Prof. Ulrich Baisch

Dip.Chem./M.Sc.(Hons)(Tuebingen),Dr.rer.nat.(Munich)

Associate Professor

Chemistry

Faculty of Science

Room 334

Chemistry Building

University of Malta

Msida

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Biography

Before joining the University of Malta's Dept. of Chemistry in October 2013, Prof. Baisch was lecturing chemistry at Newcastle University (UK). He held this position since 2009 where he also headed the crystallography service facility of the School of Chemistry and was the departmental Erasmus coordinator. Prof. Baisch completed his undergraduate degree (Dipl.-Chem., equivalent to M.Sc.(Hons)) at the University of TÃ¼bingen (Germany). These studies were complemented by an Erasmus research stage at the University of Pisa in the group of Prof. F. Calderazzo. He then went to the University of Munich (LMU) for his doctoral research in the field of inorganic solid state chemistry under the supervision of Prof. W. Schnick. After receiving his Ph.D. degree (Dr.rer.nat.) in 2006, Dr Baisch then worked as an ANR (Agence National du Recherche) funded research associate in Toulouse (2006-2007) and subsequently held a Marie-Curie Fellowship (2007-2009) at the Universities of Bologna and Bristol.
Prof. Baisch has continued to attract EU funding for his research, most recently in the form of a Marie-Curie Reintegration Grant. His research interests lie at the interface between crystal engineering, lanthanide chemistry and molecular solid-state chemistry, with particular interest in establishing for the first time a systematic approach to using lanthanide complexes in the modern research field of crystal engineering. Novel materials with improved properties, such as cocrystals and polymorphs of optically, magnetically or pharmaceutically active compounds have been discovered in this manner.
Thanks to his past employment history Prof. Baisch has established a large network of research collaborations and links with scientists working in the field of metal-organic, lanthanide or solid-state chemistry in Germany, France, Italy and the UK. He has published a significant amount of work in international; peer reviewed journals covering a wide range of complex chemistry, such as organometallic controlled radical polymerisation, lanthanide coordination chemistry and solid-state molecular precursor chemistry.
Research is, of course, a large part of Prof. Baisch's work but he also has time for teaching and the supervision of undergraduate and postgraduate students.

Research Interests

Publications

BAISCH, U., 2015. Connecting Frontier Research with Industrial Development - Lanthanide and Actinide Chemistry in the European f-Element Network. Xjenza Online, 3, pp. 17-22.

HE, X., BENNISTON, A.C., SAARENPÄÄ, H., LEMMETYINEN, H., TKACHENKO, N.V. and BAISCH, U., 2015. Polymorph crystal packing effects on charge transfer emission in the solid state. Chemical Sciences, 6, pp. 3525-3532.

MILLER, D.C., CARBAIN, B., BEALE, G.S., ALHASAN, S.F., REEVES, H.L., BAISCH, U., NEWELL, D.R., GOLDING, B.T. and GRIFFIN, R.J., 2015. Regioselective sulfamoylation at low temperature enables concise syntheses of putative small molecule inhibitors of sulfatases. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, 13, pp. 5279-5284.

BAI, D., BENNISTON, A.C., CLIFT, S., BAISCH, U., STEYN, J., EVERITT, N. and ANDRAS, P., 2014. Low molecular weight Neutral Boron Dipyrromethene (Bodipy) dyads for fluorescence-based neural imaging. Journal of Molecular Structure, 1065-1066, pp. 10-15.

BAISCH, U. and VELLA-ZARB, L., 2014. Towards understanding P-gp resistance: a case study of the antitumour drug cabazitaxel. CrystEngComm, Advance Article.

IZOD, K., DIXON, C.M., MCMEEKIN, E., RODGERS, L., HARRINGTON, R.W. and BAISCH, U., 2014. Synthesis and Structural Characterization of Phosphine-Borane-Stabilized Dicarbanions with either Rigid or Flexible Spacers. Organometallics, 33, pp. 378-386.

IZOD, K., RAYNER, D.G., EL-HAMRUNI, S., HARRINGTON, R.W. and BAISCH, U., 2014. Stabilization of a Diphosphagermylene through pÏ€-pÏ€ Interactions with a Trigonal-Planar Phosphorus Center. Angewandte Chemie, International Edition, 53(14), pp. 3636-3640.

LEBRAUD, H., COXON, C.R., ARCHARD, V.S., BAWN, C.M., CARBAIN, B., MATHESON, C.J., TURNER, D.M., CANO, C., GRIFFIN, R.J., HARDCASTLE, I.R., BAISCH, U., HARRINGTON, R.W. and GOLDING, B.T., 2014. Model system for irreversible inhibition of Nek2: thiol addition to ethynylpurines and related substituted heterocycles. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, 12(1), pp. 141-148.

VELLA-ZARB, L., BRAGA, D., GUY ORPEN, A. and BAISCH, U., 2014. The influence of hydrogen bonding on the planar arrangement of melamine in crystal structures of its solvates, cocrystals and salts. CrystEngComm, 16(35), pp. 8147-8159.

VODA, I., TURTA, C., LOZAN, V., BENNISTON, A.C. and BAISCH, U., 2014. Synthesis of a zinc(II) cage-like structure based on 1,4-bis((1H-imidazoyl-1-yl)methyl)benzene and 5-sulfoisophthalic acid. Polyhedron, 67, pp. 301-305.

VELLA-ZARB, L., BAISCH, U. and DINNEBIER, R.E., 2013. Small molecule, big difference: The role of water in the crystallization of paclitaxel. Journal of pharmaceutical sciences, 102(2), pp. 674-683.

VELLA-ZARB, L., DINNEBIER, R.E. and BAISCH, U., 2013. The Devil is in the Detail: A Rare H-Bonding Motif in New Forms of Docetaxel. Crystal Growth & Design, 13(10), pp. 4402-4410.

FRIEDRICH, P., BAISCH, U., HARRINGTON, R.W., LYATUU, F., ZHOU, K., ZELDER, F., MCFARLANE, W., BUCKEL, W. and GOLDING, B.T., 2012. Experimental Study of Hydrogen Bonding Potentially Stabilizing the 5'-Deoxyadenosyl Radical from Coenzyme B12. Chemistry - A European Journal, 18(50), pp. 16114-16122.

HUGLE, T., KOVACS, H., HEIJNEN, I.A.F.M., DAIKELER, T., BAISCH, U., HICKS, J.M. and VALDERRABANO, V., 2012. Synovial fluid metabolomics in different forms of arthritis assessed by nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Clinical and experimental rheumatology, 30(2), pp. 240-5.

LOPEZ-GOMEZ, M.J., CONNELLY, N.G., HADDOW, M.F., HAMILTON, A., LUSI, M., BAISCH, U. and ORPEN, A.G., 2011. Potassium S2N-heteroscorpionates: structure and iridaboratrane formation. Dalton Transactions, 40(17), pp. 4647-4659.

CHAMPOURET, Y., MACLEOD, K.C., BAISCH, U., PATRICK, B.O., SMITH, K.M. and POLI, R., 2010. Cyclopentadienyl Chromium Î²-Diketiminate Complexes: Initiators, Ligand Steric Effects, and Deactivation Processes in the Controlled Radical Polymerization of Vinyl Acetate. Organometallics, 29(1), pp. 167-176.

PAGANO, S., ZEUNER, M., BAISCH, U. and SCHNICK, W., 2010. Synthesis of rare earth (Oxo)nitridocarbonates by employment of supercritical carbon dioxide, single-source precursor, solid-state, and ion exchange reactions. Zeitschrift fuer Anorganische und Allgemeine Chemie, 636(12), pp. 2212-2221.

BAISCH, U. and BRAGA, D., 2009. Yb(C2O4)4]5- - a versatile metal-organic building block for layered coordination polymers. CrystEngComm, 11(1), pp. 40-42.

KUMAR, K.S., SANTHOSH, LI, Y., GNANOU, Y., BAISCH, U., CHAMPOURET, Y., POLI, R., ROBSON, K.C.D. and MCNEIL, W.S., 2009. Electronic and Steric Ligand Effects in the Radical Polymerization of Vinyl Acetate Mediated by Î²-Ketoiminate Complexes of Cobalt(II). Chemistry - An Asian Journal, 4(8), pp. 1257-1265.

SANTHOSH, K.K.S., LI, Y., GNANOU, Y., BAISCH, U., CHAMPOURET, Y., POLI, R., ROBSON, K.C.D. and MCNEIL, W.S., 2009. Electronic and steric ligand effects in the radical polymerization of vinyl acetate mediated by beta-ketoiminate complexes of cobalt(II). Chemistry, an Asian journal, 4(8), pp. 1257-65.

BAISCH, U., CHAMPOURET, Y., POLI, R., TANG, L., CONWAY, J.L. and SMITH, K.M., 2008. Controlled radical polymerization by use of Half-sandwich chromium complexes. Polymer Preprints (American Chemical Society, Division of Polymer Chemistry), 49(2), pp. 60-61.

BAISCH, U., CHAMPOURET, Y., POLI, R., TANG, L., CONWAY, J.L. and SMITH, K.M., 2008. Controlled radical polymerization by use of half-sandwich chromium complexes, 2008, American Chemical Society, pp. POLY-038.

BAISCH, U. and POLI, R., 2008. Copper(I/II) and cobalt(II) coordination chemistry of relevance to controlled radical polymerization processes. Polyhedron, 27(9-10), pp. 2175-2185.

BAISCH, U., RUBINI, K. and BRAGA, D., 2008. Remarkable structural similarities between organic co-crystals and a metal-organic coordination network-insights into hydrogen bonded aliphatic ammonium chlorides. CrystEngComm, 10(12), pp. 1939-1947.

CHAMPOURET, Y., BAISCH, U., POLI, R., TANG, L., CONWAY, J.L. and SMITH, K.M., 2008. Homolytic bond strengths and formation rates in half-sandwich chromium alkyl complexes: relevance for controlled radical polymerization. Angewandte Chemie, International Edition, 47(32), pp. 6069-6072, S6069/1-S6069/62.

CHAMPOURET, Y., BAISCH, U., POLI, R., TANG, L., CONWAY, J.L. and SMITH, K.M., 2008. Homolytic bond strengths and formation rates in half-sandwich chromium alkyl complexes: relevance for controlled radical polymerization. Angewandte Chemie (International ed.in English), 47(32), pp. 6069-72.

BAISCH, U., 2006. From reactive molecular precursors to highly crosslinked lanthanide oxonitridocarbonates and nano-crystalline lanthanide nitride materials.

BAISCH, U., PAGANO, S., ZEUNER, M., BARROS, N., MARON, L. and SCHNICK, W., 2006. Nanocrystalline lanthanide nitride materials synthesised by thermal treatment of amido and ammine metallocenes: X-ray studies and DFT calculations. Chemistry - A European Journal, 12(18), pp. 4785-4798.

BAISCH, U., PAGANO, S., ZEUNER, M., SCHMEDT, A.,DER GUENNE, OECKLER, O. and SCHNICK, W., 2006. Synthesis, Structure, and Dynamics of Tris(Î·5-cyclopentadienyl)lanthanides and Bis(Î·5-cyclopentadienyl)bis(trimethylsilyl)amido]cerium(III). Organometallics, 25(12), pp. 3027-3033.

BAISCH, U., PAGANO, S., ZEUNER, M. and SCHNICK, W., 2006. Carbon dioxide fixation by organolanthanides and thermal degradation into amorphous and higher condensed Ln/O/C/N solids. European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, (17), pp. 3517-3524.

BAISCH, U., DELL, A., DANIELA BELLI, CALDERAZZO, F., CONTI, R., LABELLA, L., MARCHETTI, F. and QUADRELLI, E.A., 2004. The mononuclear and dinuclear dimethoxyethane adducts of lanthanide trichlorides LnCl3(DME)2]n, n = 1 or 2, fundamental starting materials in lanthanide chemistry. Preparation and structures. Inorganica Chimica Acta, 357(5), pp. 1538-1548.

BAISCH, U., DELL'AMICO, D.B., CALDERAZZO, F., LABELLA, L., MARCHETTI, F. and MERIGO, A., 2004. N,N-dialkylcarbamato lanthanide complexes, a series of isotypical coordination compounds. European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, (6), pp. 1219-1224.

BAISCH, U., DELL', A., DANIELA BELLI, CALDERAZZO, F., LABELLA, L., MARCHETTI, F. and VITALI, D., 2003. Reaction of a tetranuclear N,N-di-iso-propylcarbamato complex of cerium(III) with dioxygen: synthesis and X-ray characterization of both the oxidation product and its precursor. Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical, 204-205, pp. 259-265.

BAISCH, U. and SCHNICK, W., 2003. Syntheses and crystal structures of bis(1,2-dimethoxyethane)trichlorosamarium(III) and tris(N,N-diisopropylcarbamato)samarium(III). Zeitschrift fuer Anorganische und Allgemeine Chemie, 629(12-13), pp. 2073-2078.

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