People
Damodaran K. Achary
Director, NMR Facility
1308 Chevron Science Center
412-524-8403
Education
B.Sc. Chemistry (1993-1996) University of Madras
M.Sc. Chemistry (1996-1998) University of Pune
Ph.D. Chemistry (1998-2001) National Chemical
Laboratory
Thesis title: Spatially dependent interaction tensors determined through novel methods of high resolution solid state NMR.
2010 - Present Director, NMR Facility
Research Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry
University of Pittsburgh
2005 - 2010 Director, NMR Facility
Research Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry
University of Pittsburgh
2002 - 2005 NMR Spectroscopist/Facility
Manager Miami University
2001 - 2002 Post-Doctoral Fellow
Iowa State University
28. Nulwala, Hunaid B.; Tang, Chau N.;
Kail, Brian W.;
Damodaran, Krishnan; Kaur, Palwinder; Wickramanayake,
Shan; Shi, Wei; Luebke, David R. Probing the
structure-property relationship of regioisomeric ionic
liquids with click chemistry: Green Chemistry (2011),
13(12), 3345-3349. 27. Mathers, Robert T.; Shreve, Michael
J.; Meyler, Etan;
Damodaran, Krishnan; Iwig, David F.; Kelley, Diana J.
Synthesis and Polymerization of Renewable 1,3-Cyclohexadiene
Using Metathesis, Isomerization, and Cascade Reactions with
Late-metal Catalysts: Macromolecular Rapid Communications
(2011), 32(17), 1338-1342. 26. Tang, Chau N.; Nulwala, Hunaid B.;
Damodaran, Krishnan; Kaur, Palwinder; Luebke, David R. Tunable
poly(hydroxyl urethane) from CO2-Based intermediates using
thiol-ene chemistry: Journal of Polymer Science, Part A:
Polymer Chemistry (2011), 49(9), 2024-2032. 25. Jogalekar, Ashutosh S.;
Damodaran, Krishnan;
Kriel, Frederik H.; Jung, Won-Hyuk; Alcaraz, Ana A.; Zhong,
Shi; Curran, Dennis P.; Snyder, James P. Dictyostatin
Flexibility Bridges Conformations in Solution and in the β-Tubulin
Taxane Binding Site: Journal of the American Chemical
Society (2011), 133(8), 2427-2436.
24. Lu, Yimin; Geib, Steven J.;
Damodaran, Krishnan; Sui,
Bin; Zhang, Zijuan; Curran, Dennis P.; Zhang, Wei. Fluorous
diastereomeric mixture synthesis (FDMS) of hydantoin-fused
hexahydrochromeno[4,3-b]pyrroles: Chemical Communications (2010),
46(40), 7578-7580. 23.
Krishnan DamodaranAppointments
Publications
22. Nilesh R. Dhumal, Krishnan Damodaran
. Molecular interactions and normal vibrations of Fe–bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide and 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium–Fe–bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide ionic liquids: A density functional study: Journal of Molecular Structure: THEOCHEM (2009), 906(1-3), 78-82.
21. Xiang Gao, Ramalinga Kuruba, Krishnan Damodaran, Billy W. Day, Dexi Liu, Song Li,. Polyhydroxylalkyleneamines: A class of hydrophilic cationic polymer-based gene transfer agents: Journal of Controlled Release (2009), 137(1), 38-45.
20. Guthrie, David B.; Damodaran, Krishnan; Curran, Dennis P.; Wilson, Paul; Clark, Andrew J., Bond Rotation Dynamics of N-Cycloalkenyl-N-benzyl .alpha.-Haloacetamide Derivatives: J. Org. Chem (2009), 74(11), 4262-4266.
19.
Mathers, Robert T.; Damodaran, Krishnan; Rendos, Matthew G.; Lavrich, Michael S.Functional Hyperbranched Polymers Using Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization of Dicyclopentadiene with Monoterpenes: Macromolecules (2009), 42(5), 1512-1518.
18. Damodaran, Krishnan; Dhumal, Nilesh R.; Mathers, Robert T. Ab initio analysis of the local coordination environment of oligomers derived from polymerizing 5-Norbornene-2-Carboxylic acid. Journal of Molecular Structure: THEOCHEM (2008), 867(1-3), 5-9.
17. Mathers, Robert T.; LeBlond, Carl; Damodaran, Krishnan; Kushner, Douglas I.; Schram, Valerie A. A General Polymerization Method Using Hydroalkoxylation and Hydrocarboxylation Reactions Catalyzed by Triflic Acid. Macromolecules (2008), 41(3), 524-526.
16. Stayshich, Ryan M.; Damodaran, Krishnan; Meyer, Tara Y. Synthesis and NMR studies of PLGA copolymers prepared with sequence and stereochemical control. Polymer Preprints (2007), 48(2), 890-891.
15. Mathers, Robert T.; Damodaran, Krishnan. Renewable chain transfer agents for metallocene polymerizations: the effects of chiral monoterpenes on the polyolefin molecular weight and isotacticity. Journal of Polymer Science, Part A: Polymer Chemistry (2007), 45(15), 3150-3165.
14. Baruah, Pranjal K.; Sreedevi, N. K.; Gonnade, Rajesh; Ravindranathan, Sapna; Damodaran, Krishnan; Hofmann, Hans-Joerg; Sanjayan, Gangadhar J. Enforcing periodic secondary structures in hybrid peptides: A novel hybrid foldamer containing periodic g -turn motifs. Journal of Organic Chemistry (2007), 72(2), 636-639.
13. Mathers, Robert T.; McMahon, Kerry C.; Damodaran, Krishnan; Retarides, Christopher J.; Kelley, Diana J. Ring-opening metathesis polymerizations in D-limonene: A renewable polymerization solvent and chain transfer agent for the synthesis of alkene macromonomers. Macromolecules (2006), 39(26), 8982-8986.
12. Damodaran, K.; Wiench, J. W.; Cabral de Menezes, S. M.; Lam, Y. L.; Trebosc, J.; Amoureux, J.-P.; Pruski, M. Modification of H-ZSM-5 zeolites with phosphorus. 2. Interaction between phosphorus and aluminum studied by solid-state NMR spectroscopy. Microporous and Mesoporous Materials (2006), 95(1-3), 296-305.
11. Cabral de Menezes, S. M.; Lam, Y. L.; Damodaran, K.; Pruski, M. Modification of H-ZSM-5 zeolites with phosphorus. 1. Identification of aluminum species by 27Al solid-state NMR and characterization of their catalytic properties. Microporous and Mesoporous Materials (2006), 95(1-3), 286-295.
10. Lee, Richard E.; Damodaran, Krishnan; Yi, Shu-Xia; Lorigan, Gary A. Rapid cold-hardening increases membrane fluidity and cold tolerance of insect cells. Cryobiology (2006), 52(3), 459-463.
9. Lu, Jun-Xia; Damodaran, Krishnan; Lorigan, Gary A. Probing membrane topology by high-resolution 1H-13C heteronuclear dipolar solid-state NMR spectroscopy. Journal of Magnetic Resonance (2006), 178(2), 283-287.
8. Lu, Jun-Xia; Damodaran, Krishnan; Blazyk, Jack; Lorigan, Gary A. Solid-State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Relaxation Studies of the Interaction Mechanism of Antimicrobial Peptides with Phospholipid Bilayer Membranes. Biochemistry (2005), 44(30), 10208-10217.
7. Tiburu, Elvis K.; Karp, Ethan S.; Dave, Paresh C.; Damodaran, Krishnan; Lorigan, Gary A. Investigating the Dynamic Properties of the Transmembrane Segment of Phospholamban Incorporated into Phospholipid Bilayers Utilizing 2H and 15N Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy. Biochemistry (2004), 43(44), 13899-13909.
6. Lorigan, Gary A.; Dave, Paresh C.; Tiburu, Elvis K.; Damodaran, Krishnan; Abu-Baker, Shadi; Karp, Ethan S.; Gibbons, William J.; Minto, Robert E. Solid-State NMR Spectroscopic Studies of an Integral Membrane Protein Inserted into Aligned Phospholipid Bilayer Nanotube Arrays. Journal of the American Chemical Society (2004), 126(31), 9504-9505.
5. Dave, Paresh C.; Tiburu, Elvis K.; Damodaran, Krishnan; Lorigan, Gary A. Investigating structural changes in the lipid bilayer upon insertion of the transmembrane domain of the membrane-bound protein phospholamban utilizing 31P and 2H solid-state NMR spectroscopy. Biophysical Journal (2004), 86(3), 1564-1573.
4. Damodaran, Krishnan; Rajamohanan, Pattuparambil R.; Chakrabarty, Debojit; Racherla, Uday Shankar; Manohar, Venkat; Fernandez, Christian; Amoureux, Jean-Paul; Ganapathy, Subramanian. Triple-quantum magic angle spinning 27Al NMR of aluminum hydroxides. Journal of the American Chemical Society (2002), 124(13), 3200-3201.
3. Satyanarayana, C. V.; Gupta, Raina; Damodaran, K.; Sivasanker, S.; Ganapathy, S. Effects of hydration on AlPO4-14 and AlPO4-18 structures: 31P MAS and 27Al 3Q-MAS NMR study. Studies in Surface Science and Catalysis (2001), 135, 2098-2104.
2. Damodaran, Krishnan; Sanjayan, Gangadhar J.; Rajamohanan, Pattuparambil R.; Ganapathy, Subramanian; Ganesh, Krishna N. Solid State NMR of a Molecular Self-Assembly: Multinuclear Approach to the Cyanuric Acid-Melamine System. Organic Letters (2001), 3(12), 1921-1924.
1. Seayad, A.; Jayasree, S.; Damodaran, K.; Toniolo, L.; Chaudhari, R. V. On the mechanism of hydroesterification of styrene using an in situ-formed cationic palladium complex. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry (2000), 601(1), 100-107.