Doug Genna

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Dr. Doug Genna

Professor

Chemical & Biological Sciences

Ward Beecher Hall 5009

phone: (330) 941-2261

dtgenna@ysu.edu

www.gennalab.com

  • 2012

    Ph D, Chemistry

  • 2006

    BS, Chemistry

  • 2021

    YSU

    Research Professor

  • 2020

    YSU

    Research Professor

  • 2019

    American Chemical Society

    Crystal Growth & Design Emerging Investigator

  • 2019

    YSU

    Career Research Award

  • 2018

    YSU

    Research Professor

  • 2017

    YSU

    Research Professor

  • 2017

    YSU

    Distinguished Professor of Scholarship

  • 2016

    Tetrahedron - Elsevier Publishing

    Guest Editor for Tetrahedron Symposium in Print: Organocopper to Medicinal Chemistry: a Symposium-in-Print to Honor Gary H. Posner

  • 2015

    YSU

    Research Professor

  • 2023 -

    Youngstown State University

    Professor

  • 2019 - 2023

    Youngstown State University

    Associate Professor

  • 2014 - 2019

    Youngstown State University

    Assistant Professor

  • 2012 - 2014

    University of Michigan

    Postdoctoral Fellow

  • 2025

    "Electrochemical Detection of Multiple Heavy Metal Ions Using a Hybrid Nanocomposite of a Metal-Organic Framework and Cellulose Nanocrystal-PEDOT:PSS."

    K. Preusser, J. Moore, K. Duke, P. Dhungana, C. Solomon, D. Genna, B. Park

    Langmuir, ACS, volume 41, issue 35, p. 23289-23302

  • 2024

    "Synthesis of Sulfonate-Containing Group 13 Metal-Organic Frameworks"

    J. Moore, N. Scarl, M. Zeller, D. Genna

    CRYSTAL GROWTH & DESIGN, volume 24, issue 14, p. 5889-5892

  • 2024

    "Garbage in, metal out: A perspective on recycling battery metals using organic molecules"

    P. Akbari, A. Strohmeyer, D. Genna, J. Feldblyum

    MRS BULLETIN, volume 49, issue 7, p. 708-716
  • 2024

    "Disulfide Bonds as Functional Tethers in Metal-Organic Frameworks"

    J. Moore, D. Genna

    CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL, volume 30, issue 47
  • 2023

    "Mechanistic Investigation of the Synthesis of Dianionic In-Derived Coordination Polymers"

    C. Tatebe, E. Fromel, M. Bellas, M. Zeller, D. Genna

    INORGANIC CHEMISTRY, volume 62, issue 15, p. 5881-5885

  • 2023

    "Disulfide-Driven Pore Functionalization of Metal-Organic Frameworks"

    J. Moore, A. Crom, J. Feldblyum, D. Genna

    CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL, volume 29, issue 61

  • 2023

    "Deinterpenetration of IRMOF-9."

    A. Crom, J. Strozier, C. Tatebe, C. Carey, J. Feldblyum, D. Genna

    CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL, volume 29, issue 70

  • 2021

    "On the Role of Dioxane in the Synthesis of In-Derived MOFs"

    C. Tatebe, S. Yusuf, M. Bellas, M. Zeller, C. Arntsen, D. Genna

    CRYSTAL GROWTH & DESIGN, volume 21, issue 12, p. 6840-6846

  • 2020

    "Removal of lead ions from water using thiophene-functionalized metal-organic frameworks"

    A. Geisse, C. Ngule, D. Genna

    CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS, volume 56, issue 2, p. 237-240

  • 2020

    "Removal of hydrocarbon contaminants from water with perfluorocarboxylated UiO-6X derivatives"

    D. DeChellis, C. Ngule, D. Genna

    JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A, volume 8, issue 12, p. 5848-5852

  • 2019

    "On the potential for nanoscale metal-organic frameworks for energy applications"

    S. Kuyuldar, D. Genna, C. Burda

    JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A, volume 7, issue 38, p. 21545-21576
  • 2019

    "Halide Directed Synthesis of an In-Derived Metal-Organic Framework with Two Unique Metal Centers and Isolation of Its Potential Synthetic Precursor"

    J. Mihaly, C. Tatebe, N. Amirmokhtari, M. DeSanto, M. Zeller, D. Genna

    CRYSTAL GROWTH & DESIGN, volume 19, issue 11, p. 6053-6057

  • 2019

    "Framework Isomerism in a Series of btb-Containing In-Derived Metal-Organic Frameworks"

    S. Springer, J. Mihaly, N. Arnirmoklitari, A. Crom, M. Zeller, J. Feldblyum, D. Genna

    CRYSTAL GROWTH & DESIGN, volume 19, issue 6, p. 3124-3129

  • 2017

    "Anion-Cation Mediated Structural Rearrangement of an In-derived Three-Dimensional Interpenetrated Metal-Organic Framework"

    M. Bellas, J. Mihaly, M. Zeller, D. Genna

    INORGANIC CHEMISTRY, volume 56, issue 2, p. 950-955

  • 2016

    "There and back again: the synthetic travels of Gary H. Posner"

    D. Genna, W. Maio

    TETRAHEDRON, volume 72, issue 40, p. 5956-5967

  • 2016

    "Rhodium Hydrogenation Catalysts Supported in Metal Organic Frameworks: Influence of the Framework on Catalytic Activity and Selectivity"

    D. Genna, L. Pfund, D. Samblanet, A. Wong-Foy, A. Matzger, M. Sanford

    ACS CATALYSIS, volume 6, issue 6, p. 3569-3574

  • 2016

    "Removal of Pharmaceuticals from Water via π-π Stacking Interactions in Perfluorinated Metal-Organic Frameworks"

    M. DeFuria, M. Zeller, D. Genna

    CRYSTAL GROWTH & DESIGN, volume 16, issue 6, p. 3530-3534

  • 2016

    "Ion-Directed Synthesis of Indium-Derived 2,5-Thiophenedicarboxylate Metal-Organic Frameworks: Tuning Framework Dimensionality"

    J. Mihaly, M. Zeller, D. Genna

    CRYSTAL GROWTH & DESIGN, volume 16, issue 3, p. 1550-1558

  • 2016

    "From organocopper to medicinal chemistry: a Symposium-in-print to honor Professor Gary H. Posner Preface"

    W. Maio, D. Genna

    TETRAHEDRON, volume 72, issue 40, p. 5949-5949
  • 2016

    "Direct conversion of cinnamate esters into β,β-disubstituted ketones mediated by cyano-magnesio cuprates"

    D. Genna, G. Posner

    TETRAHEDRON, volume 72, issue 40, p. 5968-5971

  • 2013

    "Heterogenization of Homogeneous Catalysts in Metal-Organic Frameworks via Cation Exchange"

    D. Genna, A. Wong-Foy, A. Matzger, M. Sanford

    JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, volume 135, issue 29, p. 10586-10589

  • 2011

    "Highly Stereocontrolled and Regiocontrolled Syntheses of 2,3,4-Trisubstituted Alkanoates and Lactones"

    C. Hencken, D. Genna, M. Siegler, G. Posner

    JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY, volume 76, issue 12, p. 5149-5155

  • 2011

    "Cyanocuprates Convert Carboxylic Acids Directly into Ketones"

    D. Genna, G. Posner

    ORGANIC LETTERS, volume 13, issue 19, p. 5358-5361

  • 2011

    "An Artemisinin-Derived Dimer Has Highly Potent Anti-Cytomegalovirus (CMV) and Anti-Cancer Activities"

    R. He, B. Mott, A. Rosenthal, D. Genna, G. Posner, R. Arav-Boger

    PLOS ONE, volume 6, issue 8

  • 2010

    "α-Chloro-β,γ-ethylenic Esters: Enantiocontrolled Synthesis and Substitutions"

    D. Genna, C. Hencken, M. Siegler, G. Posner

    ORGANIC LETTERS, volume 12, issue 20, p. 4694-4697

  • 2022 - present

    Chairperson
    Pennsylvania Ohio Border Section of the American Chemical Society

  • 2019 - present

    Reviewer, Journal Article

  • 2019 - present

    Reviewer, Grant Proposal
    National Science Foundation

  • 2019 - present

    Reviewer, Grant Proposal
    American Chemical Society

  • 2017 - 2021

    Guest Speaker
    Mahoning Valley Lifelong Learning Institute

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Education

B.S. Chemistry, Haverford College (Fran Blase), 2006

Ph.D. The Johns Hopkins University (Gary Posner), 2011

Post. Doc: University of Michigan (Melanie Sanford)


Publications

Genna, D. T.; Wong-Foy, A. G.; Matzger, A. J.; Sanford, M. S. “Heterogenization of Homogeneous Catalysts in Metal Organic Frameworks via Cation Exchange” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2013, 135, 10586-10589

Genna, D. T.; Posner, G. H. “Cyanocuprates Convert Carboxylic Acids Directly into Ketones” Org. Lett. 2011, 13. 5358-5361

He, R.; Mott, B. T.; Rosenthal, A. S.; Genna, D. T.; Posner, G. H.; Arav-Boger, R. “An Artemisinin-derived Dimer has Highly Potent Anti-cytomegalovirus (CMV) and Anti- Cancer Activities.”PLoS One 2011, 6, e24334

Hencken, C. P.; Genna, D. T.; Siegler, M. A.; Posner, G. H. “Highly Stereocontrolled and Regiocontrolled Syntheses of 2,3,4-trisubstituted Alkanoates and Lactones” J. Org. Chem. 2011, 76, 5149-5155

Genna, D. T.; Hencken, C. P.; Siegler, M. A.; Posner, G. H. “α-Chloro-β,γ-ethylenic Esters: Enantiocontrolled Synthesis and Substitutions.” Org. Lett. 2010, 12, 4694-4697