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©Copyright 2007
Stevens Institute of Technology

 
 
        
Athula B. Attygalle
Athula B. Attygalle
Research Professor, Chemistry
School:  Schaefer School of Engineering & Science
Department:  Chemistry, Chemical Biology & Biomedical Engineering
Program:  Chemistry & Chemical Biology

Location:312 McLean Chemical Sciences Building
Phone:201.216.5575
Fax:201.216.8240
Email:aattygal@stevens.edu
Courses:
CH 362 CH 461 CH 666

Research & Education
   
Research

  Center for Mass Spectrometry

  • Mass Spectrometrric Ion fragmentations
  • Bioanalytical Chemistry
  • Microchemical techniques
  • Chromatography
  • GC-Infrared Spectrometry
  • Natural Products
  • Chemical Communication and Defense in Arthropods
  • Chemical Ecology
  • “Chemical Prospecting” by Pharmacological Screening of Tropical Rain Forest Natural Products.
Education

            B.Sc. (Chemistry), University of Ceylon,  1975

            M.Sc. (Biochemistry) University of Sri Lanka, 1977

             Postgraduate Diploma in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan, , 1979           

             Ph. D. (Chemistry) University of Keele, United Kingdom, 1983

  
Achievements & Professional Societies
   
Patents & Inventions

Insect Deterrent  Azamacrolides, Eisner, T., Attygalle, A.B., and McCormick, K.D. U.S. Patent No. 5,185,365.                                  

Tetradecatrienyl and tetradecadienyl acetates and their  use as sex attractants for tomato pests., Attygalle, A. B., Jham, J. N., Svatos, A., Frighetto, R. T. S. U.S. Patent No. 5,728,376.

 

Selected Publications
Journals

  • Athula B. Attygalle, Xiaogang Wu, David R. Maddison,, Kipling W. Wil. (Dec 1, 2009). "Lemon-scented beetles: Opposite enantiomers of limonene as major constituents in the defensive secretion of related carabids", Springer. 96 (12), 1443-1449.  PDF  .


  • Julius Pavlov, Washington Braida, Adebayo Ogundipe, Gregory O’Connor and Athula B. Attygalle. (Oct 2009). "Generation and Detection of Gaseous W12O41 and Other Tungstate Anions by Laser Desorption Ionization Mass Spectrometry", Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry, 20 (10), 1782-1789.


  • Jason B. Bialecki, Frank U. Axe, and Athula B. Attygalle. (2009). "Hydroxycarbonyl anion (m/z 45), a diagnostic marker for α-hydroxy carboxylic acids. Journal of Mass Spectrometry.", Journal of Mass Spectrometry 44 (2009) 252-259.


  • recent publications.....  Complete List  .


  • Kithsiri Herath, Athula B. Attygalle, Sheo B. Singh. (2008). "Biosynthetic Studies of Platencin. Tetrahedron Letters", Tetrahedron Letters 49 (2008) 5755–5758, 49 5755.


  • Freneil B. Jariwala, Margaret Figus, and Athula B. Attygalle. (2008). "Ortho Effect in Electron Ionization Mass Spectrometry of N-Acylanilines Bearing a Proximal Halo Substituent. Journal of American Society for Mass Spectrometry.", Journal of American Society for Mass Spectrometry, 19 1114.


  • Upul Nishshanka and Athula B. Attygalle. (2008). "Low-energy collision-induced fragmentation of negative ions derived from diesters of aliphatic dicarboxylic acids made with hydroxybenzoic acids. Journal of Mass Spectrometry ", Journal of Mass Spectrometry. 43 (2008) 1502-1511, 42 1512.


  • Athula B. Attygalle, Jason B. Bialecki, Upul Nishshanka, Carl S. Weisbecker, and Josef Ruzicka. (2008). "Loss of benzene to generate an enolate anion by a site-specific double-hydrogen transfer during CID fragmentation of O-alkyl ethers of ortho-hydroxybenzoic acids. Journal of Mass Spectrometry. ", Journal of Mass Spectrometry 43 (2008) 1224-1234., 43.


  • Kithsiri B. Herath,, Athula B. Attygalle, Sheo B. Singh. (2007). "Biosynthetic Studies of Platensimycin. Journal of the American Chemical Society.", Journal of the American Chemical Society 129 (2007) 15422-15423., The American Chemical Society . 129 15422.


  • Siliu Tan, Melek Erol, Athula Attygalle, Henry Du , and Svetlana Sukhishvili. "Synthesis of Positively Charged Silver Nanoparticles via Oxidative Photoreduction of AgNO3 and Branched Polyethyleneimine in HEPES Solutions", Langmuir 23 (2007) 9836-9843.


  • Hyeunjoo Lee, Steven Finckbeiner, Jose S. Yu, David F. Wiemer, Thomas Eisner, Athula B. Attygalle. (2007). "Characterization of (E,E)-farnesol and its fatty acid esters from anal scent glands of nutria (Myocastor nutria) by GC-MS and GC-IR. Journal of Chromatography", Journal of Chromatography A 1165 (2007) 136-143 (doi:10.1016/j.chroma.2007.06.041), 1165 136.


  • Jason B. Bialecki, Josef Ruzicka, and Athula B. Attygalle. (2007). "Synthesis of [2,3,4,5,6-2H5]phenyl glucosinolate. Journal of Labelled Compounds and Radiopharmaceuticals.", Journal of Labelled Compounds and Radiopharmaceuticals. 50 (2007) 711–715.


  • Athula B. Attygalle, Josef Ruzicka, Deepu Varughese, Jason Bialecki and Sayed Jafri. (2007). "Low-energy collision-induced fragmentation of negative ions derived from ortho-, meta-, and para-hydroxyphenyl carbaldehydes, ketones, and related compounds. Journal of Mass Spectrometry.", Journal of Mass Spectrometry. 42 (2007) 1207–1217, 42.


  • Václav Čeřovský, Jan Pohl, Zhihua Yang, Naseer Alam, and Athula B. Attygalle. (2007). "Identification of three novel peptides isolated from the venom of the neotropical social wasp Polistes major major. Journal of Peptide Scence.", Journal of Peptide Scence. 13 (2007) 445 - 450, 13 445.


  • Xiaogang Wu , Donald W. Buden and Athula B. Attygalle. "Hydroquinones from defensive secretion of a giant Pacific millipede, Acladocricus setigerus (Diplopoda: Spirobolida)", Chemoecology 17 (2007) 131-138. (DOI 10.1007/s00049-007-0372-1).


  • Athula B. Attygalle, Xiaogang Wu and Kipling W. Will. (2007). "Biosynthesis of tiglic, ethacrylic and 2-methylbutyric acids in a carabid beetle, Pterostichus (Hypherpes) californicus (Carabidae). Journal of Chemical Ecology ", Journal of Chemical Ecology 33 (2007) 1573-1561 (DOI: 10.1007/s10886-007-9276-3).


  • Merih Sengonul, J. Ruzicka, A. B. Attygalle, Matthew Libera.. "Surface modification of protein nanocontainers and their self-directing character in polymer blends", Polymer 48 (2007) 3632-3640.


  • Zhihua Yang and Athula B. Attygalle. (2007). "LC/MS Characterization of Undesired Products Formed During Iodoacetamide Derivatization of Sulfhydryl Groups of Peptides. Journal of Mass Spectrometry.", Journal of Mass Spectrometry 42 (2007) 233-243. , 42.


  • V. Witte , L. Abrell , A. B. Attygalle , X. Wu, and J. Meinwald. (2007). "Structure and function of Dufour gland pheromones from the crazy ant Paratrechina longicornis. Chemoecology.", Chemoecology 17 (2007) 63-69, 17.


  • V. Witte, A. B. Attygalle, and J. Meinwald. (2007). "Complex Chemical Communication in the Crazy Ant Paratrechina longicornis Latreille (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Chemoecology.", Chemoecology 17 (2007) 57-72.


  • Jason B. Bialecki, Frank U. Axe, and Athula B. Attygalle. "Hydroxycarbonyl anion (m/z 45), a diagnostic marker for α-hydroxy carboxylic acids", Journal of Mass Spectrometry 44 (2009) 252-259, John Wiley & Sons.


  •    Generic

  • "Biosynthetic Studies of Platensimycin Kithsiri B. Herath,, Athula B. Attygalle, Sheo B. Singh. Journal of the American Chemical Society 129 (2007) 15422-15423.".


  • Synthesis of Positively Charged Silver Nanoparticles via Oxidative Photoreduction of AgNO3 and Branched Polyethyleneimine in HEPES Solutions. Siliu Tan, Melek Erol, Athula Attygalle, Henry Du , and Svetlana Sukhishvili. Langmuir 23 (2007) 9836-9843.


  • Characterization of (E,E)-farnesol and its fatty acid esters from anal scent glands of nutria (Myocastor nutria) by GC-MS and GC-IR. J. Chromatogr. A 1165 (2007) 136-143.


  • Synthesis of [2,3,4,5,6-2H5]phenyl glucosinolateJournal of Labelled Compounds and Radiopharmaceuticals 50 (2007) 711–715.


  • Low-energy collision-induced fragmentation of negative ions derived from ortho-, meta-, and para-hydroxyphenyl carbaldehydes, ketones, and related compounds. J. Mass Spectrom. 42 (2007) 1207–1217.


  • Identification of three novel peptides isolated from the venom of the neotropical social wasp Polistes major major. J. Peptide Sci. 13 (2007) 445 - 450.


  • Hydroquinones from defensive secretion of a giant Pacific millipede, Acladocricus setigerus (Diplopoda: Spirobolida) Chemoecology 17 (2007) 131-138.


  • Biosynthesis of tiglic, ethacrylic and 2-methylbutyric acids in a carabid beetle, Pterostichus (Hypherpes) californicus (Carabidae). J. Chem. Ecol 33 (2007) 1573-1561.


  • 48 (2007). "Surface modification of protein nanocontainers and their self-directing character in polymer blends. Polymer 3632-3640. ".


  • J. Mass Spectrom. 42 (2007) 233-243.. "LC/MS Characterization of Undesired Products Formed During Iodoacetamide Derivatization of Sulfhydryl Groups of Peptides. ".


  • "Structure and function of Dufour gland pheromones from the crazy ant Paratrechina longicornis. Chemoecology 17 (2007) 63-69".


  • 17 (2007). "Complex Chemical Communication in the Crazy Ant Paratrechina longicornis Latreille (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Chemoecology 57-72.".


  • "An unprecedented ortho effect in mass spectrometric fragmentation of even-electron negative ions from hydroxyphenyl carbaldehydes and ketones Tetrahedron Lett. 47 (2006) 4601-4603. [Corrigendum: Tetrahedron Letters 48 (2007) 3485]".


  • "An Unprecedented Rearrangement in Collision-Induced Mass Spectrometric Fragmentation of Protonated Benzylamines. J. Mass Spectrom. 41 (2006) 1195-1204".


  • "Contents of the hypertrophied postpharyngeal gland of workers and soldiers of the fire ant Solenopsis geminata (Hymenoptera: Myrmicinae). Sociobiology, 47 (2006) 471-482 ".


  • "An Unexpected Ion-Molecule Adduct in Negative-Ion Collision-induced Decomposition (CID) Ion-Trap Mass Spectra of Halogenated Benzoic Acids . Rapid. Comm. Mass Spectrom. 20 (2006) 2265-2270.".


  • M. Haribal, J. A. A. Renwick, A. B. Attygalle, and D. Kiemle. (2006). "A feeding stimulant for Manduca sexta from Solanum surattenses. ", J. Chem. Ecol. 32 (2006).


  • Jason B. Bialecki, Frank U. Axe, and Athula B. Attygalle. (Feb 1, ). "Hydroxycarbonyl anion (m/z 45), a diagnostic marker for α-hydroxy carboxylic acids", Journal of Mass Spectrometry , 44 252-259.


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