Dr. Alexandru Brânzănic

Brânzanic Adrian M.V.

Researcher

Quantum Chemistry, Computational Chemistry, Bioinorganics, Inorganic Chemistry, Solid State Chemistry, Luminescent materials, History and Philosophy of Science.

+40748127834

adrian.branzanic@ubbcluj.ro

Education:

B.S.: Babes-Bolyai University, Chemical Engineering, 2011

M.S.: Babes-Bolyai University, Chemical Engineering, 2013

PhD: Babes-Bolyai University, Computational Chemistry, 2020

Postdoctoral: Babes-Bolyai University, ongoing 

Research:

Dr. Branzanic’s research activity focuses on studying chemical  systems via computational methods (i.e. quantum chemisty and molecular dynamics)  which spans on several areas of chemistry including:

• Bioinorganic chemistry, where primary studied systems involve:
  • Cobalamins and their derivatives¹
  • Carbonic anhidrazes
  • Sulfite Reductases ²
  • Hemerythrins
• Inorganic chemistry, involving:
  • Hydrogen-rich metallaboranes³
  • Gold clusters
  • Luminescent materials based on modified niobates
• Organic chemistry
  • Vibronics of phenothiazine derivatives⁴
  • Iodine/iodide – starch systems.

In extension to that he also shares an interest in the history and philosophy of science, in particular in the development of both the mathematical framework of Quantum Mechanics  and also of  its interpretations.⁵

Selected Publications:

(1)         Lehene, M.; Plesa, D.; Ionescu-Zinca, S.; Iancu, S. D.; Leopold, N.; Makarov, S. V; Brânzanic, A. M. V.; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, R. Adduct of Aquacobalamin with Hydrogen Peroxide. Inorg. Chem. 2021, 1–4. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c01483.

(2)         Brânzanic, A. M. V.; Ryde, U.; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, R. Why Does Sulfite Reductase Employ Siroheme? Chem. Commun. 2019, 55, 14047–14049. https://doi.org/10.1039/c9cc05271b.

(3)         Brânzanic, A. M. V.; Lupan, A.; King, R. B. Six-Vertex Hydrogen-Rich Cp 2 M 2 B 4 H 8 Dimetallaboranes of the Second- and Third-Row Transition Metals : Effects of Skeletal Electron Count on Preferred Polyhedra. Organometallics 2014, 33, 6433–6451. https://doi.org/10.1021/om500801e.

(4)         Stoean, B.; Gaina, L.; Cristea, C.; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, R.; Branzanic, A. M. V; Focsan, M.; Fischer-fodor, E.; Tigu, B.; Moldovan, C.; Diana, A.; Achimas-Cadariu, P.; Astilean, S. New Methylene Blue Analogues with N -Piperidinyl-Carbinol Units : Synthesis , Optical Properties and in Vitro Internalization in Human Ovarian Cancer Cells. Dye. Pigment. 2022, 205 (April), 110460. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dyepig.2022.110460.

(5)         Brânzanic, A. M. V.; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, R. Quale Mechanics as a Metaphysical Weltanschauung of Quantum Mechanics. Hist. Sci. Technol-accepted.

(Full Publication List) – https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=nEo0zQ0AAAAJ&hl=en&authuser=1

Teaching:

Undergraduate:

1. Introduction to Quantum Chemistry ( Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Babes-Bolyai University, 2021-2022)