| Prof. Dr. Yulian Zagranyarski Sofia University “St. Kl. Ohridski”, Faculty of Chemistry and pharmacy Department of Organic chemistry and pharmacognosy, room 608 1 J. Baurchier blvd, 1164, Sofia, Bulgaria Phone: +359 2 8161 600 e-mail: ohjz@chem.uni-sofia.bg |
Education and academic degrees
2007 – PhD in Organic chemistry, Sofia University “St. Kl. Ohridski”
2001 – M.Sc. in chemistry, Sofia University “St. Kl. Ohridski”
Professional experience
2017 – Associate Professor in Organic chemistry, Department of Organic chemistry and pharmacognosy, Sofia University “St. Kl. Ohridski”
2002 – 2017 Assistant Professor, Department of Organic chemistry and pharmacognosy, Sofia University “St. Kl. Ohridski”
Additional academic positions, awards and guest professorships:
2015 – Scientific advisor of Bachelor Programme “Computer Chemistry”
Fellowships and research visits abroad
Postdoctoral specialization in Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz, Germany, the research group of professor Klaus Mullen, 02.2011-09.2012.
Postdoctoral specialization in Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz, Germany, the research group of professor Klaus Mullen, 07.2013-09.2014.
Postdoctoral specialization in Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz, Germany, the research group of professor Klaus Mullen, 07.2015-09.2015.
Research interests
Organic synthesis – synthesis of rylene dyes, pigments and complexes, biologically active compounds
Selected publications (up to 5)
Facile Transformation of Perylene Tetracarboxylic Acid Dianhydride into Strong Donor–Acceptor Chromophores, Yulian Zagranyarski, Long Chen, Yanfei Zhao, Henrike Wonneberger, Chen Li and Klaus Müllen, Organic Letters, 2012, 14 (21), 5444–5447.
Toward Perylene Dyes by the Hundsdiecker Reaction, Yulian Zagranyarski, Long Chen, Daniel Jänsch, Thomas Gessner, Chen Li and Klaus Müllen, Organic Letters, 2014, 16 (11), 2814–2817.
On-Surface Synthesis of Rylene-Type Graphene Nanoribbons, Haiming Zhang, Haiping Lin, Kewei Sun, Long Chen, Yulian Zagranyarski, Nabi Aghdassi, Steffen Duhm, Qing Li, Dingyong Zhong, Youyong Li, Klaus Müllen, Harald Fuchs, and Lifeng Chi, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2015, 137 (12), pp 4022–4025.
Water-soluble NIR-absorbing rylene chromophores for selective staining of cellular organelles, Stefka Kaloyanova, Yulian Zagranyarski, Sandra Ritz, Mária Hanulová, Kaloian Koynov, Andreas Vonderheit, Kalina Peneva and Klaus Müllen, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2016, 138 (9), 2881–2884.
Facile synthesis of annulated heterocyclic benzo[kl]acridine derivatives via one-pot N-H/C-H coupling, Zagranyarski Y., Skabeev A., Ma Y., Müllen K., Li C., Org. Chem. Front., 2016, 3, 1520-1523.
Projects (last 5 years)
2016 – Sofia University Science Fund, Grant 136/2016 “Synthesis of new class naphthalene dyes and pigments containing five- and six-membered heterocyclic – Project leader
2015 – Sofia University Science Fund, Grant 77/2015 “Synthesis of new peri-double substituted perylenemonoimides. – Project leader
Other professional activities
Referee of publications in: Bul. Chem. Comm.
Teaching
Lectures:
Organic chemistry I – Bachelor programme Molecular biology and Biotechnology, 30 h
Organic chemistry - – Bachelor programme Agrobiotechnology, 45 h
Organic Synthetic Methods – Bachelor programme Chemistry, (specialization Organic chemistry) 45 h
Organic chemistry – Bachelor programmes Biology and English, 21 h
Practicums:
Seminars and practical exercises in Organic chemistry I and II – all bachelor programmes in FCP and FB