Dr. Alexandrina L. Focsan
Professor
- B.S. in Chemistry
Babes Bolyai University - Ph. D. in Chemistry
The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa
Courses Taught:
CHEM 1151K Survey of Chemistry I / CHEM 1152K Survey of Chemistry II
CHEM 1211 Principles of Chemistry I / CHEM 1212 Principles of Chemistry II
CHEM 1211L Principles of Chemistry Laboratory I / CHEM 1212L Principles of Chemistry Laboratory II
CHEM 3801 Physical Chemistry
CHEM 4210 Senior Seminar
CHEM 4910 Carotenoid Research
CHEM 4920 Computational Chemistry
Research interests: all about carotenoids
Y. Gao, A. L. Focsan, L. D. Kispert, Antioxidant activity in supramolecular carotenoid complexes favored by nonpolar environment and disfavored by hydrogen bonding, Antioxidants 2020, 9(7), 625. doi: 10.3390/antiox9070625
A. L. Focsan, N.E. Polyakov, L. D. Kispert, Supramolecular carotenoid complexes of enhanced solubility and stability-the way of bioavailability improvement, Molecules 2019, 24(21), 3947. doi: 10.3390/molecules24213947
A. L. Focsan, N.E. Polyakov, L. D. Kispert, Photo protection of Haematococcus pluvialis algae by astaxanthin: unique properties of astaxanthin deduced by EPR, optical and electrochemical studies, Antioxidants 2017, 6, 80. doi: 10.3390/antiox6040080
A. L. Focsan, L. D. Kispert, Radicals formed from proton loss of carotenoid radical cations: A special form of carotenoid neutral radical occurring in photoprotection J. Photochem. Photobio. B: Biology 2017, 166, 148-157. doi: 10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2016.11.015
A. L. Focsan, A. Magyar, L. D. Kispert, Chemistry of carotenoid neutral radicals, Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 2015, 572, 167-174. doi: 10.1016/j.abb.2015.02.005
A. L. Focsan, S. Pan, L. Kispert Electrochemical study of astaxanthin and astaxanthin n-octanoic monoester and diester: tendency to form radicals J. Phys. Chem. B 2014, 118, 2331-2339. doi: 10.1021/jp4121436