Ortu, Fabrizio - University of Birmingham

个人简介

Fabrizio ‘Fabs’ Ortu hails from Sassari (Sardinia, IT). Fabs studied Chemistry at the University of Sassari, where he obtained his Laurea Magistrale (MRes equivalent) in 2009. He moved to Nottingham in 2010 for his PhD studies, where he worked under the supervision of Prof. Deborah Kays on s-block coordination chemistry. Soon after completing his PhD in 2014, he moved to Manchester to work under the supervision of Prof. David Mills (and many other PIs!), covering a wide range of topics in lanthanide and actinide chemistry. In June 2019, Fabs joined the School of Chemistry at the University of Leicester as a Lecturer and in 2023 was promoted to Associate Professor. Career History 2023-present: Associate Professor of Chemistry; University of Leicester. 2019-2023: Lecturer in Chemistry; University of Leicester. 2014-2019: Research Associate; The University of Manchester (Prof. David Mills, Prof. Steve Liddle, Prof. Richard Winpenny, Dr Louise Natrajan). 2010-2014: PhD in Inorganic Chemistry; University of Nottingham (Prof. Deborah Kays). 2007-2009: Laurea Magistrale in Chimica (MRes equivalent); Università degli Studi di Sassari. 2003-2007: Laurea Triennale in Chimica (BSc equivalent, with year abroad); Università degli Studi di Sassari. Grants EPSRC New Investigator Award (£363,878; 10/2021-09/2024). Royal Society of Chemistry Research Enablement Grant (£10K; 09/2021-08/2022). Royal Society Research Grant (£20K; 03/2021-02/2022). EPSRC Core Equipment Award (£473,286; 11/2020-05/2022). Awards and Recognition Foundation Future Leaders 2024, The Foundation for Science and Technology. University of Leicester Citizen Award 2023 Finalist (Student recruitment and retention award). Royal Society of Chemistry Outreach Grant, University of Leicester Chemistry Summer School – (£4K; 06/2023-10/2024). 2022 Best Tutor, ChemSoc Chemistry Staff Awards (also nominated for Best Lecturer, Best Supervisor and Best Implementer of Feedback). 2021 Dalton Division Horizon Prize (Molecular Magnetism Group). Magnetochemistry Travel Award 2018 (ICCC2018, Sendai). Manchester & District RSC Local Section Bursary (ICOMC2016, Melbourne). Dalton Division Travel Grant (ICOMC2016, Melbourne). RSC Dalton Division UK/Canada Ambassador Bursary (CSC 2015, Ottawa). RSC Small Grant for Scientific Activities (£2K; 2014/15).

研究领域

Our main research focus is on organometallic and coordination chemistry of s- and f-block metals. Together with improving our fundamental understanding of these elements, we are interested in their application in small molecule activation, C-H activation, sustainable synthesis and catalysis. All our compounds are synthesised using advanced Schlenk line and glovebox techniques. We then perform comprehensive characterisations of our compounds using a variety of spectroscopic and analytical techniques e.g. single crystal X-ray crystallography, multinuclear NMR, UV-vis-NIR spectroscopy, EPR, cyclic voltammetry. Low oxidation state alkaline earth chemistry Fundamental alkaline earth and rare earth organometallic chemistry Mechanochemical synthesis

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Mechanochemical Synthesis, Characterization and Reactivity of a Room Temperature Stable Calcium Electride: A.W.J. Bowles, J.A. Quirk, Y. Liu, G.H. Morritt, M. Freitag, G.F.S. Whitehead, A.W. Woodward, A. Brookfield, C.A.P. Goodwin, D. Collison, F. Tuna, C.L. McMullin, J.A. Dawson, E. Lu, Fabrizio Ortu, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2024, accepted manuscript, DOI:10.1021/jacs.4c09408. Preprint: Research Square, 2024, DOI: 10.21203/rs/3/rs-465560/v1. Synthesis and characterization of alkali metal iminophosphoranomethanide complexes: M.P. Stevens., Y. Liu, K. Cooke, R.R. Hawker, F. Ortu, Polyhedron, 2024, 261, 117127, DOI:10.1016/j.poly.2024.117127. Part of a special issue dedicated to Rab Mulvey on the occasion of his 65th birthday. Ligand Effects on the Spin Relaxation Dynamics and Coherent Manipulation of Organometallic La(II) Potential Qudits: L.E. Nodaraki, A.-M. Ariciu, D.N. Huh, J. Liu, D.O.T.A. Martins, F. Ortu, R.E.P. Winpenny, N.F. Chilton, E.J.L. McInnes, D.P. Mills, W.J. Evans, F. Tuna, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2024, 146, 15000, DOI:10.1021/jacs.3c12827. An immunogenic anti-cancer stem cell bi-nuclear copper(II)-flufenamic acid complex: Y. Li, J. Fang, K. Singh, F. Ortu, R. Suntharalingam, Dalton Trans., 2024, 53, 6410, DOI:10.1039/D4DT00384E. B(C6F5)3-Catalyzed Dehydrogenation of Pyrrolidines to Form Pyrroles: A. Alvarez-Montoya, J.P. Gillions, L. Winfrey, R. R. Hawker, K. Singh, F. Ortu, Y. Fu, Y. Li, A.P. Pulis, ACS Catal., 2024, 14, 4856, DOI:10.1021/acscatal.3c05444. Metal-carbon bonding in early lanthanide substituted cyclopentadienyl complexes probed by pulsed EPR spectroscopy: L.E. Nodaraki, J. Liu, A.M. Ariciu, F. Ortu, M. Oakley, L. Birnoschi, G.K. Gransbury, P. Cobb, J. Emerson-King, N.F. Chilton, D.P. Mills, E.J.L. McInnes, F. Tuna, Chem. Sci., 2024, 15, 3003, DOI: 10.1039/D3SC06175B. Preprint: ChemRxiv, 2023, DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2023-tvmr0. Chirality generated by hindered rotations in platinum(II)-pyridine complexes: S. Stoccoro, A. Sini, G. Senzacqua, L. Maidich, F. Ortu, A. Zucca, Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 2023, 27, e202300649, DOI: 10.1002/ejic202300649. Non-classical early lanthanide(II) tris(di-tert-butylcyclopentadienyl) complexes: J. Liu, L. Nodaraki, D. Martins, M. Giansiracusa, P. Cobb, J. Emerson-King, F. Ortu, G. Whitehead, G. Gransbury, E. McInnes, F. Tuna, D.P. Mills, Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 2023, accepted article, DOI: 10.1002/ejic.202300552. Assigned as VIP by the journal. Preprint: ChemRxiv, 2023, DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2023-nhfxr. The Anti-Breast Cancer Stem Cell Potency of Copper(I)-Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drug Complexes: A. Johnson, X. Feng, K. Singh, F. Ortu and K. Suntharalingam, Molecules, 2023, 28, 6470, DOI: 103390/molecules28176401. A Blueprint for the Stabilization of Sub-Valent Alkaline Earth Complexes: A.J.W. Bowles, Y. Liu, M.P. Stevens, I.J. Vitorica-Yrezabal, C.L. McMullin, F. Ortu, Chem. Eur. J., 2023, 29, e202307850, DOI: 10.1002/chem.202301850. Preprint: ChemRxiv, 2023, DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2023-jdtlw. The Bulk Breast Cancer Cell and Breast Cancer Stem Cell Activity of Bi-nuclear Copper(II)-Phenanthroline Complexes: P. Osei, J. Northcote-Smith, J. Fang, K. Singh, F. Ortu, K. Suntharalingam, Chem. Eur. J., 2023, 29, e202301188, DOI: 10.1002/chem.202301188. Synthesis and characterization of two self-assembled [Cu6Gd3] and [Cu5Dy2] complexes exhibiting magnetocaloric effect, slow relaxation of magnetization and anticancer activity: A. Bhanja, S. R. Chaudhuri, A. B. Canaj, S. P. Vyas, F. Ortu, L. Smythe, M. Murrie, R. Goswami, D. Ray, Dalton Trans., 2023, 52, 3795, DOI: 10.1039/D2DT03932J. Structural Investigation of Magnesium Complexes Supported by a Thiopyridyl Scorpionate Ligand: M.P. Stevens, E. Spray, I.J. Vitorica-Yrezabal, K. Singh, V.M. Timmermann, L. Sotorrios, F. Ortu, Molecules, 2022, 27, 4564, DOI: 10.3390/molecules27144564. Synthesis, Characterisation and Reactivity of Group 2 Complexes with a Thiopyridyl Scorpionate Ligand: M.P. Stevens, E. Spray, I.J. Vitorica-Yrezabal, K. Singh, V.M. Timmermann, L. Sotorrios, S.A. Macgregor, F. Ortu, Dalton Trans., 2022, 51, 11922, DOI: 10.1039/D2DT02012B. Synthesis of heteroleptic yttrium and dysprosium 1,2,4-tris(trimethylsilyl)cyclopentadienyl complexes: S.C. Corner, C.A.P. Goodwin, F. Ortu, P. Evans, H. Zhang, G.K. Gransbury, G.F.S. Whitehead, D.P. Mills, Aust. J. Chem., 2022, 75, 684, DOI: 10.1071/CH21314. A bioinspired redox-modulating copper(II)-macrocyclic complex bearing non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs with anti-cancer stem cell activity: A. Johnson, L. Iffland, J. Northcote-Smith, K. Singh, F. Ortu, U.-P. Apfel, K. Suntharalingam, Dalton Trans., 2022, 51, 5904, DOI: 10.1039/D2DT00788F. Functionalized Tris(anilido)triazacyclononanes as Hexadentate Ligands for the Encapsulation of U(III), U(IV) and La(III) Cations: A. Formanuik, F. Ortu, I. J. Vitorica-Yrezabal, F. Tuna, E. J. L. McInnes, L. S. Natrajan, David P. Mills, Inorganics, 2021, 9, 86, DOI: 10.3390/inorganics9120086. Photoluminescence of Pentavalent Uranyl Amide Complexes: F. Ortu, S. Randall, D.J. Moulding, A. Woodward, A. Kerridge, K. Meyer, H.S. La Pierre, L.S. Natrajan, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2021, 143, 13184, DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c05184. Preprint: ChemRxiv, 2021, DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv.14602632.v1. Synthesis of Heptanuclear Ni4Dy3 Coordination Aggregate Using Tridentate Ligand: X-ray Structure, Magnetism and Theoretical Studies: A. Bhanja, L. Smythe, K. Kotrle, F. Ortu, R. Herchel, M. Murrie, D. Ray, Inorg. Chim. Acta, 2021, 526, 120524, DOI: 10.1016/j.ica.2021.120524. Synthesis and characterization of new Pd(II) and Pt(II) complexes with 3-substituted 1-(2-pyridyl)imidazo[1,5-a]pyridine ligands: S. Stoccoro, S. Pischedda, A. Zucca, G. Sciortino, F. Ortu, G. Clarkson, Dalton Trans., 2021, 50, 4859, DOI: 10.1039/D1DT00546D. Breast Cancer Stem Cell Active Copper(II) Complexes with Naphthol Schiff Base and Polypyridyl Ligands: J. Northcote-Smith, A. Johnson, K. Singh, F. Ortu, K. Suntharalingam, Inorganics, 2021, 9(1), 5, DOI: 10.3390/inorganics9010005. Structural, theoretical and spectroscopic characterisation of a series of novel gold(I)-norbornene complexes supported by phenantrolines: effects of the supporting ligand: M. A. Cinellu, M. Arca, F. Ortu, S. Stoccoro, A. Zucca, A. Pintus, L. Maiore, Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 2019, 44, 4784, DOI:10.1002/ejic.201901116.