M. “Revisiting noncovalent SO₂ – amine chemistry: an indicator displacement assay for colorimetric detection of SO₂” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127, 14126-14127.

9.     Sgarlata, V.; Organo, V. G.; Rudkevich,* D. M. “A procedure for filling calixarene nanotubes” Chem. Commun. 2005, 5630-5632.

10.   Xu, H.; Rudkevich,* D. M. “Controlling capture and release of guests from cross-linked   supramolecular polymers” Org. Lett. 2005, 7, 3223-3226.

11.   Kang, Y.; Zyryanov, G. V.; Rudkevich,* D. M. “Towards supramolecular fixation of NO_X gases:   encapsulated reagents for nitrosation” Chem. Eur. J. 2005, 11, 1924-1932.

12.  Organo, V. G.; Leontiev, A. V.; Sgarlata, V.; Dias,* H. V. R.; Rudkevich,* D. M. “Supramolecular  features of synthetic nanotubes” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2005, 44, 3043-3047.

13.   Xu, H.; Rudkevich,* D. M. "Reversible chemistry of CO₂ in the preparation of fluorescent supramolecular polymers" J. Org. Chem. 2004, 69, 8609-8617.

14.   Xu, H.; Rudkevich,* D. M. “CO₂ in supramolecular chemistry: preparation of switchable supramolecular polymers” Chem. Eur. J. 2004, 10, 5432-5442.

15.  Kang, Y.; Rudkevich,* D. M. “Polymer-supported calix[4]arenes for sensing and conversion of NO₂/N₂O₄”, Tetrahedron 2004, 60, 11219-11225.

16.   Leontiev, A. V.; Rudkevich,* D. M. “Encapsulation of gases in the solid state”, Chem. Commun. 2004, 1468-1469.

17.   Zyryanov, G. V.; Rudkevich,* D. M. “Toward synthetic tubes for NO₂/N₂O₄: Design, synthesis and host-guest chemistry”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004, 126, 4264-4270.

18.   Zyryanov, G. V.; Kang, Y.; Rudkevich,* D. M. “Sensing and fixation of NO₂/N₂O₄ by calix[4]arenes”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2003, 125, 2997-3007.

19.   Kang, Y.; Zyryanov, G. V.; Rudkevich,* D. M. “Disproportionation reaction of NO₂/N₂O₄ with Ru(II) porphyrin”, Chem. Commun. 2003, 2470-2471.

20.   Xu, H.; Hampe, E. M.; Rudkevich,* D. M. “Applying reversible chemistry of CO₂ to supramolecular polymers”, Chem. Commun. 2003, 2828-2829.

21.   Hampe, E. M.; Rudkevich,* D. M. “Exploring reversible organic chemistry of CO₂”, Tetrahedron 2003, 59, 9619-9625.

22.   Xu, H.; Stampp, S. P.; Rudkevich,* D. M. “A pH-switch in supramolecular polymeric capsules”, Org. Lett., 2003, 5, 4583-4586.

23.   Zyryanov, G. V.; Rudkevich,* D. M. “Encapsulated reagents for nitrosation”, Org. Lett. 2003, 5, 1253-1256.

24.   Xu, H.; Kinsel, G. R.; Zhang, J.; Li, M.; Rudkevich,* D. M. “Calixarene amino acids; building blocks for calixarene peptides and peptide-dendrimers” Tetrahedron 2003, 59, 5837-5848.

25.   Zyryanov, G. V.; Hampe, E. M.; Rudkevich,* D. M. “Noncovalent chemistry of nitrous oxide: interactions with secondary cis-amides in solution", Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2002, 41, 3854-3857.

26.   Zyryanov, G. V.; Kang, Y.; Stampp, S.; Rudkevich,* D. M. “Supramolecular fixation of NO₂ with calix[4]arenes”, Chem. Commun., 2002, 2792-2793.

27.   Hampe, E. M.; Rudkevich,* D. M. “Reversible covalent chemistry of CO₂”, Chem. Commun. 2002, 1450-1451.

28.   Rafai Far, A.; Cho, Y. L.; Rang, A.; Rudkevich,* D. M.; Rebek,* Jr., J. “Polymer-bound self-folding cavitands”, Tetrahedron 2002, 58, 741-755.

29.   Starnes, S. D.; Rudkevich,* D. M.; Rebek,* Jr., J. “Cavitand-porphyrins”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2001, 123, 4659-4669.

30.   Lücking, U.; Tucci, F. C.; Rudkevich,* D. M.; Rebek,* Jr., J. “Self-folding cavitands of nanoscale dimensions”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2000, 122, 8880-8889.

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