FACULTY PUBLICATIONS
Chemistry and Biochemistry faculty strive to publish papers in respected journals with undergraduate and graduate student co-authors. Lists of publications have been compiled here by their year of publication. To find lists of publications by individual faculty, please check faculty websites.
Current Publications
2025/26
Key: Villanova Undergraduates, Villanova Graduate Students, Villanova Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Faculty
1. Acharya, N, Daniel, EA, Dao, TP, Niblo, JK, Mulvey, EO, Sukenik, S, Kraut, DA, Roelofs, J, Castañeda, CA. STI1 domain engages transient helices to mediate Dsk2 phase separation and proteasome condensation; EMBO JOURNAL; FEB 2026
2. Bazurto, E, Kumar, R, Jorn, R. Toward a Transferable Coarse-Grained Model for Glyme Electrolytes; JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B; FEB 2026.
3. Maerz, JC, Samples, JA, Bradke, DR, Bassham, C, Martin, JA, Hepinstall-Cymerman, J, Lagalante, AF, McCarty, E. Estimated effects of climate and imidacloprid use on the abundances of woodland salamanders; FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT; APR 2026.
4. Feng, JL, Carreño, M, Jung, H, Naidu, SD, Arroyo-Diaz, N, Ang, AD, Kulkarni, B, Kisielewski, D, Suzuki, T, Yamamoto, M, Hayes, JD, Honda, T, Wilson, L, Leon-Ruiz, B, Eggler, AL, Vitturi, DA, Dinkova-Kostova, AT. The electrophilic metabolite of kynurenine, kynurenine-CKA, requires C151 in Keap1 to derepress Nrf2; REDOX BIOLOGY; MAR 2026.
5. Schnell, MR, Zhai, TH, Ragwan, ER, Jung, H, Zhang, JY, Lagalante, AF, Kung, Y, Kraut, DA, Huang, ZY, Eggler, AL; KEAP1 C151 active site catalysis drives electrophilic signaling to upregulate cytoprotective enzyme expression. REDOX BIOLOGY; DEC 2025.
6. Mcdonough, D, Sanchez, CA, Wuest, WM, Minbiole, KPC. Recent developments in antimicrobial small molecule quaternary phosphonium compounds (QPCs) - synthesis and biological insights; RSC MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY; MAR 19, 2025.
7. Yennawar, HP, Mal, TK, Olsen, MA, Lagalante, AF, Gavalis, AD, Frederick, IG, Louca, EM, Silverberg, LJ; Syntheses and structures of spontaneously resolved (2S)-2-phenyl-3-(thiazol-2-yl)-2,3,5,6-tetrahydro-4H-1,3-thiazin-4-one and racemic 2-(furan-2-yl)-3-phenyl-2,3,5,6-tetrahydro-4H-1,3-thiazin-4-one. ACTA CRYSTALLOGRAPHICA SECTION E-CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS; NOV 2025
8. Bierling, HM, Dorsa, AR, LaCoursiere, J, Yap, GPA, Olsen, M, Dudley, TJ, Kassel, WS, Paul, JJ, Young, E,; Toward Understanding Ligand-Directed Excited-State Electron Flow in Bridged Ruthenium(II) Complexes. INORGANIC CHEMISTRY, DEC 2025
9. McDonough, D, Bezold, EL, Wuest, WM, Minbiole, KPC; The versatile synthesis and biological evaluation of all-alkyl biscationic quaternary phosphonium compounds: atom-economical and potent disinfectants. RSC MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY; DEC 2025.
10. Rodriguez, DJ, Ostrom, EL, Chassman, C, Robertson, J, Pan, V, Buscaglia, R, Eggler, AL, Traustadóttir, T; Sulforaphane improves exercise-induced NRF2 signaling in older adults: an in vivo-ex vivo approach. GEROSCIENCE; OCT 2025.
11. Hedges, MR, Minbiole, KPC, Selinsky, BS, Wuest, WM; Cheap, Fast, Safe, Sustainable, and Positively Irresistible: The Future of Cationic Amphiphilic Disinfectant Development. JOURNAL OF MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY; OCT 2025.
12. Bezold, EL, Young, ALE, Jaworski, CJ, Minbiole, KPC, Sanchez, CA, Wuest, WM; Bisphosphonium Amphiphiles Yield Insights into Gram-Negative Bacterial Disinfectant Resistance and Cell Membrane Interactions. ACS OMEGA; JUN 2025
13. Bezold, EL, Minbiole, KPC, Wuest, WM. Not all disinfectants are created equal: the importance of mechanistic understanding to drive research forward. FUTURE MICROBIOLOGYE; MAR 2025.
14. Edge, CB, Heartz, S, Lagalante, A, Lewis, A, Sweeney, J; Risk of imidacloprid to soil invertebrates when applied as basal bark spray for the control of hemlock woolly adelgid. CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH; JAN 2025; 10.1139/cjfr-2024-0267.
15. Asante, JYD, Casey, CM, Bezold, EL, Fernando, A, Mcdonough, D, Wuest, WM, Minbiole, KPC; Resorcinol-based Bolaamphiphilic Quaternary Ammonium Compounds. CHEM MED CHEM; JAN 2025, 10.1002/cmdc.202400932
16. Silverberg, LJ, Mal, T, Lagalante, A, Olsen, M, Fleming, M, Garcia, T, Gavalis, A, Gonzalez, K, Gregory, C, Hackenberg, L, Lawler, M, Mack, S, Perhonitch, K, Shaffer, K, Thompson, C, Tran, S, Vidal, E, Vidal, R. T3P-Promoted Synthesis of a Series of Novel 3-Aryl-2-phenyl-2,3,5,6-tetrahydro-4H-1,3-thiazin-4-ones; JOURNAL OF HETEROCYCLIC CHEMISTRY; JAN 2025; 10.1002/jhet.4938.
17. Asante, JYD, Bezold, EL, Wuest, WM, Minbiole, KPC; Triscationic bolaamphiphilic QACs-optimizing antibacterial therapeutic indices. BIOORGANIC & MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS; OCT 2025; 10.1016/j.bmcl.2025.130441.