Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Carolina Villalonga-Barber, Researcher
National Hellenic Research Foundation,
Institute of Organic and Pharmaceutical Chemistry
Vas. Constantinou 48, 116 35 Athens, Greece
Tel.: +30 210 7273874; Fax: +30 210 7273877
E-mail: carol

Education

1996 Degree in Chemistry, University of Barcelona, (Spain).
1997 MSc in Chemical Research, Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London,       (UK). ''Asymmetric synthesis of phosphonate derivatives'' with Dr P. B. Wyatt.
2001 DPhil in Organic Chemistry, University of Oxford, (UK).
      ''Synthetic studies towards the zaragozic acids'' with Dr D. M. Hodgson.

Employment

1996 Researcher, Glaxo-Wellcome, Stevenage, (UK).
      ''Synthesis of Fmoc-protected b-alanine derivatives''.
2001-2002 Post-doctoral Fellow, Imperial College, University of London, (UK).
      ''Metal catalysed oxidative kinetic resolution of racemic alcohols'' with Dr S. P. Marsden       and Prof. W. P. Griffith.
2002-2003 Post-doctoral Fellow, National Hellenic Research Foundation, (Greece).
      ''New stilbene derivatives with neuroprotective activity'' with Dr M. Micha-Skrettas.
2003-2005 Post-doctoral Fellow, National Hellenic Research Foundation, (Greece).
      ''New organometallic chromophores as potential near infrared dyes'' with Dr B. R.       Steele.
2006-present Researcher, National Hellenic Research Foundation, (Greece).

Publications

'New stable, isolable triaylmethyl based dyes absorbing in the near IR'
C. Villalonga-Barber, B. R. Steele, V. Kovac, M. Micha-Screttas and C. G. Screttas, J. Organomet. Chem., 2006, 691, 2785-2792).

'Selective catalytic carbanionic ethylation of methylphenols. Influence of catalyst and substitution pattern'
B. R. Steele, C. Villalonga-Barber, M. Micha-Screttas and C. G. Screttas, Tetrahedron, 2006, 47, 2093-2097.

'Selectivity in the Cycloadditions of Carbonyl Ylides with Glyoxylates: an approach to the Zaragozic Acids-Squalestatins'
D. M. Hodgson, J. M. Bailey, C. Villalonga-Barber, M. G. B. Drew and T. Harrison, J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 1, 2000, 3432-3443.

'Studies towards a Stereocontrolled Synthesis of the Tricarboxylate Core of the Zaragozic Acids-Squalestatins by a Cycloaddition-Rearrangement Strategy' D. M. Hodgson and C. Villalonga-Barber, Tetrahedron Lett., 2000, 41, 5597-5609.

'Synthesis and Diels-Alder Reactivity of Chiral 2-(Alk-1-enyl)-1,3,2-diazaphospholidine 2-oxides' P. B. Wyatt, C. Villalonga-Barber and M. Motevalli, Tetrahedron Lett., 1999, 40, 149-152.

Patents

'Νέα υποκατεστημένα στιλβενοειδή παράγωγα με νευροπροστατευτική δράση', Μ. Μίχα-Σκρέττα, C. Villalonga-Barber, B. R. Steele, Μ. Ν. Αλέξης, patent numer: 1005435, application number: GR20050100284 (2005).