Christopher Andolina - Department of Chemistry

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Christopher M. Andolina, Ph.D.
Chemistry Department
University of Pittsburgh
219 Parkman Avenue
Email:[email protected]
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10 Floor Chevron Science Center, Room 1007
Work: (412) 648-9917
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
Mobile: (716) 913-8949
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Education
2011-
Post-doctoral Associate
Chemistry Department
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Postdoctoral Mentor: Jill E. Millstone, Ph.D.
2009-11
Post-doctoral Fellow
Glenn T. Seaborg Center / Chemical Sciences Division
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory , Berkeley, CA
Postdoctoral Mentor: Kenneth N. Raymond, Ph.D.
2004-09 Doctorate of Philosophy, Chemistry
University at Buffalo, The State University of New York (SUNY), Buffalo, NY
Dissertation Title: Ln(III) Ions as Spectroscopic and Paramagnetic Probes for the
Elucidation of Aqueous Solution Chemistry Interactions with Anions and Nucleic Acids
Graduate Mentor: Janet R. Morrow, Ph.D.
2002-04 Masters of Science, Chemistry
State University of New York (SUNY) at Fredonia, Fredonia, NY
Thesis: Lake Ontario Atmospheric Deposition Study (LOADS): Atmospheric
Concentrations of PCDD/Fs Onshore and Offshore of Lake Ontario
Graduate Mentor: Michael S. Milligan, Ph.D.
1997-01 Bachelors of Science, Chemistry and Recombinant Gene Technology
State University of New York (SUNY) at Fredonia, Fredonia, NY
Teaching / Related Work Experience
2009-11 Consultant, Lumiphore, Inc. Richmond, CA
2008-09 Teaching Assistant, General Chemistry Laborites, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
2006
Graduate Assistant, Mass Spectrometry Facility, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
2005-06 Teaching Assistant, General Chemistry Laborites, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
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2002-03 Teaching Assistant, General Chemistry Laborites, SUNY at Fredonia, Fredonia, NY
2001-02 Temporary Laboratory Worker, Thatcher Chemical of New York, Williamson, NY
2000
Internship, Chautauqua County Environmental Health Department, Mayville, NY
Academic Honors and Research Support
2006-08 National Science Foundation’s Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship
(IGERT) Fellowship, University at Buffalo, Chemistry Department
2004-05 Dean’s Interdisciplinary Fellowship, University at Buffalo, Chemistry Department
2003
Outstanding Research Award, SUNY at Fredonia, Chemistry Department
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Original research publications
1.) Marbella, L. E.; Andolina, C. M.; Smith, A. M.; Hartmann, M. J.; Dewar, A. C.; Johnston, K. A.; Daly, O. H.;
Millstone, J. E. Gold-Cobalt Nanoparticle Alloys Exhibiting Tunable Compositions, Near-Infrared
Emission, And High T2 Relaxivity. Adv. Mat. 2014, ASAP.
2.) Straney, P. J.; Marbella , L. E.; Andolina, C. M.; Nuhfer, N. T.; Millstone, J. E. Decoupling Mechanisms of
Platinum Deposition On Colloidal Nanoparticle Substrates. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, ASAP.
3.) Proetto, M. T.; Rush, A. M.; Chien, M.-P.; Baeza, P. A.; Thompson, M. P.; Olson, N. H.; Moore, C. E.;
Rheingold, A. L.; Andolina, C. M.; Millstone, J.; Howell, S. B.; Browning, N. D.; Evans, J. E.; Gianneschi, N.
C. Transmission Electron Microscopy of Synthetic Soft Matter in Liquid Water. J. Am. Chem. Soc.
2014, 136, 1162–1165.
4.) Straney, P.J.; Andolina, C. M.; Millstone J. E. Seedless Initiation as an Efficient, Sustainable Route to
Anisotropic Gold Nanoparticles. Langmuir 2013, 29, 4396-4403.
5.) Andolina, C. M.; Dewar, A. C.; Smith, A. M.; Marbella, L. E.; Hartmann, M. J.; Millstone, J. E.
Photoluminescent Gold–Copper Nanoparticle Alloys with Composition-Tunable Near-Infrared Emission.
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 5266-5269.
6.) Andolina, C. M.; Klemm, P. J.; Floyd, W. C.; Fréchet, J. M. J.; Raymond, K. N. Analysis of Lanthanide
Complex Dendrimer Conjugates for Bimodal NIR and MRI Imaging. Macromolecules. 2012, 45, 8982.
7.) Law, G.-L.; Andolina, C. M.; Xu, J.; Luu, V.; Rutkowski, P. X.; Muller, G.; Shuh, D. K.; Gibson, J. K.;
Raymond, K. N. Circularly Polarized Luminescence of Curium: A New Characterization of the 5 f Actinide
Complexes. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 15545.
8.) Klemm, P. J.; Floyd III, W. C.; Andolina, C. M.; Fréchet, J. M. J.; Raymond, K. N. Eur. Conjugation to
Biocompatible Dendrimers Increases Lanthanide T2 Relaxivity of Hydroxypyridinone Complexes for
Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Euro. J. Inorg. Chem. 2012, 2012, 2108.
9.) Jankolovits, J.; Andolina, C. M.; Kampf, J. W.; Raymond, K. N.; Pecoraro, V. L. Assembly of Near-Infrared
Luminescent Lanthanide Host(Host–Guest) Complexes With a Metallacrown Sandwich Motif. Angew.
Chem., Int. Ed. 2011, 50, 9660.
10.) Andolina, C. M., Morrow, J. R. Luminescence Resonance Energy Transfer in Heterodinuclear Ln(III)
Complexes for Sensing Biologically Relevant Anions. Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2011, 2011, 154.
11.) Sanchez, I., Andolina C. M.; Morrow J. R.; Y atsimirsky; A. K. Speciation of Eu(III) Hydroxo Complexes in
Aqueous DMSO Studied by Direct Excitation Luminescence Spectroscopy and Their Catalytic Activity in
Phosphodiester Cleavage. Dalton Trans. 2009, 39, 864 – 873.
12.) Andolina, C. M.; Mathews, R. A.; Morrow, J. R. Solution Chemistry of Europium(III) Aqua Ion at
Micromolar Concentrations as Probed by Direct Excitation Luminescence Spectroscopy. Helv. Chim. Acta.
2009, 92, 2330-2348.
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13.) Nwe, K.; Andolina, C. M.; Huang, C.-H.; Morrow, J. R. PARACEST Properties of a Dinuclear Neodymium
(III) Complex Bound to DNA or Carbonate. Bioconj. Chem. 2009, 20, 1375-1382.
14.) Andolina, C. M.; Holthoff, W. G.; Page, P. M.; Mathews, R. A.; Morrow, J.R.; Bright, F.V. Spectroscopic
System for Direct Lanthanide Photoluminescence Spectroscopy with Nanomolar Detection Limits. Appl.
Spectrosc. 2009, 63, 483-493.
15.) Nwe, K.; Andolina, C. M.; Morrow, J. R. Tethered Dinuclear Europium(III) Macrocyclic Catalysts for the
Cleavage of RNA. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 14861-71.
16.) Han, Y . J.; Holsen, T. M.; Lai, S. O.; Hopke, P. K.; Y i, S. M.; Liu, W.; Pagano, J.; Falanga, L.; Milligan, M.;
Andolina, C., Atmospheric Gaseous Mercury Concentrations in New Y ork State: Relationships with
Meteorological Data and Other Pollutants. Atmos. Environ. 2004, 38, 6431-6446.
Reviews, editorials, letters, and book chapters
1.) Morrow, J.; Andolina, C. In Interplay between Metal Ions and Nucleic Acids; Sigel, A., Sigel, H., Sigel, R.
K. O., Eds.; Springer Netherlands: 2012; Vol. 10, p 171.
Patents
1.) Andolina, C. M.; Dewar, A. C.; Millstone, J. E. Method for Producing Small Metal Alloy Nanoparticles.
University of Pittsburgh; United States of America, 2014.
2.) Butlin, N. G.; Ga-Lai, L.; Andolina, C. Compositions and Methods for DNA Sequencing. Lumiphore, Inc.:
United States of America, 2011.
Oral Presentations
1.) Materials Research Supergroup Meeting. Surface-Controlled Nanoparticle Alloys. University of
Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA. 2012.
2.) 237th ACS National Meeting & Exposition. Luminescence Studies of Dinuclear Lanthanide Ion
Complexes Interactions with Phosphate Esters and DNA. Salt Lake City, UT. 2009.
3.) Graduate Student Symposium. Europium(III) Luminescent Probes of RNA Structure. University at
Buffalo SUNY, Amherst, NY. 2008.
4.) Kumler Conference. Europium(III) Luminescent probes of RNA Structure. SUNY at Fredonia,
Fredonia, NY . 2007.
5.) Graduate Student Symposium. Europium(III) Luminescent Probes of RNA Structure. University at
Buffalo SUNY, Amherst, NY. 2007.
6.) International Association for Great Lakes Research, Lake Ontario Atmospheric Deposition
Study(LOADS): Atmospheric Concentrations of PCDD/F Onshore and Offshore of Lake Ontario.
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. 2004.
7.) Great Lakes Research Consortium, Lake Ontario Atmospheric Deposition Study (LOADS):
Atmospheric Concentrations of PCDD/Fs Onshore and Offshore of Lake Ontario. SUNY Environmental
Science and Forestry, Syracuse, NY. 2003.
Poster Presentations
1.) Law G.-L.; Andolina C. M.; Muller G.; Raymond, K. N. Actinide Circularly Polarized Luminescence. 26th Rare
Earth Research Conference, Santa Fe, NM. 2011.
2.) Klemm, P. J.; Floyd, W. C. III; Andolina, C. M.; Kieler-Ferguson, H. M.; Smiles, D. E.; Frechet, J. M. J.;
Raymond, K. N. Using Macromolecular Conjugation with the Esteramide Dendrimer to Increase the T1 And
T2 Relaxivity of Hydroxypyridinone (HOPO) Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Contrast Agents. 241st
ACS National Meeting & Exposition. Anaheim, CA 2011.
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3.) Andolina, C. M.; Nwe, K.; Morrow, J. R. Using Direct Excitation Luminescence Spectroscopy of
Micromolar Europium(III) to Shed Light On Aqueous Solution Chemistry. 239th ACS National Meeting &
Exposition. San Francisco, CA 2010.
4.) Buttarazzi, L.; Andolina, C. M.; Morrow, J. R. Anion Interactions with Dinuclear Lanthanide Complexes
Probed by Luminescence Resonance Energy Transfer. 238th ACS National Meeting & Exposition.
Washington, D.C. 2009.
5.) Andolina, C. M.; Fountain, M. A.; Morrow, J. R. Defining Lanthanide Ion Binding Sites in Nucleic Acids.
237th ACS National Meeting & Exposition Salt Lake City, UT. 2009.
6.) Nwe, K.; Andolina, C. M.; Morrow, J. R. Anion Coordination Chemistry of Lanthanide Ion Catalysts of
Phosphate Diester Cleavage 25th Rare Earth Research Conference, University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, AL.
2008.
7.) Andolina, C. M.; Morrow, J. R. Europium(III) Luminescent Probes of RNA Structure. International
Conference on Biological Inorganic Chemistry (ICBIC). Vienna, Austria. 2007.
8.) Andolina, C. M.; Cybert, S.; Milligan, M. S. Lake Atmospheric Concentrations of Polycyclic Aromatic
Hydrocarbons from the Southwestern and Northwestern Regions of New York State. Great Lakes Research
Consortium. SUNY Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, NY . 2002.
Mentoring
Scott E. Crawford (graduate student, University of Pittsburgh)
Andrew C. Dewar (undergraduate student, University of Pittsburgh)
David S. Tatum (graduate student, University of California, Berkeley)
Sarina J. Dorazio (graduate student, University at Buffalo SUNY)
Matthew G. Frith (undergraduate student, University at Buffalo SUNY)
Paul DeBurgomaster (undergraduate student, SUNY at Fredonia)
Alexander Schrader (undergraduate student, SUNY at Fredonia)
Society Memberships
2004-
American Chemical Society
Ad hoc Reviewer
Journal of the American Chemical Society*
Inorganic Chemistry*
Chemistry—A European Journal*
Transition Metal Chemistry
*Under the guidance of Dr. Kenneth N. Raymond
References: Available Upon Request
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