Naphtali A. O'Connor

Assistant Professor
Phone: (718) 960-8753
Office: Davis Hall 304
Email: naphtali.oconnor@lehman.cuny.edu

Degrees:

  • B.Sc. State University of New York, Stony Brook
  • Ph.D. University of California, Irvine

Research synopsis

Prof. O'ConnorWe are interested in using organic chemistry to tackle environmental and biomedical concerns. Our interests include the study of fluorescent sensors, biodegradable hydrogels for biomedical applications and CO2 sequestration and reduction.


Publications

  • O'Connor, Naphtali A.; Stevens, Stevens; Samaroo, Diana; Solomon, Marissa R.; Marti, Angel A.; Dyer, Joanne; Vishwasrao, Harshad; Akins, Daniel L.; Kandel, Eric R.; Turro, Nicholas J. "A covalently linked phenanthridine-ruthenium(II) complex as a RNA probe." Chem. Comm. (2009), 2640-2640.
  • O'Connor, Naphtali A.; Bero, Adam; Lancaster, Jeffery R.; Gu, Xingu; Jockush, Steffen; Nagai, Tomoki; Ogata, Toshiyuki; Lee, Saul; Zimmerman, Paul; Willson, C. Grant; Turro, Nicholas J. "Toward a sequential two photon photoacid generator for double exposure photolithography." Chem. Mater. (2008), 20(24), 7374-7376.
  • Lancaster, Jeffrey R. Marti, Angel A.; Lopez-Gejo, Juan; Jockusch, Steffen; O'Connor, Naphtali; Turro, Nicholas J. "Non-radiative deactivation of singlet oxygen (1O2) by cubane and its derivatives." Org. Lett. (2008), 10(24), 5509-5512.
  • O'Connor, Naphtali A.; Liberman, Vladimir; Lei, Xuegong; Lopez-Gejo, Juan; Turro, Nicholas J.; Zimmerman, Paul A. "Degradation of Hydrocarbon Fluids in the Immersion Lithography at 193 nm." J. Photopolym. Sci. Technol. (2008), 21(5), 607.
  • Stevens, Nathan; O'Connor, Naphtali A.; Vishwasrao, Harshad; Samaroo, Diana; Kandel, Eric R.; Akins, Daniel L.; Drain, Charles M.; Turro, Nicholas J. "Two color RNA intercalating probe for cell imaging applications." J. Am. Chem. Soc. (2008) 130, 7206-7207.
  • Zimmerman, P. A.; Byers, J.; Rice, B.; Ober, C. K.; Giannelis, E. P.; Rodriguez, R.; Wang, D.; O'Connor, N.; Lei, X.; Turro, N. J.; Liberman, V.; Palmacci, S.; Rothschild, M.; Lafferty, N.; Smith, B. W., "Development and evaluation of a 193nm immersion generation-three fluid candidates." Proc. SPIE (2008), 6923.
  • Liberman, V.; Rothschild, M.; Palmacci, S.T.; Bristol, R.; Byers, J.; Turro, N.J., Lei, X.; O'Connor, N.; Zimmerman, P.A. "High-index immersion lithography: Preventing lens photocontamination and identifying optical behavior of LuAG" Proc. SPIE (2008),6924.
  • O'Connor, Naphtali A.; Paisner, David A.; Huyrn, Donna; Shea, Kenneth J. "Discrimination of 5HT1A Receptor Antagonists via Molecular Imprinting." J. Am. Chem. Soc. (2007), 129(6), 1680-1689.
  • O'Connor, Naphtali A.; Sakata, Steven T.; Zhu, Huide; Shea, Kenneth J. "Chemically Modified Dansyl Probes: A Fluorescent Diagnostic for Ion and Proton Detection in Solution and in Polymers." Organic Letters (2006), 8(8), 1581-1584.
  • Metzke, Mark; O'Connor, Naphtali; Maiti, Soumen; Nelson, Edward; Guan, Zhibin. "Saccharide-peptide hybrid copolymers as biomaterials. "Angewandte Chemie, International Edition (2005), 44(40), 6529-6533.
  • Edmondson, Scott D.; Mastracchio, Anthony; He, Jiafang; Chung, Christine C.; Forrest, Michael J.; Hofsess, Scott; MacIntyre, Euan; Metzger, Joseph; O'Connor, Naphtali; Patel, Kajal; Tong, Xinchun; Tota, Michael R.; Van der Ploeg, Lex H. T.; Varnerin, Jeff P.; Fisher, Michael H.; Wyvratt, Matthew J.; Weber, Ann E.; Parmee, Emma R. "Benzyl vinylogous amide substituted aryldihydropyridazinones and aryldimethylpyrazolones as potent and selective PDE3B inhibitors." Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters (2003), 13(22), 3983-3987.

Last modified: Jul 19, 2012