Dr. Attila Mándi

 

Degrees:

  • 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