MANHATTANVILLE COLLEGE 
Dr. Darlene D'Alliessi Gandolfi
Assistant Professor of Chemistry


CONTACT INFORMATION
Office: Brownson 117/3B
Phone: 	(914) 323-5475
	(914) 323-5332
Email:	gandolfid@mville.edu
Courses		Office Hours
 
EDUCATION
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Princeton University
"Preparation and Evaluation of Chemotherapeutics for the Treatment of HIV and Cancer"
Advisor: G. L. McLendon
Ph.D., M.S. (Chemistry)
Yale University
"Chiral Transition Metal Complexes Containing Phosphines: Synthesis, Characterization,
and Application to Catalytic Reactions"
Advisor: J. W. Faller
B.A. (Chemistry, Summa Cum Laude)
Manhattanville College
"Spectral Analysis of the Photochemical Reduction of Copper (II) Complexes"
Advisor: S. M. Morehouse
 
                           PUBLICATIONS and PRESENTATIONS                      
 
Hanauske-Abel, H. M.; Saxena, D.; Hoque, M.; Mathews, M. B.; Pe'ery, T.; D'Alliessi Gandolfi, D.; Park, M. H.; Wolff, E. C.; Hanauske, A.-R.; Popowicz, A. M.; Palumbo, P. "An alternate strategy for HIV microbicide development: identifying and harnessing the anti - HIV-1 activity of existing drugs not recognized as antiretrovirals," 4th International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention (Sydney, Australia), July 22-25, 2007 (Abstract # WEPEA080).

Hanauske-Abel, H. M.; Saxena, D.; Hoque, M.; Mathews, M. B.; Pe'ery, T.; Gandolfi, D. D.; Park, M. H.; Wolff, E. C.; Cracchiolo, B. M.; Hanauske, A.-R.; Popowicz, A. M.; Palumbo, P. "Infection by HIV-1 and hydroxylation of eIF5A: Inhibition by the topical fungicide ciclopirox and implications for sexual HIV-1 transmission," Biochimica Biophysica Acta submitted July 2007.

Hoque, M.; Hanauske-Abel, H. M.; Palumbo, P.; Saxena, D.; Gandolfi, D. D.; Park, M. H.; Pe'ery, T.; Mathews, M. B.; "Inhibition of HIV-1 Replication by Two Drugs That Prevent the Maturation of eIF5a," Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Retroviruses Meeting (Cold Spring Harbor, NY), May 22-27, 2007.

Kovalenko, O. A.; Zamudio, S.; Illsley, N.; D'Alliessi-Gandolfi, D.; David, E.; Hanauske-Abel, H. M. "Ciclopirox and deferiprone as molecular probes for protein hydroxylating enzymes and their biomarkers," Pediatric Academic Societies' Annual Meeting (Toronto, Canada), May 5-8, 2007 (Abstract # 5865.9).

Hanauske-Abel, H. M.; Saxena, D.; Gandolfi, D. D.; Hoque, M.; Park, M. H.; Wolff, E. C.; Mathews, M. B.; Pe'ery, T.; Cracchiolo, B. M.; Palumbo, P. "Drug Development as Rediscovery: The Antiretroviral Activity of the Vaginal Fungicide Ciclopirox," Microbicides Conference (Cape Town, South Africa), April 23-26, 2006.

Hanauske-Abel, H. M.; Palumbo, P.; D'Alliessi, D. G.; Mathews, M. B.; Saxena, D.; Hoque, M.; Cracchiolo, B. M.; Park, M.-H., Hanauske, A.-R.; Wolff, E. C.; Pe'ery, T. "Method of Improving Drugs with Anti-Retroviral and Anti-Cancer Activity," World Intellectual Property Organization Patent #WO/2006/039697, April 13, 2006.

Hanauske-Abel, H. M.; Palumbo, P.; Saxena, D.; Hoque, M.; Park, M. H.; Wolff, E.C.; D'Alliessi, D.G.; McLendon, G.; Pe'ery, T.; Mathews, M. B. "The Antiretroviral Effect Of Deferiprone [ I ]: Relation to Its Chemical Structure and to Elements in the HIV-1 Genome," Pediatric Academic Societies' Annual Meeting (Washington, DC), May 14-17, 2005 (Abstract # 752).

Saxena, D.; Palumbo, P.; Hanauske-Abel, H. M.; Hoque, M.; D'Alliessi, D. G.; McLendon, G. L.; Park, M. H.; Wolff, E. C.; Garcia, Z.; Pe'ery, T.; Mathews, M. B. "Suppression Of HIV-1 Replication And Inhibition Of eIF5A Hydroxylation: Dual Effects of Two Widely Used Drugs," 12th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (Boston, MA), February 23, 2005 (Paper #548).

Hanauske-Abel, H. M.; Saxena, D.; Palumbo, P.; Hoque, M.; D'Alliessi, D.; McLendon, G. L.; Park, M. H.; Wolff, E. C.; Garcia, Z. C.; Pe'ery, T.; Mathews, M. B. "Suppression of HIV-1 Infection and Inhibition of EIF5A Hydoxylation: Dual Effect of Two Widely Used Drugs," World Conference on Magic Bullets: Celebrating Paul Ehrlich's 150th Birthday (Nurnberg, Germany) September 2004.

D'Alliessi, D. G. 2003. "Chiral transition metal complexes containing phosphines: synthesis, characterization, and application in catalytic reactions." Thesis (Ph. D.), Yale University.

Faller, J. W.; D'Alliessi, D. G. "Planar Chirality in Tethered h6:h1-(Phosphinophenylenearene) Ruthenium(II) Complexes and Their Potential Use as Asymmetric Catalysts," Organometallics 2003, 22, 1749-2757.

Faller, J. W.; D'Alliessi, D. G. "Tunable Stereoselective Hydrosilylation of PhC*CH Catalyzed by Cp*Rh Complexes," Organometallics 2002, 21, 1743-1746.

Faller, J. W.; D'Alliessi, D. G. "Highly Stereoselective Hydrosilylation of PhC*CH Catalyzed by Cp*Rh Complexes," Bristol-Myers-Squibb 4th Annual Chemistry Symposium at Yale University August 31, 2001.

Faller, J. W.; Grimmond, B. J.; D'Alliessi, D. G. "An Application of Electronic Asymmetry to Highly Enantioselective Catalytic Diels-Alder Reactions," J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2001, 123, 2525-2529.


 
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS
American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Chemical Society
Iota Sigma Pi - National Honor Society for Women in Chemistry
 
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