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College / Department

College of Arts and Sciences

Department of Biology, Chemistry and Environmental Sciences

Teaching areas

General, physical, biophysical chemistry and biochemistry

Research areas

Structural Biology, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR), Protein and Nucleic Acid Engineering, Metabonomics/Metabolomics, Heavy Metals Removal from Wastewaters.

Education

PhD, Biophysics/chemistry, Syracuse University, United States, 1998

Other, Laurea In Chimica, Universita' di Napoli "Federico II", Italy, 1993

Professional experience

Professor, American University of Sharjah, 2023 - Present

Associate Professor, American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, 2013 - Present

Visiting Fellow, Princeton University, NJ, United States, 2014 - 2015

Assistant Professor, American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, 2007 - 2013

Visiting Fellow, Princeton University, C, Nj, Usa, Princeton University, NJ, United States, 2010 - 2010

Research Associate, Syddansk Universitet, Denmark, 2007 - 2007

Research Associate, Centro Nazionale Ricerche (CNR), Italy, 2002 - 2004

Postdoctoral Research Associate, Max Planck Institute, Germany, 2002 - 2002

Postdoctoral Research Associate, Stockholm University, Sweden, 2001 - 2001

Postdoctoral Fellowship, The Scripps Research Institute, CA, United States, 1998 - 1999

Contact

[email protected]

+971 6 515 2425

Dr. Lucia Pappalardo

Professor

PhD, Syracuse University, United States

Lucia Pappalardo has an extensive research background on the analysis of three-dimensional structures of biologically active molecules by nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR). She has worked as Research Associate and Fellow at the Scripps Research Institute, Max Planck Institute, CNR, Stockholm University and Syddansk University. At AUS, she has worked on the removal and recovery of heavy metals from wastewaters by using local sand. She started a collaboration program with Princeton University on metabolomics studies by NMR. Her teaching interests are physical chemistry, general chemistry and ...

Publications

Elias Djilali, Lucia Pappalardo, Anna Maria Posadino, Roberta Giordo And Gianfranco Pintus. Effects of the Storage Conditions on the Stability of Natural and Synthetic Cannabis in Biological Matrices for Forensic Toxicology Analysis: An Update from the Literature, Metabolites, August 2022

Lucia Pappalardo. Pomegranate fruit juice adulteration with apple juice: detection by UV–visible spectroscopy combined with multivariate statistical analysis, Scientific Reports, March 2022

Panagiotis Azmanis, Lucia Pappalardo, Ziad Sara, Christudas Silvanose And Vinny Naidoo. Disposition of posaconazole after single oral administration in large falcons (Falco spp): Effect of meal and dosage and a non-compartmental model to predict effective dosage, Medical Mycology, September 2021

R Giordo, May Ahmed, H Allam, S Abusnana, Lucia Pappalardo, Gk Nasrallah, Aa Mangoni And G Pintus. EndMT regulation by small RNAs in diabetes-associated fibrotic conditions: potential link with oxidative stress, Frontiers In Cell And Developmental Biology, 19 May 2021

Lucia Pappalardo, Christu-das Silvanose, Hugues Beaufrère, Ambilli Binoy And Panagiotis Azmanis. Reference intervals for Cu, Mg, and Zn in captive gyrfalcons and other falcon species in the United Arab Emirates, J Vet Diagn Invest, 19 May 2021

Norita Ahmad, Linzi Kemp, Lucia Pappalardo And Alison Williama. Career calling: women STEM graduates in the United Arab Emirates, Gender In Management, August 2020

P Azmanis, Lucia Pappalardo, Ziad Sara, C Silvanose, V Naidoo And . Pharmacokinetics of voriconazole after single intramuscular injection in large falcons (Falco spp), Medical Micology, October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2019

Masha Savelieff, Lucia Pappalardo And Panos Azmanis. The current status of avian aspergillosis diagnosis: veterinary practice to novel research avenues, Veterinary Clinical Pathology, 1 September 2018

Panos Azmanis, Antonio Di Somma, Lucia Pappalardo, C Silvanose And B Bangoura. First detection of Cryptosporidium parvum in falcons (Falconiformes): Diagnosis, molecular sequencing, therapeutic trial and epidemiological assessment of a possible emerging disease in captive falcons, Veterinary Parasitology, 1 March 2018

Fawwaz Jumean, Lucia Pappalardo And H Khoury. Removal of Pb(II) from Aqueous Solutions by Zeolites, Porcelanite and Sands: Correlation of Morphology and Chemical Composition to Batch Removal Efficiency, American Journal Of Analytical Chemistry, 1 March 2015

Lucia Pappalardo, Pablo Hoijemberg, Istvan Pelczer And Tom Bailey. NMR-Metabolomics Study on Falcons Affected by Aspergillosis, Current Metabolomics, 1 November 2014

Lucia Pappalardo, Istvan Pelczer And Sarah Ralston. Metabolic differences between Draft-cross and Mustang horses detected By Metabonomic analyses., Journal Of Equine Veterinary Science, 1 April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2013

Lucia Pappalardo And Cindy Gunn. Utilizing active learning strategies to enhance learning in first year University Chemistry courses, Learning And Teaching In Higher Education, January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2013

Sarah Ralston, Lucia Pappalardo, Istvan Pelczer, P Spears And Y Chen. Metabonomic Studies: Potential for Identification and Prevention of OCD in foals., Proc. Am. Coll. Vet. Int. Med. Forum, 1 June 2012

Lucia Pappalardo. Investigation of the sequence constitution of miRNA and siRNA, International Journal Of Biological And Chemical Sciences, 1 December 2011

Lucia Pappalardo, Fawwaz Jumean And Naser Abdo. Removal and recovery of lead from aqueous solution by low cost media, American Journal Of Environmental Sciences, July (3rd Quarter/Summer) 2011

Sarah Ralston, Lucia Pappalardo, Istvan Pelczer And P Spears. NMR-based Metabonomic Analyses of horse serum: Detection of metabolic markers of disease, Recent Advances In Animal Nutrition, 1 April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2011

Lucia Pappalardo, Fawwaz Jumean And Naser Abdo. Removal of cadmium, copper, lead and nickel from aqueous solution by white, yellow and red United Arab Emirates sand, American Journal Of Environmental Sciences, April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2010

Andrea Motta, M Reches, Lucia Pappalardo, G Andreotti And E Gazit. The preferred conformation of the tripeptide Ala-Phe-Ala in water is an inverse g-turn: implications for protein folding and drug design, Biochemistry, 1 October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2005

A Kasrayan, P Birgander, Lucia Pappalardo, K Regnström, M Westman, A Slaby, E Gordon And B Sjöberg. Enhancement by effectors and substrate nucleotides of R1:R2 interactions in Escherichia coli class Ia ribonucleotide reductase, Journal Of Biological Chemistry, 1 July (3rd Quarter/Summer) 2004

Lucia Pappalardo, I Janausch, V Vijayan, E Zientz, J Junker, W Peti, M Zweckstetter, G Unden And C Griesinger. The NMR Structure of the Sensory Domain of the Membranous Two-component Fumarate Sensor (Histidine Protein Kinase) Dcus of Escherichia coli*, Journal Of Biological Chemistry, 1 October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2003

Lucia Pappalardo, D Kerwood, I Pelczer And P Borer. Three dimensional folding of an RNA hairpin required for packaging HIV-1, Journal Of Molecular Biology, 1 July (3rd Quarter/Summer) 1998

R De Guzman, Z Wu, C Stalling, Lucia Pappalardo, Phil Borer And M Summers. Structure of the HIV-1 Nucleocapsid Protein bound to the SL-3 Y-RNA Recognition Element, Science, 1 April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 1998

Lucia Pappalardo, C Liu, Istvan Pelczer And Phil Borer. Packaging and Dimer Linkage in Retroviral RNA: NMR of a GGAG-tetraloop Substructure of the packaging Signal, Structure, Motion, Interaction And Expression Of Biological Macromolecules, 1 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 1998

Phil Borer, Lucia Pappalardo, D Kerwood And Istvan Pelczer. NMR-based Structure Determination for Unlabeled RNA and DNA, Adv. Biophys. Chem., 1 July (3rd Quarter/Summer) 1997

Conference Presentations

Novel research in diagnosis and treatment of avian respiratory fungal disease in falcon patients, Annual (european Federation For Pharmaceutical Sciences) Eufeps Conference, 1 May 2023

How to enhance the enrollment and retention of women in STEM, 11th Annual International Conference On Education And New Learning Technologies, Edulearn19, July 2019

Disposition of posaconazole after a single oral administration in large falcons (Falco spp); effects of meal and dosage, International Conference On Avian Herpetological And Exotic Mammal Medicine (icare), May 2019

Pharmacokinetics of voriconazole after single intramuscular injection in large falcons (Falco spp, International Conference On Avian Herpetological And Exotic Mammal Medicine (icare), May 2019

NMR-Metabolomics Analyses of Plasma in Falcons affected by Aspergillosis, Symposium On Bioscience And Bioengineering, February 2019

Novel diagnostics on human and avian aspergillosis, 3rd Gsg Avian Symposium, February 2019

Biological samples preparation for NMR metabolomics studies, Sample Treatment Conference 2018, December 2018

X-ray fluorescence studies on some low cost adsorbents. Correlation of adsorption efficiency of Pb2+ with fluorescence spectra of adsorbents, 3rd European Association Of Chemical And Molecular Sciences (euchems) Chemistry Congress, August 2010

Grants and sponsorships

Grant, FRG20-M, 1 June 2020 - 31 December 2023

Grant, OAPCAS-1110-C00023, 1 March 2022 - 30 May 2022

Grant, FRG20-L

Awards and Honors

2nd place SIB Student Research Award, Sharjah Islamic Bank, 24 March 2015