Thorfinnur Gunnlaugsson
Professor
Chemistry
Trinity College Dublin
Ireland
Biography
Thorfinnur (Thorri) Gunnlaugsson was born in Iceland, where he received his early education in his home town of Hafnarfjörður, before obtaining a B.Sc. in Chemistry from University of Iceland (UI). During his studies at UI he visited the laboratory of Professor A. P. de Silva at Queen's University of Belfast (Northern Ireland), as a research summer student and became fascinated by the world of supramolecular photochemistry, under the magic supervision of 'A.P.'. After receiving a Ph.D. from Queen's University in 1996, under A.P.'s direction, he joined the research group of Professor David Parker at University of Durham (England) as a postdoctoral fellow. Under the guidance of David the world of coordination chemistry and lanthanide luminescence was explored and the excitement continued! He was appointed as the Kinerton (IPSEN) Lecturer in Medicinal Organic Chemistry at the School of Chemistry, University of Dublin, Trinity College, in October 1998 and a Lecturer in Organic Chemistry in 2000. He was made a Fellow of Trinity College Dublin in 2003. In October 2004 he was appointed as an Associate Professor of Organic Chemistry at the same department and in 2008 a personal chair and Professor in Chemistry. He was a Visiting Professor at Faculty of Science and Technology- School of Life and Environmental Sciences. Deakin University, Victoria, Australia in 2005. In 2008 he was a visiting Professor in Bordeaux I CNRS in 2008.
Research Interest
His research interests are in theareas of supramolecular organic and inorganic chemistry and bio and medicinal chemistry, with emphasis on the recognition and targeting of biologically important ions and molecules.
Publications
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Surender E.M, Comby S, Cavanagh B.L, Brennan O, Lee T.C, Gunnlaugsson T, Two-Photon Luminescent Bone Imaging Using Europium Nanoagents, Chem, 1, (3), 2016, p438 - 455
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Barry D.E, Caffrey D.F, Gunnlaugsson T, Lanthanide-directed synthesis of luminescent self-assembly supramolecular structures and mechanically bonded systems from acyclic coordinating organic ligands, Chemical Society Reviews, 45, (11), 2016, p3244 - 3274
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Byrne J.P, Blasco S, Aletti A.B, Hessman G, Gunnlaugsson T, Formation of Self-Templated 2,6-Bis(1,2,3-triazol-4-yl)pyridine [2]Catenanes by Triazolyl Hydrogen Bonding: Selective Anion Hosts for Phosphate, Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 55, (31), 2016, p8938 - 8943
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Poulsen B.C, Estalayo-Adrián S, Blasco S, Bright S.A, Kelly J.M, Williams D.C, Gunnlaugsson T, Luminescent ruthenium polypyridyl complexes with extended dppz like ligands as DNA targeting binders and cellular agents, Dalton Transactions, 45, (45), 2016, p18208 - 18220
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Byrne J.P, MartÃÂnez-Calvo M, Peacock R.D, Gunnlaugsson T, Chiroptical Probing of Lanthanide-Directed Self-Assembly Formation Using btp Ligands Formed in One-Pot Diazo-Transfer/Deprotection Click Reaction from Chiral Amines, Chemistry - A European Journal, 22, (2), 2016, p486 - 490
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Surender E.M, Comby S, Martyn S, Cavanagh B, Lee T.C, Brougham D.F, Gunnlaugsson T, Cyclen lanthanide-based micellar structures for application as luminescent [Eu(III)] and magnetic [Gd(III)] resonance imaging (MRI) contrast agents, Chemical Communications, 52, (72), 2016, p10858 - 10861
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Barry D.E, Hawes C.S, Blasco S, Gunnlaugsson T, Structure Direction, Solvent Effects, and Anion Influences in Halogen-Bonded Adducts of 2,6-Bis(iodoethynyl)pyridine, Crystal Growth and Design, 16, (9), 2016, p5194 - 5205
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Hawes C.S, Byrne K, Schmitt W, Gunnlaugsson T, Flexible Porous Coordination Polymers from Divergent Photoluminescent 4-Oxo-1,8-naphthalimide Ligands, Inorganic Chemistry, 55, (21), 2016, p11570 - 11582
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McCarney E.P, Hawes C.S, Blasco S, Gunnlaugsson T, Synthesis and structural studies of 1,4-di(2-pyridyl)-1,2,3-triazole dpt and its transition metal complexes; A versatile and subtly unsymmetric ligand, Dalton Transactions, 45, (25), 2016, p10209 - 10221
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Burke H.M, Gunnlaugsson T, Scanlan E.M, Glycosylated lanthanide cyclen complexes as luminescent probes for monitoring glycosidase enzyme activity, Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 14, (38), 2016, p9133 - 9145
