Name and Family name: Adalgisa Sinicropi
Citizenship: Italian
Marital status: Married
Office address: Via A. Moro, 2, 53100 Siena
Telephone: +39-0985-234257
E-mail: [email protected]
Researcher unique identifiers:
- ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5605-6482
- Research ID: D-6096-2011
- Scopus Author ID: 6507715808
- Google Scholar: http://scholar.google.it/citations?user=VHbflnkAAAAJ&hl=it
2002 PhD in Chemical Sciences
Department of Chemistry, University of Siena, Italy
Title of the research project: “The Mechanism of Light Energy Wastage and Exploitation in 1n,π* Chromophores”, Tutor: M. Olivucci
Research work focused on the application of high-level quantum chemical methods to the mechanistic investigation of photochemical
reactions and the study of different aspects of the stereochemistry of organic photoreactions.
2002 Marie Curie Training Site Fellow
Department of Chemistry of King’s College London, London, UK
Title of the research project financed by the European Union: “Non-Adiabatic Trajectory Computations for a Series of Locked
Minimal Rhodopsin Chromophore Models, Tutor: Prof. M. A. Robb Prof. M. A. Robb
1999 Laurea in Chemistry Magna cum laude
Title of the thesis: “Spectroscopic characterization using “Spin Trapping” techniques of radical species in peroxidase-like systems”. Tutor: Prof. R. Basosi
Since 2008 Aggregate Professor
Department of Biotechnology, Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of Siena, Italy
2014 Associated Staff
ICCOM, National Research Council, Italy
2002 – 2008 Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Chemistry, University of Siena, Italy
Research work focused on the investigation of the photophysical and photochemical properties of organic and biological
chromophores.
2008 Scholarship within the project EU/RT PROJECT MECHOS "Industrial Chemical Innovative Methods: Use of bio-inorganic
oxidative systems against pollution from wastewaters", Department of Chemistry, University of Siena, Italy
2005 Visiting Researcher
Department of Chemistry, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
2009 Visiting Researcher
Laboratory of Computational Photochemistry and Photobiology, Bowling Green State University
1) Modeling oxidative enzymes
2) Computational spectroscopy of protein radicals: implications for Electron Transfer processes
3) Modeling fluorescent proteins
4) Design of Novel Organic Dyes for Photovoltaic Applications
2013 E. Arezzini, Laurea thesis: "In silico study of the redox-active amminoacids in Cytochrome c Peroxidase”
2011 C. Bernini, PhD thesis: “Computational investigation of amino acid radicals involved in electron transfer pathways in proteins”.
Department of Biotechnology, Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of Siena, Italy
2008 C. Bernini, Laurea thesis: “Computational Characterization of Photoswitchable Cyclic Oligopeptides Containing the RGD Sequence”.
2012 Teaching activities at the “Summer School on Photochemistry”
Holland Research School of Molecular Chemistry (www.hrsmc.nl), Wijk aan Zee, The Netherlands
2007 Teaching activities at the Workshop “Dynamics in electron spin resonance: theory, implementation and applications”
University of Padova, Italy
2006 Teaching activities at the “Computational Organic Chemistry School”
University of Siena, Italy
2002-2005 Teaching activities at the Master “Energy Management: Rational and Efficient Use of Energy“ Siena
2005-2014 Teaching courses of organic, physical and computational chemistry for chemistry student at the University of Siena.
2014 Co-Chair of the ENERCHEM-Photochemistry-Physical Chemistry Session at the XXV National Congress of the Italian Chemical Society, Università della Calabria, Italy
2013-2014 Member of the Organizing Committee of the summer school [email protected] "Chemistry for Life and Environment”, Siena, Italy, within the Cooperation Program between the University of Siena and the Emory University, Atlanta, USA.
2008 Member of the Organizing Committee of the “International COST meeting on advanced paramagnetic resonance in molecular biophysics”, Siena, Italy
2006 Member of the Scientific Committee of the “Scuola di Chimica Computazionale: Introduzione, per Esercizi, all’Uso del Calcolatore in Chimica Organica e Biologica”, Siena, Italy
2003 Member of the Scientific and Organizing Committee of the "V Congresso Nazionale del Gruppo Interdivisionale di Chimica Computazionale" tenutosi alla Certosa di Pontignano, Siena, Italy.
2001 Member of the Organizing Committee of the "Convegno Nazionale di Fotochimica 2001" tenutosi alla Certosa di Pontignano, Siena, Italy.
2013 Member of the Board of the PhD School in Chemical Sciences – Research Doctorate in Chemical e Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Siena
2011 Member of the Board of the PhD School in Chemical Sciences (Pegaso Program), University of Firenze
2014–2016 Member of Regional (Tuscany) Directive Board of the Italian Chemical Society
2013–2016 Member of the Department Council (rectoral decree n. 241/2013), Department of Biotechnology, Chemistry and Pharmacy
2008–2012 Faculty member, Faculty of Mathematical, Physical and Natural Sciences,University of Siena, Italy
Since 1999 Associated Member of the Italian Chemical Society (SCI)
Since 2000 Associated Member of the Italian Group of Photochemistry (GIF)
Since 2000 Associated Member of the European Photochemistry Association (EPA)
Since 2000 Associated Member of the Italian Group of Electron Spin Resonance (GIRSE)
Prof. Claudia Filippi
Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands
Prof. Tadeuzs Andruniow
Quantum Chemistry and Molecular Modelling Lab, Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Wroclaw University of
Technology, Wroclaw, Poland
Prof. Giovanni Sannia
Industrial, Environmental and Molecular Biotechnology Laboratory, Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Naples Federico II
Dr. Elena Martín Navarro
INGENIERÍA QUÍMICA Y QUÍMICA FÍSICA, Universitad de Extremadura, Badajoz, Spain
Dr. Dimitri Svistunenko
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Essex, Essex, United Kingdom
2010 Sophie Vanhulle Prize, received during the “OxiZymes & 9th International Symposium on Peroxidases”, in Leipzig, Germany (14/6/20100) for the originality of the presented work, its novelty and overall significance relative to the respective field, as well as the application of innovative, modern, and appropriate methodological approaches.
2008 Scholarship within the project EU/RT PROJECT MECHOS "Industrial Chemical Innovative Methods: Use of bio-inorganic oxidative systems against pollution from wastewaters",Department of Chemistry, University of Siena, Italy
2008 Award from the Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics Journal (RSC) for the 'Best Interdisciplinary Poster’ with the motivation: “An interdisciplinary work employing organic molecules for the preparation of photochemical switches, in collaboration with the Department of Chemistry, Bowling Green State (USA)”.
2005 One of the five finalists of the Primo Levi Prize.
2013 The paper “Bernini C., Andruniów T., Olivucci M., Pogni R., Basosi R., and Sinicropi A., “Effects of the protein environment on the spectral properties of tryptophan radicals in Pseudomonas aeruginosa azurin”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2013, 135 (12), 4822–4833 has been selected by the JACS editor as “JACS Spotlights” (see http://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/ja403242v).
2010 Invitation to write a “Critical Review”: Sinicropi A., “Biomimetic Photoswitches”, LA CHIMICA E L’INDUSTRIA, 2010, 3, 102
2008 Award from the Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics Journal (RSC) for the 'Best Interdisciplinary Poster’ with the motivation: “An interdisciplinary work employing organic molecules for the preparation of photochemical switches, in collaboration with the Department of Chemistry, Bowling Green State (USA)”.
2008 The paper: “Brogioni B., Biglino D., Sinicropi A., Reijerse E. J., Giardina P., Sannia G., Lubitz W., Basosi R., Pogni R., “Characterization of radical intermediates in the laccase-mediator systems. A multifrequency EPR, ENDOR and DFT/PCM investigation”, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2008, 10, 7284-7292 has been selected as one of the 40th articles to be included in a special issue of PCCP to celebrate 100 years of the Italian Chemical Society and to highlight the recent work of Italian physical chemists.
2003 JOURNAL COVER, “Photoisomerization acceleration in retinal protonated Schiff-base models” Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences, 2003, 2, 12, 1250-1255
2002 JOURNAL COVER, “Excited State Quenching via “Unsuccessful” Chemical Reactions”, Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences 2002, perspective, 1, 8, 537-546.
“Computational Photochemistry”,Holland Research School of Molecular Chemistry (www.hrsmc.nl), Wijk aan Zee, The Netherlands, 15-19 September, 2012.
“A QM/MM investigation of radical intermediates in a fungal versatile peroxidase and its W164Y variant”, OxiZymes & 9th International Symposium on Peroxidases, Lipsia (Germany), June 14-16, 2010.
“Recent Applications of a QM/MM scheme at the CASPT2//CASSCF/AMBER (or CHARMM) level of theory in Photochemistry and Photobiology”, RADAM07 conference, Dublin, June 19-22, 2007.
“Photochemical Reaction Path”, “COST P9 Workshop, WG4 : Theoretical development for radiation damages”, Bruxelles, Belgium, 30 ottobre 2004.
PEER-REVIEWED JOURNALS
1. Dessì A., Calamante M., Mordini A., Peruzzini M., Sinicropi A., Basosi R., Fabrizi de Biani F., Taddei M., Colonna D., Di Carlo A., Reginato G., Zani L., “Organic dyes with intense light absorption especially suitable for application in thin-layer dye-sensitized solar cells”, Chemical Communications, 2014, DOI: 10.1039/C4CC06160H (ISSN 1359-7345)
2. Bernini C.; Zani L.; Calamante M.; Reginato G.; Mordini A.; Taddei M.; Basosi R.; Sinicropi, A., “Excited state geometries and vertical emission energies of solvated dyes for DSSC: a PCM/TD-DFT benchmark study”, Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation, 2014, 10 (9), pp 3925–3933, DOI: 10.1021/ct500328t (ISSN: 1549-9618)
3. Bernini C., Arezzini E., Basosi R., Sinicropi A., “In silico spectroscopy of tryptophan and tyrosine radicals involved in the long-range electron transfer of Cytochrome c Peroxidase”, Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2014, 118, 9525−9537, DOI: 10.1021/jp5025153 (ISSN: 1520-6106)
4. Franchi D., Calamante M., Reginato G., Zani L., Peruzzini M., Taddei M., Fabrizi de Biani F., Basosi R., Sinicropi A., Colonna D., Di Carlo A., Mordini A., “A Comparison of Carboxypyridine Isomers as Sensitizers for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells: Assessment of Device Efficiency and Stability”, Tetrahedron, 2014, 70, 6285-6295 (ISSN: 0040-4020)
5. Migliorini C., Sinicropi A., Kozlowski H., Luczkowski M., Valensin D., “Copper-induced structural propensities of the amyloidogenic region of human prion protein”, Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry, 2014, 19(4-5): 635-645 DOI 10.1007/s00775-014-1132-7 (ISSN: 0949-8257)
6. Bernini C., Pogni R., Basosi R. and Sinicropi A., "Prediction of Hydrogen-Bonding Networks around Tyrosyl Radical in P. eryngii Versatile Peroxidase W164Y Variants: a QM/MM MD Study", Molecular Simulation, 2014, 40 (6), 485-490 (ISSN: 0892-7022)
7. Parisi M. L., Maranghi S., Sinicropi A., Basosi R., “Development of dye sensitized solar cells: a life cycle perspective for the environmental and market potential assessment of a renewable energy technology”, Journal of Heat and Technology,2013, 31 (2),143-148 (ISSN: 0392-8764)
8. Bernini C., Andruniów T., Olivucci M., Pogni R., Basosi R., and Sinicropi A., “Effects of the protein environment on the spectral properties of tryptophan radicals in Pseudomonas aeruginosa azurin”, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2013, 135 (12), 4822-4833 (ISSN: 0002-7863)
This paper has been selected as one of the JACS articles to be featured in JACS Spotlights (see http://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/ja403242v)
9. Dessì A., Barozzino Consiglio G., Calamante M. Reginato G., Mordini A., Peruzzini M., Taddei M., Sinicropi A., Parisi M. L., Fabrizi de Biani F., Basosi R., Mori R., Spatola M., Bruzzi M., Zani L., "Organic Chromophores Based on a Fused Bis-Thiazole Core and Their Application in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells", European Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2013, 2013 (10), 1916-1928 (ISSN: 1434-193X)
10. Miki Y., Pogni R., Acebes S., Lucas F., Fernández-Fueyo E., Baratto M. C., Fernández M. I., de los Ríos V., Ruiz-Dueñas F. J., Sinicropi A., Basosi R., Hammel K. E., Guallar V., Martínez A. T., “Formation of a tyrosine adduct involved in lignin degradation by Trametopsis cervina lignin peroxidase: A novel peroxidase activation mechanism”, Biochemical Journal, 2013 (452), 575-584 (ISSN: 0264-6021)
11. Zani L., Reginato G., Mordini A., Calamante M., Peruzzini M., Taddei M., Sinicropi A., Parisi M.L., Fabrizi De Biani F., Basosi R., Cavallaro A., Bruzzi M., “An unusual thiazolo[5,4-d]thiazole sensitizer for dye-sensitized solar cells”, Tetrahedron Letters, 2013, 54 (30), 3944-3948 (ISSN: 0040-4039)
12. Filippi C., Buda F., Guidoni L., Sinicropi A., “Bathochromic shift in Green Fluorescent Protein: A puzzle for QM/MM approaches”, Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation, 2012, 8 (1), 112-124 (ISSN: 1549-9618)
13. Bernini C., Pogni R., Basosi R., Sinicropi A., “The nature of tryptophan radicals involved in the long-range electron transfer of Lignin Peroxidase (LiP) and LiP-like systems: insights from QM/MM simulations”, Proteins: Structure, Function, and Bioinformatics, 2012, 80 (5), 1476-1483 (ISSN: 0887-3585)
14. Parisi M. L., Sinicropi A., Basosi R., “Life Cycle Assessment of Gratzel-type cell production for non conventional photovoltaics from novel Organic Dyes”, International Journal of Heat and Technology, 2011, 29 (2), 161-169 (ISSN: 03928764)
15. Svistunenko, D. A., Adelusi, M., Dawson, M., Robinson, P., Bernini, C., Sinicropi, A., Basosi, R., “Computation informed selection of parameters for protein radical EPR spectra simulation”, Studia UBB Chemia, 2011, 56 (3), 135-146 (ISSN: 1224-7154)
16. Martorana A., Bernini C., Valensin D., Sinicropi A., Pogni R., Basosi R., Baratto M. C., “Insights into the Homocoupling Reaction of 4-Methylamino Benzoic Acid Mediated by Trametes Versicolor Laccase”, Molecular BioSystems, 2011, 7 (11), 2967-2969 (ISSN: 1742-206X)
17. Bernini C., Pogni R., Ruiz-Dueñas F. J., Martínez A. T., Basosi R., Sinicropi A. “EPR Parameters of Amino Acid Radicals in P. eryngii Versatile Peroxidase and its W164Y variant computed at the QM/MM level”, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2011, 13, 5078-5098 (ISSN: 1463-9076)
18. Melloni, A., Rossi Paccani, R., Donati, D., Zanirato, V., Sinicropi, A., Parisi, M. L., Martin, E., Basosi, R., Fusi, S., Latterini, L., Ferrè, N., Olivucci, M. “Modeling, Preparation and Characterization of a Dipole Moment Switch Driven via Z/E Photoisomerization”, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2010, 132 (27), 9310-9319 (ISSN: 0002-7863)
19. Bernini C., Sinicropi A., Basosi R., Pogni R., “Tyrosyl Radical in the W164Y Mutant of P. eryngii Versatile Peroxidase: an EPR and DFT/PCM study”, Applied Magnetic Resonance, 2010, 37 (1), 279-288 (ISSN: 0937-9347)
20. Pistolesi S., Sinicropi A., Pogni R., Basosi R., Ferré N., Olivucci M., “Modeling the Fluorescence of Protein-Embedded Tryptophans with ab initio Multiconfigurational Quantum Chemistry”, Journal of Physical Chemistry B,2009, 113 (12), 16082–16090 (ISSN: 1520-6106)
21. Sinicropi A., Bernini C., Basosi R., Olivucci M., “A novel biomimetic photochemical switch at work: Design of a photomodulable peptide”, Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences, 2009, 8 (12), 1639-1649 (ISSN: 0031-8655)
22. Predieri G., Beltrami D., Pattacini R., Parisi M. L., Sinicropi A., Valensin D., Basosi R., “Structural studies in solution and in the solid state on the zinc chelate of 2-hydroxy-(4-methylthio)butanoic acid, an effective mineral supplement in animal feeding”, Inorganica Chimica Acta, 2009, 362 (4), 1115–1121(ISSN: 0020-1693)
23. Sinicropi A., Martin E., Ryasantsev M., Helbing J., Briand J., Sharma D., Léonard J., Haacke S., Canizzo A., Chergui M., Zanirato V., Fusi S., Santoro F., Basosi R., Ferré N., Olivucci M., “An Artificial Molecular Switch that Mimics the Visual Pigment and Completes its Photocycle in Picoseconds”, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2008, 105 (46), 17642-17647 (ISSN: 0027-8424)
24. Brogioni B., Biglino D., Sinicropi A., Reijerse E. J., Giardina P., Sannia G., Lubitz W., Basosi R., Pogni R., “Characterization of radical intermediates in the laccase-mediator systems. A multifrequency EPR, ENDOR and DFT/PCM investigation”, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2008, 10 (48), 7284-7292 (ISSN: 1463-9076)
This paper has been selected as one of the 40th articles to be included in a special issue of PCCP to celebrate 100 years of the Società Chimica Italiana and to highlight the recent work of Italian physical chemists
25. Pezzato M., Della Lunga G., Baratto M. C., Sinicropi A., Pogni R., Basosi R. “The cis/trans isomerization of Cu(II)-bis-(glycinato) complex in solution: a computer aided Multifrequency EPR and DFT/PCM calculations study”, Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry, 2007, 45 (10), 846-849 (ISSN: 0749-1581)
26. Pogni R., Brogioni B., Baratto M. C., Sinicropi A., P. Giardina P., Pezzella C., Sannia G., Basosi R., “Evidence for a Radical Mechanism in Biodegradation of synthetic dyes by Fungal Laccase mediated by violuric acid”, Biocatalysis and Biotransformation, 2007, 25 (2-4), 269-275 (ISSN: 1024-2422)
27. Lumento F., Zanirato V., Fusi S., Busi E., Latterini L., Elisei F., Sinicropi A., Andruniów T., Ferré N., Basosi R., Olivucci M. (Lumento and Sinicropi A. equally contributed to this work), “Synthesis and Characterization of a Conformationally Locked Biomimetic Photochemical Switch”, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2007, 46 (3), 414-420 (ISSN: 1433-7851)
28. Busi E., Sinicropi A., Terzuoli L., Marinello E., Basosi R., ”Identification and Structural Characterization of a Transient Radical Species in the Uricase Reaction Mechanism”, Applied Magnetic Resonance, 2007, 31 (3-4), 471-482 (ISSN: 0937-9347)
29. Sinicropi A., Basosi R., Olivucci M., “Recent Applications of a QM/MM scheme at the CASPT2//CASSCF/AMBER (or CHARMM) level of theory in Photochemistry and Photobiology”, JPCS RADAM07 Proceedings, 2007, 101 (ISSN: 1742-6588)
30. Coto P. B., Sinicropi A., De Vico L., Ferré N., Olivucci M., “Characterization of the conical intersection of the visual pigment rhodopsin at the CASPT2//CASSCF/AMBER level of theory”, Molecular Physics,(A Special Issue in Honour of Professor Michael Albert Robb), 2006, 104 (5-7), 983-991 (ISSN: 0026-8976)
31. Sinicropi A., Andruniow T., Ferrè N., Basosi R., Olivucci M., “Properties of the Emitting State of the Green Fluorescent Protein resolved at the CASPT2//CASSCF/CHARMM Level”, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2005, 127 (33), 11534-11535 (ISSN: 0002-7863)
32. Sinicropi A., Andruniow T., Luca De Vico, Ferrè N., Olivucci M., “Towards a Computational Photobiology”, Pure and Applied Chemistry, IUPAC, 2005, 77 (6), 977-993 (ISSN: 0033-4545)
33. Sinicropi A., Barbosa F., Basosi R., Giese B., Olivucci M., “Mechanism of the Norrish-Yang Photocyclization Reaction of an Alanine Derivative in the Singlet State: the Origin of the Chiral Memory Effect”, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2005, 44 (16), 2390-2393 (ISSN: 1433-7851)
34. Migani A., Sinicropi, A., Ferré N., Cembran A., Garavelli M., Olivucci, M. “Structure of the Intersection Space Associated with Z/E Photoisomerization of Retinal in Rhodopsin Proteins” Faraday Discussions, 2004, 127, 179-191 (ISSN: 1364-5498)
35. Sinicropi, A., Migani A., De Vico L., Olivucci, M. “Photoisomerization acceleration in retinal protonated Schiff-base models” Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences, 2003, 2 (12), 1250-1255 (ISSN: 0031-8655)
36. Sinicropi, A., Page C. S., Adam W. Olivucci, M. “Computational Study on the Origin of the Stereoselectivity for the Photochemical Denitrogenation of Diazabicycloheptene”, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2003, 125 (36),10945-10959 (ISSN: 0002-7863)
37. Sinicropi, A., Nau, W. M., Olivucci, M. “Excited State Quenching via “Unsuccessful” Chemical Reactions”, Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences,2002, perspective, 1, 1 (8), 537-546 (ISSN: 0031-8655)
38. Sinicropi, A., Pogni, R., Basosi, R., Robb, M. A., Gramlich, G., Nau, W. M., Olivucci, M. “Fluorescence Quenching by Sequential Hydrogen, Electron, and Proton Transfer in the Proxymity of a Conical Intersection”, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2001, 40 (22), 4185-4189 (ISSN: 1433-7851)
39. Sinicropi, A., Pischel, U., Basosi, R., Nau, W. M., Olivucci, M. “Conical Intersections in Charge-Transfer Induced Quenching”, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2000, 39 (24),4582-4586 (ISSN: 1433-7851)
BOOKS
40. Blancafort L., Ogliaro F., Olivucci M., Robb M. A., Bearpark M.J., Sinicropi, A. “Computational Investigation of Photochemical Reaction Mechanisms”, In Computational Methods in Photochemistry; Kutateladze, A., Ed.; CRC Press, Boca Raton, 2005, 31-110
41. Sinicropi A. and Olivucci M., “Towards accurate Computation in Photobiology, in “Theory and Applications of Computational Chemistry: The First 40 Years”, C. Dykstra, G. Frenking, K. Kim, and G. Scuseria, Eds., Elsevier editor, 2005, 269-289
42. Olivucci M. and Sinicropi A., “Computational Photochemistry”, in Theoretical and Computational Series, M. Olivucci Ed., Elsevier, 2005, 1-33
POPULAR SCIENCE
43. Sinicropi A., “The Mechanism of Light Energy Wastage and Exploitation in 1n,p* Chromophores”, EPA Newsletter, May 2003, (ISSN: 1011-4246)
44. Sinicropi A. and Olivucci M.; “Fotochimica Computazionale: Imparare a Adoperare la Luce con il Computer”, Sapere, 2008, 5,10.
45. Sinicropi A., “Biomimetic Photoswitches”, LA CHIMICA E L'INDUSTRIA, 2010, 3, 102