Dr. Aleksander Wesełucha-Birczyńska

Professor
Cheimstry
Jagiellonian University
Poland

Professor Chemistry
Biography

Dr. Aleksander Wesełucha-Birczyńska is the Professor of Chemistry in Jagillonian University. The focus of research is on understanding the molecular structure of selected drugs, their aggregation capabilities and interactions with surrounding molecules, in addition to the consequent properties that include their transport through biological membranes and binding abilities. Spectroscopic and structural studies of a variety of transitionmetal compounds have been performed to establish structure/spectroscopy relationships. By contrast, the characterization of selected minerals/biominerals and biopolymers by mRaman microscopy and other techniques allowed us to account for the diversity observed in natural samples and also for their anisotropic spectroscopic properties.

Research Intrest

Chemical Physics

List of Publications
Wesełucha-Birczyńska A., Strahan G.D., Tsuboi M., Nakamoto K., Interaction of bleomycin A2 with DNA studied by resonance Raman
Wesełucha-Birczyńska A., FT-Raman study of cinchonine aqueous solutions with varying pH; 2D correlation method, J. Mol. Struct., 480–481, 471–474, 1999.
Wesełucha-Birczyńska A., Nakamoto K., Study of the interaction of the antimalarial drug cinchonine with nucleic acids by Raman spectroscopy, J. Raman Spectrosc., 27, 915–919, 1996.
Wesełucha-Birczyńska A., Nakamoto K., UV Resonance Raman studies on cinchonine polynucleotide interactions, J. Mol. Struct., 294, 127–130, 1993.
Wesełucha-Birczyńska A., Proniewicz L.M., Bajdor K., Nakamoto K., Resonance Raman spectra of dioxygen adducts of manganese(II) porphyrins in dioxygen matrices, J. Raman Spectrosc., 22, 315–319, 1991.

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