Rate My Professor Simona Marincean

Marincean's research emphasizes the molecular-level study of noncovalent interactions and their influence on redox processes, particularly those relevant to developing diagnostic and therapeutic approaches in health-related fields. Her scholarly interests encompass Green Chemistry and Organic Chemistry. Ongoing projects include the synthesis and characterization of novel riboflavin derivatives to address riboflavin deficiency in at-risk populations and to identify flavin binding proteins, conducted in collaboration with the Benore laboratory; and the exploration of benzo[e][1,2,4]triazines as precursors to Blatter radicals for applications in medicinal chemistry and materials science, in partnership with the Constantinides laboratory. She has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals, with key works such as 'Riboflavin interactions with the chicken isolated carrier protein' (Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 2023, with Diana L. Nichols and Marilee A. Benore), 'The effect of the Covid-19 pandemic on STEM faculty: Productivity and work-life balance' (PLoS ONE, 2023, with Amanda Esquivel and Marilee A. Benore), 'Remote Organic Chemistry Laboratories at University of Michigan-Dearborn' (Journal of Chemical Education, 2020, with Steven L. Scribner), 'NMR Studies Of Structure-Reactivity Relationships In Carbonyl Reduction: A Collaborative Advanced Laboratory Experiment' (Journal of Chemical Education, 2012, with Sheila Smith and others), and 'Can Hydridic-to-Protonic Hydrogen Bonds Catalyze Biological Processes?' (The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 2010, with James E. Jackson).