Contact Information

Curtis R. Pulliam, Ph.D.
Chair, Chemistry and Biochemistry
270 Gordon Science Center

(315) 792-3140

Chemistry Major
Bachelor of Science in Chemistry

Faculty



With four faculty members trained in biochemistry, inorganic/analytical chemistry, organic chemistry, and physical/polymer chemistry, the UC chemistry faculty offers its students diverse areas of expertise.
 

Jeffrey (Jeff) C. Berlin, Ph.D.


Assistant Professor of Chemistry



Dr. Jeffrey Berlin
Phone: (315) 792-3071
Office: 283 Gordon Science Center
School of Arts and Sciences


Biography

U.S. Patent Applied:
 
Cooper, K.D.; Baron, E.D.; Oleinick, N.L.; McCormick, T.S.; Kenney, M.E.; Berlin, J.C. Topical Delivery of Phthalocyanines. 20090156552. June 18, 2008.
 
 
Publications:
 
Miller, J.D.; Baron, E.D.; Berlin, J.C.; Scull, H.; Hsia, A.; McCormick, T.; Colussi, V.; Kenney, M.E.; Cooper, K.D. Photodynamic Therapy with the Phthalocyanine Photosensitizer Pc 4: The Case Experience with Preclinical Mechanistic and Early Clinical-Translational Studies. Tox. Appl. Pharm., 2007, 224 (3), 290-299.
 
Farooq, Farees T.; Berlin, Jeffrey C.; Baron, Elma; Faulx, Ashley L.; Marks, Jeffrey M.; Chak, Amitabh. Pilot Animal Study of the Phthalocyanine Pc4 as a Topically-Applied Photosensitizer for PDT of Barrett’s Esophagus. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. 2007, 65 (5), AB155.
 
Dayahl, Smita; Lou, Yongbing; Samia, A.C.S.; Berlin, Jeffrey C.; Kenney, Malcolm E.; Burda, Clemens. Observation of Non-Forster-Type Energy-Transfer Behavior in Quantum Dot-Phthalocyanine Conjugates. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2006, 128 (43), 13974-75.
 
Dayal, S.; Krolicki, R.; Lou, Y.; Qiu, X.; Berlin, J.C.; Kenney, M.E.; Burda, C. Femtosecond Time-Resolved Energy Transfer from Nanoparticles to Phthalocyanines. Appl. Phys. B, 2006, 84, 309-315.
 
Anula, J.M.; Berlin, J.C.; Wu, H.; Li, Y.-S.; Peng, X.; Kenney, M.; Rodgers, M.A.J. Synthesis and Photophysical Properties of Silicon Phthalocyanines Bearing Alkylamine Termini. J. Phys. Chem. A., 2006, 110 (15), 5215-5223.
 
Berlin, Jeffrey C. Silicon Phthalocyanines for Photodynamic Therapy. Ph. D. Thesis, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, January 2006.
 
George, J.E.; Ahmad, Y.; Li, X.; Varghai, D.; Berlin, J.; Jackowe, D.; Jungermann, M.; Wolfe, M.S.; Lilge, L.; Totonchi, A.; Morris, R.L.; Peterson, A.; Lust, W.D.; Kenney, M.E.; Hoppel, C.L.; Sun, J.; Oleinick, N.L.; Dean, D. Pc 4 Photodynamic Therapy of U87-derived Human Glioma in the Nude Rat. Lasers Surg. Med., 2005, 36 (5), 383-389.
 
Morris, R.L.; Azizuddin, K.; Berlin, J.C.; Burda, C.; Kenney, M.E.; Samia, A.C.S.; Oleinick, N.L. Considerations on the Role of Cardiolipin in Cellular Responses to PDT. Proceedings of SPIE-The International Society for Optical Engineering, 2004, 5315 (Optical Methods for Tumor Treatment and Detection: Mechanisms and Techniques in Photodynamic Therapy XIII), 9-17.
 
Morris, R.L.; Azizuddin, K.; Lam, M.; Berlin, J.; Nieminen, A.-L.; Kenney, M.E.; Samia, A.C.S.; Burda, C.; Oleinick, N.L. Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer Reveals a Binding Site of a Photosensitizer for Photodynamic Therapy. Canc. Res., 2003, 63, 5194-5197.