Dr. Attila Mándi

2005: Master’s degree in chemistry (major) and German-Hungarian translation (minor), University of Debrecen
2009: Master’s degree in English-Hungarian translation (minor), University of Debrecen
2012: Ph.D. degree in chemistry, University of Debrecen; Title of dissertation: Quantum chemical and dynamic investigations on acetal derivatives of carbohydrates and cycloaddition reactions of antibiotic derivatives (supervisor: Prof. Dr. András Lipták)

Employment History:

2009 – 2010: Assistant research fellow at the Research Group for Carbohydrates of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences at University Debrecen
2010 – 2012: Assistant research fellow at the Department of Organic Chemistry, University of Debrecen
2012 – 2014: Postdoctoral fellow / researcher at the Department of Organic Chemistry, University of Debrecen
2014 – 2016: Research fellow at the Department of Organic Chemistry, University of Debrecen
2016 – 2019: Research fellow / postdoctor at the Department of Organic Chemistry, University of Debrecen
2016 – (2016-2019 passive, 2019- active): lecturer, Department of Organic Chemistry, University of Debrecen

Foreign Studies and Research:

2006 – 2007: YAMASA Scholarship, YAMASA Institute, Okazaki, Japan (10.5 months)
2011: HPC-Europa2 Scholarship, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Division of Theoretical Chemistry, Amsterdam, Netherlands (2 months, hosts: Prof. Dr. Evert Jan Baerends and Dr. Valentin Paul Nicu, Field of research: calculating VCD spectra)
2014 – 2015: JSPS postdoctoral short term fellowship, Laboratory of Chemical Biology, Faculty of Advanced Life Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan (12 months, host: Prof. Dr. Kenji Monde, Field of research: calculating VCD and ECD spectra, solution and solid-state CD, reducing molecular flexibility, conformational analysis of compounds with unusual bond pattern)

Postdoctoral and other important fellowships:

2013 – 2014: Zoltán Magyary Postdoctoral Fellowship, Hungary
2014 – 2015: JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship, Japan
2016 – 2019: NKFI (OTKA) Postdoctoral Fellowship, Hungary
2018-: János Bolyai Research Scholarship, Hungary
2018 – 2019: Bolyai+ Scholarship, New National Excellence Program of the Ministry for Innovation and Technology, Hungary
2019 – 2020: Bolyai+ Scholarship, New National Excellence Program of the Ministry for Innovation and Technology, Hungary
2020-: Bolyai+ Scholarship, New National Excellence Program of the Ministry for Innovation and Technology, Hungary

Scientific awards:

2014: Győző Bruckner Award (junior category)
2015: National Excellence Award
2016: Appreciation of young teacher's / researcher's scientific result (Universitas Foundation)
2017: Kajtár-Hollósi Award

Research Interest:

Molecular modeling: investigation on the structure and reaction mechanism of small organic molecules (especially on derivatives of carbohydrates, antibiotics and flavonoids) by means of quantum-chemical and molecular dynamics methods. Elucidation of the absolute and relative configuration of natural and synthetic derivatives by means of chiroptical, DFT and TD-DFT methods.

Language skills / Language exams:

Hungarian: Native
English: Advanced / Origo intermediate C + English-Hungarian special translator degree
German: Advanced / Origo intermediate C + German-Hungarian special translator degree
Japanese: Advanced / JLPT 2kyu, living in Japan for ca. 2 years

Subjects taught:

Analitikai kémia II. gyakorlat (kémia BSc) (Hungarian)
Aszimetriás szintézisek előadás (vegyész MSc) (Hungarian)
Asymmetric Synthesis (chemistry MSc) (English)
Biokémia I. gyakorlat (biológus osztatlan képzés) (Hungarian)
Instrumental Analysis Laboratory (CD spectroscopy) (chemistry MSc) (English)
Kémiai informatikai alapok (kémia BSc / kémia tanár / vegyész MSc) (Hungarian)
Műszeres analitikai és anyagszerkezeti vizsgálatok (vegyészmérnök MSc) (Hungarian)
Műszeres analitikai gyakorlat (vegyész MSc) (Hungarian)
Műszeres analitikai kémia gyakorlat (kémia BSc) (Hungarian)
Organic chemistry IV (stereochemistry) seminar (chemistry BSc)
Számítógépes kvantumkémia (vegyész MSc / vegyészmérnök MSc / kémia BSc / vegyészmérnök BSc / programtervező informatikus BSc) (Hungarian)
Szerves kémia I. gyakorlat (gyógyszerész) (Hungarian)
Szerves kémia II. gyakorlat (vegyészmérnök BSc) (Hungarian)
Szerves kémia IV (sztereokémia) szeminárium (kémia BSc) (Hungarian)
Szerves vegyületek in silico konformációs vizsgálata és spektrumszámítása (kémia PhD) (Hungarian / English)
Természetes szerves vegyületek kémiája gyakorlat (OLKDA BSc) (Hungarian)

Scientific communities:

2012 - Committee for Alkaloid and Flavonoid Chemistry of the HAS
2012 - Committee for Carbohydrate, Antibiotic and Nucleotide Chemistry of the HAS
2013 - Public Council of the HAS

Scientific statistics (Oct. 2020):

Dissertation: 1
Number of publications: 151
Number of lectures and posters : 144
Citations (all/independent): 2485/1502
Aggregate IF: 527,793
Hirsch index: 28 (independent: 21)

10 selected publications:

1) W. S. Li, R. J. Yan, Y. Yu, Z. Shi, A. Mándi, L. Shen, T. Kurtán, J. Wu: Determination of the Absolute Configuration of Super-Carbon-Chain Compounds by a Combined Chemical, Spectroscopic, and Computational Approach: Gibbosols A and B, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 13028-13036. IF: 12.959 DOI: http://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202004358
2) A. Mándi, T. Kurtán: Applications of OR/ECD/VCD to Natural Products Structure Elucidation, Nat. Prod. Rep. 2019, 36, 889-918. IF: 12.000, independent citations: 17, DOI: http://doi.org/10.1039/C9NP00002J
3) H. L. Li, X. M. Li, A. Mándi, S. Antus, X. Li, P. Zhang, Y. Liu, T. Kurtán, B. G. Wang: Characterization of Cladosporols from the Marine Algal-Derived Endophytic Fungus Cladosporium cladosporioides EN-399 and Configurational Revision of the Previously Reported Cladosporol Derivatives, J. Org. Chem. 2017, 82, 9946-9954. IF: 4.805, independent citations: 16, DOI: http://doi.org/10.1021/acs.joc.7b01277
4) L. H. Meng, C. Y. Wang, A. Mándi, X. M. Li, X. Y. Hu, M. U. Kassack, T. Kurtán, B. G. Wang: Three Diketopiperazine Alkaloids with Spirocyclic Skeletons and One Bisthiodiketopiperazine Derivative from the Mangrove-derived Endophytic Fungus Penicillium brocae MA-231, Org. Lett. 2016, 18, 5304-5307. IF: 6.579, independent citations: 43, DOI: http://doi.org/10.1021/acs.orglett.6b02620
5) S. Liu, H. Dai, G. Makhloufi, C. Heering, C. Janiak, R. Hartmann, A. Mándi, T. Kurtán, W. E. G. Müller, W. Lin, Z. Liu, P. Proksch: Cytotoxic 14-Membered Macrolides from the Mangrove-Derived Endophytic Fungus Pestalotiopsis microspora, J. Nat. Prod. 2016, 79, 2332-2340. IF: 3.281, independent citations: 24, DOI: http://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jnatprod.6b00473
6) A. Mándi, I. W. Mudianta, T. Kurtán, M. J. Garson: Absolute Configuration and Conformational Study of Psammaplysins A and B from the Balinese Marine Sponge Aplysinella strongylata, J. Nat. Prod. 2015, 78, 2051-2056. IF: 3.662, independent citations: 15, DOI: http://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jnatprod.5b00369
7) Y. Ye, A. Minami, A. Mándi, C. Liu, T. Taniguchi, T. Kuzuyama, K. Monde, K. Gomi, H. Oikawa: Genome mining for sesterterpenes using bifunctional terpene synthases reveals a unified intermediate of di/sesterterpenes, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 11846-11853. IF: 13.038, independent citations: 61, DOI: http://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.5b08319
8) Z. Tian, P. Sun, Y. Yan, Z. Wu, Q. Zheng, S. Zhou, H. Zhang, F. Yu, X. Jia, D. Chen, A. Mándi, T. Kurtán, W. Liu: An Enzymatic [4+2] Cyclization Cascade Creates the Pentacyclic Core of Pyrroindomycins, Nat. Chem. Biol. 2015, 11, 259-265. IF: 12.709, independent citations: 61, DOI: http://doi.org/10.1038/nchembio.1769
9) P. Sun, D. X. Xu, A. Mándi, T. Kurtán, T. J. Li, B. Schulz, W. Zhang: Structure, Absolute Configuration, and Conformational Study of 12-Membered Macrolides from the Fungus Dendrodochium sp. Associated with the Sea Cucumber Holothuria nobilis Selenka, J. Org. Chem. 2013, 78, 7030-7047. IF: 4.638, independent citations: 42, DOI: http://doi.org/10.1021/jo400861j
10) Q. Zhang, A. Mándi, S. Li, Y. Chen, W. Zhang, X. Tian, H. Zhang, H. Li, W. Zhang, S. Zhang, J. Ju, T. Kurtán, C. Zhang: N–N-Coupled Indolosesquiterpene Atropo-Diastereomers from a Marine-Derived Actinomycete, Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2012, 2012, 5256-5262. IF: 3.344, independent citations: 53, DOI: http://doi.org/10.1002/ejoc.201200599

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Last update: 2023. 06. 28. 08:33