
Roy Planalp
Courses Taught
- CHEM 574: Chem Across Periodic Table
- CHEM 576: Experimental Inorganic Chem
- CHEM 774/874: Inorganic Chemistry
- CHEM 903: Adv Inorganic Chemistry I
- CHEM 904: Adv Inorganic Chemistry II
- CHEM 991: Presentation Portfolio
- CHEM 992: Graduate Writing Portfolio
- CHEM 999: Doctoral Research
- INCO 590: Student Research Experience
- INCO 790: Advanced Research Experience
Education
- Ph.D., Inorganic Chemistry, University of California - Berkeley
- B.S., Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Research Interests
- Medicinal Chemistry
- Inorganic Chemistry
- Synthetic Chemistry
Selected Publications
Nguyen, S. V., Planalp, R. P., & Vashisth, H. (2025). Role of sequence length and functionalization in interactions of bioconjugated peptides with mitomembranes.. Biointerphases, 20(1). doi:10.1116/6.0004197
Nguyen, S. V., Levintov, L., Planalp, R. P., & Vashisth, H. (2024). Interactions and Transport of a Bioconjugated Peptide Targeting the Mitomembrane.. Bioconjug Chem, 35(3), 371-380. doi:10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.3c00561
Milam, L. R., & Planalp, R. P. (2023). Bimetallic Fenton-like Catalysts in the Remediation of Dyes. Colorants, 3(1), 1-16. doi:10.3390/colorants3010001
Chen, Y., Si, B., Cote, N., Planalp, R. P., & Seitz, R. (2023). A Telechelic Fluorescent Indicator Based on Polymer Conformational Change for Free Copper(II) Ions.. Sensors (Basel), 23(23). doi:10.3390/s23239476
Nyiranshuti, L., Andrews, E. R., Povolotskiy, L. I., Gomez, F. M., Bartlett, N. R., Royappa, A. T., . . . Planalp, R. P. (2023). Development of a Ratiometric Fluorescent Cu(II) Indicator Based on Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) Thermal Phase Transition and an Aminopyridyl Cu(II) Ligand.. Molecules, 28(20). doi:10.3390/molecules28207097
Hatcher, H., Planalp, R., Cho, J., Tortia, F. M., & Torti, S. V. (2008). Curcumin: From ancient medicine to current clinical trials. CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR LIFE SCIENCES, 65(11), 1631-1652. doi:10.1007/s00018-008-7452-4
Jiao, Y., Wilkinson, J., Pletsch, E. C., Buss, J. L., Wang, W., Planalp, R., . . . Torti, S. V. (2006). Iron chelation in the biological activity of curcumin. FREE RADICAL BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE, 40(7), 1152-1160. doi:10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2005.11.003
Abeysinghe, R. D., Greene, B. T., Haynes, R., Willingham, M. C., Turner, J. L., Planalp, R. P., . . . Torti, S. V. (2001). p53-independent apoptosis mediated by tachpyridine, an anti-cancer iron chelator. CARCINOGENESIS, 22(10), 1607-1614. doi:10.1093/carcin/22.10.1607
Torti, S. V., Torti, F. M., Whitman, S. P., Brechbiel, M. W., Park, G., & Planalp, R. P. (1998). Tumor cell cytotoxicity of a novel metal chelator. BLOOD, 92(4), 1384-1389. doi:10.1182/blood.V92.4.1384
PLANALP, R. P., ANDERSEN, R. A., & ZALKIN, A. (1983). DIALKYL BIS[BIS(TRIMETHYLSILYL)AMIDO] GROUP-4A METAL-COMPLEXES - PREPARATION OF BRIDGING CARBENE COMPLEXES BY GAMMA-ELIMINATION OF ALKANE - CRYSTAL-STRUCTURE OF [ZRCHSI(ME)2NSIME3[N(SIME3)2])2. ORGANOMETALLICS, 2(1), 16-20. doi:10.1021/om00073a005